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Bellefonte, Pa., June 22, 1917.
WHY CLOTHES WEAR OUT.
Little Balls of Fluff Found Around the
House Give the Answer.
The microscope has answered that
long puzzling question of why clothes
wear out. By the aid of this instru-
ment that uncovers mysteries of the
world hidden to the unaided human
eye, it is revealed that when cloth is
handled some fibers are rubbed off,
which in time become visible and ob-
jectionable. The formation of this fluff
is not unlike the growth of snowballs
that boys roll. Under the microscope.
especially with reflected light, these
balls of fluff are wonderfully beautiful,
gleaming with a brilliancy that cannot
be captured by a photograph.
“We speak, and speak correctly, of
‘wearing a suit of clothes’ when we
have in mind only the use of the
clothes,” a scientific writer explains.
“put the garments are literally worn
away. We might also speak of ‘wear-
ing’ Dbedclothes, because the fibers of
the bed linen are worn away in much
the same manner as a carpenter wears
away the surface of wood when he
sandpapers it.
“Drafts and other air currents waft
these fibers to and fro until they:
collect in small clusters of fluff. The
‘bits and cantles’ that have begun to
attract others to them gather more
and more until a large proportion of
the aerial flotsam has been transform-
ed into what the housekeeper calls
qittle rolls of dust’ that she finds under
the bed and in the corners. These are
fibers that friction has removed from
the bed linen and from one’s clothing.”
--St. Louis Republic.
SAVED HIS OWN FACE.
Why He Balked at Being a Witness or
the Side of Truth.
Colonel E. M. House—*Silent” House,
as he is often callel—told at a dinner
in Washington a significant parable:
“They who expect the men in author-
ity to do a great deal for them—they
who expect the impossible—should re-
member the grizzly bear story.
“A famous grizzly bear hunter gave a
dinner, and one of the guests told of a
bear hunt that he had once shared in
with his host. It had been a remark-
able hunt. The bear had been killed
under almost incredible difficulties.
Although his auditors looked skeptical,
the narrator did not spare them any of
those difficulties. He counted on the
host, you see, for corroboration.
“Phen, when he had finished his
strange but perfectly true tale, he said:
“ «Phere, that’s the story, and, gen-
tlemen, our host will corroborate every
word 1 say.’
“¢No, George, he said, ‘I don’t re
member anything of the sort at all.’
“Tableau!
“Maddened by this tableau, the guest
at the end of the dinner took his host
aside and hissed:
“ “Why didn’t you back me up in that
bear story? You know every word of
it was true.’
“ ‘yes,’ said the famous hunter—‘yes,
it was all true, but 1 saw that every-
body round the table thought you were
lying. If, then, I had supported you
the only result would have been that
they would have set me down for a
liar too.’ "—Washington Star.
Looming Mirages.
In what are called “looming mi:
rages’ distant objects show an appar-
ent extravagant increase in height
without alteration of breadth. Distant
pinnacles of ice are thus magnified
into immense towers or tall, jagged
mountains, and a ship thus reflected,
from far out at sea may appear to be,
twelve or fifteen times as tall as it is
long. Rocks and trees are also shown
in abnormal shapes and positions.
while houses, animal and human be |
ings appear in like exaggerated shapes
Before the sandy plains of our south:
western states and territories were!
converted into verdant fields by the
genuity and tireless energy of man!
mirages were very common in those
regions, the Indians regarding the phe- |
nomenon as being the work of evil
spirits.
A Russian National Dish.
One of the national dishes of Rus
sia is known as the pashka. It is a
sort of cake that stands one and a half
feet high and is always put on a tall
base. It is usually surmounted by a
sugar cross and is placed in the center
of the table when the Russians hold
their great feast at Easter when the
fast is broken. It takes about sixty
eggs to make the pashka, but nene but
natives can succeed in producing the
rare taste.
Comprehensive.
“I understand you have bought a set
of Shakespeare’s works.”
| covering the whole State numbers
shall be fined not more than $100 for
. each offense, and shall be by the trial |
Idlers Will be Made to Work.
Charleston, W. Va.—By an act of
the second extraordinary session of
the West Virginia Legislature of 1917, !
which recently adjourned after pass-'
ing a number of bills designed to per- .
mit the State to do its part in prose-
cuting the war against Germany and
her allies, it is made the duty of every
able-bodied male resident of the State, !
between the ages of 16 and 60 years, |
habitually and regularly to engage in ,
some lawful, useful and recognized
business, profession, occupation or
employment whereby he may produce !
or earn sufficient to support himself |
and those legally dependent upon him. |
From the time this bill was pro-
posed, several weeks before the Legis-
lature was called together, the subject
of idleness had been agitated through-
out the State and many persons who |
had been habitually idle, some for
many years, had been induced to go to |
work rather than be enrolled among |
those who might later come under the |
proposed act of the Legislature. |
The State Council of Defense, |
through the office of Gov. John J. |
Cornwell, took up the subject at its
first meeting, at which time it was |
decided to get a list of all the idle |
persons resident in the State. Lists!
were obtained from nearly every town
and city in the State, as well as in
villages and rural communities. In
many instances it was reported that
there was just one man in a commu-
nity who declined to work. The list
many thousands of names.
The legislative act provides that |
from the time it becomes effective,
June 20, until six months after the
termination of the war, any able-
bodied resident, except bona fide stu-
dents during school terms, who shall
fail regularly and steadily to engage |
for at least 36 hours a week in some |
lawful and recognized business, pro-
fession or employment, shall be held |
to be a vagrant and shall be guilty of |
a misdemeanor. Upon conviction he
court ordered to work not exceeding |
60 days upon the public roads or |
streets, or upon some other public
work being done by and in the county
in which such persons may be con-
victed, or by any municipality in that |
county.
One-half of the fair value of such |
labor so performed under the sen- |!
tence shall be paid by the county or
municipality for which it is perform-
ed to the support of any persons de-
pendent upon the vagrant. If there
shall be no legal dependents, no pay-
ment shall be made on account of any
labor done under the judgment.
Prosecutions for vagrancy shall be |
instituted and conducted as other
criminal prosecutions, and in no case |
shall the possession by the accused of |
money, property or income sufficient
to support himself and those legally
dependent upon him be a defense to
any prosecution. In mo case shall the
claim by the accused of inability to
obtain work or employment be a
defense to a prosecution,.unless it be
proved that the accused promptly
notified the proper representative of |
the State Council of Defense of his |
inability to obtain employment and |
requested that work be found for him, !
and that such work was not furnished '
him. i
All justices of the peace, mayors :
and police judges within the State are |
given jurisdiction to try and punish’
all offenders under the act. Punish-
ment may also be made by indictment.
Change in Long Distance Telephone
Rates.
Effective June 21st, 1917, the toll |
and long distance rates of the Bell
system for messages between points !
| within the State of Pennsylvania, and |
between Pennsylvania and Delaware
' points, will be revised.
The effect of this revision will be !
to establish all such rates on an air-
line-distance basis and to bring about |
an entire uniformity of charges for :
like distances. In general the rates |
have been reduced, although in some !
cases there have been slight increases
and many of the former rates have
been continued. Altogether, the re-
vision will result in a total saving to
the Pennsylvania public of approxi- |
mately a quarter of a million dollars
a year. !
At the same time the Bell company |
will establish a toll charge for mes- |
sages between State College and Mill- |
heim and State College and Spring |
Mills. Local manager Mallalieu, in
making this announcement, states |
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| that this charge in rates does not af- |
| fect the free talking privilege be-
i tween State College and Bellefonte, |
| Millheim and Bellefonte, Spring Mills
i and Bellefonte and the other free
| talking areas in Centre county; in
| other words, State College, Millheim
"and Spring Mills subscribers will con-
tinue to talk to the county seat with-
out charge.
The effect of the revision upon
some of the principal Bellefonte rates
is indicated below, the old rate in the
first column and the new rate in the
last:
Old New |
Bellefonte to Clearfield.......... 30 |
' Bellefonte to Connellsville....... 1.00 i
| Bellefonte to Curwensville....... 45 30 |
Bellefonte to Harrisburg........ 7 50 !
| Bellefonte to Holliaysburg.. 40 35]
| Bellefonte to Huntingdon...
s i 3 3 25 !
“Yes,” replied Mr. Dubwaite 10ftily. | Helictonts ‘to Johnstown... .... 5 5
“a complete set.” | Yelletonte to Lewistown En 25 20 i
IB |
“And a glossary. too, | presume?’ | BOSIoMte 10 APOE HORE, +0 33 50
“Oh, yes, yes! In fact, everything Hellofonte to Phiadelpiin 1.25 1.05 |
Shakespeare wrote.” — Birmingham | hojcronte to Shilipsirs. 33
Age-Herald. Bellefonte to Reedsville... i ae
Bellefonte to Renovo............ 35 25
Bellefonte to Warriorsmark..... 25 20
Higher Authority. Bellefonte to Washington....... 125 95
EE ———
Willis—The Highfliers are going to
give up their big house this year. Mrs.
Willis—You must be mistaken. I wag
talking with Mrs. Highflier only yes-
terday. Willis—Well, I was talking
with the mortgagee only this morn-
ing.—Puck.
Trouble on the Road.
First Centipede—What'’s the matter?
Second 'Centipede—I need a traffic cop;
my feet want to go different ways.—
New York Sun.
——In these days when rag carpet
has come back into favor, old stock-
ings of any color but black, by pref-
erence, when cut in strips, around,
spirally as one would peel an apple,
are most desirable material for serv-
iceable rugs, for either city or coun-
try use, and if care is taken with the
yield a strip running from top to toe,
without wasting more than a few
clippings.
cutting, each sock or stocking will
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