Bowell,
Bellefonte, Pa., January 5, 1917.
IDAHO IS A BIG STATE.
Larger Than All New England With
Maryland Added.
To those of us who remember Idaho
in our school geographies as a small
pink block, shaped like an easy chair
facing east, it may be of interest that
this state, which in 1890 added the
forty-fifth star to the constellation of
the flag, is nearly as large as Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio combined and larger
than the six New England states with
Maryland included for good measure.
It is divided into thirty-three counties,
the smallest of which is half as large
as the state of Rhode Island and the
largest greater than the combined area
of Massachusetts and Delaware.
Idaho covers an area of 83,888 square
miles, divided principally between the
Rocky mountain region and the Co-
lumbia plateau, only a small part in
the southeast corner of the_ state lying
in the great basin. In elevdtion above
sea level the state ranges from 735
feet, at Lewiston. to 12,078 feet at the
summit of Hyndman peak. It is drain-
ed mainly to the Columbia through the
Snake river and its tributaries and has
an annual rainfall of about seventeen
inches, the range in a single year at
different places being from six to thir-
ty-eight inches.
The industries of the state are chiefly
agriculture, stock raising and mining.
Hay, wheat, oats and potatoes are the
principal crops. A large area is culti-
vated by irrigation. The mineral pro-
duction includes gold, silver, copper,
lead and zinc.—Geological Survey Bul-
letin.
TOO MUCH FOR HIM.
He Admits He Can’t Grasp His Wife's
Ideas of Economy.
“I can understand,” remarked the
office philosopher to the visitor to his
sanctum, “most of the feminine traits
and characteristics that puzzle the or-
dinary man, but when a woman be-
gins to practice economy she leaves
me lashed to the mast and quivering
with helpless astonishment.
“Of course, the whole sex is eco-
nomical. You have to admit that, be-
cause every woman says she is eco-
nomical, and no gentleman would un-
dertake to dispute a lady’s statement—
at least, no gentleman of my acquaint-
ance would undertake to dispute it in
his own house. What—to use a vul-
garism—gets my goat is the method
they employ.
“Take my wife, for example. When-
ever she tells me she is going to econo-
mize I emit a single agonized shriek,
and then leap for the tall timber. Her
plan is to think up a whole lot of
things she cannot possibly do without.
and then do without them. By this
device she saves at a single stroke the
cost of the entire list. Having thus
accumulated a surplus, she naturally
proceeds to spend it. and she is al
ways prepared to prove she has saved
much money in the process.
“There is no answer, or no answer
worth making. On occasions of this
kind it is my custom to pass, for, with-
out looking at my hand, I know I can
neither trump nor follow suit.”—Rich-
mond Times-Dispatch.
Shark Stories.
A shark is very tenacious of life, and
Dr. Gunther, the ichthyologist, pointed
out in one of his contributions to the
literature of his subject that “wounds
affect fishes generally much less than
higher vertebrates. A Greenland shark
continues to feed while his head is
pierced by a harpoon or by a knife as
long as the nervous center is not
touched.”
A Norwegian antarctic explorer, H.
J. Bull, gives a startling word picture
of a shark’s tenacity of life. This man-
eater was caught at the Iceland cod-
fishery. His liver, heart and internal
arrangements were removed so as to
put a period to his career, and the thus
mutilated body was then cast into the
sea. He simply gave a leisurely wag
of his tail and swam rapidly out of
sight.—Chambers’ Journal.
His Own Shame.
Robert’s mother’s admonishings to
her small son generally ended with the
words, “I’d be ashamed of you if you
did so and so,” and the word ashamed
therefore was constantly in his ears.
One day after he had eaten up his lit-
tle sister’s candy his mother said to
him:
“Robert, did you eat Dorothy's candy
when I told you not to?”
“Yes, ma’am,” said Robert in a tone
of triumph, “and I'm just as ashamed
of myself as I can be, so you needn't
be ashamed of me at all.”—New York
Post.
Both Died as They Wished To.
Tennyson, who was a shy, reserved
man, could never understand Robert
Browning's love of society. He had
been heard to remark that Browning
would die in a white choker at a dinner
party. The two poets died as they
would have wished to die—Robert
Browning in the grand Palazzo Resso-
nicco, with his son by his bedside, and
Lord Tennyson in his beloved Surrey
home, surrounded by his loved ones.
Arrogant.
“How are you getting along with her
father?”
“Not at all. He's too arrogant for
me.”
“What's the matter?”
“He even wants to pick his own sons-
in-law.”—Detroit Free Press.
OUR FEARFUL FIRE LOSSES.
Most of Them Are Caused by Untidi-
ness and Carelessness.
The fire loss in the United States is
about $250,000 a day. or an aggregate
of $750,000,000 a year. Careful obser-
vation from detailed statistics compil-
ed on the subject shows that most of
this loss would be prevented by the ob-
servation of reasonable precautions,
particularly in the direction of more
tidiness. Sixty-five per cent of all fires
take place in homes, and cases show |
that 90 per cent of all fires are due to
carelessness, ignorance or both.
The G3 per cent occurring in homes,
it is readily shown, would never occur
if persons had taken reasonable care
in respect to tidiness. Rubbish is the
chief cause, and rubbish does not
necessarily mean the accumulation of
paper and things of that character in
and around buildings, but the unneces-
sary accumulation of old furniture,
magazines, carpets, supplies of all
kinds in cellars and attics which ac-
cumulate dust and lie there for years.
What applies to the home in respect
to rubbish is true to a marked degree
in many business premises. Just a lit-
tle thought and the expenditure of a
little time along these lines generally
would greatly reduce the fire loss. The
absence of fire extinguishers in the
average home or business premises is
a serious omission. Careless handling
of matches, careless use of oil, the ac-
cumulation of oily rags and waste ma-
terial and a host.of small matters like
these are the causes of a great many
fires and a great deal of loss.—Lumber
Trade Journal.
AERONAUTICS IN WARFARE.
Why Napoleon Did Not Favor the Use
of Observation Balloons.
It is on record that the first employ-
ment of aeronautics to observe the po-
sitions of an enemy were made during
the French revolution. It was a Dr.
Coutelle who produced hydrogen gas
from the decomposition of water. He
had been interdicted the employment
of sulphuric acid in this preparation,
as there was a lack of sulphur for the
making of gunpowder.
Dr. Coutelle was ordered to put him-
self at the disposal of General Jour-
dan, who commanded the army of the
Sambre and Meuse. On presenting
himself to Duquesnoy, a commissioner
of the convention, that dignitary rose
in wrath, exclaiming: “A balloon, a
balloon in the camp! You look to me
like a suspect. I am going to begin by
having you shot!”
Coutelle returned to Paris, and his
balloons were afterward put to use at
Bonn, at Coblenz and at Andernach.
At the last named place General Ber-
nadotte, the ancestor of the present
reigning house of Sweden, was invited
to go up in a balloon. “No,” respond-
ed that careful man, “I prefer the road
of the asses.”
There was a school of aerostation at
Meudon, which Bonaparte closed after
his return from Egypt. As nothing
could prevent other nations from us-
ing like air fliers, the balloons, he
claimed, might become an embarrass-
ment to all the armies, without any
special advantage to the French army.
—Cri de Paris.
“Hobson’s Choice.”
“Hobson's choice” may best be
translated, ‘that or nothing.” Tobias
Hobson was a carrier and innkeeper
at Cambridge, who erected the hand-
some conduit there and settled “seven
lays” of pasture ground toward iis
maintenance. But the story about
him, as told by the Spectator, is as
follows: “He kept a stable of forty
good cattle, always ready and fit for
traveling. But when a man came for
a horse he was led into the stable,
where there was great choice, but was
obliged to take the horse that stood
nearest to the stable door, so that ev-
ery customer was alike well served,
according to his chance, and every
horse ridden with the same justice.”
Milton wrote two quibbling epitaphs
upon this eccentric character.
Muddled Thinking.
It would be foolish to say that a dy-
namo and an electric light are the same
thing, that green apples is a term syn-
onymous with indigestion, that an ar-
chitect’s plans are the same thing as a
completed building or that sex attrac-
tion is but another name for the social
institution called the family. In the
same way it is an evidence of muddled
thinking to maintain that being good is
the same thing as being religious.—
Bernard I. Bell in Atlantic.
Why Ammonia Cleans Clothes.
Ammonia, the great spot remover of
the American people, is really a gas
dissolved in water. It belongs to the
alkali family, and on account of its
mineral origin is the foe of all oils and
grease, which explains the easy way
it disposes of spots that soap and wa-
ter cannot affect.
Recovered Too Soon.
“I thought she knew you?”
“I expect she does. I was engaged
to her at one time.”
“But she snubbed you!”
“Yes; you see, she threw me over,
and then 1 didn't take to drink.”—
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Improved the Opportunity.
“I’m sorry I asked the girl to clean
the typewriter.”
“Why?
“She took fifteen minutes to clean
the type and two hours to manicure
her finger nails afterward.”—Louis-
ville Courier-Journal.
It requires very little trouble to find
fault. That is why there are 80 many
eritics.—Holmes.
MISSISSIPPI HAD CAMELS.
When It Was a Sandy Desert With a
Tropical Climate.
The geology of mountain regions is
generally more difficult to master than
that of plains, because the rocks have
been more broken and tilted about,
but the geology of certain parts of
Mississippi is almost as difficult as
that of a mountainous regicn, because
certain widely distributed formations
bear few definite identification marks,
particularly remains and impressions
of plants and animals that lived at the
time the deposits were formed.
A peculiar sandstone, which geolo-
gists have called the Catahoula sand-
stone, has been studied with care by
G. C. Matson and E. W. Berry of the
United States geological survey, de-
partment of the interior, who have
been able to identify and follow the
sandstone by means of the remains of
plants.
Among the plants found were pines,
ferns, leaves of date palms, tropical
myrtles, figs, and a tree closely related
to the present day Mexican and Cen-
tral American sapota, from which
most of the material for chewing gum
is obtained. These fossil plants show
that at the time the sandstone was
formed —perhaps 5,000,000 years ago—
the climate of this region was tropical,
and bones of camels found by other
geologists in the region and the simi-
larity of the sand composing the sand-
stone to certain tropical desert sands
have a similar implication.—Geologica!
Survey.
THE KNOTTY FOOD PROBLEM.
A Scientist Finds Its Solution In a
Nutty Proposition.
Leave it to the bewhiskered old boys
of science. they of the square specta-
cles and ear muffs, and this world will
be pulled through its rather precarious
existence. Some time ago somebody
who needed the money wrote an
alarmist article for a magazine, stat
ing that in a very short time—in fact.
within 8.000.000 or 9,000,000 years—the
earth's food supply would be entirely
exhausted.
This set all the scientists going like
eyroscopes, and in the dizzy whirl of
investigation some very interesting
things came to light. It was up to the
scientists to find something for the
people to eat 8,00.000 or 9,000,00C
years hence. It was not wholly a new
problem. Scientists long ago evolved
the scheme of sawing up timber inte
breakfast food and said that a mar
could go forth with a bucksaw and get
enough sawdust out of a fence rail te
keep himself and his family supplied
for some time.
One learned scientist thinks that he
has solved the problem for all time.
He says that the nut trees could in a
pinch supply food for the entire world.
This knotty question has become a
nutty question and one which he has
apparently solved. Those who are on
earth now should be of good cheer.
They will not have to starve 8,000,00C
years hence.—Topeka State Journal.
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MOTHER’S ADVICE
“Every Young Girl Should Use It”
McKeesport, Pa.— “When I was 15
years old, my mother being dead, a lady
insisted on my using Dr. Pierce’s Fa-
vorite Prescription. I cannot tell you
how glad I was of this and how I wish
every young girl would use it at this
time. I am now 45 years of age, have
had 13 children, seven of whom are
well, strong boys and girls. With the
first four children I used ‘Favorite
Prescription’ as well as ‘Pleasant Pel-
lets,’ according to directions, both be-
fore and after and had very little trou-
ble. Ocecasiors come now when I turn
to Dr. Pierce's remedies for help and
they never fail. The ‘Pleasant Pellets’
have been a ‘stand-by’ with me for
years for sick headache, constipation,
etc. They do all you claim for them.”
Mes. Frank H, MmBURN, 2323 Fifth
Avenue, McKeesport, Pa.
Heed the warnings of nature. Back-
ache, headache, low spirits, lassitude
and pains are hard enough to bear.
Act! Don’t wait! If you are a suffer-
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from any medicine dealer to-day. The
medicine that every woman needs when
passing through the changing days.
It is not a secret prescription, for its
ingredients are printed on the wrapper;
it’s a temperance medicine.
Not only does it build up the entire
gystem and make it strong and vigor-
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disturbances, but it has a quieting
effect upon the feminine organism.
Book on Women’s Diseases sent free.
Write Dr. Pierce, Invalids’ Hotel, Buf-
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Constipation causes and seriously ag:
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cured by Doctor Pierce’s Pellets. One a
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Put up in 40 1b. paper bags.
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PORT MATILDA.
: Among the improvements in our town
is a fine new residence, a large addition
to another home and a new brick Baptist
church.
The year throughout has been a
prosperous and satisfactory one. Good
crops of all kinds; good prices, good
wages and plenty of work, to say nothing
of the glorious Democratic victory in
November.
Christmas was celebrated with the
usual exchange of presents and enter-
tainments by the various Sunday schools.
The holiday season closed with a big
masquerade ball in the public hall on
New Year’s evening.
The closing scenes of 1916 found this
thriving town about as it should be.
While we have had our share of the
vicissitudes of life, mortal man is here to
bear his part of the burden and we have
manfully strode along with our share on
our shoulders. The worst at present is
the high price and great scarcity of coal.
As to the health situation, it has been
remarkably good; so good in fact that
our doctors inquire of people passing by
if they know of any one who is sick.
The oil drilling development on the
Christ Sharer farm is now at a stand-
still. After reaching a depth of 2215
feet on December 15th the drillers stop-
ped, locked up their tools and said they
Medical.
Nature Tells You
AS MANY A BELLEFONTE READ-
ER KNOWS TOO WELL. ...
When the kidneys are weak,
Nature tells you about it.
The urine is nature’s index.
Infrequent cr too frequent passage.
Other disorders suggest kidney ills.
Doan’s Kidney Pills are for dis-
ordered kidneys.
Bellefonte people testify to their
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John H. Klinger, 220 E. Lamb St.,
Bellefonte, says: “I suffered from
weak kidneys and was annoyed most
all the time. Tt night my rest was
broken by having to pass the kidney
secretions too frequently and in the
morning 1 felt tired. I had pains
across the small of my back some-
times. I saw Doan’s Kidney Pills ad-
vertised and so highly recommended
that I got a box at Krumrine’s Drug
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relieved the backache and strengthen-
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Price 50c, at all dealers. Den’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
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word would they say further but all |
kinds of rumors are afloat. Some are
in effect that the drillers found a good
lead of both oil and gas. Another story
is that they found a nine foot vein of
hard coal. But all any one does know |
for sure is that the drilling plant is still
there intact and the drillers gone.
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Bad blood,—that is, blood that is im-
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It affects every organ and function. In
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rheumatism; and in still others, weak,
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be—and we will guarantee to do the
the work right. Our past reputa-
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business is at your command.
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Painting and Decorating, Wall Paper and
Paint Store.
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Employers,
This Interests You
The Workmans’ Compensation
Law goes into effect Jan. 1, 1916.
It makes Insurance Compulsory.
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
com REET,
Attorneys-at-Law.
KLINE WOODRINCG—Attorney-at-Law,Belle
fonte, Pa, Practicesin all courts. Office
Room 18Crider’s Exchange. 51-1-1y.
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SPANGLER.-Attorney-at-Law. Pra tices
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S. TAYLOR—Attorney and Counsellor a
Law. Office in Temple Court,
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tended to promotly.
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Physicians.
S. GLENN, M. D., Physician and Su
State College, Centre county, Pa. "Sthice
at his residence.
Dentists.
years of experience.
and prices reasonable.
R. H. W. TATE, Surgeon Dentis:, Office
the Bush Arcade, Bellefonte, Pa. All mod.
ern electric appliances used. Has had
1 work of Superior quality
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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
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furnish Soft Soe a such as
POPS,
SODAS,
SARSAPARILLA,
SELTZER SYPHONS, ETC.,
for pic-nics, families and the public gener-
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the purest syrups and properly carbon:
C. MOERSCHBACHER,
50-32-1y. High St., Bellefonte, Pa.
Get the Best Meats.
You save nothing by buying 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 always have
—— DRESSED POULTRY —
Game in season, and any kinds of good
meats you want.
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BROCKERHOFF MILLS,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Manufacturer, Wholesaler and Retailer of
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Good Plumbing
GO TOGETHER.
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