1 have closed the door on Doubt;
1 will go by what light I can find,
And hold up my hands and reach them out
To the glimmer of God in the dark and call:
“1 am Thine, though I grope and stumble
and fall,
1 serve; and Thy service is kind.”
1 have closed the door on Fear.
He has lived with me far too long.
If he were to break forth and reappear,
1 should lift my eyes and look at the sky,
And sing aloud, and run lightly by;
He will never follow a song.
1 have closed the door on Gloom.
His house has too narrow a view.
1 must seek for my soul a wider room,
* With windows to open and let in the sun,
And radiant lamps when the day is done,
And the breeze of the world blowing through.
~— British Weekly.
INTERESTING LETTER FROM
IOWA.
AN
A Home Sentiment that will Not Down.
Changes that Time has Brought. Old
Friends that are Missed Along the Bald
Eagle. Iowa and Its State Fair. A
Great Association that Could Give Point-
ers to Pennsylvania.
Des MoiNEes, Iowa, May 19th, 1913.
Editor Watchman:—Some four years
ago yielded to an impulse to get into
the columns of the WATCHMAN in a
series of articles on an experience of a
two score years sojourn in Iowa. It has
never beena wearisome task, but always
a pleasure, to commune, whether by pen
or conversation, on my twin hobbies, the
good old State of my nativity and the
land of my adoption, and even now, I
hesitate to write out their names, unde-
cided as to which I had rather give pref-
erence, and although the coming August
will round out forty-four years in Iowa,
the previous eighteen, the physical, and
character formation epoch of a life,
seems in my case te fail in permitting
the greater period, to outweigh the les-
ser. This condition of mind has no
doubt been made a fixed one by pleas-
urable visits! during the past four years
among old friends, scattered from State
College to Lock Haven in both Bald
Eagle and Nittany valleys. On my return
home I might have given the WATCHMAN
an interesting story that would have
caught the eye of a few-—comparatively
speaking, a few, for I wandered through
the cemeteries—from Bellefonte, where
the Curtins sleep to Lock Haven where
1 stood by the graves of John P. Packer,
of Howard, and the physician that offi-
ciated at my birth, and so many others.
Surely, the great majority were gone.
And as nature demands, they are being
added to. Capt. Austin and Gen. J. I
Curtin, George Quick, at Milesburg, Jos.
L. Neff, at Curtin, the Gardners and S. T.
Kline, at Howard, Mrs. Glenn, at State
College, and many others with whom I
so recently mingled and renewed bonds
of friendship established years ago.
When I open the WATCHMAN, my query
is, who this time?
There are two instances to which
wish to refer. Jos. L. Neff, the Demo-
cratic politican,and well known auctioneer,
always gave me, as a boy and young man,
the best friendly interest his great heart
could bestow. Hearing that I was back to
the old home and fearing I might neglect
him, he sent for me. Afflicted as he was
his pleasure to have me with him after a
lapse of forty years, was pathetic. la
short time later learned that he was
gone.
One's place of birth, if known, is never
effaced from memory. The old log
house, a short distance up Beech Creek
and just outside of town, was gone, and
but a corner atone marked the spot.
The old well, with rope windlas, the
“Big Road” and the hill beyond were
about 2ll that reconciled me to the
Very recently I had the pleasure of
meeting, Rev. Jno. Hewitt, of Bellefonte,
a very genial gentleman, who seemed to
be as well pleased to meet a former Cen-
tre countian, “away here in the ‘wilds,’
as | was to greet him, fresh from the old
home. His son, Chas. F., is the efficient
general manager of our street railway
and interurban systems and an official of
the company, and informs me that he
was educated in the public schools and
the old Academy. So much to the credit
of Bellefonte.
Old 1912 is gone and with it another,
and the greatest State Fair in history.
I cannot refrain from recounting some of
its features, and indeed an Iowa letter
would be a misnomer without something
pretaining to agriculture contained
therein. It would be almost as interest:
ing to me as the Fair itself to witness
the wonder and surprise that I know
would be depicted upon the face of some
of the old timers back there, farmers I
mean, could I have him in tow for about |
four or five days, and should what I may
say, come under his notice, induce him
to arrange for a prospective western trip
and come this way the latter part of
August I will agree to give him the time
of his life. The first State Fair was held
in Fairfield, Jefferson county, some 100
miles southeast of this city in October,
1854, and until 1878 roved around annual-
ly, halting for four or five days at some
es.
tablished in the capital city. In 1886 the
present location was acquired, almost
entirely by contributions, additional ad.
provide adequate room so that at the pres- |
ent time it consists of 300 acres, beauti-
fully located and naturally adapted for |
its purpose. Perhaps one third is cover- |
ed with native timber, thinned out and
well nurtured. This part of the surface
is elevated and gently rolling while the
balance is level,covered with turf of blue |
grass sod, an ideal place for such an ex- |
hibition, and affording something of a!
park for camping and a shady resting!
place for the wornout sight seeing visit- |
or. Broad walks of brick or cement and
oiled driveways, account for the absence |
from such annoyances, making an in- |
spection of the Fair not only easy but a |
positive pleasure.
The association's title to the land is
perfect, and owning all of the buildings,
some sixty in number, large and small.
The larger ones, and especially those con-
structed in recent years, are substantial
ly made of structural iron, brick and
cement.
Among the principal improvements
made during 1912 are a brick and steel
horse barn, 156 by 224 feet, with stalls for
160 draft horses and 132 ponies, at a cost
of $27,625.08. The previous year—1911,
a machinery building, of like construc-
tion was completed at a cost of $75,000.
This building is 270 by 520 feet, providing
60,000 square feet of exhibit space, over
and above the aisles, and accommodating
93 exhibitors. I mention these two only
as the best samples of improvements and
there were several others of lesser dimen-
sions and cost, and the crowning feature
is that thereis not one dollar of indebted-
ness and the business of 1912 closed up
with a healthy cash balance on hand to
start the 1913 Fair. Statistics are dry
reading but I will use a few figures only
to show what the 1912 Fair amounted to.
At first though it seems to be a foolish
outlay of money to accommodate an ex-
hibition of only ten days duration, but as
a defense against such apparent ex-
travagance it can be asserted that a fine
race track can be appropriated when-
ever desired. Large gatherings of State
and National importance sometimes find
these grounds, and some of the buildings
very desirable for annual conventions,
and in support of this feature I recall
the gathering of the Dunkard church
people from all over the States, and
among them plenty of Pennsylvanians,
who found these groundsiand buildings
ideal, for not only tenting, but holding
their meetings for religious services and
business proceedings. Automobile and
motorcycle racing, College and High
shchool field meets, find the Fair grounds
Jolting tracts biting pursiianed later to 20k duso--l08t out by averse committee
‘FROM INDIA.
reports and finally by thelast of all legis- | 5, One on Medical Duty in that Far Bastemn |
lative creation, the sifting committee. | Country. The Way We Live and What an
Perhaps three-fourths of the time was| India Road-Side Has to Show a Morning Loaf-
apparently spent with but an X for a re.| © Monkeys in Abundance.
sult, somuch so that it was suggested that | Dear Home Folk: i
they pass one more bill, abolishing the | SiMLA, JUNE 8th. |
Legislature and then quit, but they final. | The servants bring in our breakfast
ly got down to business and did some | (chota hagari) so early and the bath |
portance to the State-at-large, (and some bathed, dressed and having had a walk |
papers over the State say, to the city of | for fifteen or twenty minutes, and gazed |
Des Moines) was for the enlargement of | 2 nice long time on the snow fields, sit- !
the capitol grounds which when com. | ting by the road-side at seven-thirty, to |
pleted will give to the State a beauty | finish this letter, for our little hut is too |
provides for the expenditure of $2,000, (As I am nearly always up first I try
000.00. The ground to be acquired by | to get out and let Miss Webb, who is
purchase or condemnation, consists of 20 | quite large, dress in peace. Then, too, I
squares of platted ground, containing | hoped the mountains and the morning |
over 250 city lots, all improved with resi- | air would inspire me into writing a bet- |
dence buildings, and immediately sur ter letter than usual.
rounds the two squares now occupied by I am seated along a rather frequented
the capitol building. It means the demo- road and just now the tinkle of some lit- |
lition of a town as large or larger than | tle bells, like sieigh bells, made me glance |
State College or Howard. Owners will | UP and along comes a donkey train; they |
be paid what the property is worth but are harnessed, one behind the other and |
many will be loth to part with the old | °0 their backs are two pockets loaded
home. Section 3 provides “that ali! with big stones, evidently meant for fix- |
buildings, monuments,stateway fountains ; ing the road lower down the mountains. |
and improvements hereafter erected upon | Some of these donkeys have very gor-
said capitol grounds shall be located in | B€OUS head-dresses of blue beads and all
accordance with the plan covering said | Wear a peculiar eye-shield made of ropes
extended ground as contemplated in| three or four inches long, fastened across |
plans submitted and on file in the office | the bridle and drooping over the eyes, as |
of the Secretary of State, and said ! in this country the flies seem to like cyes
grounds shall be laid out with respect to | especially, whether on babies or mules.
drives, streets, avenues, walls, walks, They have passed and their places have |
bridges, terraces and other improvements | been taken by two big black crows which
as suggested by said plans, and said plans | T¢ talking and fussing in the mostinter- |
are hereby adopted and made a part of | esting way about the latest mountain-side |
FARM NOTES. :
-—Poor stables and scrub cows are com-
plements, the one to the other.
—Silage increases the quantity of milk
over dry feed of the same kind.
—Use your own brand of home-grown
protein. Alfalfa heads the list.
—Wheat bran is an excellent feed for
dairy cows and calves, but at $30 per ton
or more it is a little rich for most feeders.
—All clover is rich in protein or mus-
cle-forming food, and it is one of the best
kinds of food for growing pigs and for
brood sows.
—Before starting up a hill with a load, |
of dust, or mud and relieves the visitor | spot of no small dimensions. The bill | Small for two of us to move around in. | and when the top of the hill is reached, |
give the team a rest. Let them catch
their breath. Undue forcing horses up a |
hill with a load frequently causes heart !
and lung disorders.
—Bees and fruit go well together. The |
bees gather honey from the blossoms and |
in return tertihze them. The hum of!
these industrious workers in the orchard |
foretells rich harvests. Under the trees |
is a good place for the hives. {
—Disease germs thrive in the filth of
dark, damp places. Sanitary surround. |
ings must, therefore be clean, well light-
ed and dry. Such surroundings tend not |
only toprevent the spread of disease, but |
also aid greatly in recovery from diseases .
when once contracted.
—The farm dairy ration without clover |
is short of protein, and without roots or |
ensilage it lacks succulence. Oil meal |
furnishes both in the cheapest form, as |
grain. In other words, protein in oil {
meal is cheaper at $30 a ton for the oil
meal than in corn at 50 cents a bushel |
or oats at 25 cents a bushel.
—Qverchurning, that is, churning until
the butter forms in large lumps, increas-
es the moisture on account of the fact
that a considerable amount of butter-
a suitable place for their gatherings. So
it is plain that the great State of Iowa
with its prosperity and wealth can well
afford to place at the disposal of her
peopie a property investment as indicated
in round numbers below.
Lalu isi nsiiinssvinni inane Srinsmriii $225,000 00
Making a total of
There is practically no friction, or
serious objections made to the conduct-
ing of this proposition, as it is to some
extent under the direction of the State
government. A board of directors from
eleven districts with four State officers,
carry out the wishes of the people with
the consent and approval of the Legisla-
ture, and if differences or criticism arise,
they are threshed out and disposed of
by the latter body, so the board is not
hampered in their efforts to give the
people a good show.
The woman's agitation struck Iowa
strong enough to procure an appropria-
tion of $75,000.00 to erect a woman's
building, otherwise there will be no furth-
er additions to the grounds this year ex-
cept some minor structures the board
can erect with funds left over.
The cash receipts of the last Fair
other than State aid were $185,701.21, an
increase of more than $6000 over the
previous year. The total disbursements
were $143,968.89. Of this amount $58,-
139.15 was paid out in cash premiums.
About $10,500.00 were expended for ad-
vertising, $27,000.00 for music and free
attractions, so that the net profit at the
close of the year was $41,732.32 in “cold
cash.”
The exhibition came largely from the
farms, there being 1662 exhibitors, of
which 143 were horses, cattle 84, swine
173, sheep 27, poultry 97, products 144,
pantry 149, dairy 101, horticulture 96,
floriculture 18, fine arts 216, school ex-
hibits 84, dogs 71, férm implements 309.
Of horses there were 972 head, cattle
960, hogs 2384, sheep 646, 1508 chickens
and 228 dogs. The horse, cattle and hog
shows, are classed among the finest in
the world while the hog exhibit is said to
be the finest extant. Great preparations
are now going on for the 1913 Fair, so
with good weather we anticipate a dupli-
cate, if not greater than previous years.
The largest day’s attendance was 60,379,
the lowest being 3090—while the total
for the Fair footed up 272,023.
by its secretary Mr. A. R. Corey, whose
experience and efficiency adds much to
the successful management of the Iowa
State Fair.
We had a session of the Legislature
which closed April 17th. Some few
things were accomplished and much was
this act.”
Purchase of the property is now under
way and he who lives through the next
five or ten years will see a wonderful
transformation. The present capitol
grounds are on the apex of a gentle rise,
and the proposed extension slopes from
it in every direction.
The improvement should have been
made years ago but, so it has been said,
the farmers would not agree to it. The
city of Des Moines 1= making a steady,
healthy growth and during the past two
years some five or six business blocks of
twelve story size have been erected and
the residence building has been rapid.
A new through line of railroad from St.
Paul to Kansas City has been built and
expects to be ready for traffic this fall
and another residence section has been
demolished to make room of terminals
and{shops, as this city would be heads
quarters and which will add 1000 em-
ployees and families to our population.
S. M. BAKER.
An Oath Required of Certain School | ah,” the native pipe, for no native will
Children.
“I am so sick of reading bribery, civic
Sorfupgion, and the disgrace of officials
n the public confidence,” Margery
ut I had a shock the other
way this morning. After wading through
the muddy columns of the graft trials
my eyes lit upon an interesting piece of
news. I felt when reading it that I had
suddenly received a refreshing mental
shower bath. It informed me that the
mayor of that most enlightened city, Bos-
ton, had decreed that 125,000 school chil-
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obey | down the “kheed” and that reminds me
ip. These birds are as large as our milk is incorporated. This buttermilk is
: at home, and much more pow- | usually decsimental sb Je keeping, Jui.
sid indeed, Toul batt to: ave ons | pA yy: any
me angry wi me for ves —It is worth f tice that wi
powerful beaks and claws; they snarl | months the re Se ua, un le
and growl almost like a small dog and I, tion had thice cows ganfy for advanced
am glad that two natives have driven | registry wit of over
. | pounds of milk each, and this, too, under
them from the stage. The natives, two | Lijely different conditions, two from the
young looking boys each with an im- | favorable locality of the State of Wash-
mense pack upon his back, one of fresh- | ington and one from the hills of Ver-
cut hay and one a basket-shaped affair | mont.
filled with manure cakes, give me a —The New York College of Agricul
charming smile and plod on to theend of | ture reports that in a survey of the busi.
their journey. {ness of 573 farmers covering several
’ ; | townships the farmers who have been to
The morning began with a heavy thun- | college earn 36 per cent. more on an
der storm but now the sun is coming | average than those whose schooling stop-
out and the mountains look beautiful. It | ped at the High Sched, and three A Hoes |
is very peaceful here, one hearing the , 2 MUch 28 those Who went no farther|
: than the district school.
noises of the near-by children as in a A iW
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dream, for the native is extremely quiet; the Time Tag Sor many pos dis:
yet, from the sound of distant bells anoth- infectants, and is very useful when ap-
er train of mules will soon come around plied as Wittewash Jor the disintection
the hill. They have come and their | 2nd sweetening of cellars, privies, barns,
. . | stables, poultry-houses and other build:
drivers with them, dressed in dirty Tags; | ings. Unless it can be made up fresh
Mohammedan, with trousers, and Hindu
before using, air-slaked lime is of no
with legs bare, but all carrying a “hock- | value as a disinfectant.
—In the matter of feeding, too much
spend an entire day without an hour for pi canfiot he exersised, asol he ability
smoking, and in fact, from what I have | orse to properly miiate in
| syste depends
seen of the servants, they spend most of | Lie SYELEID the [EEC he, Cas Geperts, hie
their time doing that, and such a vile should be given that which is the easiest
odor as these pipes have, it almost makes = digested, so that all the nutritious parts
one sick but, like other things, must
be | Will be absorbed into his system and go
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An incongruous note has just become | n importan
apparent; some one is practising a five- often overlooked is the economical utiliza-
" tion of manure produced by swine. Dry-
finger exercise on the piano; just where | Jot feeding in summer is often associated
it comes from I scarcely know, but per-
with a heavy waste of manure on ac-
haps from the bungalow of the Bishop of
count of the large part of the manure
Lahore, as it stands perhaps a hundred that is leached or blown away when de-
posited in bare lots. Feeding on pastures
or in cultivated fields will do much to
obyiate this loss, since a large n
of the d and urine will then be
deposited in the field where the fertilizing
constituents may be utilized.
—Catalpas are quick-growing trees,and
the heart wood forms early, maki
them valuable for early ma of
home use. The wood is light in t,
ted the forest is per-
ern amongst the ancient world again.
Three small monkeys are now amusing
themselves and me by shying stones
to tell you of my experience the other
morning. Our room is like a mere hut
and has a tin roof on it; I was aroused
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a small monkey just outside; then the
noises ceased, to commence again in a
few minutes. At last, thoroughly exas-
perated, I put on my kimona and slip-
pers and went out to find some stones.
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on the roof of each of the three houses
just below. Not knowing which had
caused me to get up I decided to throw |er. The
stones at them all. Idid and the upper
two ran away but the lowest down was a
big, fat, gray beast that, although my
stones struck the roof within a foot of
him, looked up, made a face at me and
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the bazaar yesterday when a merchant | owners slaughter and market them ata
seller of flour and grain, came to the | tele” Age fo Bid the co of I CORE
edge of his veranda and threw handfuls At 20s ice aga.
of grain upon the roof and then I saw but her ‘steer calf, if kept on the farm
monkeys scrambling from all sides to get | until he had attained yearling age
their - | and then sold to a beef cattle feeder,
ing creatures; they are not attractive in | should in the long run net more profit. It
their native state. might not all be ted in dollars
Three little children have been cents,but that having the run of
brought here by governess and the | the farm for a year,would help enrich the
igh di i cance oil : ER well pay its kee
yy Tro Nob study —There is no definite rule that can be
dies” t up here to grow strong in | laid down with reference to the time at
the cool mountain air. One nice thing I witich winged jisect fests of the orchan
girls, fo hoor oi ey ie A
are on a pony 3
ed to ride. I Ci el geal Mal:
Just here my vaunted sunshine fled, and deposi; thelr ops during that time.
and a big black cloud decided I was too | The coddling moth is one of the night
comfortable so the vials of his flying insects, and begins to deposit eggs
wrath upon us all and we, the pilgrims, | late in the evening, just about dusk, and
had to seek shelter under the arms of a | continues most active throughout the
nice big rhododendron tree; our foe, see- Sarly fart uf the Sight, The curculto, on
ing that he could not soak us, decided | the Joand, js ost active. uring the
after a few minutes to go further and | day, remaining inactive during the
hunt other less fortunate prey, while I, | The same holds true with reference to
having closed my book found it was time | the general activity of insects. As a rule
to go to breakfast, as it was almost nine | the moths fly only at night, while some
0’ of the beetles are most active at night
[Continued next week. and others during the day.
When a Person Faints,
If a person faints he ought to be laid
down fiat on his back, for this will fa.
cilitate the return of blood to his head.
Indeed. nature has provided for this,
for a person who faints will fall down
and soon recover if no one interferes.
. On the other hand, a person with an
epileptic or cataleptic fit, indicated by
' convulsions and frothing at the mouth,
ought to be propped up so as to facill-
tate the flow of blood from the head to
the lower parts of the body, which may
be still further promoted by slapping
the palms of the hands. Now, I cannot
account for it, but the fact is that all
ignorant people, in an emergency, re-
verse this treatment. A person who
simply faints is carefully supported in
a chair, and the face is plied with cold
water applications, fanned, the result
being that the fainting is prolonged.
On the other hand. a man who drops in
the street with epilepsy or catalepsy is
invariably laid flat on his back, which
in some cases is enough to kill him,—
Family Doctor.
Turkish Artillery.
Authorities tell us that the Turks owe
their reverses in recent years to their
weakness in artillery. In 1453 it was by
i virtue of their artillery that they cap-
tured Constantinople. In 1452 a Hun-
garian named Orban came to Constan-
tinople and offered his services to the
Greek emperor as the “ablest founder
in history.” Constantine offered him
unsatisfactory conditions, and he es-
caped to Mohammed II, who com-
manded him to cast a gigantic cannon
as proof of his talent. Orban took three
months over the task, and the cannon
was called (probably as an omen) Ba-
silican. The sultan issued a warning
proclamation concerning the day on
which it would be tested in Adrianople,
with good reason, for the explosion was
heard for thirteen miles around. The
size of the cannon was heroic. Fifty
yoke of oxen were necessary to move
it, 200 men marched at the side to sup-
port it. 200 engineers went in front to
level the road and fifty carpenters to
make bridges.— Westminster Gazette.
Areas Below Sea Level.
All the continents, with the possible
exception of South America, contain
areas of dry land which are below sea
level.
In North America, according to the
United States geological survey, the
lowest point is in Death valley, Cali-
fornia, 276 feet below sea level, but
this is a slight depression compared
to the basin of the Dead sea, in Pales-
tine, Asia, where the lowest dry land
point is 1,200 feet below sea level. In
Africa, the lowest point is in the desert
of Sahara, about 150 feet below sea
level, but the Sahara as a whole is
not below sea level, although until re-
cently the greater part of it was sup-
posed to be. In Europe the lowest point
at present known is on the shores of
the Caspian sea, eighty feet below sea
level. In Australia the lowest point is
at Lake Torrens, twenty-five feet be-
low sea level.
One View of Music.
“There are two ways of regarding
music,” says a writer. “You may re-
gard it as an entertainment, in which
case you will applaud, or you may re-
gard it as a sacrament and be silent.
The latter was the way of Sir Thomas
Browne. ‘Even that vulgar and tav-
ern musick,’ he wrote, ‘which makes
one man merry, another man mad,
strikes in me a deep fit of devotion and
a profound contemplation of the First
Composer. There is something in it of
divinity more than the ear discovers.
It is a hieroglyphical and shadowed
lesson of the whole world and crea-
tures of God: such a melody to the ear,
as the whole world well understood,
would afford the understanding. In
brief, it is a sensible fit of that har-
mony which intellectually sounds in
the ears of God." "—Chicago News.
Awaiting His Decision.
The lady of the house had a worried
look on her face as she came down to
breakfast.
“Ellen,” she said to the maid, “Mr.
Bodkin hasn't been home all night. I
am somewhat alarmed. I do hope that
nothing is wrong.”
“Why, bless your heart, th’ mister’s
all right!” reassured the maid. “He's
down on th’ front dure mat right now,
mum. He says he's been there a long
time, but he can't remember whether
he's goin’ out or comin’ in. Whin he's
made up his mind I'll let ye know.”—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Her Sarcasm.
“It is half past 1 o'clock!” severely
said Mrs. Gnagaway. “What kept you
from getting home until this untimely
hour?”
“I was detained at the office making
out statements,” replied her husband.
“And that is one of the statements, I
presume ?”"—Judge.
His Guess.
She—1 wonder why this Venus of
Milo was ever declared to be a model
woman. He—l guess it was because
she couldn't go through her husband's
pockets.— Baltimore American.
Natural Result.
“Your voice is all the stronger for
your cold.”
“How do you make that out?”
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