!
SINGER AT THE RAILHEAD!
Soldiers on Service in France En
tranced by “Tristan” From a Tar
tan-Clad Private.
A train of, say eight hundred men,
made up of small parties of twenties
and thirties for the various units came
into the railhead just as the light was
beginning to show over beyond the
river and make the cypress trees stand
out in silhouette. The men were rath-
er drowsy; not many of them looked
out of the windows; a few got out to
stretch their legs.
The railway transport officer was
very busy sorting the men. Then,
away down at the rear of the train, he
heard a man’s voice, faintly at first,
but as the engine ran off to the shed
and things became quieter he could
hear it quite distinctly. He walked
in the direction of the singing, and,
getting nearer, recognized the song,
Kurneval’s. song from “Tristan and
Isolde.”
A small crowd of English Tommies
surrounded the rear brake van. On
the roof stood a private in the Black
‘Watch tartan, his tunic open at the
neck, his bonnet set far back on his
+#ead, and his kilts swinging to the
Thythmic motion of his body. He sang
=—God! how he sang. The crowd be-
came more dense; the French shunters
and porters came and listened. The
'singer hardly paused at the end of the
soRg; before the applause could com-
mence he had started again. This
time it was the “Toreador” from “Car-
men.”
The R. T. O. glanced at his watch;
it was nearly time to get the men on
board again. He looked at them. Each
one was looking up at the singer; in
the dull half light their eyes could
hardly be seen, but their expression
was intent. The song finished, the
crowd applauded as only Tommies can.
“It's —,” said a man, mentioning
the name of a famous singer.
“Ay, he's in our battalion,” said an-
other.— Westminster Gazette.
FUIANS LIKE THE MOVIES
But Their Dislike for Clothing Still
Clings, and Is a Misfortune,
Governor Says.
Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott;
governor of the Fiji islands and Brit-
ish high commissioner for the West-
ern Pacific, made the -announcement
that the Fijians, in their dislike for
clothes, have made a great mistake.
He said they are still content with
their one piece of cloth, and mosqui-
toes are increasing on the islands.
The natives have given up cannibal
ism and taken to moving pictures for
their favorite pastime. One hundred
men from the islands have gone to
the war. All are good man-killers, but
none man-eaters.
Sir Ernest and Lady Sweet-Escott
are on their way back to the Fijis
after a hurried trip to London last
August, when their eldest son was
taken there, suffering from a shrapnel
wound.
Salesman Should Look Healthy.
In the American Magazine a suc-
cessful salesman says:
“A salesman should lock healthy. I
formed a theory on that .»int a long
while ago, and have proved it since
then more than a thousand times. At
first I didn’t know exactly why it was,
but now I think I have succeeded in
figuring out the psychology of the
thing.
“In the first place, the best selling
point for an article is to get it asso-
ciated in the mind of the customer
with success. Everything, even re-
motely connected with the article, that
suggests success is a point which
weighs in favor of the sale. If the
salesman looks prosperous, the custo-
mer unconsciously or subconsciously
receives the impression that this pros-
perity grew out of the excellence of
the article he is selling. The sales-
man should carry into a store an im-
pression of success, prosperity and
harmony. He should look as if things
were ‘breaking well’ for him, as the
saying is. Now the idea of complete
harmony cannot be conveyed, as I look
at it, without health.”
Couldn't Fool Him.
On market day in a small town
Farmer Jones disposed of part of his
live stock and went with the pur-
chaser to the hotel to settle up. The
purchaser made out a check, and said:
“Now, I'll just cross it and it’s done.”
Old Jone’s knowledge of checks was
limited, and he inquired what that
meant. ‘
“Well, I just draw two lines and
write ‘and Co.’ between,” replied the
butcher.
“No yer don’t,” shouted the farmer,
to the amusement of the bystanders,
“you're only getting the pigs for this;
if you want the coo, it'll be ten pund
more.” .
And old Jones is still telling his
friends how he escaped being cheated.
—London Tit-Bits.
Vision in Fishes.
Vision in fishes is very like human
visior in regard to shade and color,
but less acute in dots of two millimet-
ers and three millimeters, and recog-
nize dots of one millimeter, but not
those of five-tenths of a millimeter.
By means of a rotating background
of black and white sectors the acute-
ness of vision in regard to motion was
found equal to that of men. Floun-
‘ders adapted to a given color seek
grounds of that color, and color in the
{skin is produced only by exposure to
the same color. Hence, flounders have
color vision, but this does not prove
they have color sensation.
IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID WORK
In Some Form Every Man Must Do
His Share Toward the Progress
of the World.
Colonel Roosevelt says that those
who “cloak their unwillingndss to toil
and endure” are timid and lazy. But
what would ‘he say of those who are
unwilling to toil and endure, and do
not cloak it? Perhaps he would say
that they are unjust to themselves and
to others, courting unhappiness for
themselves, and seeking to extend it
to others. If so, he would not be far
wrong.
The person who is unwilling to toil
and endure does not properly belong
in this world, for happily this is a
world of work. - He ought to go hence
or reform. Work is, in itself, not a
thing to complain of; rather is it some-
thing to be joyous about. Of course,
the conditions of work may be un-
pleasant and the task before us may
be distasteful. But the character of
the task is generally of our own choos-
ing and we are unfortunate if we have
made a poor selection. Loving some
work, the effort should be to get into
the work we love. As for working con-
ditions, they also are sometimes of
our own making; and where they are
not, they are always subject to cor-
rection. Work is the discipline that
makes character; loving one’s work is
the joy of living. Of all mortals, we
can conceive of none more unhappy
than those who are unwilling to toil
and endure and try to hide their un-
willingness.—Columbus Evening Dis-
patch,
MINE HAS PECULIAR VALUE
Great Variety of Most Useful Products
Taken From the Ground in Ver
dite, South Africa. .
tne.
. Situated in the beautiful Kaap val-
ley, in the Jamestown district of Bar-
berton, Transvaal, there is a mine
known by the name of Verdite. The
name was given to it on account of
the peculiar greenstone found in the
mine, which is unknown in any other
part of the globe. Articles of jewelry
and ornaments are made of verdite,
and it has been called the lucky green-
stone of South Africa. This green-
stone is a silicate of rhagnesia, or
talc, colored green by nature in the
course of its formation. Other silicates
of magnesia may be mentioned here;
peridote, serpentine, meerschaum and
steatite. The mine, or, rather, hill,
consists of three varieties of talc,
green, white and black. But a pe
culiar fact is that in the black talc
there is present pure gold. Some of
the finest specimens of 'gold-bearing
rock have been found at this mine.
Everyone knows that gold is found
in quartz, pyrites, or even in sea
water, but scarcely ever has it been
mentioned in books that gold exists
In talc. When the verdite rock has
gone through the ordinary process of
crushing and the gold has been ex
tracted, the waste (or what is called
the slimes from a gold mine) is
used in the manufacture of soap,
grease, paint, paper, toilet powders
gas jets, electric insulators, crayons
and many other articles of everyday
use. In fact, one might say that
everything got from this mine can be
used for some commercial purpose.
The Reading of Books.
How are the young folk of today
to acquire the reading habit? They
all go to school and they are taught
much more about literature than it
was the custom to teach the boys and
girls of earlier generations. Yet some-
how it does not appear that when they
leave séhool they read the books writ
ten by the authors with whose names
they ' become familiar as the great
ones of the literary world. It does not
appear, in fact, that many of them
read books of any kind unless it is
the sensational and trivial novels of
the day, and even these they have lit-
tle leisure for.
So many other matters take their
attention. The automobile is one
hindrance to the formation of the
reading habit. The freedom it gives
Is more fascinating to the average
young person than any book of fic-
tion, to say nothing of anything more
serious. It invites and knows no
refusal. “Movies” attract a multitude
to whom motor cars are not available.
And there is dances and theaters and
the general business of having a “good
time” through some form of activity.
For in these days youth demands a
good time as an inalienable right.—
Indianapolis Star,
Spider's Lariat.
There is in this country a species
of epider which haunts evergreen trees
and catches its prey by means of a
kind of lariat.
The web of this spider is triangular
in form, consisting of four longitudinal
lines and a large number of cross
fibers connecting them. Two corners
of the triangle are attached to twigs,
but the other corner, which terminates
in a single thread, is held by the spider
perched on a neighboring twig. When
a fly strikes the web, the spider loos-
ens his hold and the elastic threads
instantly entangle the victim.
Vision of the Flounder.
A flounder deprived of one eye simu.
lates the background quite normally,
but there is no simulation whatever
when both eyes are removed. Floun-
ders fail to stmulate the ground in
very strong illumination from above,
and they become white on all grounds
when their eyes receive no light direct.
ly from above. Adaptation to the
ground is not affected by covering the
Skin ith sand so that the fish cannot
see it.
33.00
Round Trip
RETURNING,
Saturday, July 29
Bellefonte........cinccc..oni iin
SPECIAL
SUNDAY
EXCURSION W
ATLANTIC CITY
The World's Playground
Sunday,
July 30
SPECIAL THROUGH TRAIN, Without Change of Cars, LEAVES
Saturday, July 29
Saturday, July 29
Centre Hall. ............ 0... 30.20 P. M.| Millmont...............ceseaneussuerins 1147 P. M.| Lewisburg
Rising Springs.. tee. 30.46 P. M.| MIfflINDUTE ........co0cecenererseseieer 12.00 Night| Atlantic City..
Cobumn.......... : ... 11.06 P. M.| Sunday, July 30
Glen Iron...................csccconeevs 11,38 P. M.I Vicksburg ........iin-iveeeuienennes 12.08 A. M.
Leaves Atlantic City (South Carolina Avenue)........ EC Sunday 4.15 P. M.
Sunday, July 30
Tickets on sale beginning July 28.
§=="A rare opportunity to enjoy a whole day at the seashore, with its surf bathing and varied scenes of gayety and pleasure.
Similar Excursions Sundays, August 13 and 27.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
61-28-2t.
CITY BEAUTIFUL BY NIgHE
Stockhoim Always at Its Best When |
Viewed After Darkness, Is Opin-
ion of Travelers.
The best time to get your first look
.at Stockholm is by night. As you
‘come up the channel you see the town
‘all traced and fringed with chains of
light. The ordinary illumination of
the Stockholm streets and quays
makes them look as though the city
‘were decorated for a fair. They are
lavish users of electric light in Swe
den, to judge by the capital.
Their favor seems to shine on any:
thing that works by wire. Take the
telephone, for instance. Without com-
piling statistics, it is a pretty safe
bet that there are more telephones
per capita in Stockholm than ‘in any
other town on earth. They have ap
parently more phones than any city
needs and then again as many on top
of that. The latter circumstance is
due to an inscrutable arrangement
which works long and short distance
calls on a different system. Instead
of one phone in your room, you Rave
two. Where an ordinary municipality
has one phone booth, Stockholm dou-
bles.
to Alexander Graham Bell.
The most imposing structure, of
course, is the telephone exchange. Af-
ter that comes the royal palace, a
huge and beautiful building that enter-
tained twenty royal families of Eu
rope at the same time in the days
when royal families were on speaking
terms. Nowadays, they are not send-
Ing out any house party invitations.
Sweden is devoting her leisure mo
ments to being neutral and as she is
much closer to the storm center than
we are, she has a correspondingly
harder time of it.
Not far from the palace is the par-
liament building. There is only one
man on earth who may not cross the
threshold of this structure. That man
is the king of Sweden. When the king
wants to talk to the houses he sends
for them, as at the beginning of each
session.
Stockholm has a particularly beauti-
ful natural setting, . with her many
satellite islands, her big lake and her
wooded suburbs. The people are
cheerful and fresh-looking and ener
getic. The Norseman is an apparent
contradiction of the law that says na-
tions must grow old. He set the world
by the ears 2,000 years ago and today
his racial force seems running high as
ever.
EE ————————
Everybody Was More or Less Inter
ested in the Militia Some De-
cades Ago.
In considering the subject of pre
paredness it might be wise to look
up the old militia system that pre
vailed sixty or seventy years ago.
when states were divided into dis
tricts, each one having a company tc
which all men of soldier age were re-
quired to belong, and give a few days
each year to military drill, the Colum:
bus Journal observes.
Every year there would be a “gener.
al muster,” at which the various com
panies would gather, and under the
command of a plumed and bespangled
officer would perform the various evo
lutions and go through the manual of
arms that would strike with awe the
surrounding crowd of women and chil
dren, gathered to witness the heroic
displays of fathers and brothers.
These general musters were great
events in the times of our grandfath
ers. They were social as well as mili
tary, and often adorned with feasts of
warlike provender. In ome of his
8peeches Tom Corwin tells of a gen
eral muster in which the brave mili
tiamen, with bayonet and sword
charged on a pile of watermelons and
cut the red hearts out of the enemy
4
New Advertisements.
OTICE.—Notice is hereby given that appli-
cation will be made to the Public Serv-
ice Commission of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Railroad Com-
pany for a Certificate of Public Convenience
evidencing the Commission’s approval of the
construction of an additional si track, at
grade, across Bolar Alley and across Mary street
in the Village of Lemont, College Township,
Centre County, Pennsylvania. The public hear-
ing on which will be held in the rooms oi the
Commission at Harrisburg on the 7th day of
August, 1916, at two o'clock in the afternoon,
when and where all persons in interest may ap-
pear and be heard if they so desire.
C. H. BERGNER,
J. E. B. CUNNINGHAM
Solicitors,
Harrisburg, Pa.
61.28-2t
The town is a sort of monument : cis Mills Alexander, late of Huston township, de-
"atone o’clock p. m. offer at
, ed, oT ts
——1It will pay you to read the
“Watchman.”
amma —————— sams
New Advertisements.
EN WANTED: —200 men at once for con-
struction work, also men for congenial
. inside factory work. Highest wages
paid to sober, reliable men. Steady work guar-
anteed. Call or write to Acheson Graphite Co.
or C. E. Cowdrick, Supt. of Construction, 1606
Cleveland Ave., Niagara Falls, N. Y. 61-27-3t
XECUTOR’S NOTICE.—Letters testament-
ary having been issued out of the Or-
phans’ Court of Centre county to the
undersigned upon the estate of Nancy M. Deck-
er, late of Bellefonte borough, d per»
sons knowing themselves indebted to said estate
are requested to make prompt payment, and
those having claims against the same must pre-
present them duly authenticated for settlement.
MILES X. DECKER,
JOANNA DECKER,
Executors,
S. KLINE WOODRING,
Attorney
61-27-6t
XECUTRIX'S NOTICE.—Letters testamen-
tary having been granted to the under-
signed upon the estate of Martin B. Gar-
man, late of Bellefonte borough, deceased, all
persons knowing themselves in any- way indebt-
ed to said estate are requested to make prompt
payment, and those having claims against the
same must present them duly authenticated for
settlement.
ELEANOR GRACE GARMAN,
W. HARRISON WALKER, Executrix,
61.24-6t Attorney, Bellefonte, Pa.
DMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE.—Letters of
administration having been granted to
the undersigned upon the estate of Fran-
ceased, all persons knowing themselyes indebted
to said estate are requested to make prompt pay-
ment, and those having claims against the same
must present them duly authenticated for settle-
ment.
Mrs. JOSEPHINE ALEXANDER,
Administratrix
61-27-6t* State College, Pa.
DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.—Letters of
administration having been granted to
the undersigned upon the estate of C..B,
ick, late of Ferguson township, deceas-
knowing themselves in any way in-
debted thereto are requested to make prompt
payment, while those having claims against said
estate must present them duly authenticated for
McCo
payment.
CHESTER M. McCORMICK,
JOHN T. McCORMICK,
61-26-6t Administrators.
DMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE.—Letters of
administration upon the estate of Clau-
dius B. Hess, late of Ferguson township,
deceased, having been granted to the undersign-
ed, all persons knowing themselves in any way
indebted to said estate are requested to make
prompt payment, and. those having claims
against the same must present them, duly au-
thenticated, for settlement.
WARREN S. WARD,
‘W. HARRISON WALKER, Administrator,
61.27.6t* Attorney. Penna. Furnace, Pa.
OTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING.—Notice
is hereby given that the annual meeting
of the members of the Bellefonte Hos-
ital Association will be held at the Bellefonte
ospital on Friday, August 11th, 1916, at four
o'clock, p. m., for election of members of the
Board of Directors to fill such vacancies on the
Board as may then exist; also to pass upon all
matters that may then properly come before the
said meeting, and particularly to pass upon a
proposed amendment to the charter and the By-
Laws of the said coporation, by a proposed
amendment of Article V, of the said charterin
such manner as to reduce the number of mem-
bers of the said Board to such a number as may
then be determined and set forth ina formal
amendment thereof, to be proposed for adoption
at the said meeting. i
All persons who have contributed to the sup-
port of the Hospital during the past year, are
entitled to a vote at the said meeting.
By order of the Board of Directors.
H. E. FENLON,
61-28-3t Secretary.
RUSTEE'’S SALE IN BANKRUPTCY OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
In the District Court of the United States for
the Western District of Pennsylvania.
In the matter of :
J. A. Heckendorn No. 7832 in Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt. .
By virtue of an order of sale issuing out of
said Court and to me directed, I will on
THURSDAY, AUGUST 24th, 1916,
yublic sale, as a
whole, clear and divested of all liens, at the Court
House, in the Borough of Bellefonte, County of
Centre, Pennsylvania, all the following described
real estate, to-wit:
The undivided four-ninth part or interest of, in
and to all that certain messuage, tenement, and
tract of land, in the Warrantee name of William
Stuart, situate in Burnside Township, Centre
County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described as
follows, to wit: On the North by land of Hale's
heirs; on the East by land of the Loy heirs; on
the South by West Branch of the Susque a
River; and on the West by land of R. D. Mulhol-
land. Containing one hundred and twenty-three
acres more or less, having thereon erected a two-
story frame dwelling house, a large barn, a wag-
on shed and other necessary out-buildings.
Title to the said above described land became
vested in the said J. A. Heckendorn, under the
name of Joseph A. Heckendorn, by deed from R,
D. Mulholland and wife, dated the second day of
May, 1904, and recorded in the office for the Re-
cording of Deeds in and for the County of Centre
in D Book 92 page 213. Reference being had
to the said deed will more fully and at large ap-
ar.
TERMS OF SALE.—Cash when the said real es-
tate is knocked down to the purchaser or pur-
chasers.
FRANK B. WOOD,
Ebensb Triste ofl. A. Heckendorn, Bankrupt.
nsburg, Pennsylvania,
July 17¢h. 1916. 61.28-4t
H. N. KOCH
Funeral Director
Successor to R. M. Gordner.
STATE COLLEGE, PENNA.
Day and Night Service.
60-21-tf, Bell and Commercial Phones.
Bellefonte, Pa.
——General Bingham, former Po-
lice Commissioner of New York, is
authority for the statement that fifty
thousand girls disappear in the Unit-
States every year. That may seem
like an exaggerated estimate, but the |
General has more recently repeated it |
in a private letter, together with the
assertion that he believes it an under-
statement, rather than otherwise.
Perhaps if you could share for one
day the experiences of the average of-
ficer of the Travelers’ Aid Society,
i would share the General’s convic-
ion.
FINE GROCERIES
-
.
Fancy Wisconsin Cheese, with mild flavor. At the present market value
of Cheese it should retail at 28c to 30c
per pound but we still hold our price
down to 25 cents. It’s a fine bargain at this price.
We have made no advance on Canned Corn, Peas and Stringless Beans.
At our present prices they are as good value as any food product on
the market.
Our White potatoes are good size and fine quality. Also Parsnips, Onions,
Turnips, Sweet Potatoes and Cabbage.
If you are not pleased with Syrup in tin cans and pails try our fine goods
sold by the quart and gallon. We have a pure Sugar and a fine grade of
Compound goods at 50c and 60c per gallon. Sure to please you.
California Naval Oranges—seedless.
The smaller sizes are all gone for
this season, but we have fancy fruit at 30c, 40c, 50c and extra large at 60c.
Have just received some very fancy
We have the Genuine New Orleans
New Mackerel. Try them.
Molasses—new crop, light colored,
heavy body to sell by the quart or gallon. It will please you.
Evaporated Peaches, Pears, Apricots,
Prunes and Raisins, all at reasonable
prices. Come to the store that has the goods you want.
If you are not using our Vinegar, just try it and see the difference.
SECHLER & COMPANY,
Bush House Block, iol Om
BY 1eiviein iw
Bellefonte, Pa.
F. P. BLA
R & SON,
books.
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JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS
Bellefonte, Pa.
GRADUATION
and Wedding Presents
to suit all tastes and all pocket
Beautiful articles in
Jewelry at very moder-
cost.
~F.P.BLA
& SON.
59-4-tf.
PREPAREDNESS
We spend our lives preparing for
things and the
counts big in
one thing that
emergencies is
MONEY.
+ Form the saving habit and let us
help you with the first requisite,
a bank account.
The First National Bank
59-1-1y
BELLEFONTE, PA.