Demi tc
1914.
Bellefote, Pa., July 31,
WOOING AT RISK OF LIFE
Excellent Reasons Why the Lot of a
Male Spider Can Not Be
Called Happy.
There are the spiders, who live and
die in the shadow of a unique law
which declares that the female shall
be in all things stronger and wiser
than the male, It is impossible to find
elsewhere in nature such an astonish-
ing sex relation, for it is the chief ob-
ject of the male spider to escape be-
ing devoured by the lady spider to
whom he has elected to surrender his
heart. His whole structure is designed
to aid and abet him in this perilous
undertaking. He is small—indeed
sometimes minute—strong of limb,
agile, wary to an extreme As a
natural result, his personality is not
prepossessing. He is no expert spin-
ner. He goes his way through life,
now and then weaving an inadequate
web—a poor, lop-sided affair—to snarz
the-one or two gnats which are all he
needs as sustenance for his diminu-
tive body.
At length, at the proper hour, he
discovers the silken castle of a fe-
male, and observing it, hesitates, pro-
foundly meditative. In this he is
not alone; for others, too, have obeyed
her silent summons—have come from
far places to group themselves dis-
creetly near her. There is one suit-
or, perhaps, possessed of great valor
—even so, for days his courage fails
him; but at last, valiantly, this trouba-
dour advances and twangs one of the
strands of her web, By this he strives
to discover her temper, to discern her
mood. At last, overcome by his own
temerity, he risks all and goes up her
silken ladder, stumbling over his own
multifarious legs, so great is his
haste.
She watches him, immobile, a tiny
sphinx made of velvet; then there is
a sudden rush, a fatal wrapping of
the entangling mesh—and an ogre
drops aside the body of a gallant
knight, sucked dry. It was not au-
spicious, this venture; and six more
suitors may meet a like fate before
one succeeds in soothing her. No, the
lot of a spider is not a happy one.—
C. Willlam Beebe, in the Atlantic.
NOT GIVEN MEED OF PRAISE
Inventors and Promoters of Agencles
Which Have Enriched the World
Too Frequently Overlooked.
History bristles with the names of
doughty warriors and rulers, describes
at length their struggles and achieve-
ments, and dismisses the inventors and
promoters of the great agencies which
have made modern civilization pos-
sible, with scanty, if any, mention.
The invention of printing has had
more influence upon the development
of the race than any act or any ruler
that the world has ever known, and
more than half of those who read this
will not know the inventor’s name.
' The men who invented and devel-
oped the steam engine did more to
lighten human toil and to make pos-
sible to each of the dwellers upon
earth a larger meed of comfort and
enjoyment than all the generals who
ever pitted men against their fellows.
Hunt for their names in the indexes of
your histories. :
Art and literature have been broad
highways to fame. The high school
scholar can tell you who wrote what
and when he wrote it, but ask him who
built the first railroad in America and
‘when and where it was. The magnifi-
cent Albert memorial is covered with
the names of authors and painters and
sculptors, but Michael Angelo is there
because he was an artist, and Leonar-
do da Vinci because he was a painter,
and not because he was an engineer.
—Power.
Lucid Directions.
The directions that an automobilist
got on Long Island, when he asked a
small boy the way to Oyster Bay, are
almost worthy of a place beside the
famous reply that Lancelot Gobbo
made to his father when the old man
inquired of him the way to Master
Jew’s. The boy looked thoughtful,
says the New York Evening Post, and
then replied:
“Go straight up there, and you'll
pass where the watermelon field was
three years ago; then go on straight,
and you'll pass where the corn was
two years ago. Turn to your left, and
turn to your right after that, and then
turn to your right again, and you'll
pass the place where a man was
killed by an automebile last year. If
you'll go along about a mile, you'll
come to where Mr. Jones lived before
he moved over toc Port Washington;
then turn to your left and you'll see
Oyster Bay.”
Peru the Land of Sugar.
Heavy production of sugarcane to
the acre is one of the surprises of
Peru. Where it is grown the land is
level and planting is an easy matter.
When the cane reaches the height of
two feet further attention in regard to
cultivation is said to be unnecessary,
and in from 18 to 24 weeks maturity
is reached. That the growth is luxu-
rious may be known from the fact
that an average crop of 40 tons an
acre is obtained, while 60 and even
70 tons is not uncommon. In other
sugar-growing countries, including
Cuba, 26 tons per acre are considered
a good average, according to sugar ex-
perts.
NEED FOR A DAY OF REST
Harvard Scientists Assert It Is Neces-
sary to Restore the Nervous
' Tone.
The refreshing influence of the
weekly “day of rest” on a person sub-
jected to the strenuous routine of a
busy life is a feature which he himself
‘can duly appreciate in the effects on
his “feelings” and “spirits.” The effi-
‘ciency of.the working man, the length
of the working day, the interjection of
pauses for rest in the schedule of la-
bor for persons of different ages and
stations in life—questions of this sort
are constantly arising for solution on
a scientific basis. Not only in the
field of manual labor, but also in the
case of the school child, the office boy,
the factory girl, the banker, and the
merchant, efficiency is the keynote of
the times. Fatigue is the enemy of
efficiency; and to detect and compen-
sate for or overcome it is the duty
of those concerned with the promo-
tion of human welfare.
Harvard scientists have been mak-
ing a careful study of the whole ques-
tion of fatigue and efficiency from a
physiological standpoint. A long se-
ries of experiments have been made
on first year medical students who
were following a regular routine of
school work during six days of each
week.
The routine was interrupted week-
ly by the Sunday recess, an interval
occupied variously by the students, but
in no case in precisely the manner of
the week days. The daily observations
made of these persons during several
weeks show that at the beginning of
the week the nerve reaction tends to
be high, that from then until the end
of the week there is fairly continuous
decline, and that following the inter-
ruption of the routine by the inter-
vention of Sunday, it returns to the
original high point.
The decline is interpreted as a
cumulative result of general fatigue
incident to routine. What is even
more significant, however, is the add-
ed fact that a pronounced break in
the routine—such as the “day of rest”
occasions—may bring about a re-
turn of sensitiveness to a high point,
or, in other words, it restores the
nervous tone.
DOING AWAY WITH TETANUS
Disease That Has Been Considered
So Deadly Really Will Readily
Yield to Treatment.
The loss of life from tetanus, it
should be emphasized, is almost en-
tirely preventable. Injection of anti-
toxin immediately after the injury is
received, together with relentless sur-
gical cleansing of the wound under
anesthesia, constitutes insurance
against tetanus in virtually every case.
The few recorded cases in which anti-
toxin has failed to prevent tetanus
have been attributable usually to a lo-
cal infection which kept the tetanus
bacillus alive until the antitoxin was
eliminated or destroyed.
Hence thorough cleansing of the in-
jured part should not be neglected. If
the patient is not seen until the wound
is several days old, antitoxin should be
given in large doses intravenously, or,
if symptoms indicate impending tetan-
us, intraspinally. In any case, prompt-
ness and thoroughness are the watch-
words. — From the Journal of
American Medical Association.
The Anomalous Mexican.
in the opening paragraph of one of
hie best stories Kipling wrote: “Let
it be clearly understood that the Rus-
sian is a delightful person till he
tucks his shirt in. As an oriental he
is charming. It is only when he in-
sists upon being treated as the most
easterly of western peoples, instead
of the most westerly of easterns that
he becomes a radical anomaly ex-
tremely difficult to handle. The host
never knows which side of his nature
is going to turn up next.” There is a
somewhat similar difficulty with the
Mexican. He can be charming, but
one never knows whether he is the
most northern southerner or the most
southern northerner, and he can
change from one to the other with a
facility that is almost genius.
Dog Kidnaps Kittens.
Muffy, a tabby cat, at the home of
Carl P. Meyran, Los Angeles, made
a move several days ago which re-
sulted in the kidnaping of her family,
two blue-eyed kittens, by a little fox
terrier dog. Muffy prefers to bring
up her family according to her own
ideas, and resents any interference,
no matter how good one’s intentions
may be. Neither does she take any
stock in those new-fangled ideas of
sanitation; so when a neighbor deigned
to sprinkle flea powder on her offspring
she moved them to a new home. This
came very near being Muffy’s undoing,
for no sooner had she settled in the
new place than along came the little
fox terrier, who, having no family,
took the kittens. Mrs. Muffy was
frantic until some one found and re-
stored her family to her.
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“Queer People | Have Met.”
I've seen Kentuckians who hated
whisky, Virginians who weren't de-
scended from Pocahontas, Indianians
who hadn’t written a novel, Mexicans
who didn’t wear velvet trousers with
silver dollars sewed along the seams,
funny Englishmen, spendthrift Yan-
‘kees, cold-blooded southerners and
narrow-minded westerners, and New
|Yorkers who weren't too busy to stop
{for an hour on the street to watch a
one-armed grocer’s clerk do up cran-
{berries in paper bags.—From O. Hen-
Iry’s “A Cosmopolitan in a Cafe.”
How to Remove Fruit Staius.
In the “Exchange” department of the
July Woman's Home Companion—a de-
partment devoted to household sugges-
tions made by contributors out of their
practical experience—appeared the fol-
| lowing suggestions as to the best ways
of removing fruit stains. The first is
contributed by a New York woman and
the second by an Iowa woman:
“Whenever I find a fruit stain on ta-
blecloths or napkins, I wet it with a lit-
tle camphor. If this is done before the
stain has been wet with water, the stain
will entirely disappear when the articles
are laundered.
"To remove fruit stains from table
linen easily and surely, simply moisten
the stain with pure glycerin before send-
ing clothes to the laundry. Twenty-five
cents’ worth of glycerin will probably last
the ordinary family a year or more, at
least.”
To Counteract Tannin in Tea.
One of the marked characters of
tea is the tannin coutained in it.
Indian tea has about twice as much
as the Chinese growth. It has a
marked effect on the digestion, even
in the presence of other fluids. In
all cases it retards the digestive proc-
ess to an extent that would astonish
those who have not inquired into the
matter; and it has been recor .:ended
that a pinch of bi-carbonate of soda
should be added to the brew of per-
sons with weak digestions so as to
make the infusion alkaline.
Simple Cure for Headache.
One of the quickest known ways of
dispelling a headache is to give some
of the muscles—those of the legs, for
instance—a little hard, sharp work to
do. The reason is obvious. Muscular
exertion flushes the parts engaged in
it, and so depletes the brain. When
your head aches take a stiff walk or
a short bicycle ride.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
Get Rid of Humors
and Avoid Disease
Humors in the blood cause internal de-
rangements that affect the whole system,
as well as pimples, boils and other erup-
tions. They affect all the organs and
functions, membranes and tissues, and
are directly responsible for the readiness
with which some people contract disease.
For forty years Hood's Sarsaparilla has
been more successful than any other
medicine in expelling humors and remov-
ing their inward and outward effects. It
is distinguished for its thoroughness in
purifying the blood, which it enriches
and invigorates. No other medicine acts
like it, for no other medicine is like it.
Get Hood’s Sarsaparilla today. Insist
on having Hood's. 99-30
Coal and Wood.
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:
: Man of True Charity.
| The man who is always abusing the
| motives of others is never quite cer-
! tain of his own—or perhaps he is only
| too certain of his own, knowing them
| to be selfish and interested. He who
can fervently cherish a certain opin-
fon and yet believe that a believer in
the exact contrary may be equally sin-
cere is the man of a genuine charity.
“Are the bowels regular?” That is
one of the first questions a physician
asks when he is called to attend a sick
person. To keep the bowels open and
keep them regular is a prime necessity
of health. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets
will keep bowels and liver in a healthy
condition, and prevent many a fit of
sickness.
Meat Market.
Get the Best Meats.
by buying poor, thin
use only the
You save nothin
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.
THE EVIDENCE IS AT YOUR DOOR.
Bellefonte proof is what you want and
the statement of this highly respected
resident will banish all doubt:
Mrs. J. T. Gordon, 130 E Beaver St.,
Bellefonte, ssys: *‘I had backache and a
dull, constant ache across my loins. I was
in misery at times and in the morning
was sore and lame. I dreaded to begin
my housework. Doan’s Kidney Pills, pro-
cured at Parrish’s Drug Store, made my
kidneys normal and relieved the back-
ache. Ihave had no return of the trou-
ble. Another in my family has also found
great benefit from Doan’s Kidney Pills.”
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t simply
ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kid-
ney Pills—the same that Mrs. Gordon had.
Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
59-30-1t
P. L. BEEZER,
Toney SE 2 High Street. 34-34-1y. Bellefonte, Pa.
Medical.
Restaurant.
ESTAURANT. -
Bellefonte now has a First-Class Res-
taurant where
Go No Farther 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 gompiets plant prepared to
furnish Soft Drinks 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,
50-32-1y. High St., Bellefonte, Pa.
Crees.
: Money to Loan.
ONEY TO LOAN on good security and
h t it.
USES to Tenly. M, KEICHLINE,
Attorney-at-Law,
51-14-1v. Bellefonte Pa.
LIME AND LIMESTONE.
LIME.
Lime and Limestone for all purposes.
J
LIM!
to 50 Pound Paper Bags.
H-O Lime Put up in 40
58-28-6m
for use with drills or spreader, is the econom-
ical form most careful farmers are using.
High Calcium Central Pennsylvania Lime
American Lime & Stone Company.,
Operations at Bellefonte, Tyrone, Union Furnace, Frankstown and Spring Meadows, Pa
General Office: TYRONE, PA.
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.
P.R.R. Depot.
58-23-1y
Flour and Feed.
og
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. - a
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.
Bush House Block, - -
SECHLER & COMPANY,
571. - - -
Bellefonte, Pa.
Farm Implements.
CURTIS Y. WAGNER,
BROCKERHOFF MILLS,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Manufacturer, Wholesaler and Retailer of
Roller Flour
Feed
Corn Meal
and Grain
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
exchanged for wheat.
OFFICE and STORE—BISHOP STREET,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
MILL AT ROOPBSURG.
47-19
Manufactures and has on hand at all times the
Farmers’ Supply Store,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
The Cow and Hen
and use the Blizzard Ensilage Cutter
look it over—price is right.
and Sulkey Plows,
Harrows,
for all time, force and lift easy.
offers you as
The American Cow and Hen are money earners and the question is all in
the balanced rations, that are required to bring out their productiveness.
FEED THE COW ENSILAGE
tions use the Blizzard. Easy to operate and has a self feeder, making it ab-
solutely safe for the operator. We have one here on our floor. Come in and
THE NEW IDEA MANURE SPREADER
is second to none and will do the work to your satisfaction. Wiard Walking
Spring and Spike tooth Harrows, Single and Double Disc
Steel Land Rollers, Grain Drills, Galvanized Water Troughs,
Iron Hog Troughs—rat proof, any length, Galvanized Chain Pumps—good
Running Pumps carried in: stock—put in
the well and guaranteed. Cutting Boxes and Corn Crackers, Corn Shellers—
both hand and power, Poultry Netting,
Scrap, Alfalfa Meal and Charcoal—everything to make the hen profitable
BROOKVILLE WAGONS A SPECIALTY.
Ladders--both single and extension, up to 40 feet, for apple
at the right price and will stand up to the State’s Test.
carry 5 to 6 grades in stock to suit all customers and at prices as low as any tramp agent
he says at cost. Look out for the runners who are selling at cost.
JOHN G. DUBBS,
Both Phones.
are Money Earners.
for Silo filling. All Experimental Sta-
Cast
Poultry Grit, Oyster Shells, Beef
picking. All kind of field SEED
on’t worry about Fertilizers, we
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Attiorneys-at-Law.
KLINE WOODRING—Attorney-at-Law, Belle
fonte, Pa. Practicesin all courts
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 Counselior at
Law. ce in Temple Court,
fonte, Pa. All kinds of legal business at-
tended to promotlv.
H. WETZEL—Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Office No. 11, Crider’s Exchange,
floor. All kinds of legal business a
to promptly. Consultation in English or Geran
M. KEICHLINE—Attorney-at-Law. Practices
in all the courts. Consultation in English
and German. Office south of court house.
All professional business will receive prompt at-
tention. 49-5-1y*
KENNEDY JOHNSTON—Attorney-at-law,
Bellefonte, Pa. Prompt attention given all
ces—No. 5 East High street.
legal business entrusted to his care. Offi-
57-44.
G. RUNKLE.—Attorney-at-Law. Consul-
tation in English and German. ce
in Crider’s Exchange, Bellefonte. 58-5
Physicians.
GLENN, M. D., Physician and Surgeon.
State College, Centre county, Fa. ce
at his residence. 1
W*
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. Prices
reasonable. 52-39
D
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
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
breathe 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
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
work and the lowest grade o
the Best Work trv
Archibald Allison,
Bellefonte, Pa
Poon; unsanitary
finishings. For
Opposite Bush House -
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
preferred occupation, including house.’
eeping, over eighteen years of age of
ood moral and physical condition may
insure under this policy.
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 “bodger ’ to the finest
BOOK WORK,
that we can 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.