Smilin Bellefonte, Pa., August 27, 1915. as Luck In Horseshoes. The superstition about luck in horse- shoes dates back too far for record, but it was not always confined to the horse- ! shoe. Any piece of iron found in one’s path was accounted a sign of good ! luck, and as horseshoes were more commonly picked up than any other ar- ticle of that metal that particular ob- | ject at last became the standard em- ! blem of good fortune and the supposed defense against bad luck. In Aubrey’s ‘“Miscellanies,” written 200 years ago. the author mentions having seen the horseshoe nailed up in church, and he | also says that ‘most of the houses in the west end of London have the horse- shoe. on the threshold.” The horseshoe to possess virtue must:have heen found. ' Forest of Stone In Australia. In Albany. in Australia, is to be seen | a stone forest—in other words, petrified | | trees. The trees are of a gray stone. It is suggested as an explanation of the strange phenomenon that in the depths of past ages the forest was in full vegetation and then through some upheaval of the earth it was buried in sand. Little by little water acting on the sand penetrated the branches and solidified. The wood gradually disappeared un- | der the layer of stone and in time took its form. Then in succeeding years the winds again carried away the sand and the forest appeared anew, but of stone.—London Globe. Belgium Rich In Belfries. Let those who will scour Belgium | only for its galleries and old masters. There are galleries and old masters all over Europe, but where else is a coun- i What ! try so rich in belfry towers? can so stir your imagination—to all ! those old pageants, those passionate histories, those clangors that pealed at | the mad sack of the Spaniard—as to ! climb hundreds of narrow stairs and look down on the crooked streets, the tumbled world of the roofs all flying ! with dragons, golden angels, saints, | ships and great vanes ?—London Mail. The Referee Was Wrong. The train was picking up homeward bound mill folk at the stations in the Greenfield valley, says the Manchester Guardian. A spatch of conversation rose above the bustle of traffic: ‘Aye, but tha' knows some referees waint awter a decision once they’ve gi’en it. Aw know one what were refereeing i’ a match at Owdham. He give a deci- sion, an’ next minute he knew hisself it were wrong, but he wouldnna say so, an’ he’s been i’ hospital five week | come tomorrow.” Expecting Too Much. Claude had been promised a motor ride with his father, and his mother had sent him upstairs to get ready. As he came down his mother asked: ; ‘Have you washed your face, Claude?” *Yes’'m.” answered the boy. *And your hands?" “Yep.” said Claude. *And your neck?’ mother. "Oh. see here, mother.” said the boy, , in disgust. “I ain’t no angel!’—Leslie’s Home Journal, Wasted Effort. Miss Dixon. a charming society girl, had spent the entire summer in try- ing to elevate the simple country peo- ple with whom she was boarding. ‘When she was about to leave she said: “Goodby. Mr. Ingersoll. I hope my ! visit here hasn’t been entirely without good results.” *Sartin not,” replied the old farmer. “You've learnt a heap since you first | come: but, by heck. you was about the | greenest one we ever had on our hands.”—National Monthly. The Harsh “Judge. Judge Stephen C. Greene at a dinner in Charleston was defending a harsh sentence. “l am a conservative,” said Judge | Greene, “and I believe that it is bet- | ter for law and order that sentences should err on the side of harshness rather than on the side of leniency. “Look at nature, the great judge of us all. Was there ever a harsher, se- verer judge than nature, who sen- tences each and every one of us to | hard labor for life?’—New York Trib- | une. Still In Doubt. All the “Who was that lady I seen you with?’ “That was no lady; that was my wife” variants, we thought. | had been sprung, but this happened yesterday: Business Office Attendant—Somebody | called you up. I don’t know if it was a lady or your wife. Editorial may have been both. B. 0. A.—Nope. There was only the! one message.—F. A. P. in New York Tribune. Growing Alike. “Don’t you think more and more like me?” “Certainly; soon we shan’'t be able to distinguish the difference between She grows older and you grow you. younger.”—Fliegende Blatter. Maybe. “Henpeckke hasn’t spoken to his wife in over a year.” “Doesn't like to interrupt her, eh ?’—Judge. persisted the | Department Employee—It little Elsa gets His Plan. “Some of your constituents are dis- agreeing with you,” said the trusted lieutenant. “Yell 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.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Menu In Esperanto. Here is the bill of fare of an Espe- | ranto banquet: Supo. | Rostiba borajo. Terpomoj. Salato combino. Claciajo. Kafo. Fromago. If you haven't studied Esperanto how much of it can you understand ?— | Boston Globe. History of Humanity. | “Willie, you have been fighting!’ “Yes’m.” ! “I thought I told you to be kind and ' peaceful. 2» “Yes'm. But that boy didn’t under- stand that I was being kind and peace- | ful. I had to do something to show him I wasn’t a mollycoddle and make him willing to co-operate in my lofty pur- ! poses.”—Washington Star. Hen Metzger’'s Bad Break. Lark Bisbee, who has been in Chi- cago for ten years, came back the other day for the first time since he went away. Hen Metzger chanced to meet him in front of the postoffice. The two men shook hands. “I haven't seen you for a month,” said Hen; “have you been away ?”"—Topeka Capi- | tal. Absentminded Man. He rushed into a laundry office in a | 800d deal of a hurry. ! “How long does it take you,” he ask- | ed, “to do up a white waistcoat?” | “Generally about two: washings, sir,” | said the attendant before he thought. | He was discharged shortly after mak- | ing that break, — Cleveland Plain : Dealer. I | Showed Her Skill. “My wife is one of the best managers in the world.” “lI heard her saying the other day that she didn’t believe there was an- other woman alive who could manage you.”—Chicago Record-Herald. The Boarders. Neighbor—How many men are board: ing at your house now. Elsie? Small Elsie—Only two. Neighbor—Who are they? Small Elsie—One of them is a gentleman and the other is papa.— Chicago News. i Two Points of View. “I can't understand,” she said, “how . a man can let his wife and children gc . away for months while he remains at . home.” “I can’t understand how a man can’t,” he replied.—Exchange. Hints Plentiful. i Gibbs (with newspaper)—Here's an article entitled “Hints About Taxes.” Care to read it? Dibbs—No. thanks. ' The hints given by the regular collec- tors are quite sufficient.—Boston Tran- script. A Fighting Chance. “Is it true that when a man marries | he’s sure to get the worst of it?" “That’s rather overdrawn.” replied the one with a quarrelsome wife. ‘1 should say he has a fighting chance.” —Town Topics. Nicely Steered. Briggs—Say, can you lend me five or ten— Braggs—No— Briggs--Min- | utes? I think I can show you how to i make some money. Braggs—Trouble at { all. You can have twenty if you want. —Stanford Chaparral. Badly Expressed. Clergyman—You can, however, com: fort yourself with the thought that you made your husband bappy while he lived.—Widow- Yes, indeed! Dear Jack was in heaven opt! he died.—Ex- i change. Their Failures. | Facetious Doctor (to artist)—The pic- tures on the walls are your failures, 1 suppose ? Dyspeptic Artist—Yes. That's where you doctors have the pull over us. You car bury yours. — Glasgow | Record. | | Kindred Pursuits. | Jack—Talk about trials and tribula- : tions! I was having a fine time in kindred pursuits and I had to come | back to college. Jill—Kindred pursuits! What do you mean? Jack—Oh, fussing my pretty cousins.—Yale Record. eb i Rakish. | Many persons who rake through an- | other’s character with a fine tooth i comb to discover a fault could find one with considerable less trouble by going over their own character with a horse rake.—New Orleans Picayune. Heavy Cost. “How much does it cost your hus- band to run his autemobile$” “Well,” replied Mrs. Chuggins, ‘the fear that it is going to cost him his eternal salvation. Yation*~Washington Star. \ A A Contradiction, “That young doctor is a queer con- tradiction.” “In what way?” “He has an exceedingly good tem. | —Baltimore American. | language I heard him use leads me to' per, and yet he is lacking in patients.” He Didn't Know. rr ——For high class Job Work come to The curious pedestrian stopped where th¢ WATCHMAN Office. a man was working in his garden. and. wishing to be friendly. he said: “1 say, my friend. how deep is your lot?” . The man looked up trois his work. “1 really don’t know. stranger.” he said. “I never dug down fur enough to find out.” Shattered Hopes. He (anxiously)—1 understand your father speaks very highly of me? She —Yes, but be doesn’t mean a word of it. He—Are you sure of that? She— Certainly. He does it just to torment mother.—Chicago News. Two Kinds of Bonds. Brizgs—I'm going to my broker. | want to get rid of some bonds. Where are you off to? Griggs—To my divoree lawyer. 1 want to get rid of some bonds too.— Boston Transcript. Rough on Both. “We all think our own job the hard- est,” observed the humorist on nis va- cation. “Yew bet.” agreed the farmer. “I hev to talk like this and yew hev tu spell it.”’—Puck. Fame. “Who was James Boswell?’ asked the teacher of the class in English (it- erature. “He was Dr. Samuel Johnson's press agent,” answered the young man with the bad eye.—Chicago Tribune. Out of the Usual. “I have something novel in the way of a melodrama.” “State your case.” “The blacksmith is a rascal. while the banker is as honest as the day is long!”"—Louisville Courier-Journal. Scattering It. “When old Richleigh died he left a request that his dust be scattered to the winds.” : “Well, his spendthrift son is attend- ing to that matter all right.’’—Phila- delphia Ledger. Cupid’s Hearty Appetite. “You know.” said the soulful youth. “music is the food of love" — “Nonsense!” replied the practical tel- low. “My love prefers lobster salad, terrapin and other expensive fodder.” —Philadelphia Press. Keep Away From Them. The world is full of vice and tempta- tion and pitfalls, as the pessimists say. but somehow or other none of these things really bother the man who has made up his mind to be decent and suc ceed.—Detroit Free Press. London’s First Directory. The first directory of London was published in 1677 and consisted of only 120 pages. CASTORIA Bears the signature of Chas.H. Fletcher. in use for over thirty years, and The Kind. You Have Always Bought. i Medical. A Pennsylvania Woman Tells Her Story. Lewisburg. Pa.—*“I had been bad for two years with stomach and liver troubleand dropsy. I had spent a good deal of money on the doctors but did not get over my trouble. Two years ago I began using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. I got better as soon as r I began to take it. I have had more appetite and kept more comfortable and enjoyed better health since using it than I had be- fore in years. I consider it the best medicine for the stomach and liver. I wish every one could use it and get the benefit I have.”—MRs. JANE WEAv- ER, 615 St. Catharine St. “When the food reaches the stomach it is subjected to a peculiar churning movement by the muscular walls of the stomach”— (See Dr. Pierce's Medi- cal Adviser, page 45). In the liver, kidneys and skin, the blood is purified of its waste materials—these organs act as human fiiters, leaving the blood pure and clear—unless liver, digestive tract and kidneys are clogzed. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is a stomach, liver and kidney tonic—by assisting the stomach to assimilate, the liver to filter, the kidneys to act—the poisons are ~emoved. the red blood corpuscles are increased and one feels light, fresh and active insteady of logy, dull and heavy. Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, cloth-bound, sent free to you on receipt of three dimes ( or stamps), to pay expense of mailing only. Address Dr. Pierce, Invalids’ Hotel, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. Flour and Feed. 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 he ony Pavel in the county where that extraor- dinarily fine grade of spring wheat Patent Flour SPRAY can he secured. Also International Stock Food and feed of all kinds. All kinds of Grain bought at the office Flour xchanged for wheat. OFFICE and STORE—BISHOP STREET, BELLEFONTE, PA. MILL AT ROOPBSURG. 7-19 Farm Implements, Etc. { { | | | 1 ! | ar Samu eS Prepared to sieply th 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, ellefonte, 60-15-tf Penna. iisi———————————————— re yy Clothing. Shoes. Hats and Caps. We Are Ready With First Showing of Men's, Young Men's and Boy's Fall Suits The Greatest Assortment of Boy’s SCHOOL SUITS ever shown in Bellefonte. FAUBLE’S BELLEFONTE, 5 PENNA. Shoes. ! Shoes. The Whole Story in a Few Words. 500 PAIRS OF Ladies $3.00 and $4.00 SHOES Now on Sale at $2.48 Per Pair. This is not a ‘sale of small sizes and narrow widths, but all new up-to-date Shoes. Remember this is a sale of Shoes (not low Shoes.) Cash Only. No Exchanging. Price $248 Price $2.48 Yeager’s Shoe Store, Bush Arcade Bldg, BELLEFONTE, PA. 53-27
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