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Bellefonte, Pa., November 10. 1916.
SAVED LIVES OF CHICKENS
New York Man Makes a Feather Dus-
ter Substitute for a
Hen.
Using a feather duster as a brood-
er to substitute for a cannibal hen,
Sherty Eberle saves the lives of some
of his chieks.
When Eberle is not busy as man-
ager of tha Postal Telegraph company
he devotes his time to raising fancy
chickens. When one of his hens was
not busy scratching she gave her time
to digesting some of the brood she
had recently hatched.
Eberle noticed the chicks began to
disappear. One by one they went un-
til he discovered the hen’s appetite
was stronger than her mother love.
A heavy ration of ground bone and
hamburger steak didn’t appease her.
She ate another.
Then, with a cunning he didn’t ex-
pect of himself, he threw the hen out,
bought a big feather duster and sus-
pended it in the coop. The chicks
smuggle among the feathers and are
perfectly content with their inanimate
mother.
THROWS LIGHT 200 MILES
United States Navy Acquires Wonder-
ful Searchlight Invented by a
German.
The United States navy has come
into possession of one of the largest
searchlights ever manufactured, as the
result of the European war and the
searchlight at Liverpool, England, in
1914. Heinrich Beck, the inventor
who has been assisting in the build-
ing of the searchlight at Schenectady,
was not allowed by the British to go
the beginning of the European war.
He then returned to the United States
and opened negotiations which have
led to the purchase of his patent
rights by the government.
The new searchlight has a mirror
five feet in diameter and sends out a
violet white shaft of light, which can
be discerned at a distance of 200
miles when atmospheric conditions
are good.
To Harness the Tides.
The tides are about to be tied down
to labor. At Wolfville, Nova Scotia,
a development company has made a
survey on the water of the Bay of
Fundy with a view of developing a
tidewater project at Cape Split. An
American expert on hydraulic produc-
tion .of electricity is the scientific
guide of that expedition.
cans are too proud to develop such
REPORTER GOT WRONG STEER
Story Written Undoubtedly Was a
Good One, but the Facts Didn't
Bear It Out.
Some years ago Carl Crow, author
of “Japan and America,” was the cub
reporter on a Texas newspaper, one
of his duties being to cover the po-
lice station. One day, just before
press time he made his usual trip te
see the desk sergeant.
“Have a great story for you,” said
the sergeant. “We arrested a parrot
out on Front street awhile ago on a
charge of using abusive language.
The neighbors complained so much
we had to go out and lock the old
bird up.”
After getting a few more details
Crow rushed back to the office and
wrote a funny story about the arrest
of the bird. He was congratulating
himself on landing a story on the first
page, an hour or so after the paper
got on the streets, when the telephone
bell rang and he had to listen to a tor-
rent of abuse from an irate lady ‘at
the other end of the line.
It devel- |
oped that she was Mrs. Parrot, and |
she had been arrested for using abu- |
sive language, but she bitterly re-
sented being written up as a bird.
After she had exhausted her vocabu-
lary and was preparing for a new
start, she asked:
“What is your name?”
“Crow,” said the reporter,
“What did you say?”
“I said my name was Crow.”
“You think you are blamed smart,
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don’t you?
{ Mrs. Parrot as she hung up the re-
, seys of I'ar Cathay!
to Belgium and Germany soon after
As Ameri- |
. Suits.
tide waters as they have for power, it |
may be expected that this man on a
forcign tide may get results to wake |
us un in this country, says the Uneeda
Telecram, The tides of the Bay of
Fundy are as famous for their ups
and downs as the revolutions of Mex-
ico, if not more so. A current motor
recently experimented with in the Gas-
percau river was 12 feet long and 2%
feet high, and is reported to have
developed power as the tide rose
which reached a maximum of two
horse power by the time the machine
was submerged. The later experi-
ments at Cape Split are said to have
shown that motor developing 50 horse |
power in a tide current which ran nine
miles an hour. As the machine is
made like a crab, it takes advantage
of the tide going out as well as com-
ing in.
Naturally Surprised.
An old German furniture dealer had
a woman customer who was a great
talker. Nobody could get away from
her when she started in. One day he
sent a clerk to the lady’s house to try
to collect a bill. When the clerk re-
turned empty handed, the old Ger-
man said:
“Vell! Vat did de lady say?’
“She did not say anything, sir. She
was mute,” replied the clerk.
“Vat!” exclaimed the surprised Ger-
man; “vas she dead?”
Saving Money.
“A dollar box of candy for me, hub-
by? Really, I must curb such extrav-
agance.” :
“I bought you one frequently before
we were married.”
“But things are different now. In-
stead of a dollar box of candy it
would have been better to have gotten
me a ten-cent box, and a sports coat,
and that parasol I want so much.
Electrocuting Animals.
The Animal Rescue league has fa-
cilities for destroying as many as 300
animals in one nour. The diseased or
homeless dog is placed in a cabinet,
the floor of which is metal. A flexible
metal collar is fastened around his
neck, and then the electric current
turned on. The operation takes but
half a minute.
Scorn.
“Wasn't our friend’s speech largely
made up of platitudes?”
“No,” replied Senator Sorghum. “He
didn’t say anything that was reliable
enough even to be classed as a plati-
tude.”
| Learning to Draw.
Gibbs—I hear that your boy is going
to a drawing school.
Dibbs—You can call it that; he’s ate,
tending a dental college. }
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ceiver.
ELASTIC FASHIONS IN CHINA
i Everything in Any Way Suitable for
arrest of the German inventor of the |
Wearing Apparel “Goes” in the
Province of Kiangsu.
Hail, Kiangsu province, North China,
home of the slant-eyed Flora McFlim-
Not like Madisen
square there; you can't plead “noth-
: ing to wear” in: Kiangsu, for anything
is in style; everything goes! From
Suchien, in the North China Daily Her-
ald, comes this:
“The fashions here this year are
ideal.” Every man wears what is right
in his own eyes and there are few to
ridicule. A panama goes jauntily down
the street followed by a fur-covered
brim cap. Felt hats of scarlet and
verdigris green follow along with grays
and browns that really do the amateur
hatters eredit. Eskimo top capes, a
few derby hats and the smart military
uniforms give the streets a piquancy
that one used to miss in the monoton-
ous China-blue crowds.
“Of all the notices posted on the city
gate the one that attracts the most at-
tention is the fashion plate that has
been exhibited for weeks. It displays
two or three of the typical ‘Western’
There are the ‘swallow-tailed’
and the low-frent frock for evening
functions. There one finds the plaited
skirts recommended for the women.
The proud silk of ‘stove-pipe’ hat has !
its corner with the other felts.
“A wise concession to the soaring
prices of leather is made in the op-
tional styles of shoes. The cloth boot
now has its place with the newer
leather.”
Remains of Cliff Man.
While driving their sheep out of a
natural cave in a lonely part of the !
Navajo Indian reservation several
miles south of Bluff, Utah, Indian herd-
ers discovered the remains of a man.
The matter was reported to Frank
Hyde of Bluff, who got in communica-
tion with the Indians and bought from
them a perfect mummy of an ancient
cliff dweller.
The Indians also gave Hyde the skin
of an animal that resembled a musk-
rat stuffed with tobacco leaves. Two
pipes made of soft lime rock were also
found, and a fine wound reed basket.
A pair of sandals were also among the
articles brought in by the Indians.
The features of the mummy resem-
ble those of the present-day Chinese.
The man was of small stature.
More Insane Than in College.
Enforcement of the law by probate
judges preventing epileptics and feeble-
minded from being married would cor-
rect many of the evils eugenics are
striving to abolish, Harry C. Bowman
of the Kansas board of control told
the Kansas Conference of Charities
and Corrections. Talk of eugenics, he
said, was useless.
The speaker said juvenile courts ac-
complished much reformation, but
county and city jails seldom cause per-
manent reformation. He deplored the
increase in imbecility, declaring the
census from 1904 to 1910 showed an
increase of 25 per cent in hospitals—
12 per cent of the entire population.
“There are more insane in the
United States than students in colleges
| and universities,” said Bowman.
Irish Soldier Gave Warning.
A new story of the British encoun-
ter with the Prussian Guards is told
by a corporal of a Warwickshire regi-
ment who is wounded and at home in
England.
“The night the Prussian Guards at-
tacked us around Ypres,” he says, “it
was only by chance and heroism that
we were warned in time. An Irishman
of the King's Liverpool regiment had
gone out of the bounds to meet a
girl. Coming home late he stumbled on
the Germans stealing quietly toward
our position.
“Without a thought of consequences
to himself he dashed toward our
guard to give the alarm. The Germans
shot him in both legs, but he got
through with the warning.”
said the freshly insulted |
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prices.
Fancy Wisconsin Cheese, with mild flavor.
of Cheese it should retail at 28c to 30c per pound but we still hold our price
down to 25 cents.
sold by the quart and gallon.
Compound goods at 50c and 60c per gallon.
California Naval Oranges—seec.less.
this season, but we have fancy fruit at 30c, 40c, 50c and extra large at 60c.
Have just received some very fancy New Mackerel.
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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
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
We have a pure Sugar and a fine grade of
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We have the Genuine New Orleans Molasses—new crop, light colored,
heavy body to sell by the quart or gallon.
Evaporated Peaches, Pears, Apricots, Prunes and Raisins, all at reasonable
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