Tema aca.
Bellefonte, Pa., February 6, 1914. |
WEIRD TALE OF THE SEA.
When Death Was Cheated by a Rope's
End In a Raging Gale.
Few living men have ever looked
death so square in the face as a cer-
tain Captain Hodson. who was for
years connected with the customs
service at Honolulu. Before that be |
was a shipmaster. and the remarkable |
adventure of which he was the hero !
occurred while he was in command of
a schooner that traded in the Pacific.
On this occasion the vessel was sev-
eral days out from land. in the midst :
of the ocean, when it was overtaken !
by a severe gale and thick weather.
For a time Captain Hodson tried to
keep the schooner’s head up into the
wind. but the storm became so violent
that there was nothing for it but to
run before the gale. He brought the
vessel about and, pursued by a heavy
following sea, scudded it under almost
bare poles to the northward.
The captain himself stood by the
wheel to give the helmsman direc-
tions. The rest of the crew, having
made everything as secure as possible,
were crouched in the lee of the deck
house.
A flaw in the wind took the schooner
aback for a moment. and in that in-
stant a tremendous wave that was fol-
lowing close behind mounted over the
bulwarks and swept several feet deep
from stern to bow.
Every one but the captain had some-
thing at hand to cling to. although the
wave wrenched the man at the wheel
from his hold and threw him on his
face. However, he brought up against
the deck house and scrambled to his
feet just in time to see the rushing
water carry Captain Hodson over-
board.
Hodson’s case was as nearly hope-
less as it could well be, for it was, of
course, quite impossible to put out a
boat in such a sea or even to bring the
schooner about to pick him up. But at
the very moment that the catastrophe
happened the ropes that held the gaff
of the foremast in place broke and let
the stick drop to the deck. One end
hung out over the side of the schoon-
er, and several broken ropes dangled |
from it. As Captain Hodson swept bY
these rope ends struck him on .ie
head. Instinctively he seized one of
them and clung to it with desperat. n. |
The schooner tore on through he |
water. and her master at the end of |
the dangling rope was drawn in close
under her bulwarks and dragged along |
through the waves. He could not have :
long withstood this sort of treatment, |
for the sea beat him about fiercely and :
flung him again and again against the |
side of the vessel.
But presently a gust of wind lurch-
ed the schooner well over, her lee rail
plunged beneath the water. and at the
same instant another wave picked the
captain up and tossed him sprawling
on the sloping deck. Battered as he
was, he had enough strength left to
seize the standing rigging and cling to
it. while the water poured back again |
into the sea.
The helmsman had seen Captain
Hodson swept away to death, as he
firmly believed, and his astonishment
at seeing him back again on deck may
. be imagined. Hodson was not seri-
ously injured by his experience. and
his vessel weathered the storm and
brought her cargo safe into port.—
Youth’s Companion.
The Gaelic Tongue.
The Gaelic language was once Spo-
ken by a considerable number of the
human race in the British isles, the
Isle of Man, northern France and
Spain. There is evidence that the Gae-
lic branch of the Celtic breed was
widespread. For instance. it is main-
tained by some excellent authorities
that the Cimbri. who threatened at one
time to overwhelm Rome and” who
were stopped by Marius, were of Gae-
He speech. The ancient language 18 |
found today in the Isle of Man. Wales,
the highlands of Scotland. western Ire-
land and in Brittany. northern France.
—New York American.
Great In Little Things.
George Washington’s surveying done
150 years ago with the comparatively
simple instruments of the day has
been checked up by government sur-/
veyors of today and found perfect.
Experts in other lines might check up
other works and qualities of his—his
patriotism, ‘his common sense, nis fore-
sight. his persistence—and find pretty
nearly the same degree of excellence.
Washington was only nineteen years
old when he ran his lines through the
forests and over the hills of Lord Fair-
fax’s estate in Virginia. But the youth
was father to the man.—Baltimore
Sun.
Gigantic Neptune.
Neptune, owing to its remoteness,
ghines as an eighth magnitude star. |
Its diameter is 35.000 miles, or a little
more than Uranus. [ts mean distance
from the sun is 2,746,000,000 miles. I(t
has one satellite, which revolves at a
distance of 220.000 miles. or about the
same distance as our moon. However,
of the planet itself we know very little,
but it seems probable that it is little
more than a globe of very heavy gas.
Land In Bolivia.
In Bolivia all vacant land belongs to
the republic and can be acquired by
purchase or lease. subject to special
regulations. The unit of measure is a
hectare, which is 2.47 acres. Any one
may acquire as much as 20.000 hec-
tares, paying cash at the rate of 10
cents per hectare for farming and
grazing lands.
| sign of death—nuwmely. putrefaction— james Three of the large ones they |
, tient is dead.
| the size of the accompanying lightning
‘the ground and is usually about the
~ SURE SIGNS OF DEATH.
Guided
ger of Premature Burial.
There is a widespread belief among
educated persons that burial whi
still alive is, though not probable, at |
least possible. As evidence of this be-
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by Them, There Is Little Dan- |
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| lief one has but to notice how many :
! persons leave instructions in their wills |
| that was still possible.
for the taking of special precautions |
to guard against this most dreadful of |
catastrophies.
When embalming takes place, of |
course. there is no possibility of being !
buried alive, yet being killed by em-
balming fluid instead of being allowed
. to revive and spend many more years
on earth is not the fate one would se-
lect.
Although there is but one infallible
yet there are many other signs, no one '
of which is incontrovertible, yet that .
when taken together, even in the ab-
sence of putrefaction, make the diagno- :
sis absolutely sure. '
The heart may stop beating. but this |
does not necessarily mean that the pa-
The writer recalls a
case in his personal observation when
a woman's heart stopped beating thir-
ty-four times in twelve hours and each
time was started up again by injec-
tions of brandy and of nitroglycerin.
|
. That is more than six years ago, and
the woman is alive and strong today.
It is often very difficult to tell the
precise moment of death, but when
the heart refuses to respond to stimu-
lation. when the body becomes rigid.
when the blood coagulates and the eye-
balls become flaccid and lose their ten-
sion. then there is no doubt that death
has come. The greatest safeguard
against premature burial is the length
of time that in this country elapses be- |
fore the body is consigned to the
ground.—New York World.
ROAR OF THE THUNDER.
Its Length and Strength Depend Upor |
the Lightning Flash.
Lightning is the glare of a prodigious !
electric spark - that is turned loose
from some place no longer strong |
enough to hold it and forms a tre |
mendous blazing arc as it leaps from
cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth.
The little spark of a laboratory ma-
chine makes a crackling noise. and the
gigantic one in the sky makes a cor-
respondingly great one as it tears
through the air and sets up vibrations
of tremendous intensity.
But it is noticeable in a thunder-
storm that the thunderclaps are of
very different loudness and quality of |
sound. The length and strength of a
thunder peal, as a meteorologist points
out in Knowledge. depend mainly or
discharge, but the loudness and sharp- |
ness of the crack that comes before
the peal depend chiefly on the direc- |
tion taken by the electric current rela
tive to the hearer. :
The first crack or rending noise
comes from the flash itself; the peal |
that follows consists of echoes from
the clouds or mountain sides when .
hills are near. Furthermore, the noise
of the actual flash comes to us from
all along the lightning’s path. We
hear first that at the beginning of the
flash and later the noise made toward
the end of its path. When this is short
and we are so situated with reference
to it that the whole report reaches our
ears almost simultaneously, say in a
quarter of a second, it sounds like one
terrific thump or crash. But if the
electric arc is long and the noise takes
two or three seconds to reach us com-
pletely it translates itself into a long.
tearing roar. Thus you may judge ot
the character of a lightning fiash from
its own report of proceedings.
A Useless Pause.
Calhoun Clay was getting married.
Little and lean. he stood at the altar
beside a tall and robust bride of 180
pounds or more. The ceremony pro-
ceeded regularly until in the bride’s
reply the words “to love, honor and
obey” were pronounced.
At this juncture Bridegroom Calhoun
Clay held up his right hand. A pause
ensued. In the silence Calhoun said:
«Excuse me, pahson, but Ah would
have us wait a moment an’ let de full
solemnity o° de words sink in—espe- :
cially de last two. Ah’s been married
befo’.”—Washington Star.
Persian Bread.
The Persian native bread today is
very little different from that used a
thousand years ago. The Persian oven
is built of smooth masonry work in
size of a barrel. Many of them have
been used for a century. The dough is
formed into thin sheets about a foot
long and two feet wide and slapped
against the side of the oven. It bakes
in a few minutes.
Dramatic Progress.
“What became of that play you
wrote five years ago?”
“The managers decided it was too
daring to produce.”
“Send it on again.”
“I did. They say it’s too tame now."
~Pittsburgh Post.
A Cruel Dig.
y Dolly—No. dear, | can’t go any place
with Molly. | hate her. the cat! Polly
—But, darling. you used to be chummy
with ber. What did she do? Dolly—
She told me # 101 of the nasty things
you said about me, dear.—Cleveland
Eeader. :
Erudite. 3
“Oh, baby.” esclaimed the Bi
mother, “what does make you cry so
“I really cannot say.” was the ub
pected answer. "1 have never in
| mith In the Transvaal war the late
| newspaper correspondents who threw
| town and kept up such ap incessant
' ing we got that it had been fired.
. gerted in place of the fuses. and inside
| the shells were plum puddings. On the
| compliments of the season.”
| whose reputation has rested principal
. ly upon his researches into conditions
* position that a great part of the known
| ture, and that all species of life as we
| know it have arisen since then.
| when asked if you'll have something
in introspection.”
——
-
ee ~ GER POE”
COURTESIES OF WAR.
Christmas Boxes the Boers Dropped
Among the English.
When the Boers advanced on Lady-
#
Melton Prior was one of the twenty
in their lot with the- English army in-
stead of making the hurried retreat
In his book,
“Campaigns of a War Correspondent,”
he tells many interesting incidents of
the siege.
The enemy succeeded in placing thir-
ty-two guns on the heights above the
fire that the troops and civilians were
soon engaged in digging bomb proof
shelters. In a short time they learned
to distinguish the different Boer guns
by their sound and gave them amusing
called “Long Tom,” “Puffing Billy”
and “Weary Willie.” Then there was
“Qilent Susan.” so named because the
bursting of a shell was the first warn-
“Bloody Mary,” as you may suppose,
was looked upon as a beast of a gun.
In spite of the havoc that the can-
non worked, the soldiers soon grew ac-
customed to the shelling. One day the
Second Gordon highlanders were play-
ing football, when a shell plumped in
among them. Fortunately. no one was
hit. and they went on playing. The
Boers were so interested. apparently,
that they gave up firing and actually
sat on the edge of the hills, watching
the game. Then, when it was all over,
the firing started afresh.
But this was not the only courtesy
the enemy showed. On Christmas day
they saluted the happy morn by salvos
of shells. The first two that fell into
the camps of the carabineers and the
Imperial Light horse did not burst.
When the shells were picked up it was |
found that wooden plugs had been in- |
outside were the words, “With the
THE CRUSH OF WORLDS.
it Will Come When the Solar System
Falls Into the Sun.
The whole of the present solar sys-
tem is ultimately to fall into the sun,
causing an explosion that may result
in a new solar system. Such is the
theory put forward in the Journal of
Natural Science by Professor Philip
Fauth, a well known astronomer,
CORN EARS, SHELLED CORN, OATS
——) BALED HAY AND STRAW (—
by the bunch or cord as may suit purchasers,
respectfully solicits the patronage of his |
friends and the public, at his Coal Yard
near the Pennsylvania Passenger Station.
58-23-1v
Coal and Wood.
A. G. MORRIS, JR.
Shipping and Commission
Merchant, and Dealer in
ANTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS
COALS)
and other grains,
Pharmacy.
MURRAY'S
Rheumatic Remedy
THE MARVELOUS CURE FOR
RHEUMATISM,
$5.00 the bottle at your drug-
gists, or sent Parcels post on re-
ceipt of price. Money refunded
if it fails to cure YOU.
WM. H. FIELDING,
Sole Agent. Druggist,
RN. iu ————
Attorneys-at-Law.
KLINE WOODRING—Attorney-at-Law,Belle -
fonte, Pa. Practicesin all courts Office
Room 18Crider’s Exchange. 51-1-1y.
B. SPANGLER.-Attorney-at-Law. Practices
in all the Courts. Consultation in English
or German. Office in Crider’s Exchange,
Bellefonte, Pa. 40-
S. TAYLOR—Attorney and Counsellor at
lhe EL OR
onte, Pa. 2
tended to prompotly. RAS of exe wines
H. WETZEL—Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Office No. 11, Crider’s Exchange, second
floor. All kinds of legal business attended
to promptly. Consultation in English or Gesthan
ETTIG, BOWER & ZERBY—Attorneys-at
Law,Eagle Block, Bellefonte, Pa. Success-
ors to Orvis, Bower & Orvis. Practice inall
the courts. Consultation in English or German. 50-7
M. KEICHLINE—Attorney-at-Law. Practices
in all the courts. Consultation in English
and German. Office south of court house.
All proigsgions! business will receive prompt at
ention.
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+ ’ ’ efonte, Pa. Prom t
Builders’ and Plasterers’ Sand. legal business ental rua
in ——————————— ces—No. 5 East High street. 57-44.
FEDERAL STOCK FOOD. Fine Job Printing. G. RUNKLE.—Attorney-at-Law. Consul-
KINDLING WOOD
Commercial 204 E.
Bell
Telephones: 64
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Money to Loan.
AY ha TO LOAN on good security and
houses to rent.
J. M. KEICHLINE,
FINE JOB PRINTING
o—A SPECIALTY—0
AT THE
WATCHMAN OFFICE.
There is no style of work, from the
cheapest “Dodger” to the finest
BOOK WORK,
that we car: not do in the most satis-
factory manner, and at Prices consist-
ent with the class of work. Call on or
communicate with this office.
CURTIS Y. WAGNER,
Manufacturer, Wholesaler and Retailer of
on the moon.
The novel feature of Dr. Fauth’s
theory is that it is based upon the sup-
solar system, including especially the
planets Jupiter, Uranus and Saturn,
are not composed of mineral matter at
all, but are tremendous masses of ice,
or balls of ice surrounding a mineral
kernel. Furthermore, he declares, a
part of what is now known as the
Milky way is not mineral or gaseous.
but “a ring of jce dust” masses of
particles of ice suspended in space, the
outer planets receiving a constant ad-
dition to their ice mass from this
source.
Professor Fauth declares that the
world already at some remote period
has had a similar experience, resulting
in the death of nearly all animate na-
Even-
tually the planets swinging through
their narrowing orbits will fall into the
sun, causing a new explosion and per-
haps the birth of a new solar system,
but for thousands of years before that
time all life, either on earth or else-
where, will have disappeared.—New
York Sun.
His Conceit.
Abbe Pradt, a minor light of Na-
poleon’s time, was a most conceited
man. The Duke of Wellington met him
in Paris at a dinner given in honor of
himself. The abbe made a long ora-
tion, chiefly on the state of political
affairs, and concluded with the words,
“We owe the salvation of Europe to
one man alone.” ‘Before he gave me
time to blush,” said the duke, “he put
his hand on his heart and continued.
‘To me.” ”
All In Harmony.
“Have you been in Mrs. Gilder’s new
home?”
“No.”
“It's furnished perfectly exquisite.
You ought to see the antiques! Every-
thing is just as old as it can be. Why,
she hasn't neglected a single period.”
“Indeed!”
“Yes. What do you think? She's
even got a Queen Anne vacuum clean-
er!”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
An Oath of Silence.
In certain districts of Western Aus-
tralia there are women who take an
oath to remain silent after the death
of their husbands. In some cases they
will remain mute for two years after
the funeral, and very often the oath
is kept also by the mother and mother-
jn-law of the deceased.—Paris Revue
Medicale.
Honduras’ Silver Coins.
In the republic of Honduras the sil-
ver currency was for years minted
from Socorro bullion. This nearly al-
ways contains a certain proportion ot
gold, which used not to be separated
before it went to the mint, so that
Honduras silver coins prior to 1911
generally contain a certain proportion
of gold
Out of His Line.
. Mother—Now, Freddie, at the party
ay, “Yes, thank you,” and
want it you must say—
t you bother, ma. 1 don’t
refuse anything. — Boston
Manufactures and has on hand at all times the
following brands of high grade flour:
WHITE STAR
The only place in the county where that extraor-
dinarily fine grade of spring wheat Patent Flour
can be secured. Also International Stock Food
s,
All kinds of Grain bought at the office Flour
BROCKERHOFF MILLS,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Roller Flour
Feed
Corn Meal
and Grain
50-32-1y.
51-14-1y. Atom “t a. -
m— Restaurant.
Flour and Feed.
ESTAURANT.
Bellefonte now has a First-Class Res-
taurant where
Meals are Served at All Hours
Steaks, Chops, Roasts, Oysters on the
half shell or in any style desired, Sand-
wiches, Sou; C €
be had in a few minutes any time. In ad.
dition I have a complete plant prepared
furnish Soft Dri
POPS,
, and anything eatable, can
to
in bottles such as
SODAS,
SARSAPARILLA,
SELTZER SYPHONS, ETC.
for pic-nics, families and the public gener-
ally all of which are manufactured
the purest syrups and properly carbonated.
out of
C. MOERSCHBACHER,
High St., Bellefonte, Pa.
Meat Market.
OUR BEST
HIGH GRADE
VICTORY PATENT
FANCY PATENT
SPRAY
and feed of all kind!
or gristly meats.
(Get the Best Meats.
You save nothing by buying poor, thin
use only the
LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE
and supply my customers with the fresh-
i best blood
choicest, and muscle mak-
ing Steaks and Roasts. My prices are no
higher than poorer meats are elsewhere.
I alwavs have
—— DRESSED POULTRY —
exchanged for wheat. Game in season, and any kinds of good
meats you want.
OFFICE and STORE—BISHOP STREET. TRY MY SHOP.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
4719 MILL AT ROOPBSURG. P. L. BEEZER,
High Street. 34-34-1y. Bellefonte, Pa.
Groceries. Groceries.
The original Kraut made in Germany, by
natural fermentation.
(Not with acids as
much of the highly advertised kraut.) It is
White Clean Goods, cut
in long fibers like
slaw. Comes in pails about 13 Ibs. for 75c,
18 Ibs. 90c, and 24 lbs. for $1.15.
Let Us Have Your Order
it will please you.
SECHLER & COMPANY,
| Bush House Block, ©» 1 nidepas 3 ¢ wis © Pelletonte, Pa. |
RS
LIME AND LIMESTONE.
LIME.
Lime and Limestone for all purposes.
H-O Lime put up in 20 Ib. paper bags
LIME.
for use with drills or spreader, is the econom-
jcal form most careful farmers are using.
High Calcium Central Pennsylvania I.ime
MERICN LIME & STONE COMPANY.,
© 58286m General Office: TYRONE, PA.
tation in English and German. Office
in Crider’s Exchange, Bellefonte. 58-5
Physicians.
S. GLENN, M. D., Physician and Sur;
State College, Centre county, Pa. Sffce
at his residence.
amy
Dentists.
R. J. E. WARD, D. D. S., office next door to
Y.M.C. A. room, Figs street, Bellefonte,
Pa, Gas administered for painless
ing teeth. Superior Crown and Bridge work. Price
reasonable. 52-3
R.H. W. TATE, Surgeon Dentist, Office in
the Bush Arcade, Bellefonte, Pa. All mod-
ern electric appliances used. Has had
years of experience. All work of Superior quality
and prices reasonable. 45-8-1y
ARIA,
Plumbing.
Good Health
Good Plumbing
GO TOGETHER.
When you have dripping steam pipes, leaky
water-fixtures, foul sewe , Or escal
as, you can’t have good Health. The air you
reathe is poisonous; your system mee
poisoned.and invalidism is sure to come.
SANITARY PLUMBING
is the kind we do. It’s the only kind you
ought to have. Wedon’t trustthis work to
boys. Our workmen are Skilled Mechanics,
no better anywhere. Our
Material and
Fixtures are the Best
Not a cheap or inferior article in our entire
establishment. And with good work and the
finest material, our
Prices are lower
than many who give you r, unsanitary
work and the lowest grade of finishings. For
the Best Work trv
ARCHIBALD ALLISON,
Opposite Bush House - Bellefonte, Pa
56-14-1v.
Insurance.
EARLE C. TUTEN
(Successor to D. W. Woodring.)
Fire,
Life
and
Automobile Insurance
None but Reliable Companies Represented.
Surety Bonds of All Descriptions.
Both Telephones 56-27-y BELLEFONTE, PA
JOHN F. GRAY & SON,
(Successor to Grant Hoover)
Fire,
Life
Accident Insurance.
This Agency represents the largest Fire
Insurance Companies in the World.
— NO ASSESSMENTS —
Do not fail to give us a call before insuring your
Life or Property as we are in position to write
large lines at any time.
Office in Crider’s Stone Building,
43-18-1y. BELLEFONTE. PA.
The Preferred
Accident
Insurance
THE $5,000 TRAVEL POLICY
BENEFITS:
$5,000 death by accident,
5,000 loss of both feet,
5,000 loss of both hands,
5,000 loss of one hand and one foot,
2,500 loss of either hand,
2,000 loss of either foot,
630 loss of one eve
25 week, total disability,
PE at 52 Es i
10 per week, partial disability,
(limit 26 weeks)
PREMIUM $12 PER YEAR,
pavable quarterly if desired.
Larger or smaller amounts in proportion.
Any person, male or female, engaged in a
referred occupation, inclu house-
Reeping, over teen years of age of
moral and physical condition may
insure under this policy.
Fire Insurance
{ invite your attention to my Fire Insur.
ance Agency, the strongest and Yo oat
ve of m|
ed by any agency in Central Pennsylvania
'H. E. FENLON,
5021. =~ Agent, Bellefonte, Pa.