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Belletonte, Pa., June 20, 1913.
DANDELION.
(For the WATCHMAN.)
Little sun among the grass,
When | see you as | pass
Shining memories come to me
Of my happy boyhood days
When I rambled barefoot, free,
Through the fields and woodland ways.
We were children of the sun,
Knowing not of life the stress,
Knowing only happiness.
When the daily round was run,
When arrived the shadows deep
With the sun we sank to sleep.
Never mind the social ban,
Little cosmopolitan!
Let them make admiring hum
Round the proud chrysanthemum,
Or to lofty heraldry
Lift the gaudy fleur-de-lis;
Praise with bated ah’s and oh’s
Or in wonder gaze and muse
At the orchid’s brilliant hues,
I'll not miss those beauties fine
If 1 have you, Dandelion!
Vagrant whom I love the best,
Come and nestle on my breast!
St. Louis. C.C2
FROM INDIA.
By One on Medical Duty in that Far Eastern
Country. Poor Fruit. Trinkets Costly and
Beautiful Things Scarce. An Official Fune-
tion, Ete.
Dear Home Folk:
SIMLA, JUNE 12th.
Going down through the market this
morning I found that apples, pears, apri-
cots, even peaches grow wild on the
mountains of India. Not any of the fruit
that I have tasted so far has been half as
good as that you eat at home; cultiva-
tion has added greatly to its value. The
apples are pithy and not crisp, while both
apricots and peaches are absolutely
flavorless, and generally sour, while the
lemons look exactly like our small
oranges, and the oranges are as green as
the grass and are generally not fit to eat.
As to prices, everything goes by weight
and I can only judge by the number in a
pound. Oranges are about 45 to 50
cents a dozen; apricots, small are 10
cents a dozen; strawberries about 45
cents a pound, and very small and, to
cap the climax, I inquired how much
chocolate candy was a pound and the
man gravely answered R 3, which is
equal to one dollar in our money. I de-
cided somebody was making money and
I would either do without or make my
own candy.
I looked for some pretty things that I
could buy at small value but Simla is
like Atlantic City, a bit too popular to
have anything at reasonable figures and
so I intend to wait for Benares, Lucknow,
or the Kashmir district before attempting
to get any real pretty things. To me
these things are not nearly so beautiful
as the pretty things in our own cities
and were it not for the name I would
not spend a single cent on anything that
I can afford in India.
I am told that the shops of Japan will
eat my purse to pieces and to verify that
statement, the most beautiful shop of
things I have seen hereis a Japanese one.
True, brass-work and wood-work are
both very fine, but the work of the silver-
smith as seen here in the hills, is a crude
and heavy looking stuff and if seen at
home would be thought to be the result
of a hammer and anvil with a forge at-
tached and would sure have to be label-
ed to be appreciated at anything like its
true value. The only value I can see at-
tached to them will be the association, as
~ these things are truly not any longer
rare.
Last night we were invited to a garden
party at the vice-Regal Lodge, at 9:30 Pp
m. and after dinner we all got into our
“rickshaws,” five in number, and started.
The functions are all rather late here on
account of the late dinner, and so going
along the hill and through Simla proper
we found the city almost deserted, and
the street lamps being of oil, were grow-
ing dim; but all the “rickshaws” have a
lamp on the pole and one could see these
moving “butti” (lamps) like giant fire
flies, coming from all directions, and as
they are all rubber-tired and the “coolies”
in their bare feet, there is no noise, and
on you go, the “coolies” sobbing breaths
being the only sound to break the si-
lence of these wooded hills.
At first we, alone, seemed to be out,
but as we went along the hiil-side after
leaving the town I glanced back and in-
stead of two lights there were a dozen
and going up the hill I discovered that
we had joined a silently moving proces-
sion and now, as we neared the Lodge,
as far as one could see, both in front
large, gray stone place,
very beautifully situated. After taking
off our coats we went along a wide hali-
way and were finally directed to a side
room where a man and a woman, abso-
lutely alone, were receiving. I walked
up and bowed and shook hands and so
did Miss Webb, and we knew that we had
met the Viceroy and his wife. I surely
felt queer, but went on into the other
part of the room where an orchestra was
playing and a few people dancing. The
most disappointing thing to me was not
seeing in all that crowd of people, more
beautiful women. They were not nearly
80 well dressed as at home, nor did I see
over six women I would call beautiful.
We then went out into the garden (the
rain had made being outdoors impossi-
ble) and it was like fairy-land; the trees
covered with colored electric lights, but
a nasty damp, cold wind was blowing
and I wanted to go back quickly to the
house, so back we went, to listen and
watch for awhile longer then to drift
with the crowd into the refreshment
rooms, where ices, sandwiches, coffee,
tea, cake and candy were being served as
‘at a counter, by native servants in brill-
,iant scarlet uniforms, and finally we
; started home and the interesting part
came when none of the five knew the
| number of their “rickshaw” and the men
' not knowing English knew not when our
| residence place was called out, but all
| were made to come around in a circle—
| a mighty big one—and you had to stand
| watching to recognize one brown face
[that you had seen for the first time
| three hours before, or walk home that
{hour's ride at 1:00 a. m. Just as I was
| becoming weary Miss Webb dashed for-
| ward and mine being directly behind we
were in and off before you could truly
think. An hour's silent, cold ride
brought us back and to bed we went,
| pleased that we had attended our first
| state function. I don't want to do it
many times, to be sure, for there are
many more interesting things than that
to be seen here, but for once, it was all
| right.
This morning I received an invitation
to an “at home” from the Bishop of La-
hore, said to be the second highest Bish-
op in India, and a very nice as well as a
brilliant man. There is a missionary
| conference going on here now, and al-
| though I have not been to any of the
| meetings except one—to hear Booth
| Tucker speak—I have been invited to all
| the functions that have been given for
| them; some I have not cared to accept
' but will go to this one, as his place is but
| a short distance up the hill from here
| and I have gone past it almost every
| morning when out for a walk, think I
| will enjoy a look on the inside this time;
| perhaps I will be disappointed.
Have I told you that almost every night
one hears the hyena’s scream and not
long ago a pack of jackals and a lot of
wolves met in one of the yards one night
and had a fine fight. Scorpions are run-
ning around but thus far I have seen no
snakes, and could almost think it was
too cold for them (as I have gotten but
a few feet from my gray sweater since I
! arrived here) except that one of the
| members of our household told me yes.
| terday that she had seen two or three
{ during her walks; so guess I am only a
| very fortunate individual.
[Continued next week. ]
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Henry Wharton Shoemaker.
Henry Wharton Shosusiker, of New)
York and McElhattan, who a few months
ago returned from hunting lions in
Africa,and only a few weeks since proved
his bravery by wedding a beautifui and |
accomplished daughter of his native State, |
is rapidly attaining distinction not only
as a philanthropist but as a brilliant
journalist and author. He is one of the
very few young men whom the possesion |
of great wealth has not spoiled. Although
reared in the lap of luxury he, certainly
has not dawdled there for he is an in-
defatigable worker; and while but thirty
years of age has accomplished more than
many of us would duringa long life time.
He has served successfully as editor
or president of six newspapers, his
latest acquisition being the Morning
Tribune, of Altoona, and in each he has
earnestly striven to uplift humanity—
ever wielding his facile pen in eloquent
appeal for the suppression of vice and
the conservation of all that makes life
brighter, better, and more beautiful. He
has a penchant for doing good things
and does them in the unassuming way,
characteristic of himself. Despite his
wealth, Mr. Shoemaker is one of the
most approachable of men and his ex-
treme modesty might well be emulated
by those who are constantly seeking no-
‘toriety. Thoroughly democratic, broad-
minded, the very soul of generosity, he
despises oppression, subterfuge and dis-
loyalty, and his sympathy is always with
those who are the victims of injustice.
He was one of the first to take up auto-
mobiling in the United States, and in
March, 1900, founded the Columbia Uni-
versity Automobile Club, the first organ-
ization of its kind in America and was
a student in Columbia College. He was
an early enthuisiastin aviation and made
flights in balloons in Berlin in 1904 when
he was secretary of the American em-
bassy; and became one of the first mem-
ing as one of its officers for several years.
Although Mr. Shoemaker is actively en-
gaged in philanthropic work and great
business interest demands much of his
attention, he has found time to write and
publish nine books—five of prose and
four of poetry—and has also edited” Phil-
osophy of Jake Haiden”. His books of
"Random Thoughts” (1899); Pennsyl-
vania Mountain Verses(1907);and Eliza-
bethan Days” (1912). His four volumes
of Pennsyivania legends are: “Pennsyl-
vania Mountain Stories’’ (1907); “More
Pennsylvania Mountain Stories” (1912);
“The Indian Steps” (1912); and “Tales
of the Bald Eagle Mountains” (1912).
His first prose work, a small book called
“Wild Life in Central Pennsylvania” was
published in 1903.
Mr. Shoemaker has conceived a po-
etic passion for the mountains whose
majestic grandeur he portrays in beauti-
ful word pictures that disclose his artis-
tic ability. His books are of a high
moral tone, are wholly free from plati-
tudes, and to lovers of nature and folk-
of | lore they are exceptionally fascinating.
His lates work, “Tales of the Bald Eagle
which recently appeared from the Bright
Printing Co. of Reading, Pa., unquestion-
ably is his best production. Among its
legends “The Birth of the Bald Eagles,”
(Story of Muncy Mountain) and “For
the glory of Indian Summer” (Story of
Mount Eagle) should be named among
“Conrad's
Broom,” (Story of Lower McElhattan
Mountain) —which is the authors’ favor-
ite—“The Giantess,” (Story of the McEl-
hattan Mountain); “The Fate of Atoka,”
(Story of Mill Hall Mountain); “The
Lost Chord,” (Story of Beech Creek
Mountain); and “Bald Eagle's Nest,”
(Story of the Milesburg mountain) de-
serve special mention although all of the
23 legends are delightfully interesting.
The artistic cover and interior embellish-
ments are the work of Miss Katharine
lasting monument of his versatility, in-
the first president. He was at that time
bers of the Aero Club of America, serv. |
verse are:” Immaterial Verses "(1898); |
Mountains,” a most attractive volume | does
The Fate of the Moose.
Among the remarkable and unique cu-
riosities soon to be exhibited in the great
National Collection of Heads and Horns,
gathered together through the efforts of
irector W. T. Hornaday, in the new Ad-
ministration building, at the
Zoological Park, is a pair of interlocked
moose antlers. This is i one of
the rarest and most wonderful natural.
history specimens which have been
brought into civilization in recent years.
The interlocked antlers, impossible to
separate with human hands, are the re-
sult of a desperate battle between two
i giant bull moose in the forest wilds of
; the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, a few years
ago. ul and enraged mon-
| sters used
| as weapons of offence and defence in a
| series of tremendous charges and as-
| saults which they made upon each other
in a fierce encounter. During the fight
| the antlers became so firmly enta
ir broadly palmated antlers |
| and locked that neither of the combat-
| ants could break away. An Indian hunt-
| er heard the loud clashing of the horns
some distance in the forest and rushed
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FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN
DAILY THOUGHT.
Keep well thine tongue and keep thy friend.
~Chaucer
A useful piece of furniture on the
veranda of our summer cottage is one of
it for a seat, while
convenient recepta-
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wish to have a meal out of doors, we
dining table
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strong alkalis or acids, and strong
to the scene of the conflict, and found | i8ht, whichis a powerful bleaching agent
; that one of the animals had broken his
| neck during the struggle and lay dead on
herculean efforts to release his horns.
The hunter then killed the living moose
| and tried, by aid of a wooden wedge, to
| separate the antlers, which, however, was
tween the moose to a near-by trading
post, at Kenai village, and the two heads
were secured and fortunately preserved.
The animals were of a commanding size,
probably Jen 2 fwelve years old, fhe
arger pair of horns having a spread o
sixty-nine and one-half inches and the
other sixty-two. Thisis said to be the
only instance where a pair of moose an-
tlers have been found interlocked.
The Reporter's Job.
Of all the services that modern life de-
mands few have such fascination for city
youth as that of Feporting for a great
| newspaper. Dr. Talcott H. Williams, the
head of the new Pulitzer School of Jour-
nalism of Columbia University, gives
some inside views of the life and its re-
quirements. He says:
Among the sons of men there is none
who really knows a great city except the
! man who has been a reporter in it.
He has sounded its depths. He has
i come to know the house of crime, the
i house of worship, and the house of festi-
'val. He is familiar with the church and
with the nether world. He has seen the
greater and the lesser wheels of admin-
istrative machinery in motion. He has
learned how to reach that supreme po-
tentate, the police sergeant, behind his
, desk, and how to unravel and knit togeth-
er the varying tales of bystanders.
The streets of the city are known to
him, bared in a gray morn, when the vast
commissary of a great city is converging
on the markets, thronged by the rising
and ebbing tides of those who go to their
work and return trom it jostling in the
crowded hours, suddenly empty in mid
eve as the tide sweep strips the estuary
of its water, and full again when the the-
| atres empty. He knows the streets of
| danger full of news, and the streets of
safety full of newspaper readers, com-
fort-clogged.
He comes to have an instinct as to the
| trail of news, and he discovers, as per
haps no other man does, how often the
intelligent, the educated, the well-bred
and the advantaged are dull and hack-
neyed by a safe life, and how keen and
guerrilla horde that knows the street as
ts hunting ground and wins by wit and
not by work.
Why Leaves Fall from Trees.
To most people the fall of the leaves
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swift and quick comes to be the great | ered screen,
is constantly used for that purpose.
Fading is more often due to careless dry-
ng em to any faut in washing.
y soap used in washi
be mild and used in Hog
if the color is delicate it should be
replaced by soap bark, bran, rice water,
to water, or cooked starch water.
washing should be conducted
geickiy,and water should not be very
For setting colors in dainty summer
fabrics keep several gallon jars in your
laundry, each well with strong salt
water. one jar for blue, another
for pink, and soon. It is best, however,
to set different mediums, other solutions
than salt being better for some colors.
Green needs a little alum in the water.
of lead wil: set the color in Jay.
best for pinks. To restore the in
a faded pink dress, boil a small piece of
red cheesecloth in water and rinse the
dress out in this. When you are setting
the color ina fabric, do not use hot water
or soap. Wet well with the solution
and then wash in warm water. The pro-
portions of the different ingredients are:
0 one gallon of water one-half cup of
iid Vinegar, or two cups of sugar of
Another way to restore color to wash
material is to add to the starch, or to the
last rinsing water, a little dye. Add the
dye slowly until you get the exact shade,
and then starch or rinse the This
method is also successful in resIoring the
color in a black lawn or ndie dress
when a little black dye is to the
starch. All natural colors, such as tan,
flax, and buff, can be kept like new by
using water in which hay has been boil-
ed. For purples and the brighter shades
of green put vinegar in the water. Soak
new tan stockings in salt water :o pre-
serve their color. Wash carefully and
dry in a shady place. When tan stock-
ings fade to an ugly yellow color, they
can again be made presentable by the use
of brown dye, Turpentine in water will
set the color in any shade of silk stock-
ings.
A small bedroom stand, on which
matches, candlesticks and one's watch
are within ready reach during the night,
ust Sometimes be oni from the
tiny apartment house room, already
filled by bed, dresser and the necessary
chairs. An excellent substitute, for the
convenient stand is a small cretonne cov-
ling in m of insomnia or the thermos
bottle holding a baby’s milk. One wom-
who owns such
Some doctors say itis nerves that
killing American women’s hair so that
they have to purchase an extra supply.
many disturbances of
Sudden emotions
the whale system.
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Tul unless her head is covered with a
It is always advisable to shake the hair
well after a auto run.
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To a certain extent the nerves are great- | Our
FARM NOTES.
~The cow's coat is a pretty good index
of her condition, especially at this season
| of the year.
| —Cornstalks are valuable as a fertilizer.
The nitrogen which an acre of stalks
| contains would cost at least $4.50 if
bought in the form of commercial fertiliz-
ers.
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| —Delicate experiments ernment
| scientists have shown that Ay
| and that cold storage delays their ripen-
ing by causing them to breathe more
| slowly than normally.
—The results show that butter and
beef can be produced cheaper on a ration
an is possible by any other
method of feeding, and the silo will in-
the efficiency of the feed 15 per
—The soil is a t labor-saving de-
vice. It doubles the value of the corn as
a feed, triples the stock
—Animals are not unlike people in
their demand for a variety of foods. We
would be much less efficient than we are
if our diet were limited to two or three
foods during the year. Do not limit the
feed of the animals, but plant a variety
i discard the
—The start in cultivation means a
great deal more in economical manage-
supposed. A bad
start means trouble, added expense, and
perhaps disappointment at harvest time.
An even start with crops in cultivation
generally means the manager will keep
up and save expense in keeping down
—Scientists tell us that the compounds
of nitrogen are broken up during warm
weather by the rapid wth of minute
geims that live in the soil, and that it is
ue to the presence of these germs on
the roots of clover that that plant is able
to secure such a large amount of nitro-
gen. This is running the germ theory
into the ground.
—Duck eggs are in demand by con-
fectioners, as they impart a glaze to their
icing which cannot be had with hen eggs.
For making plum puddings duck eggs are
more economical than those of fowls,
being both larger in size and richer. In
the household of the writer duck eggs are
used in making all kinds of cakes, ome-
lettes, cooking generally, and they are
also relished fried.
—It is well to vote that when sheep,
and especially ewes with their lambs,
are turned out from the yards on to
ture the young grass is likely as
advance of the lambs is
likely to be checked, if no more serious
evil follows. In all young animals a fall-
ing look in condition at an early period
in their lives is a handicap on their fu-
ture. And if due precautions are not
taken in time the injury may become
permanent.
—There should be no misunderstand-
- | ing in regard to the fact that lime does
not take the place of other fertilizing ma-
terials. With the exception of small
. | amounts of phosphorus and insoluble po-
tassium, which are sometimes found in
limestone and mari, it does not supply
any of the available nutritive elements
which are ordinarily contained in fertiliz-
ers. When the need of lime is indicated
by the reaction of the soil, or by the fail-
ure; partial, or com of the legumi-
nous plants which Uplate,
—The colt is taught the meaning of
the word “whoa” by at the same time
receiving a gentle pull back. He learns
the meaning of the word “back” by hav-
ing a harder pull made on the reins.
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