Salli
Bellefonte, Pa., June 4, 1915.
New Idea in Pumping Water.
Pumping water by explosion, or
with an explosion pump. will be the
method employed by the Egyptian gow
ernment in draining a lake at Mex,
near Alexandria. When the plant is
completed it will be the largest pump-
ing installation in the world. There
will be 18 pumps, each capable of a
delivery of 100,000,000 gallons of wa-
ter per day, to a height of about twen-
ty feet. The pump works automati-
«cally at a rate of about ten explosions
per minute. There ~re no pistons or
other moving parts, as in the common
type of water pump. The water is
raised by the resulting gas pressure
within an explosion chamber; the
chamber is then emptied of the prod-
ucts of the burned gases, and the
mext charge is compressed for firing
by the incoming water, following each
Qperation.
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Medical Triumphs. .
Nowhere have the triumphs of medi-
al science been more conspicuous
than where engineers have performed
their greatest feats. De Lesseps de-
cided that Ismailia should be the
headquarters of the Suez canal, but
the prevalence of malaria made it
necessary to transfer the headquar-
ters to Port Said. In 1886 there were
2,300 cases of malaria at Ismailia; in
1900 almost exactly th» same number.
In 1901 Sir Ronald Ross was called
in to advise. In 1906 there were no
fresh cases, and malaria had been
stamped out. De Lesseps’ attempt to
- construct the Panama canal was de-
feated largely, if not mainly, by the
frightful death rate among the labor-
ers; 50,000 lives are said to have been
lost, the result of malaria and yellow
fever. :
Couldn’t Take the Money.
A benevolent old gentleman was
passing down a back street in one of
our football-loving towns, when he saw
@ number of boys playing the great
game. One of the boys was far smart-
er than his companions with the ball,
and at last scored a good goal by
kicking the ball through a space
marked by two tin cans. The old
gentleman thought he would like to
reward the boy for his smartness, and
with this intention called the boy to
him, and asked whether he would like
a sixpence or a box of sweets. “Let's
have the sweets, mister, please,” he
said; “for if I take the ‘tanner’ I shall
be a professional, and I don’t want to
be one of them for a bit.”
The Inspector’s Advice.
The late Inspector MecCluskey—
“Gentleman George,” or “Chesty
‘George,” as he was known in the New
York force—was a good friend and a
bad enemy. The inspector, while by
no means vindictive, did not readily
forget an injury, and one day an elder-
ly millionaire who had injured him in
the past rushed excitedly into his of-
fice awd shouted: “McCluskey, one of
your men just called me a spavined
old mule. What are you going to do
about it?” “Do? Why, nothing,” the
inspector answered. “I can’t patch
you up—I haven’t the knowledge. Go
and consult a vet.”
Labels Ready.
"While many women carefully write
out labels on pieces of paper and glue
to the jelly glass, it gives a neater ap-
pearance to use a manufactured label.
These are put on the market so cheap
that 25 cents buys a book of several
hundred, which come in different
gizes in perforated sheets. Some
books are filled with assorted labels,
others come in separate books of each
kind, such as apple jelly, canned
peaches, ete. It takes but a moment
to pui such a label on the jars and
they add much to the neat appearance
of well-filled shelves.
Peruvian Plant Grows “Wool.”
A plant producing the finest quality
of cotton is indigenous to Peru. The
fiber so closely resembles wool that
‘the entire product is utilized in’ the
manufacture of woolen goods which
are, in certain respects, improved by
the admixture. This peculiar cotton
«commands a price of 10 per cent high-
er than other qualities, and Peru is the
sole source of the world’s supply. It
4s being more and more extensively
‘cultivated year after year; but in spite
of increased outputs, the demand ex-
ceeds the supply.
It Seemed Unreasonable.
During his last illness, Curran, the
great Irish wit, was one day told by
. his medical attendant that he seemed
to cough with more difficulty than he
had done the previous day. “That’s
odd enough,” replied the famous Irish-
man, “because I've been practicing all
night.”
To Separate Tumblers.
‘When two glass tumblers or dishes
stick together so that there is danger
of breaking by forcing them apart,
put cold water into the inner one and
place the outer one in warm water.
They will immediately separate.
B-ware of Misunderstandings.
Little inharmonies between friends
@re dangerous, not in themselves, but
fn the bitter memories and misunder
standings they may leave in their
trails.—William George Jordan.
Yield of Oil From Cocoanuts.
It i: said 40 cocoanuts will yield &
galic. of oil. 3
BEING GUIDED BY APPETITE
In the Case of Normal Person There Is
Much to Be Said in Favor of
Such Action.
Doctors say that this is a danger-
ous thing to do. If you have hard-
ened and deadened the membranes
of ‘your palate and your digestive sys-
tem by the excessive use of narcotics
like tobacco or opium or of alcoholic
stimulants, of course you cannot trust
the cravings of your degenerate ap-
petite, says Leslie's Magazine. But
if you are well and sound and fairly
sensible, perhaps the desire for any
particular sort of food or drink is as
good a guide as one could have for
the proper diet. Amusing stories can
be collected in almost any company
of singular experiences in this line.
One hears incredible tales of dying
men who gasped out a request for
fried oysters or mince pie or some-
thing equally silly—were supplied with
the coveted dainty and proceeded to
get well at once. :
One lady recently told of a child
of four who was lying at the point
of death, but who begged for pan-
cakes and ham gravy. One can hard-
ly conceive of parents who had al-
- lowed a child of that age to conceive
a fondness for those particular edi-
bles—but this one had surely become
acquainted with them and liked them.
As he seemed likely to live but a few
moments in any case, he was gratified.
Smoking hot pancakes, liberally en-
livened with ham gravy, were given
him until his eccentric appetite was
satisfied. Then he fell into a gentle
slumber, and a few days later was
playing about the house as well as
ever,
MUCH JOY IN ANTICIPATION
Its Stimulating Effect Seldom Given |
. the Credit Which It So Thor-
oughly Deserves.
Few people realize how much bene-
fit they obtain from anticipation. In-
deed, were it not for its stimulating
effect upon our minds half the joy of
living would vanish because by look-
ing forward into the future and trying
to realize our pleasures and ambitions
before they actually come to us we
largely increase their happy effects.
The man who is unable to anticipate
the future in any way whatever, who
sees no reason in trying to taste his
joys beforehand, who derives no satis-
faction in ‘building upon his hopes,
misses a great deal of very wholesome
pleasure. Common sense tells him, so
he argues, that it is unwise to count
upon anything in this life unless it is
actually in his grasp, but then most
of us get some very real joy at times
in acting contrary to the routine teach-
ing of common sense. We do not
mean by this, of course, that it is ever
hest to ignore our. better judgment
but, even #dmitting the fact that an-
ticipation is not always the part of
wisdom, there is no questioning the
fact that it is very delightful to be
unwise in this way at times. If we did
not look forward to what is to come
with hearts full of hope and expec-
tancy how could we get through with
some of the harder days of life? If
we did not depend in so large a meas-
ure upon our anticipations how could
we hope to overcome our discourage-
ments? Anticipation is in a way the
twin sister of the zest of life—Charles- |
ton News and Courier.
Properly “Land o’ Cakes.”
Scotland came to be known centu-
ries ago as the “Land o’ Cakes,” and
as such has been celebrated in prose
and poetry. One may yet, in traveling
through that northern land, come up-
on country inns and herders’ huts, see
women who never attended a “cooking
school” and who over a peat fire in the
great chimney place, a griddle swung
by a crane over the slow coals, baking
a cake more than a foot in diameter,
savory and promising of a meal for
the gods, and who when the big cake
fs ready for the turning will seize the
griddle by the handle, give it a toss
in the air, and turn that cake with an
art motion not to be seen in any other
place on earth, the big round slab turn-
ing a loop-the-loop and alighting with
the other side down in the same place
as before to the breadth of a slender
stem of the heather. ¢
The Dardanelles.
The Dardanelles takes its name from
Dardanus, who was supposed to have
founded the lost city of that name near
that other and far more famous lost
city, ancient Troy. It is from one to |
five miles wide, the most romantic
part of the passage being only a mile
wide between Sestos in Europe and
Abydos in Asia, where “Leander swam
the Hellespont his Hero for to see,”
at the time of the largely mythical
war of the Greeks and Troyans so
celebrated by Homer. The feat of
Leander had for long years been pro-
nounced impossible, but Lord Byron,
rhyming voluminously of all this re-
gion of song, in 1810, swam the Helle
spont, club-footed as he was, from
Sestos to Abydos.
Deadly “Observation Mines.”
The “observation mine” is worked
from a station on shore. The firing
pins are fixed in a buoy, which floats
a few feet beneath the surface of the
water, and above the explosive reser-
“voir. An electric cable runs from the
anchor, beneath the bottom, to the
shore station. When a pin is driven
into the top buoy, it causes a bell to
ring or a light to flash in the shore
station, warning the observer on duty
that a vessel is passing over a mine.
The observer thereupon closes the
firing circuit and the mine explodes.
Certainly Not His Hat.
The good parson was preaching out
of town and he went into a barber
.shop and got a shave. The porter
brushed a hat and handed it to the
parson, who donned it in an absent-
minded way. The parson dined at the
home of a pillar of the church that
evening and the guests were all strict
church members. When the guests
were leaving the host handed them
their hats. He looked inside one hat
to see the name and seemed deeply
shocked. “Is this your hat?” asked
the host. “Yes,” replied the parson.
“That is mine.” The host handed the
hat to the parson and he glanced at
the inside of the band before donning
it. And there, pasted into the crown
of the hat, was a card bearing this
legend: “No; you d—— fool, this ain’t
your hat!”
Seventeen-Year Locusts.
The song of the cicada is the nois-
fest in thie insect world. The 17-year
cicada has been called the Rip Van
Winkle of the insect world. From its
tiny egg there issues a creature with
soft white body and molelike front
legs. It hurries to the ground and dis-
appears beneath its surface sometimes
to a depth of twenty feet. For seven-
teen years it digs its way around in
absolute darkness and then comes to
the surface to join in a marriage revel-
ry of a few brief weeks. It is a full-
fledged creature of the air, though in-
cased still in grave clothes of parch-
ment, but it soon splits these up the
back, pulls itself out, dries its power-
ful wings and flies away with the
whirr of an aeroplane, to live but a few
brief weeks.—National Geographic So-
ciety Bulletin.
Couldn’t Ask Them In.
A special constable, one bitter night,
tried to restore his circulation by slip-
ping into a private bar which hap-
pened to be on his beat, and digested
| & warming half-pint of ale. As luck
| would have it on leaving he ran
: straight into the arms of his inspector
and sergeant. “What d’ye mean,”
thundered the superior, “by goin’ into
a pub while you're on duty? Didn’t
ye see me and the sergeant comin’
© down the street?’ “Oh, I saw you all
right,” retorted the constable, mind-
i ful of the proverb touching the rela-
tive values of sheep and lambs, “but I
only had twopence.””—London Tit-Bits.
Refrain From Scolding.
Scolding is not necessary in order
to emphasize a rebuke, and some-
times the reproof that is tactful and
kind, makes the most impression of
all.—HExchange.
Daily Thought.
Be careful to have your sons well
instructed rather than rich, for the
hopes of the instructed are better
than the wealth of the ignorant.—
Epictetus.
CASTORIA
Bears the signature of Chas.H.Fletcher.
1n use for over thirty years, and
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
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Nature’s Object Lesson.
In almost every community will be
found some one woman whois a splendid
example of perfect health. She knows
nothing of diseases which afflict most
women. Motherhood to her is pure joy
with scarce a pain-pang to mar -it. She
can enjoy life to the full, eat heartily,
sleep soundly and throw her whole energy
into work or play as it may happen.
That woman is Nature’s object lesson.
She has no privilege above any other
member of her sex. No rights that do
not belong to every woman. This fact
has been lifted from misery up to the
high level of robust health by the use of
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. The
possibilities of perfect health inhere in
every woman. Its development is ob-
structed by local diseases. “Favorite
Prescription” removes the obstruction
and makes weak women strong and sick
women well:
—*"“When Russia went to war the
Czar with a stroke of his pen put one
hundred and eighty million people on the
water wagon. And, believe me, this
water wagon ‘ikon’ is no bluff. It is
harder to get a drink in Russia today
than it is at Lake Mohonk. How wise
was this edict of the ruler of Russia is
now shown in the condition of his army.
Their fighting effectiveness is higher:
than that of the French and fully equal
to the English, measured by the physical
fitness of the units composing the forces.
On the other hand, the German soldiers
nearly all carry flasks of whiskey or
other spirits. Ivan the Siberian knows
this, and I fear that the famous edict is
sometimes broken when a batch of pris-
oners is gathered. in. The flasks are
certainly contraband of war.”
That's a Hard Qall.
The married man who hasn’t any-
thing running around his house but a
fence is always the lad who doesn’t
like the way the fool neighbors raise
their children.—Cumberland Press.
Suggest New Danger Colors.
As a substitute for red in danger sig-
nals, which is the color less easily dis-
tinguished by the color blind, experts
have advocated blue circles with wide
yellow rims.
Medical.
Giving Out
THE STRUGGLE DISCOURAGES
MANY A CITIZEN OF BELLE-
FONTE.
Around all day with an§faching
back,
Can't rest at night; /
Enough to make any one “give
out.”
Doan’s Kidney Pills are helping
thousands.
They are for kidney backache;
And other kidney ills.
Here is Bellefonte proof of their
merit:
William Woods, carpenter, High
St., Bellefonte, says: *‘I strained
myself by heavy lifting and that start-
ed my back 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 Kidney Pills—the same that
Mr. Woods had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props., Buffalo, N. Y. 60-23-1t
Farm Impiements, Etc.
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Bellefonte,
Prepared to supply the Farmer’s every want.
The oldest house and Largest Dealers in the county in
Hydrated Lime and Fertilizers
of every kind, for every use, and well -
prepared for drilling.
McCormick Binders, Mowers, Tedders, Hay Rakes, Hay
Loaders, Walking and Sulky Plows, Harrows and Land
Rollers, Conklin Wagons with patented truss axles,
and a complete line of Farm Machinery and Im-
plements, Binder Twine and Farm Seeds.
Coal, Wood, Wall Plaster, Cement
AND BUILDER'S SUPPLIES.
An Old Established Progressive House, with an Up-to-
date line, with a guarantee back of it.
~ McCalmont & Company,
60-15-tf
Penna.
Shoes.
Shoes.
BIG REDUCTION
ON THE PRICES OF
SHOES
Men’s $3.50 and $4.00 Working Shoes re-
duced to $2.73.
Men's $2.50 and $3.00 Working Shoes re-
duced to $1.98
Men’s Mule Skin Shoes, ‘good to wear and
comfortable for the feet, $1.48.
Men’s good heavy Shoes for work, $1.73.
Men's $3.50 Dress Shoes, now only $2.73.
Boys’ Scout Shoes $1.19.
Ladies’ Rubber Heel Juliets, all stylesi$1.19.
Old Ladies’ Comfort Shoes, good quality,
at $1.19.
A big lot of Children’s $2.00 Shoes reduced
to $1.19.
Shoes for the Baby—new spring Shoes, all
colors, reduced from $1.00 to 65c.
New line of Children’s Shoes; Russia, Calf
and Gun Metal, hand sewed, worth $2.00,
now $1.48.
This is an Unusual Sale
for this time of the year, sales are usually put
on at the end of a season, on odds and ends,
but I guarantee these reductions are bonafide
and on New Spring Goods. Come, every
person that needs Shoes, but bring your CASH
along as these prices are :
FOR CASH ONLY.
Yeager’s Shoe Store,
Bush Arcade Bldg, BELLEFONTE, PA.
58-27
Dry Goods, Etc.
Summer Parasols and Umbrellas.
Our large line of Silk Parasols has been again replenish-
ed. We have never sold so many Silk Parasols in the months
of April and May, as this season; all the new shapes, Domes,
Bell and the plain shapes in all the new colors, also plain
centre with Persian border to match; solid color, colors with
hemstiched border and handsome princess handles.
Plain silk parasols in all new colors, black and white,
handsome handles from $1.50 up. A complete line of Silk,
Union Taffets and colored umbrellas at 25¢, 50c, and 75c.
Silk Hose.
Ladies’, Men’s and Children’s Silk Hose in black, white
and all the new shades, children’s silk cotton socks solid
color and fancy tops, 12, 15, and 25c. ’
Silk Gloves.
Ladies’ long and short Silk Gloves, all colors.
glove, black and white only, $1.00 quality at soc.
Lisle, long
Corsets, Corsets.
Bon Ton and Royal Worcester Corsets, all the new mod-
els for Spring and Summer, low, medium and high bust from
$1.00 to $5.00. *
Coat Suits and Dresses.
Our Coat and Suit department is still in the lead, every
thing new in color and style, also black, is here for your selec-
tion; also a large assortment of the Waldorf Washable Dresses .
‘from $150 up. °
LYON & COMPANY.
Shirt Waists. .
Qur assortment of Washable Waists is as large as early in
the season; also a big line of Washable Silk Waists.
Carpets, Mattings, Linoleum.
New Floor Coverings in Carpets, Mattings and Linoleums
at lowest prices.
Window Draperies.
New Scrims in white, sand, and ecru colors, from 10 cents
up; also white with floral border,in all colors, Cretons and Dimi-
ties to match.
Shoes. Shoes.
Men’s, Womens’ and Children’s Shoes in patent leather,
black and tan. TLadies’ and Children’s low shoes in white, pat-
ent leather and gun metal; all to be sold at right prices.
Lyon & Co. Bellefonte