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Bellefonte, Pa., September 29,
1911.
Herringbone Brickwork.
In the ordinary acceptation of the
wm the eel is a scaleless fish. ant
is due to the fact that its scales are
ery minute and imbedded in the skin
hey form, as pointed out by a cor
spondent, very interesting and beau-
ful objects for the microscope. 1a
ize the scales of the eel vary from oue-
wentieth of an inch upward, accord
ng to the age of the fish. They are
srmed of two layers of a clear, horny
Jf see, the upper of which Is
.Jded with crysis of calcium car
sate. These are so transparent as
) look like empty cells. The scales
ary in shape from 8 blunt to an
Jongated oval and are sometimes al-
nost kidney shaped.
This is how the scales of the eel tell
Z#s age. On each may be observed at
& tervals several more or less clearly
2 iarked lines parallel to the margin.
al .
Lot it
‘hese mark lines of growth, one fou
ach year of the life of the fish, Three
sare, nowever, must be allowed for
1 innermost ring, as the eel has ne
cnles until the third year. The scales
o not overlap to any extent and are
rranged in series of small groups at
ight angles to each other, so as to
esemble what is known as herring
jone brickwork. Conger eels, how
wer, are said te have no scales.— Lon:
om Field
BALKED THE BURGLAR.
May or May Not Have Been a Low
Down Game, but It Won.
Che man with his coat collar turned
p and his derby pitched down over
's eyes who was slouching along In
@ shadow of the building suddenly
“koned to the man on the other side
the street. ‘Here's an easy one.
te,” he growled hoarsely.
Where's an easy one?” snarled Pete.
This here house. It's like taking
m from a stenographer that's fixin'
+ hair. Some chump has gone away
left his latch key In this door”
‘ete took a swift look at the house
1 began to back up. “You can uo
it" he said. “I don't want to buil
am it.”
Are youse nutty?”
Naw, I ain't nutty. But de feller
t lives dere is a low down sneak
out no feelin’ fer nobody. an’ 1 dont
nt nothin’ ter do with ‘lm. No. |
't know him, but I'pi next ter his
ne. He sticks that key in dere to
_eok suckers like you. Dere's a wire
“ion dat key an’ a million volt battery
to dat wire. 1 wouldn't touch
yer'd gimme de First National
bank. But zo ahead—I'll be acrost de
street watchin’ wot happens.”
Nothing happened.—Cleveland Plair
Dealer.
Ancient Inkstands.
An inkstand that was probably in
use 3,400 years ago is exhibited in a
Berlin museum. It is of Egyptian
make and is supposed to belong to the
eighteen’h or nineteenth dynasty, ot
'somewhe ‘e about 1500 B. C., although
its real ge can be judged only ap-
proxi ly. It is made of wood and
has two compartments, an upper one
rovided with two holes, one for black
nd one for red ink, and a lower one
‘or holding reed pens. The black and
red ink are certainties, for some still
remains, in a dry condition, within the
receptacles. Another ancient inkstand
.s supposed to have been intended for
‘he use of a schoolboy. It would cer-
ainly hold ink enough for a school
boy's needs, for it has no fewer than
four ink holes. Both inkstands were
found at Thebes.—London Globe.
Eased His Conscience.
Dean Buckland when at Westmin-
ter used to tell a curious story of
- prown paper parcel which he re.
eived one day by post. After many
<rappings had been unfolded he found
1 small black splinter of oak about
an inch and a half long. The writer
of the unsigned note accompanying the
parcel said that when he was a boy.
many years before, he had chipped the
splinter off the coronation chair. As
age advanced his conscience grew
troublesome, and he asked the dean
to be kind enough to restore the
splinter to its place.—Pall Mall Gazette
Making It Ciear.
Parson's daughter: “Good morning.
Giles! Haven't noticed you in church
for the last few weeks.” Giles: “No.
miss; I've been oop at Noocastle a-viz
iti’ my old ‘aunts. And strange.
isn’t it, I don't see no change in ‘em
since 1 was a child like?’ Parson's
daughter: “What wonderful old ladies
. they must be.” Giles: “I didn’t sar
«nts, miss; 1 said ‘awnts'—'auntx
\
boy
where I used to wander in my child
hood days like!”
Advice.
“Now that you've heard my daugh
r sing, what would you advise me to
Well,” the music master replied, “1
know. Don't you suppose you
me ——. A —
SIGNATURES ON CHECKS.
The Plainer They Are the Less They
Appeal to Forgers.
“You ought to sign your check dif-
ferently, Mr. Blank,” said a Chicago
Railroad Man's Magazine, “but the bank employee to a depositor whose ac-
mystery is still with us and whirls its count runs well up toward $100,000 a
hundred question marks before our year.
eyes every minute of the day. “What's the matter with that
“Of course every one believes that check?’ asked the customer, nettled
the edge of the wheel goes around the that. as he thought. it should be inti-
axle. But does it? Take the end of mated he didn’t know how to draw a
any spoke near the tire or any part of check. .
the tire and on a still. windless night “You misunderstand me,” said the
fasten a candle to it; then back off till teller. “The check’s all right. 1 was
nothing can be seen but that candle referring to your signature. It is just
flame. the kind that a forger takgs delight
“Let the wheel revolve slowly, free in copying. If you will al me the
from the ground. The candle flame privilege of saying so. you're liable to
makes a circle of fire all right and | meet with loss in that way at any
goes around the axle. Now lower the | time. Any good penman could imitate
wheel until it rests on the ground and it so cleverly you'd hardly know the
start ubead. The flame suddenly stops | difference yourself.
going in a circle and begins to make | “The plainer the signature the less
a wavy line, first high and then low. | likelihood there ix of a crook trying to
It goes around nothing at all. | imitate it.” he continued after the de-
“Men with clear minds can perform | positor had become interested. “In
the experiment satisfactorily by tying | nearly every big forgery of which 1
a handkerchief around the tire in day- | ever heard. or In uty of them at
light. but to do this takes a keen math- | jeast. the siznature imitated was that
ematical imagination, because the eye | of a man who wrote with a flourish or
is confused by other moving objects Who had some peculiar type of writing
and 1s not able to see the handkerchief | that ordinarily would appeal to the
free from these other influences. laity as hard to imitate. It is a fact
"at night the candle flame alone can | that it is a rare occurrence for 4 big
be seen. so that Is perhaps the best | forger to attempt to imitute the signa-
time to try the matter out. Tie a | ture of the man who writes a plain
torch to a locomotive driver and then | band.
send the engine slowly back and forth | “Not long ago | had occasion to tell
while the observer ix off some hundred ' a friend of mine be stood a chance of
feet distant in the dark. The torch | having some forger get a good sized
docs not move in a circle. It simply | check in on him. My friend changed
goes ahead somewhat like a flying ma- | the style of his signature, and a few
chine rising and falling in the wind, | days later he was asked by a bank to
coming to a dead stop at its lowest Inspect u check which had been pre-
point and going twice us fast as the sented for payment and to which his
engine when nt its highest point. old style signature was attached. He
“The fact that the bottom of an had changed just in time The forger
engine wheel always stands still is had been practicing on the old signa-
more easy to lenrn than the fact that | ture, getting it down ‘pat.’ and had not
the top of the wheel moves just twice ascertained that the new signature
as fast as the train. but this can be Was being used."—Chicago News.
proved easily with a plece of hoard. ! ee cr
“Take a piece of board, say, ten feet CAMELS ARE VICIOUS.
long and lay one end on top of the
wheel. Now move the engine forward They Have Numerous Dislikes, the
Chief of Which Is Man.
two feet and you will find that the!
board has gone ahead four feet. just, A necpllarity of the camel is his dis-
likes. Likes he has none. save for the
twice ns far ax the engine. Lay down |
mimosa thorn and, perhaps, for dying.
WHEEL PROBLEMS.
Does the Edge of the Wheel Revolve
Around the Axle?
“The wheel that turns under the
Jocomotive or the car has a long and
queer history,” says a writer in the
the board and tie two pieces of string
to the wheel, one at the top and the | .
other at the bottom, where it rests on i Hey "eu a
the ground Now run your engine for- | equipped the squadrons of the camel
ward two feet and see what happers. | ong with Lright crimson saddles the
The bottom string has moved forward, animals so resented the outrage that
too. but not nearly so far as has the, oa. of (hem gave up the ghost
top piece of string. although the ends in pure disgust.
were even at the start. The camel always, of course, hates
man and sometimes displays his vin-
Plants Breaking Up an Island. dictiveness in no uncertain manner. A
The layman would scarcely associate gignified and elderly British officer has
great strength with so delicate and | peep seen to foot it all round the camp
fragile a thing as maidenbair fern. in piue silk pajamas. with one slipper
yet if its roots have not sufficient | 44 a shaving brush, closely pursued
room they will break the pot in which | by his own animal, with his long neck
the plant grows. Blades of grass will! h t tm a
force the curbstones between which | speed igi Bost lh 3 Savage
they spring up out of their place. and | Wit to be pleasant. At length 8
in a single night a crop of small mush- | o .
| fatigue party was summoned, who,
rooms has been known to lift a large | ci tajaeraph poles. young t rail
stone. Indeed. plants are on record as |
| way ties and such ¢njoleries, prevailed
having broken the hardest rocks. The | upon the beast to desist.
island of Aldabra, to the northwest of |
Madagascar, Is becoming smaller |
. | possess distinct advantages. His gaitis
through the action of the mangroves comfortable when one has learned to
that grow along the foot of the cliffs. | ride him, and for really long journeys.
They eat their way into the rock in
direct! | which must perforce be made at a slow
a ons. and into the gaps thus pace, he is much less tiring than a
formed the waves force their way. ,
In time they will probably reduce the | horse. Besides. he carries with him all
{sland to pleces.—Scientific American. | manner of things the vider is likely to
| need en route—canvas buckets of water.
Bathrooms. in. Paris. in which bottles stand to cool: a writ-
An observant English journalist in ng Sesh (801 yecussatity of the Vlice
Paris has—as a hot weather amuse: | type). but still an efficient substitute; a
| luncheon basket, rifles, telescopes, a
ment—made a private census of bath- |
mountain gun, if required. and other
rooms. He calculates that in all the | needful articles.
flats and private houses of Paris there |
are about 2,800 bathrooms. And this ——
Long Arrow Flights.
writer, lying in his own bath and mak- | There vonD fnovcion siebery teat
ing another calculation, will bet a! oo 4 A Siow: 5 eat
bathful of water that he could get up | per Nile a . age Dy uy
and pitch a cricket ball from the gar | yo I oy Dg vey oy the flake
den about his modest flat this way |, © 0 ve I Nmance: of 307
and that over as many bathrooms. It
yards with his best arrow, thus break-
is a curious little difference of national ing all records achieved in recent
architecture. And the quaintness of "
the difference comes with the fact that | Hes to Mie fet ene 3 ROW eves:
you see more people in London who | gq ational weapon of yew. Neade.
look—yes—dirty than in Paris. Even , gymous archer under Charles 1.
the beggar in Paris is clean in face. n- | gates that the ordinary range of the
ger nails and clothes. —London Chron- | paw was from 320 to 400 yards. The
icle. longest shot authentically recorded in
| England Is that of a se-retary of the
Turkish embassy, who fn 1TH shot an
arrow 463 yards with the wind und
415 against it in the presence of
several wembers of the Royal Toxo-
philite society. who measured the dis:
tance and preserved the arrow - "all
Mall Gazette.
“Cat!” She Exclaimad.
Wan--Anyway. 1 don’t like his looks.
Fan—That's becanse he looks in my di-
rection rather oftener than he does in
| yours.—Chicago Tribune.
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He Didn't Know.
“I didn’t expect any better treat- !
ment than this,” said the lady on the |
pier scanthingly to the inspector whom
she suspected of rudeness. “You can't
make a silk purse out of a SOW's ear!”
“As to that I don't know. madam.”
said the inspector placidly. "1 do not
recall any ruling of the treasury de:
partment on that point. [If you ure
bringing in any of either you'd better
declare them and leave the classifica-
tion to us.” —~Harper's Weekly.
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The Island of Hongkong.
Hongkong is an island about eleven
miles long, with a width of from one
to three miles, and consists almost en-
tirely of a series of hills. There is a
good road around a portion of the is-
land on the sea front. but the grade
up the mountains are too steep for
practical automobiling. and the streets
generally are not wide enough and not
strongly enough constructed to permit
the use of heavy cars upon them.
Honesty is the best policy. but be
who is governed by that maxim is not
an honest man.—Whately.
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v Hood's Sarsaparilla.
An Enthusiast.
Towne—Oh, yes, he’s quite an en-
thusiast. He goes in for things in real
earnest. Browne—Yes; if some one
were to send him on a wild goose
chase he'd speak of himself after-
wud as a sportsman.—Catholic Stand-
the system.
a ones SL50%8,
As a mount the camel Is said to.
Fauble’s Clothing Stores.
It's Complete!
Our Fall and Winter show-
ing of Clothes for Men and
Boys is at its Best. New Suits,
Overcoats, Under-
Raincoats,
wear, Hats. Everything that
Man or Boy wears is here, and
than you ever saw in Belle-
fonte at any: time. We want
you to see what we are show _
ing. TheKind of Merchandise,
the Quantity, the Style. It will
help you to select the Best.
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time you want it. Do you
know of a safer way to buy
clothes. Let us see you.
That's all we ask.
--
a Pho.
BALTINOR.
The Fauble Stores
Bellefonte, Pa.
“Let me see.
Ail Up With Him.
“You had a high old time in Bu-
| Jo. held up in the Apennines and laid
| up in Rome.”
Her Ability.
“Are you able to keep your servants
| any length of time?”
I've had my husband
i six years.” —-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Keep your heart high. That is the
sum of philosophy.—Cousin.
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Plumbing.
Good Health
Good Plumbing
GO TOGETHER.
i I
fas you can't have good Heals.
* r
poisoned and jinces; yous em come.
SANITARY PLUMBING
is the kind we do. It's the kind you
cought to have. Wedon't trustt work to
boys. r workmen are Skilled Mechanics,
no better . Our
Material and
Fixtures are the Best
Not a cheap or inferior article in our entire
getablishunant, oe with good work and the
Prices are lower
than many who
give you r, unsanitary
work and the lowest grade of finishi
the Best Work try gs For
ARCHIBALD ALLISON,
Opposite Bush House i Bellefonte, Pa.
v.
Fine Job Printing.
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o—A SPECIALTY~—0
AT THE
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ems
of wo! from the
There is no st
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that we car: not do in the most satis-
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CO ina class of york. Call on or
communicate with this office.
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: Patents.
TENTS, TRADE MARKS, COPYRIGHTS,
&c. Anyone sending a sketch and de-
scription may quickly our opin.
jon free whether an invention is probable
able. Communications are strictly
on patents sent free. Oldest
for securing BIE . Pat.
fiotice without i Cov yective "pe a
C AMERICAN,
tion of an: ie urna) “Terms $3 a year;
Lion oe bv a a year
MUNN & CO.,
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5245-1. 631 New York.
B13. 1 office. on F Sue W eahinaton. D. C.
Money to Loan.
'ONEY TO LOAN on good security and
houses to rent.
MR tow
51-14-1y. Bellefonte, Pa.
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Travelers Guide.
Com RAILROAD OF PENNSYLVANIA.
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