< J — a s ic ia Alla at : Bellefonte, Pa., January 12, 1917. RECORD IN PLUM PUDDINCS King of Them All Was That Turned Out in English Town, Weighing Nine Hundred Pounds. The plum pudding is essentially a British dish, and it is deservedly a very popular article of the menu. Hence it comes about, probably, that we read occasionally of really Brob- dingnagian puddings being put into circulation, and there are several on record the very mention of which will be quite sufficient to make the aver- age schoolboy’s mouth water. For instance, early in the last cen- tury one was made, for distribution among the poor of Paignton, which weighed 900 pounds. The ingredients included a very large number of eggs, 120 pounds of suet, a like weight of raisins, and 4 hundredweight of flour. It was kept boiling fron. Saturday morning to Tuesday evening, and when those in charge thought it sufciently cooked, it was drawn by three horses to the village green, and there served out to the large assembly. In this case, however, the cooks had been too precipitate, and three days’ boiling was not sufficient, for the gi- gantic lump was not ready in the cen- ter, and only the outside was really fit to be eaten. : The dainty morsel was the outcome of an old charter which prescribed that the inhabitants of the place should distribute a big plum pudding among the poor every fifty years. MADE IMPRESSION ON “ANDY” Somewhat Profane Tribute That Pleased the Big Iron Master Will Be Carved on Tombstone. Andrew Carnegie is the most human of all the multi-millionaires, after all. He is canny, and all that, but he is free-handed, too, and has a good deal of homely Scotch philosophy in his makeup. For example, he has just selected the epitaph that is to grace his tomb- stone. It is: “That was damned white of Andy.” When Carnegie was an iron master, and the great strike of 1892 came to his steel mills, McLuckie, the burgess of Homestead, had to run away to es- cape arrest. Some years later Carnegie learned that McLuckie was in want in Mexico. He sent a man there with 1aoney to help him and said to the messenger: “Don’t let McLuckie know who it's from or he mightn’t take it.” After McLuckie had been lifted to his feet the messenger said to him: “Do you know whose money I helped you with?’ He said he had no idea. “Well, it was Mr. Carnegie’s.” Mec- Luckie shut one eye, pondered a mo- ment and said earnestly: “That was damned white of Andy,” and Andy cherished the words so much that they are to go on his tombstone. “And don’t let there be any blank between tlre d's either,” instructs Andy.—Kan- sas City Star. When Ambition Rules. The girl who is ambitious isn’t both- ering her head as to whether she will get into an office where rugs and other decorations abound. She only thinks | of getting ahead. Hard workers do not waste any time studying “tasteful appointments” during working hours. | Yet the hardest workers have artistic | inclinations, and in their leisure time find much pleasure in developing them. Only misguided young folks will ream of easy places with big salaries attached. Work hard and keep work- Ing hard if you would reach the stage where the high salary awaits you. [t would, indeed, be very nice if we could be relieved of many mental and physical efforts and still receive the compensation we would like to receive, out we may as well make up our minds that this will never happen. The work- aday world is a busy place and a srowded place, and there isn’t any room in it for dreamers or drones. Those of us who are now working should seriously consider these facts, ‘or if we are to get any foothold at ill we must give full measure for the rompensation we receive.—Exchange. Ironical Bill. The immense cost of Heary Ford's peace propaganda led Dr. Lawrence Carr Winthrop of the League to En- force Peace to say in Boston: “Ford, at any rate, is universally ac- znowledged to be a mighty generous, open-handed man. I heard a story the other day that shows how thoroughly Ford's generosity has sunk into the ‘ninds of our people. “A workingman's wife growled at him one Friday night: “ ‘Look here, Bill, this game’s about played out. For the last three weeks now you've beed bringin’ me home $11.75 when your pay’s $12. Is it gamblin' or the booze? “Bill laughed harshly. “ ‘No,’ he said, ‘it’s neither gamblin’ nor the booze. I'm savin’ up to send off a Copenhagen peace ship.”” Words of Caution. Never suffer your courage to ex- pend itself in fierceness, your resolu- tion in obstinacy, your wisdom in cun- | ning, or your patience in sullenness and despair. Movable Nailing Machine. An electrically operated machine to rail tops of packing boxes is mounted on a truck to permit it to be moved about a factory. A A AG TITLES GO OUT OF FASHION No Longer Are They Popular Among | Americans Who" Claim to Pos- sess Good Taste. We are invited to a gathering in | whose worthy object we are much in- terested. But the four page program staggers our good will, for everybody on it, with one exception, is an “Hon.” The exception is a “Gen.” There are two “Hon.” mayors; then a baker's dozen of “Hon.” state functionaries. This is forbiddingly old-fashioned and suggests that the proceedings will be a decade behind the times. Observ- ant persons can hardly have failed to notice that, of late years, people with any pretensions to smartness are “Cols.” instead of “Hons.” In the last campaign nearly everybody who ran for an office whose jurisdiction exceeds a county's boundaries was a “Col.” with the trifling exception, of course, of the mere citizens who were running for president of the United States. If W. H. Taft were as much in vogue as ' his distinguished predecessor is, un- : doubtedly all of us who look above the | common lot would be “Profs.” | We can remember when the town marshal was always an “Hon.” in print; and the profound oriental schol- | ar who conducts the laundry in the | next block informs us that in the East | a gentleman speaks of his friend's hon- | orable horse or honorable shirt. But : in this portion of the occident the title is no longer in favor among gentlemen ! of taste, the Saturday Evening Post asserts. i On principle we do nothing to en- courage the spread of new styles, for ! they are more expensive. We make | an exception in this case, because it | costs no more to be a “Col.” than an “Hon.” POSITION AN IMPORTANT ONE Head of Prefecture in France Is a Man of Considerable Power in | the Community. The war has taught us something of the local government of France, but mistakes frequently appear in the press. For instance, it is incorrect to refer to the mayor of Verdun, who has just been decorated for his bravery in remaining at his post, as the prefect. Mayors are appointed in France in much the same way as in England, but the prefect is .a permanent govern- ment official with infinitely greater power and of much more importance. We have no such local representative of the central government in an Eng- lish town. He is the supreme head of a department—of which there are 86 —and it is his duty to see that the laws passed in Paris are carried out properly in every commune of his de- partment. He has control over the police and even over the military, should their services be required in an industrial or political dispute; he sees that the taxes are collected; and every public improvement scheme is submitted to him in order that he may see whether the cost should be borne solely by the commune or whether it should be di- vided with the department or even with the central government in Paris. The post of prefect is well paid and often leads to higher things. For in- stance, M. Paul Cambon, the French ambassador in London, who is prob- ably the best paid diplomatist in the world, held three prefectures before he was given a diplomatic post.— Manchester Guardian. Japan's “Picture Brides.” The Japanese papers report a recent salling from Yokohama of the steamer Seattle Maru with a cargo of 6,500 tons and 82 brides for Japanese in the United States, East and West says. The “picture-bride” business pure and simple has lost its attraction and in- stead a process of selection which proves better in every way has taken its place. The would-be bridegroom must now be the first to move. He writes home and his parents take up the search for a suitable mate for him. In this way a young woman is se. lected known to the family. All in. quiries are made and all the proprieties satisfied so that when he gets the pic: ture of the girl it is simply to bring closer to him a recollection of his youth and a promise of happy days. Under the old, crude system, many of the marriages were failures. “l Don’t Think.” Although Dickens on several occa- sions made use of the words, “I don't think,” he was not the coiner of this classic phrase. “The Pickwick Pa- pers,” in which the earliest Dickens’ references occur appeared in 1837, but in Captain Marryat’s “Snarley- { yow,” or “The Dog Fiend,” published in 1836, we find that Moggy Salisbury, in the course of a_ conversation with Lieutenant Vanslyperken, remarks: “Well, you're a nice leftenant, I don’t thin®.” Snarley-yow, of course, is the original “Dog Fiend,” to a descendant of which Rudyard Kipling made refer- ence in the latest of his brilliant ar- ticles on “The Destroyers at the Bat- tle of Jutland.” New Teeth in Old Age. Peter Minor, seventy-five years old, is a remarkable specimen of the moun- taineer. He is cutting a new set of teeth. During the spring he mauled 150 rails a day himself and built 288 panels of seven-rail fences. He cleared five acres of new ground and rolled his own logs. He has all this in corn. At bis mountain home, hid in the fast- ness, he scientifically cultivates flow- ers, having so many varieties that he has roses blooming all the year round. —Charleston (W. Va.) Dispatch New York World. | dogs are making a popularity among lovers of good dog-i PROBABLY FINEST SPECIMEN OF GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG IN THE UNITED STATES. CHAMPION LOTTE V. EDELWEISS, - Judged the Best Entrant in the Recent Specialty Show, Held in New York. She is Owned by Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Wanner, Hempstead, L. I. New York.—The German Shepherd | dog is preparing to celebrate his tenth ‘anniversary in this country. Known only in certain sections of the country these famous high-bred strong bid for flesh. Recently the second annual special- ty show of the German Shepherd Dog Club of America, held at Madison Square Garden, brought out 110 en- trants, representing the cream of the breed in America. Its lineage kept intact for hundreds of years in the Old World, the German Shepherd is not a new breed, as many in this country suppose, but an ex- tremely old one. Europe's great war has done a great deal to illustrate the wonderful work of the German Shep- herd because of the remarkable ad- vance made in Red Cross work, the dog playing a leading part in search- ing for wounded on the deserted fields of battle. Comparatively few people have any real knowledge of the dog’s character- istics as a breed, its disposition or. es: sential points. A few months ago a farmer living a few miles from De troit shot and killed a prized German Shepherd, thinking it was a wolf. The great majority know its appear- ance in a general way and have a hazy idea that it is called a police dog, but just what a German Shepherd really is, or what its work consists of, few people have any real knowl- edge. It is a native of Germany and fis closely related to the Belgian, Dutch and other varieties of shepherd dogs found in Europe, the main difference being that the German Dogs have been ibred scientifically and are second to no other breed in the world for purity of strain and fixity of type. A combination of most of the best qualities of all large breeds of dogs forms the characteristics and dispo- sition of the German Dog. It is gentle, obedient and faithful to the last de- gree, absolutely fearless, possesses a wonderful memory and is unusually fond of children. Its aid to the police, military and Red Cross departments has been prov- en so conclusively by actual use that nothing needs to be said concerning it. Looking for Virtues. When you have a mind to divert your fancy, consider the good qualities of your acquaintances; as the enter- prising vigor of this man, the modesty of another, the liberality of a third, and so on. For there is nothing se en- tertaining as a lively image of the virtues exhibited in the character of those we converse with, occurring as numerously as possible. Let this, therefore, be always at hand.—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. a Asi A Wr SRBC Now, What Is It? Girlishness, we read, is to be the keynote of the coming fashions. Good we shall now have an opportunity to learn what is the keynote of girlish- aess.—Milwaukee Journal. Varying Lengths of Life. While crabs are known to have lived for half a century, the average life of the oyster is but four years. Frogs die sooner than toads, as the latter may live for 36 years. CASTORIA. The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his pers sonal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and ¢¢ Just-as-good *’ are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paree goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its gnarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels, assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend. 2 GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the & Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY, §9-20-e.0. I HAS NOT GONE UP IN PRICE EVERYTHING All the goods we advertise here are selling at prices prevailing this time last season. MINCE MEAT. We are now making our MINCE MEAT and keeping it fully up to our usual high standard; nothing cut out or cut short and are selling it at our former price of 15 Cents Per Pound. SWEET POTATOES. Finest Selected SWEET POTATOES at 40 Cents Per Peck. Fine Celery, Oranges, Grape Fruit, Apricots, Peaches, Prunes—All spices (Except Pepper). Breakfast Foods, Extracts, Baking Powders, Soda, Corn- starch. The whole line of Soaps and Washing Powders, Starches, Blueing and many other articles are selling at the usual prices. COFFEES, TEAS AND RICE. On our Fine Coffees at 25¢, 28c¢, 30c, 35¢ and 40c, there has been no change in price on quality of goods and no change in the price of TEAS. Rice has not advanced in price and can be used largely as a substitute for potatoes. All of these goods are costing us more than formerly but we are doing our best to Hold Down the Bill on high prices, hoping for a more favorable market in the near future. LET US HAVE YOUR ORDER and we will give you FINE GROCERIES at reasonable prices and give you good service. SECHLER & COMPANY, Bush House Block, - - 57-1 - - - Bellefonte, Pa. Shoes. PRICES REDUCED PRICES REDUCED {EAGER SHOE STORE When the Time Comes to Purchase the Shoes and Slippers that you expect to buy rer~ember you can save on each pair tifat is purchased at Yeagers. Compare the Prices Below with any other firm selling shoes, then you be the judge as to the better place to buy. Ladies’ Kreep-a-Wa Slippers, all colors, 98¢c Childs’ Kreep-a-Wa Slippers, all colors, 75¢ Men's good quality Felt Slippers - - 75¢C Men’s Black and Tan Romeo Slippers - $1.75 Ladies’ 8-inch Kid Boots - - - - - $3.25 Boy’s High Cut Shoes - - - - - - $3.00 Childs’ Champagne Kid Shoes - - - $1.50 Ladies’ Warm Shoes for cold feet - - $1.35 YOU CAN SAVE MONEY on anything you may need in the shoe line. YEAGER'S, The Shoe Store for the Poor Man. Bush Arcade Bldg. 58-27 BELLEFONTE, PA. 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