Dene thn Bellefonte, Pa., December 1, 1916. PAWN ALL KINDS OF ARTICLES Men and Women Who Patronize Their “Uncle” Find Him Willing to Take Any Chance. "here is scarcely anything in this wide world that a person up against it financially can’t pawn, for the pawn- broker is a gambler, whose instincts either are acquired or born in him, and he will take a chance on anything pro- vided the article is not falling to pieces. Women, according to the pawn- broker, work their own ruin frequently by liquor and drug addiction, but in a great many cases it is derelict hus- bands who cause the women to patron- ize the pawnshop. And the woman makes the sacrifice to protect her chil- dren. . “A woman who is struggling to save her children,” the pawnbroker said, “will begin by pawning household things. The alarm clock or another kind of clock will go first. Then she will sacrifice a few dishes. Maybe some of the furniture will go next. Her clothes will remain for the last, be- cause she needs clothes in her quest for work. The best clothes will be saved, if at all possible, but I have known hundreds of cases where they have pawned corsets to keep the fam- ily supplied with a bite of food in times of want.” In things offered for pawn the three- ball man says that razors lead by a wide margin, while alarm clocks, strange as it may seem, come second. Umbrellas, too, are a common article to be pawned. And only about thirty per cent of these articles eventually are redeemed. SAW EVIL IN USE OF COFFEE Beverage Was Once Looked Upon by Orthodox Mohammedans as Insidi- ous to Public Morals. For one who has ever walked the streets of a Turkish town it is almost impossible to imagine them without coffee houses. Yet, those resorts are of comparative recency among the Turks, and they were not acclimatized without bitter opposition. While the properties of the coffee berry are supposed to have been dis- covered or rediscovered by an Arab dervish in the thirteenth century, they were unknown in Constantinople until 800 years later. The first coffee house was opened there in 1554 by one Shemsi, a native of Aleppo. The bev- erage so quickly appreciated was as quickly looked upon by the orthodox as insidious to the public morals. It was variously denounced as one of the four elements of the world of pleasure, one of the four pillars of the tent of lubricity, one of the four cush- ions of the couch of voluptuousness, and one of the four ministers of the devil—the other three being tobacco, opium and wine. “Kahveh,” whence our coffee, is a slight modification of an Arabic word—literally meaning “that which takes away the appetite.” —H. G. Dwight in Scribner's Maga- zine. All Began With a Dime. “Last spring a year ago,” says Farm and Fireside, “a ten-year-old neighbor boy was given ten cents by his grand- mother. He purchased a packet of good cucumber seed with his money and grew a nice patch of cucumbers for the local village market. His crop of cucumbers brought him a little over $6 in money, all of which his mother allowed him to keep and spend as he pleased. “With $1 of his money this boy pur- chased a few little things for himself, and with the other $5 he purchased a ewe lamb. By this spring his ewe lamb had grown into a mature mother sheep, and she gave birth to twin lambs. So now the boy has three sheep from his investment. The moth- er sheep is now worth $10, and the lambs are worth $5 each, making a total value of $20 he has earned with his ten cents in a year and a half. Be- sides, he sold wool this spring from the mother sheep for $2.45, which he has placed in the savings bank as the beginning of a bank account of his own.” Summer's Sure Sign. “There are various ways by which we can tell with more or less certain- ty when summer has come,” said Mr. MaeFlickerton. “You can tell in some degree by the weather and the temperature. You can tell in some measure by the clothes you see people wearing and by the advertise- ments of summer resorts in the news- papers. In seasons such as the pres- ent you can even tell something about when it ought to be here by consult- ing the almanac. But, after all, in any season, the one sure sign that sumer has actually come is found in that one, single, solitary fly that comes in to wake you up ahead of time in the morning.” Consoling Arithmetic. A Leipzig professor has been calcu- lating on the basis of grams of en- ergy how much a housewife really brings home when she has succeeded in buying one hundred grams of butter. He concludes that she has really only brought 44 grams home, and that she would have done better to lie quietly in bed, as in resting the consumption of energy is far less than in standing outside the butter shop.— London Times. —Put your ad. in the WATCHMAN. The World’s Increased Grain Produc- tion. The possibilities are that, while the war will leave the countries as a i whole deeply burdened by debt, indi- viduals, and especially the agricultur- al population, will demand a higher scale of living then ever before as an accompaniment to the higher wages that post-bellum conditions are like- ly to bring about. At the same time, writes Hugh J. Hughes in the Amer- ican Review of Reviews, the shortage of both horses and man power will in all probability be reflected in a lessen- ed production of the more intensely cultivated crops and an increased pro- duction in grain crops. Consequent- ly from the standpoint of those Na- tions which are now iniporting a large part of their food supplies, the indica- tions are that there will be an increas- ed import demand for livestock, ac- companied by a decreased import de- mand fer the cereal products of the farm. The situaticn throughout the rest of the world outside of the Urited States leads to the same conclusion. Canada is straining every nerve to put additional acres under the plow; her progress in this direction being limited only by the shortage of man and team power. Her production of wheat can be increased almost indefi- nitely and the cost of producing this wheat, owing to the cheap price of Canadian lands, is materially less than it is in the United States. A somewhat similar situation exists in the Argentine. There are in the South American Republic vast areas of land on which wheat may still be profitably grown and the war has giv- en a strong impulse to this wheat pro- duction. > Australia and India do not serious- ly concern us because their limita- tions in wheat production are quite definitely known and perhaps have been reached, but the awakening of Russia—perhaps the most remarkable event in current world history—is bound to be followed by agricultural consequences that will vitally affect the American farmer. Prior to the war 1,000,000 Russian peasants were annually going to and settling on the great plains of Southern Siberia after the war is over this migration will be quickened and the first results observable to the world will be a tre- mendous increase in the wheat and rye production of the Russian empire. Russia, unlike the other European countries, has always been a heavy wheat exporter. With her cheap la- bor on her cheap lands she can easily produce all the wheat that Western Europe may demand, provided the Russian peasant is given western ma- chinery and can secure transportation for his crop. Pennsylvania Bankers Endorse Col- lege Winter Courses. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COL- LEGE. “Four scholarships of the value of $25.00 each are offered by the Pennsyl- vania Bankers’ Association to prospec- tive students in the Three Months’ cours for Farmers, beginning Decem- ber 6 1916. Application should be made immediately through your Bank- er to D. S. Kloss, Secretary. Tyrone, Penna.” No better tribute to the value of the winter courses in agriculture and home economics at State College could be found than the above adver- tisement appearing in a well-known farm journal. Bankers are practical men trained to consider the business value of any project. The fact that after a careful consideration of the winter short courses they have attach- ed sufficient value to them to offer scholarships to prospective students speaks volumes for the courses. Are you a dairyman? The short courses offer work in testing dairy products, judging dairy cattle, dairy cattle feeding and management, farm butter-making, dairy farm building construction, marketing milk and ice cream making and a special course in dairy manufacturing intended to equip the student as a creamery but- ter-maker or for practical work in the cheese-factory, ice cream plant or milk station. Four other courses offer similar breadth of study and training. The winter short courses at State College open December 6, 1916, and close February 28, 1917. Tdothers of Pennsylvania Take This Advice. Franklin, Pa—*I have had a good experience with Dr. Pierce’s Favorite : Prescription. Once when I had over- worked from nurs- . ing small children through scarlet fever, I was so weak I had to be carried up and down stairs. I was led to use ‘Favorite Pre- scription’ and by keeping it up for some time got well and strong again. At other times I used ‘Favorite Prescription’ for the troubles preceding childbirth. I used it a number of times for this purpose and always with the best results.”— Msgs. E. E. STUCKE, 1212 Otter St. When a girl becomes a woman, when woman passes through the changes of middle life, are the three periods of life when health and strength are most needed to withstand the pain and dis- tress often caused by severe organic disturbances. At these critical times women are Favorite Prescription, an old remedy of proved worth that keeps the entire female system perfectly regulated and in excellent condition. If you need help get Dr. Pierce’s Fa- vorite Prescription in liquid or tablet form from any medicine dealer to-day. Address Doctor Pierce, Invalids’ Hotel, Buffalo, N. ¥., and get confidential med- ical advice entirely free, also book on woman’s diseases. The modern improvement in pills— Doctor Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. The help Nature, instead of fighting wit! her. Sick and nervous headache, bili- ousness, costiveness, and all derange- ments of the liver, stomach and bowels are prevented, relieved, cured. @ woman becomes a mother, when a | best fortified by the use of Dr. Pierce's SOLA LV LT ATA LSTA TAT ATL TL TINA Rye Flour Cuts Bread Cost. With the price of wheat flour scar- ing almost daily, the housewife is vi- tally concerned with any suggestions for lowering the cost of the “staff of life.” To answer occasional inquiries for methods of utilizng rye flour, Miss Pearl MacDonald, in charge of home economics extension at The Pennsylvania State College, has pre- pared several recipes. The following recipe for rye bread is simple and inexpensive: 2 cups lipuid (half water and half milk.) 2 tablespoons fat (lard or butter) 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1 teaspoon salt 3 One-fourth to 1 yeast cake dissolv- ed in one-fourth cup luge-warm water 3 to 4 cups rye flour. Enough wheat flour to knead into dough. Scald liquid, add fat, sugar and salt; when lukewarm, add dissolved yeast and enough flour to make a bat- ter. When light, add enough more flour to make & dough. Knead till smooth and elastic. When slightly more than doubled in bulk, make into loaves. When light, bake from 50 minutes to one hour. A combination of rye and wheat flour gives a lighter and more desira- be loaf than one made with rye flour alone. Making Air Fit to Breathe. It is only recently that health com- missions have studied all the condi- tions that have to be considered in mechanically counteracting drowsi- ness and the sore throats we get from being shut up 211 day in our offices, factories or schools. Already many important and inter- esting facts have becn brought to light, says the Popular Science Monthly for December. One of the discoveries which will change the be- liefs of many of us is that the carbon dioxide exhaled in our breath is prac- tically harmless; it is only when it amounts to quantities eight to ten times the quantity found in the best air that we begin to be uncomfortable. Important work has been accomplish- ed by the Chicago Commsision on Ventilation in determining the exact effects of the humidity, or moisture, of the air upon comfort. They have found that a cold room can ke made as agreeable as one that is warm, simply by increasing its humidity. ——For high class Job Work come to the WATCHMAN Office. Contentment consists not in great means but in few wants —Epicteus. ———————————SSS Medical. Perfect Confidence BELLEFONTE PEOPLE HAVE GOOD REASON FOR COMPLETE RE- LIANCE. Do you know how— To find relief from backache; To correct distressing urinary ills; To assist weak kidneys? Your neighbors know the way— Have proved their worth in many tests. Here's Bellefonte testimony. Wm. McClellan, 244 Lamb St., Belle- fonte, says: “I suffered for a long time from pains and lameness across my back and some mornings, I could hardly get out of bed. My back ached constant- ly and the kidney secretions were irreg- ular in passage. Doan’s Kidney Pills cured me and I am now enjoying good health.” Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kid- ney Pills—the same that Mrs. McClellan had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffa- lo, N. Y. 61-47 mm Employers, This Interests You The Workmans’ Compensation Law goes into effect Jan. 1, 1916. It makes Insurance Compuisory. We specialize in placing such in- surance. We Inspect Plants and recommend Accident Prevention Safe Guards which Reduce In- surance rates. It will be to your interest to con- sult us before placing your In- surance. JOHN F. GRAY. & SON, Bellefonte. 43.18-1y State College wnnm A. G. Morris, Jr. DEALER IN HIGH GRADE ANTHRACITE, BITUMINOUS AND CANNEL COAL! Wood, Grain, Hay, Straw and Sand. BOTH PHONES. Yard Opposite P. R. R. Depot. 58-23-1y The Absent Minded Husband. Caller—“Is it true, my dear, that your husband is very absert mind- ed?” Mrs. Newlywed—“Yes. We've been married six months, and many an evening at 11 he gets up, takes me by the hand, tells me what a delightful time he has had, and would leave if I didn’t remind him.”—Bostor Trans- cript. Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Scrofula and all Humors Give Way HOOD’S SARSAPARILLA, THE GREAT PURIFIER, CLEANS- ES THE BLOOD. There are many things learned from experience and observation that the older generation should impress upon the younger. Among then is the fact that scrofula and other hu- mors, which may be either inherited or acquired, and which produce ecze- ma, boils, pimples and other erup- tions, can be most successfully treat- ed with Hood’s Sarsaparilla. This great medicine is a peculiar combination of remarkably effective blood-purifying and health-giving roots, barks and herbs, which 4re gathered especially for it. Just remember that this pure, safe and effective remedy has been tested for forty years. Get a bottle today—now—from vour nearest drug store. Always keep it on hand. 61-43 CURTIS Y. WAGNER, BROCKERHOFF MILLS, BELLEFONTE, PA. Manufacturer, Wholesaler and Retailer of Roller Flour Feed Corn Meal and Grain Manufactures and has on hand at all times the following brands of high grade flour: WHITE STAR OUR BEST HIGH GRADE VICTORY PATENT FANCY PATENT The only place in the county where that extraor- y fine grade of spring wheat Patent Flour SPRAY can be secured. Also International Stock Food and feed of all kinds. All kinds of Grain bought at the office Flour xchanged for wheat. OFFICE and STORE—BISHOP STREET, BELLEFONTE. PA. 7-19 MILL AT ROOPSBURG. PAINT Will Improve Anything But the face of a pretty woman— for that needs no improvement. Perhaps your house does. If so, we would be glad to estimate on Painting or Paper Hanging no matter how small the job may be—and we will guarantee to do the the work right. Our past reputa- tion for good work and our exper- ience gained by 12 years at the business is at your command. FRED DUNZIK Painting and Decorating, Wall Paper and Paint Store. PLEASANT, GAP, PA. BELL PHONE. 61-20-tf Attorneys-at-Law. KLINE WOODRING—Attorney-at-Law,Belle fonte, Pa. Practicesin all courts. Office- Room i8Crider’s Exchange. .51-1-1y. B. SPANGLER.-Attorney-at-Law. Pra tices in all the Courts. Consultation in E or German. Office in Crider’s Exchange. Bellefonte, Pa. 40-! S. TAYLOR—Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office in Temple Court, Belle: fonte, Pa. All kinds of legal business at-- tended to promotly. 40-46 M. KEICHLINE—Attorney-at-Law. Practices” in all the courts. Consultation in English and German. Office south of court house. All professional business will receive prompt at-- tention. 49-5-1y* KENNEDY JOHNSTON—Attorney-at-law, -, Bellefonte, Pa. Prompt attention given all © egal business entrusted to his care. . ces—No. 5 East High street. 57-44 G. RUNKLE.—Attorney-at-Law. Consul - tation in Pigs and German. Office : in Crider’s Exchange, Bellefonte. 58-f Physicians. W* State College, Centre county, Pa GLENN, M. D., Physician and Sugita 5 . at his residence. 35-41 H. N. KOCH Funeral Director Successor to R. M. Gordner. STATE COLLEGE, PENNA. Day and Night Service. 60-21-tf. Bell and Commercial Phones Coal and Wood. THE VERY BEST FLOUR That Money Can Buy Geo. Danenhower & Son Wholesale Distributors, 61-6-1y. BELLEFONTE, PA. PUY VV DV VW YW YW VAY WV Er V SV SV Al Sb \ 1! VY WY WY VV WV WY WY TTY TY YTeTTTYTvY vy Shoes. Shoes. Good News YEAGER SHOE STORE Good News My business has more than tinue to sell shoes on ten profit. help me make the increase. Ladies’ $3.00 Shoes Ladies’ $4.00 Shoes Boy’s $3.50 Shoes age since I started this sale, Bush Arcade Bldg, I have decided to continue my LOW PRICE SALE on SHOES until January 1st, 1917. but this increase is not sufficient to justify ime to con- Five times is the amount of increase I must have, but I have faith in the people of this community and know they will take advantage of my offer and Remember I am selling shoes at One Dollar per per pair less than any other store in Centre county. Ladies’ 9-inch Lace Boots $3.25 same as other stores sell at $4.50. Men’s Rubber Boots . : : Boy’s High-cut Shoes . . . Men’s $5.00 Shoes at . . . Shoes have advanced one dollar per pair on an aver- the price down. CUTER YEAGER'S, The Shoe Store for the Poor Man. 58-27 tripled in the last month» and fifteen cents per pair $2.75 2.75 4.00 2.60 3.25 2.75 but I will continue to keep BELLEFONTE, PA. Dentists. R. H. W. TATE, Surgeon Dentis., Office the Bush Arcade, Bellefonte, Pa. All mod- ern electric appliances used. Has hac years of experience. work of Superior qualif vw and prices reasonable. 45-8-1+ ESTAURANT. Bellefonte now has a First-Class Res- taurant where Meals are Served at All Hours Steaks, Chops, Roasts, Oysters on the half shell or in any style desired, Sand- wiches, Soups, and anything eatable, can be had in a few minutes any time. In ad- dition I have a complers plant prepared to furnish Soft Drinks in bottles such as SODAS, SARSAPARILLA, SELTZER SYPHONS, ETC., for pic-nics, families and the public gener- ally all of which are manufactured out of the purest syrups and properly carbonated. C. MOERSCHBACHER, 50-32-1y. High St., Bellefonte, Pa. Get the Best Meats. You save nothing by Duying poor, thin or gristly meats. I use only the LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE and supply my customers with the fresh- est, choicest, best blood and muscle mak- ing Steaks and Roasts. My prices are no higher than poorer meats are elsewhere. I alwavs have —— DRESSED POULTRY — Game in season, and any kinds of good meats you want. . TRY MY SHOP. P. L. BEEZER, High Street. 34-34-1y. Bellefonte,Pa FINE JOB PRINTING o—A SPECIALTY—0 AT THE WATCHMAN OFFICE There is no style of work, from the cheapest “Dodger” to the finest BOOK WORK, that we can not do in the most satis- factory manner, and at Prices consist- ent with the class of work. Call on or communicate with this office’ The Preferred Accident Insurance THE $5,000 TRAVEL POLICY BENEFITS: $5,000 death by accident, 5,000 loss of both feet, 5,000 loss of both hands, 5,000 loss of one hand and one foot, 2,500 loss of either hand, 2,000 loss of either foot, 630 loss of one eve 25 per week, total disability, (limit 52 weeks 10 per week, partial disability, (limit 26 weeks) PREMIUM §12 PER YEAR, pavable quarterly if desired. Larger or smaller amounts in proportion Any person, male or female, en in a referred occupation, including house eeping, over eighteen years of age of moral and physical condition may insure under this policv. Fire Insurance { invite your attention to my Fire Insur- ance Agency, the strongest and Most Ex. tensive Line of Solid Companies represent ed by any agency in Central Pennsylvania H. E. FENLON, 50-21. Agent, Bellefonte, Pa, Good Health Good Plumbing GO TOGETHER. When you have dripping steam pipes, leaky water-fixtures, foul sewerage, or escaping as, you can’t have good Health. The air you reathe is poisonous; your system becomes poisoned and invalidism is sure to come. SANITARY PLUMBING is the kind we do. It’s the only kind you ought to have, Wedon’t trust this work to boys. Our workmen are Skilled Mechanics, no better anywhere. Our Material and Fixtures are the Best Not a cheap or inferior article in our entire establishment. And with good work and the finest material, our Prices are Lower r, unsanitary many who give you r, u than a finishings. For work and the lowest grade of the Best Work trv Archibald Allison, ite Bush House - Bellefonte, Pa. Opposite Lous HO uly. ji
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