Bellefonte, Pa., August 25, 1916.
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LEARN LATIN IN SEVEN DAYS
Two Oregon Girls Perform Remark-
able Educational Feat Under New
System of Training.
Betty Schafer, thirteen, and Jane
Campbell, fourteen, translated a few
days ago a 200-word composition into
Latin after only seven days’ instruc-
tion. Doctor Berle, national educator
of Cambridge, Mass., is employing the
services of the two girls to show the
pedagogical classes at the university
the time that can be saved in teaching.
Seven days before neither girl had
ever studied any Latin. In the compo-
sition submitted there was not a mis-
take in vocabulary or position and the
other errors were very few. The trans-
lation called for the use of the first
and second declension.
“The secret lies in teaching the pu- |
pils to associate,” Doctor Berle said.
“I started Jane and Betty by having
them learn the vocabularies through
looking up ever English derivative. !
When we came to the word ‘magnus’
they went to the dictionary and found
‘magnanimous,’ ‘magnificent,’ ‘magni-- |
fy,’ and.so on. Those girls will never
forget that ‘magnus’ means ‘great.’ ;
“As a result these girls know their '
vocabularies. The trouble with the
average person is that they cannot col- |
lect together what they already know. |
Every subject studied should be made
to co-ordinate with what one is study-
ing in other lines.”
FIGHTING A TIMBER PLAGUE
Forest Service Cuts Down More Than
a Thousand Trees in Warfare on
the Pine Tree Beetle.
More than a thousand trees have
been cut down and burned during the
past three months by the forest serv- |
ice on the Lassen national forest in !
an effort to stamp out a plague of
timber-destroying beetles. The pine
beetle, known to the scientists as the
dendroctonus, migrates in swarms
from dying to living pine trees and
constructs great galleries between the
outer and inner bark for its larvae,
which seem to live and thrive on the
pitch. The beetle-infested tree digs
almost as quickly as if girdled by a
Iumberman’s ax, and, since the insects
usually bore deep into the sapwood, a
tree thus killed is seldom fit for lum-
bering purposes.
Serious raids of these timber-de-
stroying beetles occur frequently in
the valuable sugar and yellow pine
forests of California. Only prompt ac- '
tion on the part of timber owners and
the government prevents immense
losses, such as occurred in the Black
Hills some years ago when more than
3,000 acres of timber were destroyed.
She Deserved to Win.
Senator Lodge was praising the re-
sourcefulness of Serbia in her uneven
fight against Germany, Austria, Bul-
garia and the Turks.
- “Serbia keeps her army intact,” he
said. “She reminds me, in the re-'
sourcefulness of her retreat, of a cer- |
tain gir! at Christmas.
“This girl went to spend Christmas
in the country, and they invited her
best young man down, expecting—
and with reason—that under the mis-
tletoe’s stimulus he’d propose.
“But when she got to the country.
she discovered that not a branch of
mistletoe was to be procured.
“Did she surrender? Never. She
fixed some pearl studs to a sprig of
apple leaves, and hung them from the
chandelier, and the young man—
they're married and have five children
now—never knew the difference.”’—
Washington Star.
How War Levels Creeds.
In a French hospital a German sol-
dier lay dying. He was a Protestant, |
and as the pall hung over him he asked :
for spiritual consolation according to
his faith. The only Protestant clergy-
man at the hospital could not speak
German, and the German soldier did
not understand French. A Catholic
priest, who was himself badly wound-
ed, heard the request of the soldier
and the conversation of the nurse and
clergyman. He asked to be carried
to the side of the soldier's cot, and
there, although in severe pain himself,
he translated to the dying soldier, un-
til death released him, the words of
consolation of the Protestant pastor.—
Christian Herald.
Rubber Production Booms.
The rubber production of the Dutch
East Indies, upon which America now
draws to a considerable extent, is in-
creasing by leaps and bounds. Ac-
cording to figures just published by
the Batavia Rubber Trade Associa-
tion, the crop harvested last year in
the island of Java alone was 6,059,.-
098 kilograms, as against 8,260,274
in 1914, and it is estimated at as
much as 9,205,825 kilograms in the
current year. Other parts of the
Dutch East Indies yielded 2,285,380
kilograms of rubber, as compared with
1,321,320 in 1914 while the estimate
for 1916 is 3,752,000 kilos.
No Contradicting Anyhow.
There is-a story of a Highlander,
“somewhere in France,” who having
talked for an hour with a Frenchman,
neither understanding a word of the
other’s language, parted with a “Good
nicht. We hae had a grand crack
togither.”
for use in time of war.
——Put your ad. in the WATCHMAN.
VICTORIA CROSS FOR SEPOY
Indian Soldier Honored by King for
Bravery in Saving His Command-
ing Officer Under Fire.
The London correspondent of the
Medical Record mentions two recent
instances of awards of the Victoria!
Cross, the first to a surgeon, and the
second to a Sepoy who rendered first
aid and protected his commanding offi- |
cer until he could summon assistance
under cover of night. He writes:
“The king has been pleased to
award the Victoria Cross to Capt. John '
Alexander Sinton, M. B,, I. M. G., for
‘most conspicuous bravery and devo-
tion to duty.’
refused to go to the hospital and re-
mained as long as daylight lasted, at-.
tending to his duties under heavy fire,
In three previous actions Captain Sin- |
ton displayed the utmost bravery.
“His majesty also conferred the
cross on Sepoy Chatta Singh, Ninth
Bhopal infantry, in the Indian army,
for his most conspicuous bravery and
devotion to duty in leaving cover to
assist his commanding officer, who was
lying wounded and helpless in the
open, where Singh bound up the offi-
cer’s wound and then dug a cover for
him with his intrenching tool, being
exposed all the time to very heavy rifle
fire. He remained until nightfall—five
hours—beside the wounded officer,
shielding him with his own body on
the exposed side; then, under cover
of darkness, he went back for assist-
i ance
and
safety.”
brought the officer into
- ROME GETS FAMOUS STATUE
Dispute Over Valuable Find, in Which
Julius Caesar’s Will Figured,
Ended in Favor of City.
A gift to Rome has finally been ,
made of the famous Niobide, the dis- |
puted ownership of which aroused |
much public interest. The statue was
discovered eight years ago during dig-
ging operations executed on land be-
longing to the Banca Commerciale
upon the site of the ancient Horti Sal-
lustiani. Due notice of the find was
given to the authorities, and the ex-
pert archeologists sent to examine
the statue pronounced it a Greek orig-
inal of exquisite workmanship and
great value.
Ownership was disputed by the mu-
nicipality of Rome, which claim was
based upon Julius Caesar’s will, among
other historical data, and the Banca
Commerciale, the actual owners of the |
ground. After many vicissitudes, the !
dispute has finally been settled by the
withdrawal of their claims, the Niobide :
thus becoming the property of the
The statue will be added to
state.
the collection in the Museo delle
Terme in Rome.
Mobilizing Medical Resources.
American manufacturers of medicin-
al products recently organized a na-
tional association, one of the announc-
ed purposes of which is to have ready
a sufficient supply of pharmaceutical,
chemical and biological preparations
That fore-
sight in thus preparing for contingen- |
cies is desirable may be illustrated by
the fact that one of the European na-
tions now at war not long ago sought
to buy from an American producer
of antitetanic serum a definite quan-
tity each month and was told that his
product was contracted for, and that
in order to fill the foreign order 250 '
additional horses would be required,
sanitary stables would have to be
provided, and under the most favor-
able conditions delivery could not
begin until six months had elapsed
and an investment of $250,000 had
been guaranteed. Considerable time
is required to produce serums, tox-
ins, antitoxins and the like, to say
nothing of an abnormal supply of
antiseptic surgical dressings and all
i the ordinary preparations required by
army surgeons and doctors.
The newly formed association has
memorialized the United States gov-
ernment, asking that the nation’s re-
Sources in medical supplies be de-
termined, and has pledged itself to
co-operate in the task of arranging
to secure an adequate quantity of
necessary aids to medical and surgical
treatment of soldiers in case of war.
The subject not only is important in
itself, but it serves to illustrate once
more how complex is the task of
preparing for national defense.
Fish of the Euphrates.
Euphrates “salmon,” to catch which,
by way of change of diet and duty
for his men, Brigadier General Brook-
ing wants “strong fishing tackle,”
most probably belong to the carp tribe.
They are likely to be cousins of the
mahseer, the best sporting fish of In-
dian rivers, which sometimes weighs
90 pounds, and may have scales as
large as the palm of your hand. But
the Euphrates is full of giant fish,
many varieties of which are not yet
catalogued. These are dried in the
sun by the modern denizens of ancient
Eden, and then pounded into a kind of
flour, which is kept for “war food”
during flood time.—London Chronicle.
A Soporific Influence.
“I recently met a college professor
who used to deliver long-winded lec-
tures to me in sociology,” remarked
the man who is afflicted with insomnia.
“Yes?”
“The sound of his voice certainly
carried me back to the good old days
whefi I invariably occupied a back
seat in the classroom. Why, I felt
more like taking a nap than I have in
months.”
Although shot through
both arms and through the side, he |
Much-Maligned Race Shows High
i Sense of Honor in its Manner
of Conducting Warfare.
| When the Red Cross dressing sta-
, tions at Suvla bay were shelled by the
Turks, writes Norman Wilkinson in
| his account of the Gallipoli campaign,
! it was owing to British carelessness
| in landing stores and ammunition near
! the stations.
| It was not a deliberate act, for no
nation could possibly have conducted
warfare in a more above-board man-
ner than the Turks. The fact was a
surprise to me, although naval officers
generally have long regarded the Turk
as the gentleman of the eastern Medi-
| terranean. That is further borne oyt
; by the Turk’s refusal to use poisonous
gas when attacking.
On the afternoon of the landing the
. Turks sent in to say that they would
respect the Red Cross stations if no
stores were landed in the vicinity. At
a later date the Turkish headquarters
sent a helio message to the effect that
they had seen tows of boats communi-
cating between warships and the
dressing stations. That they naturally
resented, and said that if it did not
cease they should feel compelled to
open fire,
In another case a surgeon told me
that the enemy had actually sent to
apologize to him for the accidental
shooting of one of his stretcher bear-
ers. All this is only what one would
expect from a chivalrous enemy, but
the action of the Turk shows that this
: much-maligned race retains a sense of
honor that is more sensitive than that
of some who regard themselves as su-
perior.
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| MODERN GUNFIRE IS COSTLY
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i Greater Part of Immense Sum Euro.
pean War Is Costing Is Being
Thrown Away by Artillery.
This is a war of artillery.
Shells
and shrapnel are being used on a scale |.
far in excess of the calculations of the
most far-seeing military experts of
Europe.
To fire a single shot from our biggest
guns cost $5,000, and some idea of the
expenditure of naval firing can be
gathered from the fact that one fa-
meus battleship could use up roughly
$100,000 worth . of ammunition per
minute if she worked all of her guns
; at full blast, as she would do if neces-
sary. And to this huge outlay must:
be added the cost of the gun, remem-
| bering that the largest weapon has a
very shert life, and is soon worn out.
| The most expensive gun we use is a
15-inch, though other big guns run up
heavy ammunition bills. For instance,
$375 vanishes in flame and smoke
every time a 13.5 weapon is fired.
The guns which expend $5,000 worth
of ammunition every time they fire
are really wonderful pieces of artil-
lery. They shell over a distance of
30 miles with the certainty of hitting
any spot they aim at. The power and
velocity of the shot are such that on
leaving the gun it has force enough to
go straight through 57% inches of
{ wrought iron.—London Tit Bits.
Matter of Height.
We are informed by an otherwise
‘ veracious friend that he was standing
‘in front of a department store, gaz-
ing raptly into one of the display
windows, when he heard this conver-
sation:
“Tell me, Grace,” said a man whose
| wife—or maybe she wasn’t—had made
| him stop while she rubbered at the
I dresses, “when you're getting a dress,
| which costs more—the waist or the
| skirt?”
“Why, that depends,” said the wo-
; man. :
“On the season, I suppose.”
“How could it depend on the sea-
son, silly?”
“Well, this season the skirts come
| high, but the waists don’t—ain’t I
, right?”
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The Army Rat Catcher.
William Dalton of Southwark, who
is known as the king of rat catchers,
has been given the job of killing the
rats in all the army camps in England.
“This year,” says the “king,” “I am
| fighting almost single-handed, and the
! menace is really serious. In less than
i six months I have caught over 12,000
‘rats, and cries for help are coming
from all quarters.
| “The government has come to real-
; ize the necessity for killing rats. At
{one camp I have already visited we
: caught 1,085 rats, and over 70 of them
weighed more than a pound and a half
each.,”—New York Sun.
Apples Is Good.
The young superintendent of the En-*
deavor society tried to teach each child
to say aloud some prayer, even if it
were only a sentence. At first she
taught them prayers. Later they were
¢ncouraged to compose their own.
One tiny fellow, the son of a poor
widow, had his first production ready
on a very cold winter day.
“Dear Lord, apples is good.”
That night the mother of the super-
intendent took a basket of apples to
the child’s home. The boy smiled ra-
diantly, evidently grateful that his first
prayer had been answered.
Keeping Friends.
“This poet speaks about keeping
friends with oneself. . That sounds non-
sensical for me.” .
“Not at all. Didn't you ever call
yourself names?”
“Ye-es.”
“And why? Because you had done
something of which you did not ap-
prove.”—Kansas City Journal.
Pray
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It is sometimes advisable to
under a cover crop earlier on account
whereas if put off for a few days or a
week, dry weather might prevent the
work being done as it should be.
When the land is to be planted to cot-
ton it will be necessary to turn the
cover crop undet earlier, regardless of
the stage of growth. This will allow
a few days for the land to settle dnd
to be gotten in proper condition for a
good seed bd. The plow should be fol-
iowed closely with the harrow, to pul-
verize the soil before the wind and
sunshine dries it cut. Unless the soil
is full of moisture or there are pros-
pects of an early rain it is best to run
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A Gift.
“You should have seen the icy look
Mrs. Van Swelle gave me when I bow-
ed’to her on the street this morning.”
“That was very generous of her,
considering the high price of ice.”—
N. Y. World.
His Credit was Good.
“Is his credit good?”
“It must be. I understand he owes
money te everybody.”—Detroit Free
Press.
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Tempted to Change Mind.
“Of course you put your faith in the
wisdom of the people.”
“Yes,” replied Miss Cayenne. “But
when I read some of ihe best sellers,
I'm tempted not to.”—Washington
Star.
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