Bellefonte, Pa., July 24, 1914. Hale’s First Watch. The first watch was a small clock, of course. In 1477 Peter Hale, a clockmaker of Nuremberg, made a clock in the form of an egg, which could be carried in the pocket. The production of this cost a year’s la- bor; it was considered one of the wonders of the world and valued by its maker at a price equal to $1,500 at the present time. And yet it re- quired winding twice a day and varied an: hour a day from the correct time. Hale probably invented the fusee spring, but the hairspring was the in- vention of Dr. Robert Hooke, an Eng- lishman, in 1658, and Hooke was also the first to use the lever escapement, in 1666. The use of jewels for the bearings of the pivots was introduced about 1700, and the compensation bal- ance was invented in 1767. There is no doubt, however, that Gerbet, who subsequently became pope as Sylves- ter II, did construct a wheel and weight clock at Magdeburg in 996. And within the next 300 years a num- ber of tower clocks of great size and elaborate workmanship were set up in the churches of Europe and of Eng- land. First Airman Honored. A tablet has just been unveiled in the Smithsonian institution at Wash- ington to the memory of Prof. Lang- ley, who first constructed a heavier than air machine which “flew.” He died before he saw his hopes realized in any practical manner, but it is un- doubted that to his researches, dis- coveries and experiments we ewe the aviation of today. This tribute is the more appropriate because Professor Langley was soundly abused by many so-called men of science in his day, who insisted that he was engaged in a wild-goose chase, that he was expend- ing money of the institution to gratify personal whims, which could not pos- sibly benefit mankind under the terms of the Smithson will. Lawn Mowers Not Wanted. An American manufacturer has sent a souvenir lawn mower, which is now on exhibition in this consulate general at Callao, Peru, says Vice-Consul Dreyfus. However, there is no demand for lawn mowers in Peru, owing to the nonexistence of lawns, due to the absense of rain. The souvenir lawn mower is greatly admired by all visi- tors to the office. It may interest the novelty trade in the United States that while several people remarked that the lawn mower could not be sold in Peru this souvenir lawn mower might find a ready sale in the novelty stores of Lima. Cure for Heart Disease. Sugar is a splendid medicine for the heart in certain diseases of this or- gan. In others, such as oedema, it has no effect. Dr. Stanley E. Denyer reports in the Lancet the cure of a woman of seventy-seven with “rapid, irregular, feeble pulse, cyanosis and attacks of paroxysmal breathing” by the administration of four ounces of lump sugar every twelve hours, gradu- ally diminishing the dose, for several weeks. Swallow?ng Capsules. To those who find difficulty in swal- lowing medicine in capsules, the fol- lowing will be found efficacious: Place capsule in the mouth, having the head slightly lowered. Sip a small quan- tity of water, lift the head and swal- low. The capsule floats on top of the water and will slip naturally down the throat followed by the water.— Home Department, National Magazine for May. Big Men and Little. The man who is big enough to get toward the top in any line of work usually is built on a big scale. Petty things are beneath him. He isn’t in- terested in getting small advantages. You can be sure of him in all your dealings. It is the small man who bears watching. Sand and Glass. Sand is the main constituent of glass, constituting from 52 to 65 per cent of the mass of the original mix- ture, or from 60 to 75 per cent of the finished product, after melting has driven off carbon dioxide and other volatile materials. On the quality of the sand depend the transparency, brilliancy and hardness of the glass. Checks Up the Hens, In the effort to secure an accurate record of the hen’s egg achievements, an aluminum crayon holder has been invented by which the chicken makes her mark as she leaves the nest. The crayon is mounted on the foot, and the color of the crayon indicates the par- ticular bird. Smoke. Smoke is not composed of gases only, but of solid, or perhaps partly . liquid, particles, which are mixed with the gases and carried along by them. It is three particles of matter that are visible to the eye, and not the gases themselves.—St. Nicholas. Ad Hominem. Man with the Bulbous Nose—One or two baths a week. I tell you, are about all a busy man has time to take. Man with the Bulging Brow— How do you know? Open Road. . . . If a man has a message to deliver he must drive it home through wemen. It is the women who are lis- tening today; women do not analyze; they realize. Penny Is Base for Dynamo. The smallest dynamo in the world was exhibited recently before the French Academy of Science in Paris. So small is this dynamo that its base would not occupy all the space of a penny. The instrument is a perfect miniature of a large machine and is a practical model in every respect. It works with a hum that sounds like the buzz of a mosquito. It weighs only one-fifth of an ounce, and is six- tenths of an inch thick. The little dynamo can be used not only as a generator, but as a motor, consuming, in this latter case, two amperes of electric current at a pressure of two and a half volts. A small pocket bat- tery will operate it. Helped ThemeDie. Suicide has often been regarded as a luxury, and Marseilles, France, col- onized from Miletus in ancient days, preserved a custom and a prison for many years under Roman rule. A dose of hemlock and aconite was al- lowed to anyone who could show suffi- cient reason why he should deserve death. “This custom,” says Valerius Maximus, “comes from Greece, parti- cularly from the island of Ceos, where I saw an example. It was a woman of great quality, who, having lived very happily ninety years, obtained leave to die this way, lest by living longer she should happen to see a change of her good fortune.” Stories About Words, “Tool” and “touch” are the words that Sir James Murray is at present pursuing for his great dictionary. “Man is a toolmaking animal” is a saying attributed to Benjamin Frank- lin, but Sir James wants positive evi- dence. Franklin is believed to have had his brother American man in his mind’s eye when he said that. “In touch with” seems such an old and familiar phrase that it is surprising to learn that no examples of its use earlier thar 1884 can be discovered. In that year there was a run upon the phrase, and Sir James surmises that it was then “used by somebody that and had caught on.” Never Lost Standing. Tecumseh, the famous Indian chief, did not lose his standing among his own people because of his disastrous defeat at Tippecanoe. In the Amer ican Historical Review an interesting “journal” of the war of 1812 is pub- lished which contains this reference to the chief: “I have seen the great Tecumseh. He is a very plain man, rather above middle size, a noble set of features and an admirable eye. He is always accompanied by six great chiefs, who never go before him.” Cook Ovens in Mexican Villages, In nearly every Mexican village may be found a rounded structure of dried mud resembling an old-fash- ioned bee hive with a small opening near the ground. It is the oven which is utilized by the village for general culinary purposes. Early in the day the oven is thoroughly heated by building a fire in it, and after the coals are brushed down all the pots and pans containing the food to be cooked are placed inside and the oven is closed up. No further attention is paid to it until dinner time. Ingenious Chemist. There is a chemist in Paris who sold eggs at from $1 a dozen upward and found plenty of customers for Knowing how strongly many people object to taking medicine in its natur- al form, he used to impregnate the eggs with drugs of various kinds. Per- sons suffering from insomnia could be supplied with anti-pyrin eggs, influenza patients with quinine eggs, gouty peo- ple with colchicum eggs, and others with different varieties, according to their complaints. Women’s Opinion of Women. Men have an absurd notion that we can’t admire another woman or admit her good points. It isn’t so. We ad- mire a pretty woman just as much as you do. The only difference is you men think that if a woman has a love- ly face it follows as the night the day that she must have a lovely disposi- tion. We know better, that’s all— From “Olivia in India.” Effort Wasted. “What makes me really mad,” said the woman, “is to spend minutes, ‘maybe hours, trying to get hold of a white hair that shows up on my head like a dazzling light, yet which is tan- talizingly elusive when I try to catch it, and then when I do finally separate it from the brown hair and give it a vigorous pull, to find out that I have snatched out a good brown hair and left the white one still shining!” Cleaning Paint Brushes. The most successful way to soften brushes which the paint has hardened is to place them in vinegar. Heat the vinegar to a boiling point and allow the brushes to stand in it for a few minutes. Remove and wash thor- oughly with soap and water, and the brushes will be in perfect condition. No Occasion to Worry. Scientists have long declared that the earth will dry up and become as barren and dismal as the moon. But there is no occasion to worry abouf this, since it will not occur for more millicns of years, probably, than we can count. Born of Courtesy. The appellation “Reverend” is pure- ly born of courtesy. There is no legal warrant for its use. r « Lives Long. The yew tree lives four hundred or five hundre® years. A When the Game Was Called. Casey announced toghis wife. Ellen, that he was going to the ball game. All day he was gone. Night came, but no Casey to take his place at the head of the table. Midnight and no Casey. One o’clock—2 o’clock—3 o’clock—no Casey. As the 6 o'clock whistles be- gan to blow Casey stumbled up the front stairs into the house and awak- ened his wife by his efforts to nego- tiate the stairs. She hopped out of bed and met her better half in the hallway. “Well?” said Mrs. Casey, de- termination written on her Amazon face. “Sal-rite, Illin,” said Casey, weakly. “The game was called on ac- | count of daylight.”—Pittsburgh Chron- | icle-Telegraph. Coffee in South America. | Although the greater part of the world’s coffee now comes from South | America, there are some states in | that country where it is scarcely used. | In Argentina, for instance, only the foreigners ask for it. Hence it is classed as a luxury and commands a very high price. The natives drink “mate” or Paraguay tea. Among the | lower classes this beverage is drunk as freely as beer in Germany or tea in England. After dinner in Argentina many housekeepers serve, instead of coffee, a basin of soup, which strang- ers find some difficulty in swallow- ing. The woman who possesses a copy of | Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser possesses a life long friend. Ignorance of the delicacy of her own or- ganization is one of woman’s great dan- gers. The “Medical Adviser” opens the door of knowledge to every woman. This great book is sent free on receipt of | stamps to pay expense of mailing only. | Send 21 one-cent stamps for the book | bound in paper, or 31 stamps for cloth | binding. Address Dr. V. M. Pierce, | Buffalo, N. Y. Hood’s Sarsaparilla. A Good Complexion Is a Joy Forever Everybody that wants a fine, glowing. youthful skin should take old reliable Hood’s Sarsaparilla, a physician’s pre- scription, which gives a clear, healthy color. When your blood is made pure, your whole system is improved. Pimples, boils, hives, eczema surely disappear. Languor, loss of appetite, tired feeling, weakness are symptoms of impure, un- healthy blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla builds up the whole system by purifying the blood. It is the safest and most successful tonic known. Get a bottle from any druggist. Start treatment today. Improvement begins with first dose. 59-29 Coal and Wood. 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 in P.R.R. Depot. ¥s 58-23-1v RA li wn Can anything be more offensive than foul breath in man or woman? Who has not had the experience of a conversation with some one whose every word seemed | to reek with corruption? Foul breath is | only one symptom of a foul stomach. : The work of the stomach and organs of | digestion and nutrition is not being | properly performed when the breath is: tainted. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical | Discovery will sweeten the breath by | aiding the stomach and organs of diges- ! tion and nutrition. It removes accumu- lations of effete matter from the system, clears the machinery of the body from clogging waste, and increases the action | of the blood-making glands. When it sweetens the breath it also brightens the eye and clears the clouded complexion. ——Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. Medical. A Bellefonte Man’s Experience RESULTS TELL THE TALE. Can you doubt the evidence of this Bellefonte citizen? You can verify Bellefonte endorsement. Read this: William Wocds, carpenter, High St., Bellefonte, says: “A year ago this spring I strained myself by heavy lifting and that started my back to aching. A catch caught me across my loins and I had to lay off for the day. I took Doan’s Kidney Pills and less than one box rid me of the attack. I have not had any trouble from my back since.” ¢ Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kid- ney Pills—the same that Mr. Woods had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props, Boftslo. Y. -29-1t i sms mn LIME AND LIMESTONE. Meat Market. ’ Attorneys-at-Law. (Get the Best Meats. by buying poor, thin You save nothin use only the or gristly meats. LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE and supply my customers with the fresh- est, choicest, 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. Restaurant. 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, Soups, and anything eatable, can be had in a few minutes any time. In ad- dition I have a complete plant prepared to furnish Soft Dri in bottles 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. 50-32-1y. Money to Loan. ONEY TO LOAN on good security and houses to rent, J. M. KEICHLINE, Attorney-at-Law. Bellefonte 51-14-1y. a. Ew 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. Groceries. Groceries. Fruits, Confectionery and FINE GROCERIES. White Almedia Grapes, Florida and Naval Oranges, Lemons, Ba- nanas, all in good order and free of frost. 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. Fine weather yet for using Mince Meat. Nothing else will compare with what we make at 15c a pound. SOME SEASONABLE GOODS. Spinach 10 and 15c a can; Rheu- barb, Jersey packed, sanitary cans, 10c a can; Pumpkin 10 and 15c a 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-gallon Mason Jars at 25c a jar. SECHLER & COMPANY, Bush House Block, - - 57-1 - - - Bellefonte, Pa. Flour and Feed. Farm Implements. a —— emma (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 be secured. Also International Stock Food fan and feed of ane All kinds of Grain bought at the office Flour exchanged for wheat. OFFICE and STORE—BISHOP STREET. BELLEFONTE. PA. 4119 MILL AT ROOPBSURG. Farmers Supply Store, Should you want an Ensilage Cutter, we handle and recommend THE BLIZZARD It cannot be excelled for light running. A regular farm engine Large capacity, easily fills highest silos, and is simple, Self-feed table, mounted or unmounted as de- Four sizes. runs it. safe and durable. sired by the purchaser. your inspection. CHAMPION MOWERS yet on hand, if you should need one to cut difficult grass that the other makes of mowers choke on, get this one. JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT for seed. Just as profitable a crop as you can sow, as you don’t have to wait a year for returns. BINDER Manilla Hay Rope and knot th riding and walking, Umbrellas at half price, section ers and Grindstones, BR on a farm. Call in and look us over. JOHN ing Pulleys. Walking and Riding Cultivators, Wiard Plows low Doubletrees, Hay Track put up to save labor. an irs for € OOKVILLE WAGONS A SPECIALTY. In fact everything used G. DUBBS, Both Phones. Will have one in stock for A few 5-foot TWINE Harvesters’ most any make of machines, Sickle Grind- BELLEFONTE, PA. KLINE WOODRING—Attorney-at-Law,Belle fonte, Pa, Practicesin all courts Office- Room 18 Crider’s Exchange. 51-1-1y. B. SPANGLER.-Attorney-at-Law. Practices in all the Courts. Consultation in English or German. Office in Crider’s Frcionge. Bellefonte, Pa. 40- S. TAYLOR—Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office in Temple Court, fonte, Pa. All kinds of legal business at- tended to promotly. 40-46 H. WETZEL—Attorney and Counsellor at Law Office No. 11, Crider’s Exchange, floor. All kinds of legal business attended to promptly. Consultation in English or Geritian in all the courts. Consultation in English and German. Office south of court house. All professional business will receive prompt at- tention. a 49-5-1y* J VinSihe cous. “Consuitation Practices Bellefonte, Prompt _attention given all egal business entrusted ces—No. 5 East High street. G. RUNKLE.—Attorney-at-Law. Consul- tation in English and German. Office in Crider’s Exchange, Bellefonte. 58-5 Physicians. J KENNEDY 2 OHNSTON—Attorney-at-law, ] a, to his care. Offi- 57-44. GLENN, M. D., Physician and Sur, State College, Centre county, Pa, Office at his residence. ww om—— Dentists. 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. Pricss reasonable. R. 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 H. W. TATE, Surgeon Dentist, Office in Plumbing. Good Health and Good Plumbing GO TOGETHER. When you have dripping steam pipes, leaky water-fixtures, foul sewerage, or escaping gas, 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’s the only kind you ought to have. Wedon’t trust this work to boys. Our workmen are Skilled Mechanics, no better anywhere. Our Material and Fixtures are the Best Not acheap or inferior article in our entire establishment. And with good work and the finest material, our x Prices are lower than many who give you poor, unsanitary work and the lowest grade of finishings. For the Best Work trv = i ‘Archibald Allison, Opposite Bush House - Bellefonte, Pa 56-14-1v. Insurance. 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 per week, total disability, (limit 52 weeks) 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- eeping, over eighteen years of age of moral and physical condition may insure under this poiicv. Fire Insurance { invite your attention to my Fire Insur ance Agency, the strongest and Most Ex tensive Line of Solid Companies represent ed by any agency in Central Pennsylvania H. E. FENLON, Agent, Bellefonte, Pa. 50-21. Fine Job Printing. FINE JOB PRINTING o—A SPECIALTY—o0 AT THE WATCHMAN OFFICE There is no style of work, from the cheapest ‘Dodger’ to the finest BOOK WORK, that we can not do in the most satis- IIS ctory manner, and at Prices consist: EE. Call on or communicate with this ATURE LN
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