Democratic;
Bellefonte, Pa., September 10, 1915.
BIG GUNS OF A CENTURY AGO
Turks at That Time Had the Most Ef-
fective Cannon Known to
the World.
It would scarcely appear feasible
that a shot weighing 800 pounds could
have been employed a century ago,
yet the Turks, who used the largest
cannon in Europe, actually used guns
of such caliber at that time. When
Sir J. Duckworth passed the Darda-
nelles to attack Constantinople in 1807
his fleet was dreadfully shattered by
the immense shot thrown from the
batteries. The Royal George, of 110 guns,
was nearly.sunk by only one shot,
while another cut the mainmast of
the Windsor Castle almost in two; a
single shot knocked two ports of the
Thunderer into one; the Repulse (74
guns) had her wheel shot away and 24
men killed and wounded by a shot,
the ship being saved only by the most
wonderful exertions. The heaviest
shot which struck our ships was of
granite, weighing 800 pounds, and was
"26 inches in diameter. One such shot,
‘to the astonishment of the tars, stove
in the whole starboard bow of the
Active, and, having crushed this im-
mense mass of timber, the shot rolled
ponderously aft, the crew standing
aghast at the singular spectacle. One
of those guns was cast in brass. It
‘was composed of two parts, its breech
resting against massive stonework,
and the difficulty of charging such a
monster would not allow of its being
fired more than once.—The Dundee
Advertiser,
MANAGEMENT OF THE BODY
Extreme Care Should Be Exercised
by Those Who Are Afflicted
With Defective Heart.
A person with a defective heart
must remain, in everything he does,
well within the limit of his strength. |
Though able to walk fifteen blocks,
he should not walk more than twelve;
though able to work three hours, he
should work only two, and rest, if
possible, every hour for a few min-
utes, to avoid fatigue. When able to
get along with seven hours’ rest and !
sleep, he should rest and sleep at least
nine hours. His recuperative power is
lowered and it takes, when overtired,
days and weeks to regain strength
which a healthy person recovers in
‘one night. ‘He endangers his future
whenever he goes beyond his strength !
even a little, or only to the point
where he begins to feel tired. He
‘may do as much as an average healthy
person, but he must divide the work
into periods of short duration. What
may happen in a year or two must be
considered rather than whether, for
the present, the heart can stand the |
“effort. The best protection for the fu- '
ture is a proper adjustment of effort ;
‘at all times to one’s strength.—Ex-
change.
Marvelous Instrument.
A marvelous instrument, the com- :
pound interferometer, has been in- |
vented by Prof. C. W. Chamberlain, '
president and head of the physics de- |
partment of Denison university. With '
this instrument it is possible to meas-
ure a distance as small as 1-20,000,-
000th of an inch. This instrument will
in all probability be the most delicate
measuring instrument of its kind for
many years to come. It is practically
impossible for the human mind to
realize the smallness of the distance
measurable by the compound inter-
ferometer, which is 400 times as pow-
erful as the most perfect compound
microscope, but some idea can be
formed by the use of comparisons.
“This 1-20,000,000th of an inch is the
‘apparent size of 1h2 head of an ordi-
nary pin viewed at a distance of 227
miles, or the size of a 50 cent piece
viewed at a distance of 9,000 miles,
or the size of a human face viewed at
a distance equal to twice the circum-
ference of our mother earth.
New Armored Motor Car.
A novel type of armored motor car
has been designed by a resident of
Lowell, Mass. It contains some very
“original ideas as to protection from
rifle ax! gun fire. The car is shaped
“exactly like a turtl2, the upper and
lower shell being joined at a distance
«of about sixteen inches above the
ground. The wheels are almost en-
‘“tirely covered by the armor. The lat-
ter is composed of steel shells, curved
to represent a turtle back, the in-
ventor claiming that such a construc-
tion renders the persons in the car im-
mune from rifle and machine gun fire,
as the bullets are deflected into the
air. Loopholes for firing, a periscope
for steering, emergency doors in the
rear and on both sides, a powerful
motor under the driver's. seat, and a
‘quickfiring gun mounted on a re-
volving base—these are all parts of
the design. ?
Parrot Fights for Master.
When R. A, Whitby, a United States’
marine, was arrested by the police a
parrot that Whitby carried under his
arm put up a fight, and the sailor was
compelled to call off the bird before
the officer could place Whitby in the
patrol wagon.
When the prisoner was taken to
the city hall the parrot refused to let
the police put Whitby in a cell without
permitting the bird to occupy the
same place of confinement. Whitby
and the parrot were both released aft-
@r a hearing.—Chester (Pa.) Dispatch ;
to Philadelphia Inquirer. NL
REAL ESSENCE OF HUMOR
Conjunction of Things That Are Op-
posite or Dissonant Are the
Most Laughable.
It is well known that the essence of
humor is incongruity, the conjunction
of things that are opposite or dis-
sonant—as the mingling of manliness
and gullibility in Fielding's “Parson
Adams,” of honesty and knavery in
“Gil Blas,” or of shrewdness and stu-
pidity in Sancho Panza.
The most laughable of incongrui-
ties is that which arises from the
clash of dignity and meanness, emi-
nence and vulgarity, the solemn and
the comic. « The sense of the comic
is sometimes enhanced by suffering.
When the soul is filled with gloom, a
ludicrous incident becomes the more
ludicrous by contrast. An English-
man who poisoned himself by mis-
take told one of his friends that when
suffering agonies he was deeply con-
scious of the grimly ludicrous aspects
under which one circumstance suce
ceeded another.
The exquisite irony of the contrast
between his own internal sensations
and the sunny indifference or stolid
surprise of all around him, while he
was in a galloping haste to escape
death, made an impression upon him
which rose above the pain—as, for in-
stance, when his porter asked for leave
to change his shoes before he went
for the doctor.
SEE PORTENTS IN THE STARS
Enthusiastic Frenchmen Profess to
View Promises of Victory in
Heavenly “Omens.”
Patriotic enthusiasm, now at a high
pitch in France, has been seeing in
the heavens things which it likes to
regard as symbolical of French vie-
tory in the war. The most talked of
“omen” has been a tricolored star
seen over the western horizon last au-
tumn and over the eastern during the
winter. Prosaic astronomers have un-
kindly identified this marvelous star
with Venus, which, like any other
heavenly body, shows the spectral
colors when it is near the horizon.
It is remarkable how often Venus has
been taken for something that it is
not. One would think that no -civi-
lized human being could arrive at
years of discretion without becoming
well acquainted with that lovely planet
under her own name, yet her brilliant
light in the evening or morning sky
is forever starting some wild rumor.
In 1797—also a time of patriotic fer-
vor—Venus was hailed in France as
the star of Napoleon. In recent years
she has most frequently been taken for
the light of a spying Zeppelin or aero-
plane. It may be added that in some
parts of France the “tricolor” star of
the last few months was not Venus,
but Sirius.
Monkey Died Like a Man.
The death of Bill Snyder, the ba-
boon of the Central park zoo, from
acute indigestion, is chronicled in the
day’s news. Bill was not one of the
higher order of the monkey family;
his kinship to the human race, if he
had any, was remote. Yet surely in
the manner of his death he displayed
a simian resemblance to man.
He died as hundreds of thousands of
beings higher in the scale of evolution
| die, as countless numbers of our “best
citizens” die—from overeating. He |
was as reckless in the indulgence of |
his appetite for food as the most cul-
tivated member of the human family,
and if the circumstances of his death
excite surprise, it is that his natural
instincts did not preserve him from
the fate of the most intelligent hu-
man beings.
Bill's death points a dietetic moral
for monkeys that exchange the nuts |
and roots of the jungle for the richer :
food of zoo captivity and idleness.
The application of the moral to man-
kind need not be considered. A vastly
greater number of men die from over-
eating than from starvation, and the
death of a humble simian in the cir-
cumstances from this characteristi-
cally human ailment, may serve to
emphasize the fact—New York
World. :
“Rounding Up” Students.
Ingenuity of college students in
writing badly after they have “passed
off” the required freshman or sopho-
more course in composition is extra-
ordinary. Perhaps it is a reassertion
of native inaptness, perhaps it is sheer
carelessness. But the remedy to be
adopted at Harvard, after special
study of the problem, is a patent one.
A standing faculty committee is to be
appointed, and “instructors in all
courses will be urged to send to the
committee any examination book, the-
sis or other piece of work which has
demonstrated’ the writer’s inability to
express his thought.” The committee
will thereupon prescribe additional
work in English fer the delinquent
students. The very warning should end
mere slovenliness, and those whose
fault lies deeper should be grateful for
the discipline—New York Evening
Post.
Will Work Asphalt Mines.
The enormous deposit of asphalt
of Leyte province, in the Philippines,
is now to be worked for the eastern
market by a local company. This al
most inexhaustible deposit lies so near
the shore line at Tacloban that ships
can anchor and take on cargoes of
asphalt from lighters loaded at the
mines with practically no overland
transportation. There is a large and
growing demand in the Islands tor
' paving asphalt and all the cities
the far Bast are now in co pceition t
Funeral Director.
Dry
Goods, Etc.
CASTORIA
Bears the signature of Chas.H.Fletcher. i
In use for over thirty years, and
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
H. N. KOCH
Funeral Director
! Successor to R. M. Gordner.
i STATE COLLEGE, PENNA.
Growth of Cotton Industry.
American cotton mills are now us-
ing more than 5,000,000 bales of cotton . :
a year, as compared with 1,000,000 Day and Night Service.
bales 45 years ago. | 60-21-tf.
Bell and Commercial Phones.
Excursion.
Pennsylvania Railroad
Special Trains
ACC(UNT
Patrons of Husbandry
GRANGE PARK
CENTRE HALL
WILL BE RUN AS FOLLOWS:
Wednesday and Thursday, September 15 and 16
EASTWARD. WESTWARD.
! ! |
September 15 | September, STATIONS. i September] September
and16. | 16 only. ] i_16 only. | 15 and 16
AM PM | AM | | A.M. P.M.
10.00 6.30 | 550 Lv... J] 8.30 | 1045
10.05 6.35 1 0... Fal nia both i 10.39
10.09 6.30. 1 i... ! a | 10.33
10.21 85) al ! bo a {10.21
10.26 6.56 | 615 | Edens du {10.15
10.30 7.00 6.19 | a hl . Fan {| 10.10
10.35 705 | 6.04 0 Lirden Hall............ boon | 10.03
10.50 720 635 |Ar. Centre Hal (Grange Park) Lv. | 7.45 i948:
nn 7.30 6.35 Lv.Centre Hal (Grange Park) Ar. 743 | 9.00
Seuies 7.40 Han Ci | 7.33 8.50
rian 7.48 | a | 7.25 8.42
Si 8.00 | es 7.14 8.30
citisie 8.10 | 7.00 i 7.07 8.20
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Lime and Limestone.
LIME!
Lime*and Limestone for All Purposes.
HO LIME
Put up in 40 Pound Paper Bags.
FOR USE WITH DRILL OR SPREADER.
High Calcium Central Pennsylvania Lime
American Lime & Stone Company..
Write for Free Literature. 60-28-3m General Office: —TYRONE, PA.
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LYON & COMPANY.
Fall Opening
rsies OF...
Ready-to-Wear Garments.
BEIT INRIA
La Vogue
COATS and SUITS
For Ladies, Misses and Children.
All
more attractive this season than ever.
They are always in the lead and the
quality and workmanship of these gar-
ments have always proven satisfactory.
We extend a cordial invitation to all to
visit this department and see the wonder-
ful chic creations before deciding on your
fall and winter
coats and suits.
Dress Goods.
Every thing new in Velvets, Corduroys,
Fleur de Soie and Pussy Willow Silks,
Crepe de Chine, Crepe Meteor, Taffetas,
Poplins, Messalines. In wool the leading
materials for the season are Serges, Ga- -
bardeens, Poplins, Crepes, etc. ’
Fall
Neckwear.
Everything new in Collars, Ruffs and
Frillings, all the new shades in crepe de
chine ties.
Lyon & Co. ... Bellefonte
: The First National Bank.
Keep Your
Money in Bank
Said one of our local papers
last week. This is good
sound advice. Let us care
for yours.
The First National Bank
59-1-1y : BELLEFONTE. PA.
Announcement.
* 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’'sa
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
any time.
start one at once.
‘the Best Kind of Security at
If you haven’t a bank account now,
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.
The Farmers’ Supply Store
We are Headquarters for the Dollyless
Electric Washing Machines
Weard Reversible Sulky Riding Plows and Walking Plows, Disc
-. Harrows, Spring-tooth Harrows, Spike-tooth Lever Harrows,
Land Rollers; g-Hole Spring Brake Fertilizer Grain Drill—and
the price is $70.
POTATO DIGGERS,
Brookville Wagons—all sizes in stock. Buggies and Buggy
Poles, Manure Spreaders, Galvanized Water Troughs, Cast Iron
Hog and Poultry Troughs, Galvanized Stock Chain Pumps,
Force and Lift Pumps for any depth of wells, Extension and
‘Step Ladders, Poultry Supplies and
All Kinds of Field Seeds.
Nitrate of Soda and Fertilizer for all crops, carried at my ware-
offer a market.
Soliciting a share of your wants, I am respectfully yours,
JOHN G. DUBBS,
Both Phones
60-14-tf. Bellefonte, Pa.
house where you can get it when you are ready to use it. i
FOOD SUPPLIES
We have just received a shipment of new caught Blue Back
Mackerel,
Canned Salmon and Tuna Fish are both very satisfactory hot
Our brands will fully satisfy your desire.
weather goods.
messed and boneless ;
Our fancy new American Cheese are now at their very finest.
you want the highest quality, give us your order.
Asparagus tips, new pack, Nabob brand, just received at roc per
Elite brands, large can, fancy, at 25c.
We have a blend of TEA that has proved very satisfactory for
can.
making iced tea and for regular use at 6oc per pound.
The new crop of California Summer Valenica Oranges are now
We have fancy stock at 25¢, 30c¢, goc, 50¢
just at their best.
and 6oc a dozen.
Our Sliced Dried Beef is all full slices, cut only from the tender
Comes in clean wax paper envelopes. Some-
part of the meat.
Also fancy California Lemons.
thing new and desirable.
We take special care in the selection of Bananas and can give you fancy fruit.
MEADOW GOLD BRAND CREAMERY BUTTER
Is a Strictly Fancy Grade.
Try it and be convinced.
SECHLER & COMPANY,
Bush House Block, - -
57-1 -
If
We get it in frequent orders so that you can de-
pend on it having that New Sweet Flavor.
a 2 Bellefonte, Pa.