Bena Ditimn
Bellefonte, Pa., July 16, 1915.
Snakes in United States.
There are 19 varieties of rattle-
snakes in the United States, one cop-
perhead, and one water-moccasin.
The rattlesnake, of course, can always .
be told by its rattle. The timber rat-
tlesnake is the commonest. It grows
sometimes as long as five feet, but is
rarely found over two or three feet in
length. It haunts the woods in hilly
or mountainous regions, as does the
copperhead. Both live on rabbits,
squirrels, and other animals which
they generally catch at night.
Didn't Believe in Tattling.
Marjorie, aged four, was in the li.
brary with her father, while her moth-
er was superintending the preparation
of dinner. The attention of the head
of the house was attracted by a
scratching sound, and he looked up to
find his daughter at work with a pair
of scissors on the top of a polished
table. “Marjorie,” he said, sternly, “go
tell your mother what you've been do-
ing.” “I won't do it, papa,” she said.
“Do you think I'm a tattletale?’—
Judge.
Like Wasted Time to Johnny.
Johnny, aged six, was permitted to
have his friend Teddy stay over night
with him. On getting ready for bed
they both knelt down to say their pray-
ers, and all went well, but in the morn-
ing I happened to arrive in the room
as Teddy was again saying his pray-
ers, just in time to hear Johnny say:
“What are ya sayin’ your prayers
now for anyway, ya haven't done
anythin’ all night have ya?”
Austria’s Day of Defeat.
At the battle of Magenta in 1859 dur
ing the Italian war, the French and
Sardinians defeated the Austrians at a
loss to the latter of 10,000 in killed and
7000 in prisoners, while the allies
only lost 4,000. For this victory the
French marshal, MacMahon, was
created duke of Magenta by the Em-
peror Louis Napoleon.
Depth of the Sea.
The average depth of the sea (all
oceans) is from two to three miles,
about 10,500 to 15,900 feet. At the
mouth of the Rio de la Plata, half
way to the Island of Tristan da
Cunha, off the South American coast,
the depth of the Atlantic is 45,000
feet, or over eight miles.
Methuselah.
It is impossible to tell why Methu-
selah lived so long. It is more than
likely that the patriarch died long be-
forse he had reached the age of 969
Years. In a word, no one nowadays.
whose opinion is worth anything be-
dleves that the “patriarchs” lived any
longer than men do these times.
Work to Keep Heaithy.
The very best cure for a case of
;erves is to keep busy. If you cannot
find any work of your own, help some
friend who has more to do than she
can accomplish. Be really intercsted
in everything you do and do it with
all your might. You never heard ot
® washerwoman being nervous.
Kept It Secret.
Katherine’s uncle had come to pay
them a visit. After the first greetings
were over and he was comfortably
seated with little Katherine on his
- knee, he asked, as uncles often do, if
she were “a good little girl.” “Yes,
but nobody knows it,” was the prompt
answer.—The Delineator.
The Ways of a Man.
Nothing pleases a man better than
to be misunderstood by someone so
that he can tell you about it. He may
talk about his future, his prospects,
his interests, his family, or his busi-
ness, but when he speaks of himself
he is in earnest.
Daily Thought.
It is not work that kills man; it is
worry. Work -is healthy; you could
hardly put more upon a man than he
can bear. Worry is rust upon the
blade. It is not the revolution that
destroys machinery; it is the fric-
tion.—Bcecher.
A Defiance.
“You may be the stronger,” said the
speckled trout as the fisherman
dropped him into the basket, “but I
will nevertheless maintain that you
can’t knock the spots off me!”
The Really Great Thing. A
1 find the great thing in this world
is not so much where we stand as
fn what direction we are moving. —
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Keeping Burmese River in Check.
One of the world’s largest retaining
walls has been built to prevent the
River Rangoon, Burma, from shifting
its channel.
Depends on the Well.
“Truth lies at the bottom of a
well,” quoted the Sage. “Not if it
happens to be an oil well,” corrected
the fool.
Warmed By Snow.
The earth, under a thick coating of
snow, is ten degrees warmer than the
air immediately above the snow.
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On Improvement.
‘We cannot improve the world faster
€han we improve ourselves.—Creigh-
ton.
| RANGERS MEN OF RESOURCE
Hard to Stump Guardians of Uncle
S8am’s Forests, When They Set
Out to Do a Thing.
As an example of the resourceful-
ness of the United States forest rang-
er, always ready for all emergencies,
there stands a 115-foot tower located
in the Sitgraves National forest, in
Arizona, which was entirely built by
these men with a very limited equip-
ment of tools and material. A trian-
gulation station was needed in one of
the districts, but because the area
was covered with tall timber and
had a very gentle slope, but one
good, natural lookout post could be
found, and here, unfortunately, the
timber was so tall that the tower
would have to be at least 100 feet
high. The tools and rigging at hand
were sufficient to build a tower of only
half that height, but, nevertheless, it
was decided to undertake the building
of the tall tower at once, without wait-
ing for further equipment, for the rea-
son that the nearest base of supplies
was 75 miles away, and the dangerous
fire season was close at hand. The
materials available consisted of 300
feet of three-quarter-inch rope in four
pieces, the longest being 100 feet in
length; two double blocks six inches
long, and one single sheave block of
the same size. The tools consisted of
axes, two-men saws, hatchets, crow-
bars, two pairs of linemen’s climbers
and belts and a brace and bit. Tele-
phone wire was used for guys. The
crew was made up of temporaries and
two rangers. At the start there were
eight men, including one cook, one
teamster and the man in charge. By
the time the tower was half-built the
crew was cut down to four men, but,
notwithstanding these adverse condi-
tions, the work was done, and well
done, and did excellent service, and
will continue to do so for some time
to come.
MOST NATURAL OF QUERIES
Probably First Interrogation That
Was Ever Made Was, “Is It
Good to Eat?”
In Farm and Fireside Herbert
Quick, editor of that publication,
writes an editorial in which he brought
out many interesting facts as to the
use of various meats as food. Follow-
ing is an interesting extract from his
article:
“Whenever we boys found anything
animal, vegetable or mineral-—almost
—which looked not absolutely repul-
sive, our first query always was, ‘Is it
good to eat?
“That is the oldest question in the
world. Every animal asks it a dozen
times a day, and lets sight and smell
answer it. Now that war is making a
worldwide scarcity, ‘Is it good to eat?’
becomes a. world-wide question for the
human beast.
“Take the whale, for instance. We
have been wasting the meat of the
whale all the many years during which
we have been slaughtering this largest
of mammals. Why? The whale is a
swimming beast which suckles its
young and lives on clean food. Now
there is a movement on foot to begin
the canning of whale beef, to be sold
at a low price to those who have the
open-mindedness and strength of pal-
ate to tackle it.
“In Japan the meat of a red dog is a
great delicacy, and dogs of other col-
ors are preferred to beef, mutton or
poultry. Pork is looked upon by the
Japanese with much the same lack of
appetite with which we regard the
meat of the dog or horse.
' “Horse beef was not eaten in France
until after the great siege of 1871.
Now it is a regular article of com-
merce.”
On Tolerance.
At the German-American Chamber
of Commerce in New York Dr. Adolph
Muller, an agent for the purchase of
-woolens, said:
“A better spirit, a spirit of toler
ance, is now manifesting itself. On
the boat coming over a French shoe
buyer and an English cloth buyer
shared my table with me and we got
on well.
“ ‘Gentlemen,’ I said to those chaps
one morning, ‘we Germans and you
English and you French are not all
thieves, vandals and murderers. With
us it is like the dog riddle.
“ ‘Why is a dog like a man?’ a boy
asked.
“ ‘Give it up,” said another boy.
“ ‘Because it’s bow-legged.’
‘“ ‘But,’ said the second boy, ‘all dogs
are not bow-legged.’
“ ‘Well, neither are all men.”
Plan Maori Memorial.
The Victoria league in Auckland,
New Zealand, has a scheme on hand
by which it is hoped that the land on
which an old Maori “pa” (a fortified
native village) stood may be secured
as a perpetual memorial to the Maori
warriors who fought and died there 50
years ago. At present a public road
runs through the center of the pa,
and the object of the Victoria league
is not only to prevent further destruc-
tion, but to secure for all time the
site of the pa, and restore it as far
as possible to its original formation.
Modern Method.
Apropos of an elderly Chicago bank-
er, whose wife had threatened to di-
vorce him on account of his affection
for a beautiful stenographer of seven-
teen years, George Ade said:
“A tragedy. this, of a not uncommon
kind, a tragedy due to our modern
business methods. The grand old
merchant prince of the past used to
take his pen in hand. Today, it seems,
he takes his typewriter on his knee.”
Good Work of Humble Worm.
Worms are great promoters of vege-
ation by boring, perforating and loos-
wing the soil and rendering it per-
vious to rains and the fibers of plants
by drawing straws and stalks of leaves
and twigs into it, and, most of all, by
throwing up such infinite numbers of
lumps of earth called wormecests,
which form a fine manure for grain
and grass. The earth without worms
would soon become cold, hard, void of
fermentation and consequently sterile.
This has occurred in many cases
where the worms have been either ac-
cidentally or intentionally destroyed,
and the fertility of the soil thus lost
has only been restored when the
worms had again collected and re-
sumed their fertilizing work.
Napoleon Near Capture.
After the passage of the Mincio (at
Valeggio) Napoleon, having concerted
all his plans and pursued the enemy
in every direction, entered a castle on
the left bank of the river. He was
troubled with a headache and used a
foot bath. A large detachment of the
enemy, in great confusion, arrived,
having ascénded the river as far as
the castle. Napoleon was there and
only a few persons were with him;
the sentinel on duty at the gate had
just time to close it, exclaiming, “To
arms!” and the general of the army
of Italy, in the hour of victory, was
compelled to escape through the back
gate of the gardens with but one boot
on!—“The Napoleon Anecdotes,” W. H.
Ireland.
Advice to Readers.
Very ready are we to say of a
book, “Hew good this is—that’'s exe
actly what I think!” But the right
feeling is “How strange that is! I
never thought of that before, and yet
I ‘see it is true, or if I do not now, I
hope I shall some day.” But wheth-
er thus submissively or not, at least
be sure that you go to the author to
get his meaning, not to find yours.
Judge it afterward if you think your
self qualified to do so; but ascertain
it first. And be sure also, if the
author is worth anything, that you
will not get at his meaning all at
once; nay at his whole meaning you
will not for a long time arrive in
any wise.—Ruskin.
One Purpose of Life.
What do we live for if it is not to
make life less difficult for each other?
—George Eliot.
CASTORIA
Bears the signature of Chas.H.Fletcher.
1n use for over thirty years, and
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
Dry Goods,
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Mr. Husband, Help Your
Wife in the
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Kitchen!
No, not peeling the potatoes, washing the dishes and the other familiar
kitchen duties, but help her by buying a cook stove that will make her
work easier and more comfortable.
You're not the one that stands over
a red-hot stove preparing meals and you're not always around when coal
is needed or there's wood to be split or ashes to be taken up.
What's more to the point, you don’t have to be if you buy a
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And your wife won't have to stew herself to a frazzle in a hot kitchen
getting breakfast, dinner and supper ready. Now, be fair to your wife and
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Think how easy it is for her to simply scratch a match and have a stove
ready for instant use—no poking and raking and waiting for it to “burn
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when the stove is not in use.
Save money? Why, of course! There's no fuel being consumed
And think of the time and labor saved, too.
With the separate oven and fireless cooker the New Perfection has the
utility of other stoves. Your wife can bake, roast, fry, broil and boil. Can
heat water for wash day and irons for ironing day.
Don’t put it off any longer.
Etc.
LYON & COMPANY.
Clearance Sale of All
SUMMER GOODS
"EXTRAORDINARY REDUCTIONS.
now must go at $7.50 to gro.
now $2.
at $1.50 and $1.75 now $1.
great reductions.
Shoes.
$1.35 to $3.
Don’t miss this sale.
season’s wear.
Tailored Coats and Suits.
16 Summer Coats of La Vogue make-—this season’s style—in
light, black, Copenhagen, navy blue; that sold from $19 to $30,
Coat Suits.
12 Suits of La Vogue make, in light, Copenhagen, black and
navy blue, that sold from $15 to$30, now must go at $7.50 to $10.
Summer Washable Dress Goods.
In voiles, stripes and floral designs, Scotch and domestic Ging-
hams, Silk Ginghams, all at greatly reduced prices.
Silk Waists. Crepe de Chine Waists.
In all colors and black and white, that soldat $3 and $3.50,
Washable Silk Waists in white and floral patterns, that sold
Summer Underwear and Hosiery.
Men’s, women’s and children’s Underwear and Hosiery at
Shoes.
Men’s, Women’s and Children’s Summer Shoes all reduced.
Men's Low Shoes that sold for $3.50 now $2.50.
Men’s Fine Dress Shoes that sold for $4, now $3.
Men’s Working Shoes that sold for $3.50 now $2.
Ladies’ and Children’s White Canvas Shoes from $1.00 up.
Parasols.
Silk Parasols that sold from $2 to $5, now must be sold from
It means money saved, and almost a
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tion Oil Cook Stove with the perfected oil reservoir, the regulated flame control,
the combination chimneys that prevent smoke and smell and the improved wick
that outlasts the ordinary kind. Give your wife a square deal and investigate today
this safe, sane, saving and satisfying cook stove..
THE ATLANTIC REFINING CO.
Philadelphia
Best results are obtained by using Rayolight Oil
Pittsburgh
The Centre County Banking Company.
“STOP, LOOK, LISTEN!
A Lawyer received $10,000 for suggesting these
words to a railroad. The sign, “Stop, Look, Lis-
ten!” saved the road many thousands of dollars
in damages.
It’s a good sign. It’s worth $10,000.
Wise people are often warned by a similar sign on
the road of extravagance. They stop in time.
How about yourself? Think this over seriously.
A bank account is the Best Kind of Security at
any time." If you haven't a bank account now,
start one at once.
Any account, however small
you are able to begin with, will be welcomed and
carefully conserved at
THE CENTRE COUNTY BANK,
56-6
Groceries.
BELLEFONTE PA.
Groceries.
Shoes.
Lyon & Co. ... Bellefonte
Food
Supplies.
Early Rose Seed Potatoes
raised in Michigan. Fine stock,
Come early,
as this is the last shipment for this
$1.20 per bushel.
season.
Finest Florida Grape Fruit, Ba-
nanas, Cranberries, Oranges of
est quality in all sizes at 15c, 20c,
.25¢, 30c, 40c and 60c per dozen.
All fancy stock.
Late Caught fancy Blueback
Mackerel—messed and boneless,
Fancy smoked Bloaters.
Asparagus Tips, the Elite brand,
fancy at 25c. Also a can of fine
tips at 10c. Something new and
a good value.
Burnham & Merrills’
Baked Beans, with or without toma-
to sauce—We find them just a bit
ahead of all other best brands.
Snappy Relish, new, just out,
more appetizing than mustard, 10c.
Dill and Sour Pickles, 15¢ per
fin- dozen. Dill Olives, the true
flavor, try them, 25c per pint.
Floriday Cane Syrup, very fine
goods for all kinds of cooking and
baking purposes at 10c per can.
Hams—medium and small sizes,
sweet and juicy.
Fancy Jersey Sweet Potatoes.
Ferry’s and Briggs’ Garden and
Flower Seeds.
SECHLER & COMPANY,
Bush House Block, - -
571 - - Bellefonte, Pa.
Maine
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