Bellefonte, Pa., March 20, 1914. FROM INDIA. By One on Medical Duty in that Far Eastern Country. An Interesting Story of the Way Marketing is Done in Jhansi. JHANSI, FEBRUARY 7th, 1913. Dear Home Folk: This morning it is dark and gloomy and looks like rain. Can you imagine what that might mean here where there is nothing but sunshine and blue sky for almost nine months out of the twelve? One gets up and looks out and smiles to see that old Dame Nature is in an un- pleasant humor and we gladly take down our rain coats and pull out the umbrel- las. Of course it won't really rain, or if it does, not for long. We hope it will not as the wheat is shoulder high and in head and any heavy storm just now would mean a big loss to the country. Already the days are longer, the weather much warmer and the leaves nearly all yellow or entirely gone from the trees, except those that stay green all the year. I wish I could have taken you with me today. Pay day is on Saturday and the matron of the nurses’ house always goes to get her supplies for the following week. Today the oxen cart was brought around and as I have wanted for some time to see her do buying, I asked to go with her. Could you imagine jogging along behind two great fat, white oxen, and what really is a good twenty minutes’ walk, we accomplished with these re- markable steeds in just one hour. Down through the narrow streets we went, past all sorts of cloth merchants and food men. Fruit and vegetables are of course for sale from small baskets in the middle of the street, their owners squatted behind them; but we went on to where the street was almost as wide as the Diamond. Both sides of this street were piled full of heaps of grain. Dozens of women and men, (coolies) with a basket made like a big dust pan, toss- ing the grain high in the air. Others would have a square seive-bottomed, wooden frame between them and they would toss and shake until the chaff and dirt was all fairly cleaned, out when it would be dumped on the bare ground. I saw a nice fat cow come walking along, run her nose deep into the pile and thus secured a big mouthful ere a small boy very gently urged her on to the next merchants’ shop. We finally stopped in front of a little, low shed where a man was squatting and getting out she produced her list of things wanted and her various arti- cles for carrying them home. Four bur- lap bags for grain were first brought out, then various sized pieces of white cloth, a big square white cloth, various bottles, old tin boxes, and the buying began. She first bought wheat; not liking that of the pile seen at the front a “coolie” was sent into a small place and returned with sev- eral handfuls of other kinds, one which she finally decided to take. The “coolie” then spread a big dak blanket down from the doorway and a big bag of wheat was emptied onto this. The merchant then took a hand scale and holding it by a string, his elbow resting upon his knee making the upright, proceeded to put into one basket scale a five-pound weight _ and into the other the grain. This he had to do twelve times, since she want- ed so many “seer” of wheat; just how many half-bushels of quarter-bushels I don’t know. He used his hands to scoop up the grain and when he was through again his hands scooped up what remain- ed and put it back. Sugar was bought in the same way, from the same hands, a head was scratched, a dirty “dote” was tightened, but still the weighing went on. Rice was weighed in the same way and each one was put into a corner of the large cloth and tied up, various other grains having been put into other cloths. The merchants’ assistant got out the “tal” (oil) and the bottles being weigh- ed they were filled and again weighed. The “ghi” (clarified butter) came from an old coal-oil tin and so that none would be wasted the fingers were used to wipe off the tin and carefully scraped into the jug. Next came the spices and without even wiping his hands he caught up a handfull of cloves, then long sticks of cinnamon had to be broken and various other small spices were heaped upon the the scales, while wheat and other small articles helped the weights to be accu- rate. All this Hime, nearly two hours, the cleaning of grain was going on around oy until I was almost choked with the dust, while the brown bodies of the “coolies” were gray with it. Most of them had their faces covered so that they were breathing through acloth. Two small boys were Slesning grain, not much over eight years of age; one pour- ing it down i his basket while the other fanned it, thus driving more chaff into my poor irritated nose. ii I got a bit tired watching the weighing so walking in the track of the thriving Mrs. “Cow” I went along the street to in- spect various chains of beads and ank- lets and other fancy adornments, all dis- played on the bare ground, within two feet of the road where the oxen teams or “tonga” men were driving. I was there perhaps for three hours and in all the crowd I was the only white person, all the others being natives. I wonder if I will know how to act when I see a crowd of my own kind again. One thing I do know and that is, I could scarcely have less notice taken of me than those natives did yesterday. Having tired of the buying and also being hungry, I started for the hospital and I did not de- lay and really, I think they noticed my hurrying, which is so thoroughly un-In- dian, more than my clothes or white skin. (Continued next week.) PICTURESQUE DAMASCUS. 'A Garden City Whose Beauty Halted i Mohammed at its Gates. The hotel in Damascus in which we stay is called the Grand Victoria, but it is above a blacksmith shop and a saddle shop. The lower stories are mostly blank, bare walls. From the upper stories project balconies of lat- ticed oriels, some of which extend so far over the street as to make it easy i for the veiled damsel of the harem to leap across. In contrast with these plain exteri- | ors the interiors are often exquisitely . beautiful, having an open court paved : with marble and a fountain fed by the | waters of the Abana, tinkling and ' splashing through the hot hours of the | day, and wooing one to rest during the cool of the evening. Palms, orange trees and oleanders stand here and | there. Within the house you discover rooms cold and formal to an American, but brilliant with oriental hangings, brasses and inlaid mother-of-pearl fur- nishings. Damascus is perhaps the second city in importance in the mind of the Mohammedans. It is a garden city made to be indeed an oasis in the desert by the Abana river, which, find- ing life in the snows of Hermon’s breast. flows through this city with in- creasing volume as if it intended to regenerate the decert, into which it pours all its wealth, and does verita- bly make this section to “blossom as the rose.” It is not to be wondered at that Mohammed drew rein outside the walls when first he saw the city and said, “Since man can enter paradise but once, 1 will not enter this earthly paradise lest 1 be shut out from the heavenly.”—Christian Herald. WHO TOLD THE TRUTH? Feminine Life From the Vicwpoints of Home and Business. Who told the truth? They met in the subway one morn- ing, a young mother and a young pro- fessional woman. They had been friends at school, but eons had pass- ed, and now, after some ten years. they began to discuss their present jobs—of motherhood and journalism. However, journalism seemed to fill most of the time, and motherhood was dismissed after a few desultory ques- tions about Billy, whose fame consist- ed in being seven years old and just entering school. “Oh, tell me about your work,” said the mother. ‘There is quite a bit to: tell of it,” said the egotistical woman of business. and immediately launched upon the Joys, woes, disadvantages and advan- tages of the business woman’s career. “My, but that is most interesting!” said the mother. whose eyes were pop- ping out of her head at the mere men- tion of the famous persons the jour- nalist knew. *1 certainly shall buy your magazine and read it!" “Grand Central station!” the guard. “Goodby,” said the mother. life is certainly worth while.” “Goodby,” replied the journalist. “Not nearly as much worth while as yours.” Who told the truth? — New York Tribune. _ ¥ i | i 1 | t i mumbled “Your Ben Franklin's Keenness. Two incidents recall the keenness and the thoroughness—the great twin abilities, to see and to utilize—of Ben Franklin. One day he chanced to ob- serve a lady in the possession of an imported whisk broom. With his usual interest and careful consideration he examined it as a novelty. He discov- ered on the brush of the broom a seed. which he carefully removed. Present- ly he planted it, and the growth from ‘this seed was the first crop of broom corn jin this councry. Again one day when Dr. Franklin was walking by Dock creek he saw stuck in the mud a wickerwork basket, which had sprout- and carefully took it apart. He gave cuttings to his friend, Charles Norris, who planted the twigs in his garden, where they grew to great size. They as Franklin had foreseen, proved of great commercial value. Spoiled Their Appetites. “Why is Sweden like heaven?" asked the thin boarder, coming to the break- fast table. “I know,” came from the little blond typewriter. “Well, if you know push it along, Sweetmeats,” said the thin boarder. “Because” — “The same old answer.” “No, it’s not. I was going to say be- cause it is a foreign country.” essayed the little blond. “Wrong,’’' came from the thin man. “Listen. Because nearly all the match- es are made there.”—Yonkers States- man. Insisted on a Change. London Coster (meeting the village idiot)—Oo0 are yer a-larfin’ at? Idiot— Oi bean’t a-larfin’. Coster—Well, put your face straight. Idiot — It is straight. Coster (exasperated)—Well, then, blast yer. bloomin’ well bend it!— London Tatler. Not a Bit Conceited. Wife—You are positively the most conceited man I ever met. Hub—I conceited! Woman, there’s not a con- ceited bone in my body. Why. another man with the same abilities would be absolutely carried away with pride.— Exchange. Made Quite a Difference. Miss Watson—Did Mr. Sark say to you as I entered the drawing room last night, Clara, “Is that the beautiful Miss Watson?’ Clara—Yes, dear, with the accent on the “that.” —HBxchange. turned out to be yellow willows and, i | | ed. Carefully he fished out the basket The Chief Obstacle. The French are not inclined to take things too seriously. Thus, while they love and respect the venerable French academy, they never refrain from mak- ing it the subject of a little good na- tured wit. Even the members them- selves, as this entry in Victor Hugo's notebook will show, indulge themselves in occasional sallies against the fa- mous institution. On Dec. 17, 1846, Victor Hugo, him- self one of the forty “immortal” mem- bers of the academy, wrote in his note- book “Today, Thursday, in the acad- emy. I spoke there with Dupin the elder about Balzac and of his chances of election to the academy. ‘Thunder! Dupin interrupted me. ‘So you really believe that, without any more to do, Balzac will be chosen the first time he comes up for election. “‘You quote examples where that has occurred, but those prove nothing. Think of it! Balzac, at the first pres- entation of his name! You have thought the matter over carefully? Good! But you have forgotten one reason why it is quite impossible that Balzac should be elected to the academy—he de- serves it!” “To Keep Young.” Youth is what we all love to have and to hold, and since Ponce de Leon’s time many a way of conserving it has been prescribed—dosage, drinking sour milk, systems of exercise, bathing, rub- bing. Any one of these things may help the individual, but not every in- dividual. And let us not forget that youth is in great measure a gift of the spirit. Children are young because for them life abounds. They find springs of energy within and stores of refreshment without. Wonder, curiosity, the enjoy- ment of ten thousand trifles, a short memory for punishment and pain--all these things make for youth. Quarrels, resentfulness, suspicion, worry, grouch- iness—these bring harder lines around the mouth, hardened arteries, old age. Nothing is too small to delight a child, given the right conditions; nothing too big to darken for very long the span- gled sky. That is the secret of youth. Draw the curtain, Master Manager! On with the human comedy.—Collier’s ‘Weekly. Japanese Flower Etiquette. To order a dozen or two of roses or carnations indiscriminately over the telephone, to be delivered in a paste- board box by a florist’s boy, as a gift to a friend would mean a lack of re- finement to a Japanese, writes Grace H. Bagley in Suburban Life. In fact, ignorance of flower lore might result in disastrous blunder. If, for example, you sent a purple wistaria, however exquisite in itself, to a bride she would hardly forgive you, since purple is a color of a bad omen, never to be used on felicitous occasions. On the other hand, you would convey a delicate compliment by sending chrysanthe- mums, hecause, on account of their long period of blooming, they signify long life. A peony sent to a friend is a flattering recognition of his distine- tion, as it is suitable only for those of high rank. The Comparison Held. A lecturer went to Yonkers with a letter to a Yonkers citizen from a man in New Rochelle and succeeded in get- ting an engagement. His three hour lecture proved dull, dry and uninter- esting. Next day Mr. Yonkers met Mr. New Rochelle. “What did you mean,” asked Yon- kers, “by recommending that lemon lecturer?” “I didn’t recommend him.” “Well, IT just guess you did. I've your letter right here in my pocket.” “Better read it over again—carefully.” Mr. Yonkers did. It was noncom- mittal: “I have heard Mr. B.’s lecture. It is - a8 interesting as it is instructive.” “And it wasn't either,” said Yonkers. “Then the comparison holds,” said New Rochslle.—N&y York World. ., A Queer Question. “I have come to consult you,” she said to the prominent lawyer. “What is the trouble?” “I have received three proposals of marriage, and I do not know which to accept.” “Which man has the most money?” “Do you imagine,” she asked, “that if I knew I would consult you or any other lawyer?’—Birmingham Age-Her- ald. Open to Conviction. “Some of your constituents are dis- agreeing with you,” said the trusted lieutenant. “Well, keep tab on them,” replied Senator Sorghum, “when enough dis- agree with me to constitute a reliable majority I'm going to turn around and agree with them.”—Washington Star. A Wise Child. “Willie,” sadly said a father to his young son. “I did not know till today that last week you were whipped by Your teacher for bad behavior.” “Didn’t you, father?’ Willie answer- ed cheerfully. “Why, I knew it all the time.” —Woman’s Home Companion. Then She'll Tell You. “Tell me,” said the lovesick youth, “what's the best way to find out what a woman thinks of you.” “Marry her,” replied Peckham promptly. —Philadelphia Press. Mean Inference. Bix—My wife is never happy when fl am out of her sight. Dix—My wife doesn’t trust me, either.—Yonkers ‘Statesman. ! He goeth better that creepeth in his way than he that runneth out of his |. \way.—St. Augustine, Old-Time Remedy, ] Women are to Blame In a great measure for home unhappiness. , Not always the woman who helps make ‘ home unhappy, but her mother perhaps who let her daughter assume the obliga- tions of marriage in ignorance of the consequences. 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Build up your blood by faking the old reliable Hood's Sarsaparil- a. Coal and Wood. Attorneys-at-Law. A. G. Morris, Jr. DEALER IN HIGH GRADE ANTHRACITE, BITUMINOUS AND CANNEL {COAL} Wood, Grain, Hay, Straw and Sand. ALSO FEDERAL STOCK AND POULTRY FOOD BOTH ’PHONES. Yard Opposite 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 Exch: Bellefonte, Pa. 40- S. TAYLOR—Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office in Temple Court, Belle- fonte, Pa. All kinds of legal business at- tended to promntly. 40-46 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 Geiian I . Practices in all the courts. Consultation in English and German. Office south of court house. All professional business will receive prompt ia tention. KENNEDY AOHNSTON-Attomey.al-law, a. Prompt attention given all J M. KEICHLINE—Attorney-at-Law. Bellefonte, legal business entrusted to ces—No. 5 East High street. G. RUNKLE.—Attorney-at-Law. Consul- tation in Eaglish and German. Office in Crider’s Exchange, Bellefonte. 5 his care. Offi- 57-4. Physicians. GLENN, M. D., Physician and Su State College, Centre county, Pa. Stee at his resid . 35-41 Dentists. vv R. J. E. WARD, D. D. S., office next door to Y. M. C. A. room, High street, Bellefonte, Pa. Gas administered for painless extract. ing teeth. Superior Crown and Bridge work. Prices reasonable. 52-39 D* H. W. TATE, Surgeon Dentist, Office in is medicine is perfect! cl De the Bush Arcade, Bellefonte, Pa. All mod- and absolutely hy is Le ran P. R. R. Cf t. ern electric appliances used. Has had and unequaled medicinal merit. 58-23-1v years of experience. work of Superior quality . Hood's Sarsaparilla has been and still oe — and prices reasonable. 45-81y i the Dsopie’s medicine because of jts — — — wonderful success in the treatment of t common diseases and a roa Money to Loan. Plumbing. catarii, Theumatissn, dyspepsia, loss of apeetite. that tir eeling, general de ONEY To, LOAN on good security and ; Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies and enrich- ouses to rent. G d H 1 h es the blood, and in so doing renders the J. M. EEICHLING, 00 €a cibie: © has bec tested for yous, ‘Sot | Stel A elitonte ba py sible. as been tes! or years. » - . 1 Hood's, and get it now ih any dru, Good Plumbing store. 50-10 Rest t auran o s—— oo 2 GO TOGETHER. Flour and Feed. ESTAURANT. (CURTIS Y. WAGNER, BROCKERHOFF MILLS, BELLEFONTE, PA. Manufacturer, Wholesaler and Retailer of Roller Flour Feed Corn Meal and Grain Manufactures and has on hand at all times the following brands of high grade flour: WHITE STAR OUR BEST HIGH GRADE VICTORY PATENT FANCY PATENT The only place in the county where that extraor- dinarily fine grade of spring wheat Patent Flour SPRAY can be secured. Also International Stock Food and feed of all kinds. All kinds of Grain bought at the office Flour ed for wheat. OFFICE and STORE—BISHOP STREET, BELLEFONTE, PA. MILL AT ROOPBSURG. 47-19 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; anything eatable, can be had in a few minutes any time. In ad- dition I have a Somplets plant prepared to furnish in les such as POPS, SODAS, SARSAPARILLA, SELTZER SYPHONS, ETC., for pic-nics, families and the public gener- ally all of which are manufactured out of the purest syrups and properly carbonated. C. MOERSCHBACHER, High St., Bellefonte, Pa. Meat Market. 50-32-1y. Get the Best Meats. You save nothing by buying poor, thin or gristly meats. I use only LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE d ly my customers with the fresh- est, choigest, Best blood and muscle mak- ing Steaks and Roasts. My prices are no higher than poorer meats are elsewhere. I always have —— DRESSED POULTRY — Game in season, and any kinds of good meats you want. TRY MY SHOP. P. L. BEEZER, High Street. 34-34-1y. Bellefonte, Pa. Groceries. Groceries. Fruits, Confectionery and FINE GROCERIES. White Almedia Grapes, Florida .-and Naval Oranges, Lemons, Ba- ’nanas, 2ll in"good order and free of frost. Sue Large Spanish and home-grown - Onions, sound and in good order. Fine Popping Corn, on the ear or shelled; this goods will pop. We have revised the prices downward on our Beans; come in and see the fine stock and present prices. If you want a fine, sweet, juicy Ham, let us supply you. ! : The Finest Meadow Gold Brand Creamery Butter at 40c per pound. Sweet, Dill and Sour Pickles; our Olives by the quart are very fine. - . SOME SEASONABLE GOODS. Fine weather yet for using Mince Meat. Nothing else will compare with what we make at 15c a pound. Spinach 10 and 15c a can; Rheu- barb, Jersey packed, sanitary fans; a Oc a can; Pumpkin 10 and can; all large No. 3 cans. Fine Golden New Orleans Mo- lasses, by the quart or gallon. We have some fine Marketing and Clothes Baskets ready for the spring trade. We are still handling the fine German Kraut. In order to meet the demand for small quantity, we have some packed in half-gailon Mason Jars at 25¢ a jar. SECHLER & . Bush House Block, - - oy COMPANY, Bellefonte, Pa. LIME AND LIMESTONE. LIME. Lime and Limestone for all purposes. H-O Lime Put up in 40 to 50 Pound Paper Bags. LIME. American Lime & 58-28-6m for use with drills or spreader, is the econom-- ical form most careful farmers are using. High Calcium Central Pennsylvania I. ime Operations at Bellefonte, Tyrone, Union Furnace, Frankstown and Spring Meadows, Pa Stone Company., General Office: TYRONE, PA. When you have dripping steam pipes, leaky water-fixtures, foul sewerage, or escaping es you can’t have good Health. The air you reathe is poisonous; your system becomes poisoned and invalidism is sure to come. SANITARY PLUMBING is the kind we do. It'sthe only kind you ought to have. Wedon’t trustthis work_to Our workmen are Skilled Mechanics, no better anywhere. 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 Our than many who give you poor, unsanitary work and the lowest grade of finishings. For the Best Work try Archibald Allison, Opposite Bush House - Bellefonte, Pa 56-14-1v. wan Fine Job Printing. FINE JOB PRINTING 0—A SPECIALTY—o0 AT THE WATCHMAN OFFICE. There is no style of work, from the cheapest ‘‘Dodger’’ to the 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. Insurance. JOHN F. GRAY & SON, (Successor to Grant Hoover) Fire, Life Accident Insurance. This Agency represents the lar Fire is fe Companies in the Wosta: “ ——NO ASSESSMENTS — D6 rio fail to give us a call before insuring your Life or Property as we are in position to write (lines at any tifhe. . WW Office in Crider’s Stone Building, = ©. 3181y. BELLEFONTE. PA. The Preferred Accident Insurance THE $5,000 TRAVEL POLICY 25 per week, total disability, Pe oa Jisabilicy. 1 Pts Sa) dente PREMIUM $12 PER YEAR, pavable quarterly if desired. Any person, male hyn i preferred occupation, including , over eighteen 3 good moral and physical con under this poiicv. Fire Insurance { invite your attention to my Fire Insur, ance , the strongest and Most Ex Re Be id Central a H. E. FENLON, 50-21. Agent, Bellefonte, Pa.
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