a Bellefonte, Pa., September 3, 1915. County Correspondence Items of Interest Dished Up for the Delec- tation of ‘Watchman’ Readers by a Corps of Gifted Correspondents. PINE GROVE MENTION. Miss Margaret Calvert, of Altoona, has been visiting her friends here. Hugh C. Dale spent the first day of the : week with friends at White Hall. Miss Esther Brown, of Harrisburg, is visiting her mother, Mrs. E. Brown. Our schools will begin for the winter term next Monday, September 6th. George Lutz, S. M. Hess and Harry Sunday each lost a good cow recently. Mrs. Bert Miller, with her mother of Bellefonte, visited friends here on Satur- day. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Fry are spending their annual summer outing at Ocean Grove. Elmer Evey is building a new silo and an addition to the front porch of his farm house. Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Hess spent the Sabbath at the old farm home on the Branch. Rev. Mr. Day will fill the pulpit in the Presbyterian church here on Sunday at 2.30 p. m. E. S. Tressler, who has a snug job on the state highway at Everett, is home for a brief rest. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Neidigh spent sev- eral days at the J. S. Henderson home on Spruce Creek. After a month’s visit among relatives in the Iron city Mrs. George Harper re- turned home last Tuesday. John Snyder is building a new imple- ment shed, 50x20 feet, on the old home farm. Philip Roop has the job. Wilson Cummings, the Stone valley drover, bought a drove of cattle in the valley the early part of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Will Wagner and daugh- ter Helen, and Miss Myra Kimport are among the bathers at Atlantic City this week. Farmer Mathew Goheen and family autoed over the Alleghenies and spent the Sabbath with their old friend and neigh- bor, Harry Stuart. The three “D’s,” whose combined ages total 248 years, were here for last Satur- day’s picnic. They are Fred Decker, Davy Dennis and William Dale. That famous bird, the stork, visited the Rev. C. L. Miller home at Juniata last Wednesday, leaving a little daughter who has been christened Gladys Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Williams, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Decker, A. J. Tate and family and Mrs. Sallie Bloom have moved to State College and will room and board students. Last Saturday morning Mills Alex- ander, who lives on the Hartswick place near State College, fell from the hay loft to the stable, breaking his left hip. Phy- sicians reduced the fracture. Last Thursday evening a score of the younger set enjoyed a corn roast at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Gardner, in the Glades. The affair was held in hon- or of Miss Mary Goss. of Tyrone, who is visiting in the valley. J. W. Miller, who early in the week ex- changed his four cylinder Studebaker car for a six cylinder, took a party of friends on a trip through the southern part of the State and are attending the Granger's picnic at Williams’ Grove. Ex-sheriff Hurley reports progress slow on account of rainy weather. Two weeks of fair weather will see the stretch from the J. H. Peters farm in the Glades to . the Huntingdon county line completed. Also the stretch east of Pine Grove to State College will be completed. So unfavorable was the weather for an outdoor gathering last Saturday that the big picnic that was to have been held in the grove was held in the town hall About one hundred dollars were realized from the sale of refreshments. The out- door picnic will be held tomorrow. On Wednesday evening of last week a large number of friends of Mrs. J. H. Hoy invaded her home at State College and gave her a delightful birthday sur- prise party. The affair was planned by Mr. Hoy and their daughters. Mrs. Hoy received quite a large number of useful and valuable presents. WOODWARD. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Meyer, of Coburn, spent Sunday at James Weaver's. Edwin Charles, of Tyrone, visited his sister, Mrs. C. M. Fiedler, for a few days. Miss Sofronna Fye, of Ccburn, visited her friend, Maude Weaver, for a few ays. Mrs. Emma Motz, of Lewisburg, spent 2 few days visiting at the Carl Motz ome. Calvin Eby and wife, from New York, are spending a short time with Noah Eby’s. Master Lawrence Fiedler went to Har- tleton to spend a week with his grand- parents. C. M. Fiedler and family attended Har- vest Home services at St. Paul, Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Garrett, of Lo- ganton, spent Sunday at the home of William Fultz. Miss Esther Steele, of Lewistown, is spending her vacation with her friend, Mrs. Emma Nein. James Glover, of Laurelton, was an over Sunday guest with his friend at the the Woodward house. Miss Lulu Geisewite, who has so suc- cessfully helped Mrs. James Weaver out for some time, went home Tuesday. Miss Lydia Benner, after spending a few months at home, returned to Wood- ward and will resume her work at James Weaver's. Mrs. William Breon and children, of Wolfe’s chapel, and Mrs. Ray Gentzel, of Spring Mills, spent Sunday at Grand- pa Glantz’s. si i - ! The Mescal Button. Peyote, known commercially as mes- | cal, is a species of cactus grown in | northern Mexico. The mesecal button, about one and a balf inches in diam- : eter, is to the uninitiated disagreeable i in both odor and taste. Although a tea is made from it, it is more generally eaten in its dry state, and has hence | been called “dry whisky.” The effect | upon the user is different from that of | any other drug. There is trembling and nausea, a sense of dual existence, i In some cases a delirflum somewhat | similar to delirium tremens, and an | overestimation of time—minutes be- | coming hours and hours long periods of time. The most extraordinary ef- fect, however, is the visual hallucina- tions and the effect upon the hearing. The habitue enjoys a regular kaleido- scopic play of most wonderful colors. an incessant flow of visions of infinite beauty. grandeur and variety, while each note produced on the piano be- comes a center of a medley of other notes which appear to be surrounded by a halo of color, pulsating to the music.” —Leslie’s. The Difference. Herman Frasch, chief chemist of the Standard Oil company. who died worth $5,000,000. made many millions for his employers by his utilization of waste. In an interview in New York, dis- cussing the discovery that turned coal tar from a waste to a highly valuable byproduct. Mr. Frasch once said to a reporter: “That one little change, that little chemical change, did it all. There is never more than a tiny difference, you know, between a waste and a byprod- uct, between wealth and poverty. be- tween success and failure. “Look, for example, into some great business office. Here is a haggard man in his shirt sleeves on a high stool working for dear life—he checks the cash. Then, in a little glass office all by himself. look at that other frock coated man leaning back in a tufted green leather armchair, smoking a ci- gar and reading the paper—he cashes the checks.”—Boston Record. Eating Asparagus. Mr. G. K. Chesterton does not like the modern way of eating asparagus. “Excluding cannibalism,” he writes, “and the habit of eating sand (about which I can offer no opinion). there is really nothing one can eat which is less fit to be eaten with the fingers than asparagus. It is long; it is greasy; it is loose and liable to every sort of soft yet sudden catastrophe; it is al- ways eaten with some sort of oily sauce, and its nice conduct would in- volve the powers of a professional jug- gler, combined wiih some practice in climbing the greasy pole. Most things could easily be eaten with one’s fingers. Only this one tiresome, toppling vege- table I eat between my finger and thumb. I should be better off as a giraffe eating the top of a palm tree. It doesn’t want any holding up.”—Lon- don Chronicle. Lots of Vowels. In the Hawaiian language every word ends in a vowel. A Hawaiian finds it almost impossible to pronounce two consonants together, and in Eng- lish he has the greatest difficulty in pronouncing any word ending with a consonant. Mr. Hale in his Polynesian grammar says: “In all the Polynesian dialects every syllable must terminate in a vowel, and two consonants are never heard without a vowel between them. It is chiefly to this peculiarity that the softness of these languages is to be attributed. The longest syllables have only three letters, and many syl- lables . consist of a single vowel.” Again, no syllable, as a.general rule, in the Bantu family of African speech can end in a consonant, but only in vowels. Protected. Grubbs—I hear that old Skinem has given the comniittee his views on the proposed new charter. - Stubbs—That must be a mistake. Skinem never gave anybody anything, If the committee had his views he has the committee’s note providing for the return of the views with something more than legal interest. — Richmond Times-Dispatch. : An Element of Difficulty. “What is the hardest part of your work as a lecturer?’ asked the man designated as toastmaster. “As a rule,” replied Mr. Speekins, “the hardest part of my work is wak- ing the audience up after the man who introduces me has concluded his remarks.” — Washington Star. No Postmortem Touch. “Loan me $5 until Thursday, old man. If T live till then I'll surely pay you." “All right. But if you succumb don’t send anybody around to touch me for the funeral expenses.”—Seattle Post- | Intelligencer. { : Modus Vivendi. + The term modus vivendi is a mutual | arrangement whereby persons not at | the time being on friendly terms can | be induced to live together in harmony. i The term may be applied to individuals, to societies or to peoples. It signifies a mode of living Wood Alcohol. | The greatest danger in inhaling the | fumes of wood alcohol is their effect on the optic nerve, which often results ! in total and incurable blindness. Strange. | “Strange things happen in life.” | “Indeed: 1 even know a man who actually tbinks his landlord is a fine fellow.” -- Exchange. ‘visiting at the home of Squire A. S. ‘rection. AARONSBURG. Mrs. Irey and daughter, of Danville, are visiting Dr. C. S. Musser. Miss Thelma Tate, of Coleville, is Stover. Mrs. Roy Swanson, of Emporium, Pa., is visiting her grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. Keener. Mrs. John Houtz and daughter Flor- ence have returned home from Nittany valley, where they visited relatives for one week. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Eby, of New York city, are the welcome guests of Mrs. Eby’s mother, Mrs. Caroline Mayes, on Front street. Dr. Jordan Deshler, of Glidden, Iowa, has been in town for some time, having been called here during his mother’s ill- ness and death. Rev. Donat and family have returned home after having spent their vacation visiting Mrs. Donat’s father and some of their former pastorates. Mrs. B. W. Wyle and two children, John and Edna, of Akron, Ohio, were guests of E. A. Mingles while visiting relatives and friends about town. Mrs. John Krape and two children have returned home from their trip to New Hope, Pa. They report having had a fine time but were glad to return home again. Mrs. W. C. Mingle, of Akron, Ohio, is paying her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Stover, a visit of several weeks. She expects her husband to join her in the future. Summer Wance came home from the Bellefonte hospital on Saturday where he was taken after having had his foot cut off. We wish him better fortune in the future. Rev. Bennetts, of Altoona, gave a splendid lecture in the interests of the Anti-Saloon League, notwithstanding the rain of Saturday night and threatening more. There was a fairly good attend- ance Sunday morning to hear the lecture. LEMONT. The heavy rains have made the ground too wet for plowing. Griffith Lytle is visiting among friends along the Branch, this week. There were twenty-two went from this place on the excursion, Sunday. The cold days and nights are keeping all kinds of vegetation from growing. The venerable Willian Lytle, who has been on the sick list for several weeks, is slowly improving. The schools of College township will open on Monday, September 6th, instead of Tuesday, September 7th. Rev. Howard Brown, from the Taber- nacle at Centre Hall, preached for the United Evangelical people Sunday. A Perfect Example. The paper speaks of a certain ar gument as being tactfully yet force- fully phrased,” said the young student, “What would be a good example of that?” “My son,” returned the father, “can | it be you have never lent ear to your mother’s able representations on the periodical occasions when I return home on pay day?’ Fashion note. The dressmaker was walking acrosg the field. She wore a cerise gown and a magens ta sunshade. The bull hurried hurriedly in her di. “I guess I better cut bias,” stam- mered the dressmaker, hesitating no longer, “to avoid a gore.”—Philadel- phia Ledger. ——— The Human Kind. “Father,” said little Johnny, “how big do sponges grow?” “Well, my son, your Uncle William is about the biggest one I ever knew. If there are any bigger ones I don’t want to meet them.”—Chicago Herald. No Longer Company. + “Do you know them very well?” “I think so. Whenever I go there for dinner I'm always expected to help with the dishes afterward. She never thinks of letting them go till morning to entertain me.”—Detroit Free Press. Too Young. The Boss—You are late again, New- lywed. Have you a reasonable ex- cuse?’ Newlywed—No. He's not old enough to reason yet—just yells all night.—Puck. It is in general more profitable to reckon up our defects than to boast of our attainments.—Carlyle. Medical. Dire Distress IT IS NEAR AT HAND TO HUNDREDS OF BELLEFONTE READERS. Don’t neglect an aching back. Backache is often the kidneys’ cry for help. Neglect hurrying to the kidneys’ aid Means that urinary troubles may follow. Or danger of worse kidney trouble. Here's Bellefonte testimony. Mrs. S. S. Leitzell, 118 E. Beaver St., Bellefonte, says: “I was troub- led by backache in a severe form. I was nervous and run down and diz- zy spells were common. The kid- ney secretions caused me annoy- ance. Doan’s Kidney Pills fixed me up right good. Whenever I feel a return of the trouble, I at once get a box at Parrishe’s Drug Store and they prevent the attack from becom- ing serious.” Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy— get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Leitzell had. Foster-Mil- burn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. 60-35 Hood’s Sarsapariila. EE, Constitutional Amendments | Attorneys-at-Law. : To Regain Health Cleanse the Blood When your blood is impure, weak, thin and debilitated, you cannot possibly enjoy good health. Your system becomes receptive of any or all diseases, and germs are likely to lodge in some part of the body. Put your blood in good condition, and do so at once. Hood’s Sarsaparilla acts directly and peculiarly on the blood—it purifies, en- riches, and revitalizes it and builds up the whole system. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is not a cure-all. It is the best blood medicine on the mar- ket. It has stood the test of forty years .and is used all over the world. Get it and begin treatment today. It will sure- ly help you. Sold by ail druggists. 60-35 Constitutional Amendments OPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CON- STITUTION JM EE Na THE CITIZE FOR THEIR Al THE GENERAL ASSEMB MONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITUTION. Number One. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section one, article eight of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva- nia in General Assembly met, That the follow- ing amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylva- nia be, and the same is hereby, proposed, in ac- cordance with the Sighteonth article thereof: — That section one of article eight, which reads as follows: tion 1. Every male citizen twenty-one years of age, possessing the following qualifica- tions, shall be entitled to vote at all elections, subject, however, to such laws requiring and regulating the registration of electors as the General Assembly may enact: “First. He shall have been a. citizen of the United States at least one month. ‘Second. He shall have resided in the State one year (or, having previously a qualified elector or native-born citizen of the State, he shall have removed therefrom and returned, then six months) immediately preceding the election, “Third. Iie shall have resided in the election district where he shall offer to vote at least two months immediately preceding the election. ‘Fourth. If twenty-two years of age and up- wards, he shall have paid within two years a State or county tax, which shall have been as- sessed at least two months and paid at least one month before the election,” be amended so. that the same shall read as follows: Section 1. Every citizen, male or female, of twenty-one years of age, possessing the follow- ing qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at all elections, subject, however, to such laws requir- ing and regulating the registration of electors as the General Assembly may enact: ‘ First, He or she shall have been a citizen of the United States at least one month. _ Second. He or she shall have resided in the State one year (or, having previously been a qualified elector or native-born citizen of the State, he or she shall have removed therefrom and returned, then six months) immeditaely pre- ceding the election. Third. He or she shall have resided in the election district where he or she shall offer to vote at least two months .immediately preceding the election. . Fourth. If twenty-two years of age and up- wards, he or she shall have paid within two years a State or county tax, which shall have been as- sessed at least two months and paid at least one month before the election. . Fifth. Wherever the words “he,” “his,” "him,” and “himself” occur in any section of ar- ticle VIII of this Constitution the same shall be construed as if written, respectively, “he or she,” sor her,” “him or her,” and “himself or her- - oes 0 Oo 2 iA'true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1. CYRUS E. WOODS, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Two. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section eight of article nine of the Constitution of Pennsyl- vania. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the following is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Penn- sylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: — Amend section eight, article nine of the Con-’ stitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which reads as follows: Section 8. The debt of any county, city, bor- ough, township, school district, or other munic- ipality or incorporated district, except as herein provided, shall never exceed seven per centum upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein, nor shall any such municipality or dis- trict incur any new debt, or increase its indebt- ess to an amount exceeding two per centum upon such assessed valuation of property, with- out the assent of the electors thereof at a public election in such manner as shall be provided by law; but any city, the debt of which now ex- ceeds seven per centum of such assessed valua- tation, may be authorized by law to increase the same three per centum, in the aggregate, at any one time, upon such valuation, except that any debt or debts hereinafter incurred by the city and county of Philadelphia for the construction and development of subways for transit pur- poses, or for the construction of wharves and docks, or the reclamation of land to be used in the construction of a system of wharves and docks, as public_improvements, owned or to be owned by said city and county of Philadelphia, and which shall yield to the city and county of Philadelphia current net revenues in excess of the intereston said debt or debts, andthe an- nual installments necessary for the cancellation |" of said debt or debts, may be excluded in ascer- taining the power of the city and county of Phil- adelphia to become otherwise indebted: Pro- vided, That a sinking fund for their cancellation shall be established and maintained,” so that it shali read as follows:— Section 8. The debt of any county, city, bor- ough, township, school district, or other munici- pality or incorporated district, except as herein provided, shall never exceed seven per centum upon the value of the taxable property therein, nor shall any such municipality or dis- trict incur any new debt, nor increase its indebt- edness to an amount exceeding two per centum upon such assessed valuation of property, with- out the consent of the electors thereof at a public election in such manner as shall be provided by law; but any city, the debt of which on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, exci seven per centum of such valuation, and has not since re- duced to less than such per centum, may be authorized by law to increase the same three per centum in the aggregate, at any one time, upon any such valuation. The city of Philadelphia, upon the conditions hereinafter