Bellefonte, Pa., January 18, 1918. County Correspondence Items of Interest Dished up for the Delectation of “Watchman” Read- ers by a Corps of Gifted Correspondents. AARONSBURG. Cornelius Breon, one of our aged men, is again confined to bed by ill- ness. Mrs. Boyd Vonada and son Harry, of Bellefonte, were over Sunday guests of Mrs. Vonada’s father, J. H. Crouse. : Dr. D. R. Musser, who had been vis- iting his mill in New Jersey, has re- turned to the home of his brother, Dr. A. S. Musser. Mr. and Mrs. John Otto and son Morgan expect to leave for a six week’s visit among friends and rela- tives in eastern cities. The wedding bells continue to ring quite merrily in our burg. Last week Mr. John D. Winklebleck and Miss Martha Haines were very quietly married at the Reformed parsonage by Rev. W. D. Donat. Who will be the next to make the matrimonial venture ? ; Tt is with regret we note the illness of Miss Lizzie Yarger, who came home on Saturday morning from Bellefonte. She contracted a heavy cold and thought it wise to come Wome. Her illness has not been se- rious up the the present and as she is under the efficient care of her physi- cian her many friends trust she may have a speedy recovery. The chicken and waffle supper serv- ed on Saturday evening, in Mensch’s hall, for the benefit of the Red Cross, was well attended notwithstanding the icy condition of streets and roads. Everything was donated and people everywhere responded nobly, as they knew the money thus raised would be used for a good cause. Everything was profitably disposed of. The sum realized was $100. The committees, through these columns, wish to ex- tend hearty thanks to the public for the splendid response. LEMONT. Mrs. D. L. Hite is slowly growing weaker. Spring creek has been frozen from bank to bank of late. Mrs. John Jackson is confined to her home with a general breakdown. John R. Williams is slowly improv- ing, but is not able to be out as yet. Monday night brought a lot more snow, continuing the winter weather. The Oak Hall Lime and Stone Co. shipped their first cars of stone last week. Sunday the mercury stood at ten degrees below zero, with a cold wind blowing. The box social Friday evening, was a success, as every one had a pleas- ant time. Prof. David O. Etters circulated among the schools of College town- ship, Friday of last week. Harry Tressler had the misfortune to hurt himself last Thursday, and was confined to his bed for a few days. Clarence A. Houtz, of Fleming, spent a few hours in this community last Friday, transacting some busi- ness. Sunday, January 27th, the United Evangelical congregation of this place will hold communion services, to which the public is invited. The protracted cold weather is be- ginning to take effect on the cellars, and it looks as though a lot of pota- toes stored there may be frozen. OAK HALL. Luther Dale made a business trip to Colyer on Monday. Philip Dale and daughter, Mrs. Miller, spent Friday at State College. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Peters were visitors at State College one day last week. Philip Benner, of Bellefonte, visit- ed relatives at this place a few days last week. Mrs. Harry Wagner, while sewing on a machine had the needle run through her thumb. Miss Alice Deverge, of Lock Haven, spent the week-end with her friend, Miss Levon Ferree. Mrs. E. C. Rodel and daughter El- eanor visited friends and relatives at Millersburg, last week. Miss Mabel Kline, of Lemont, spent a short time with her sister, Mrs. El- mer Louder, last week. County superintendent D. O. Etters, of State College, visited the school at this place on Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs, Jonathan Tressler at- tended the funeral of Mr. Tressler’s step-mother, last Friday, at State College. Big Corporation to Get Oil from Shale San Francisco, Cal.—A $2,500,000 corporation has been formed and is to erect plants at once in California, Ne- vada, Utah and Wyoming to extract oil from shale rock by a process new- ly discovered by A. G. Crane, of Re- no, Nevada. This process has been placed at the disposal of the United States government, which is co-op- erating, it is said, in the plans, which call for production soon on a large scale. By this process, it is said, the price of gasoline may be much re- duced and a better grade developed. —Christian Science Monitor. . Destination Unknown. ‘“Qur gunners got the range at last and dropped a shell right in among ’em; when I looked again they was gore!” “For good?” “Well, Miss, they went in that di- rection!”’—Passing Show. ! State Plans to Aid Maimed Soldiers. Efforts to provide suitable employ- ment for every United States soldier who returns to Pennsylvania crippled or maimed in war services are being made through the State Department of Labor and Industry and the office of the Surgeon General of the United States army. The co-operative work was started when two questionnaires were sent by Lew R. Palmer, acting commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry, to the 25,000 em- poyers in the industries of Pennsyl- vania. The first questionnaire asks em- ployers to indicate the number of po- sitions in their plants where men, suf- fering from various types of disabil- ity, could be advantageously employ- ed, ranging from loss of fingers, on one or both hands through thirty- eight different classes of disability, including blindness, deafness, loss of speech, repulsive facial disfigurements and general health impairments which would pervent heavy manual labor. The results from the questionnaire will provide the Department of Labor and Industry with a complete card in- dex for the State of Pennsylvania in- dicating where men, handicapped by various degrees of disability, as a re- sult of their war service, may be plac- ed in proper employment to be not only self-supporting, but also be of material aid to industry itself. The second questionnaire requests the employers of Pennsylvania to in- dicate positions in their plants now held by disabled workmen. This questionnaire will provide the Depart- ment of Labor and Industry with ex- tensive information indicating possi- bilities of employment for men disa- bled in war service. A letter from Acting Commission- er Palmer, accompanying the ques- tionnaires, points out that one inev- itable effect of the war will be the disabling of officers and enlisted men of our armed forces by either wounds or disease and that it is absolutely essential that such men be given suit- able employment when they return home. Employers are requested to answer the questionnaires to the best of their ability as a patriotic duty and further request is made that if the questionnaires comes to a person who is not an employer that he pass it to an employer who has not receiv- ed such a form. Pennsylvania is the first State to take official action in preparing for the return of handicapped fighting men from European battle lines. In this action, the department is work- ing in close co-operation with the of- fice of Surgeon General Gorgas and the Pennsylvania committee of Pub- lic Safety. Every soldier injured in war serv- ice and returned to this country in a crippled condition will be reconstruct- ed, so far as is possible, in hospitals conducted under direction of the Sur- geon General of the United States ar- my. Each disabled soldier will be equipped by the government with every suitable appliance, as artificial arms or legs, to bring his efficiency to a maximum. Following such equip- ment each soldier will be trained by vocational authorities of the Federal and State governments to adapt him to selected employments. The Spirit of the Red Cross. Nothing more tragically associated with the great war has been issued than the Red Cross Magazine, now made a monthly issue, telling a pic- torial and letter press story which will touch the heart and soul of every one who becomes a possessor of it. From the cover illustration to the last page there breathes the spirit of pa- triotism and devotion and self sacri- fice. Thousands of articles have been written, and millions of dollars have been contributed, and this magazine condenses the progress and scope of the wonderful work. Painters and'il- lustrators of international fame have contributed of their best without thought of gain, and the very hum- blest in judgment can recognize that their heart was in the thought and the hand. There are innumerable illustrations in black and white and half tone, and 16 pages in color, expressive of the most appealing and thrilling phases of the great world drama. To use the words of one of the mak- ers of the magazine, it “bears to the world the message of the Red Cross. It is a message of tenderness, the combined tenderness of the Nation, and it speaks from trench and battle- ship, from hospital and far away pris- on camp. It tells you of the heroic werk of soldiers and sailors, or nurs- es, surgeons and ambulance drivers. It tells how your bandages and dress- ings are stopping wounds and how your money is fighting death.” It is urged that every man, woman and child should be possessed of this magazine regularly, all of the money going to the support of the Red Cross. The price to a subscribing member is $2; to a contributing member, $5; to a sustaining member, $10; to a life member, $25, and to a patron mem- ber, $100. Information as to any of the affairs of the magazine may be had by addressing the Red Cross Magazine, Garden City, L. I., N. Y. The Polite Boy. The farmer had just caught the young trespasser in the act. “Now, then, young man,” he said angrily, “didn’t you see that board when you came trespassing in these woods ?” : “Yes, sir,” said the culprit, meek- y “Well, then,” exclaimed the exas- perated farmer, “what did it say?” “I dunno!” replied the youngster, with a grin, “I was too polite to read any more when I saw the first word was ‘Private!’ ” rer ———— ——Put your ad. 1n the “Watch- man,” CASTORIA Bears the signature of Chas. H.Fletcher. In use for over thirty years, and The Kind You Have Always Bought, Are Animals Color-Blind? Do animals see colors as human be- ings do? Does the grass look green and the sky blue to a bird, for exam- ple? It is well known that not all hu- man beings see colors in the same way. Some are blind to red and green, that is, they see gray instead of these colors, and some few persons are totally color-blind, that is, they see everything as it looks in a photo- graph, without color. How can it be learned whether an animal can distin- guish colors? It is not enough, of course, to offer the animal a choice between two colors and see which one it will prefer. It may be able to dis- tinguish them perfectly, but have no preference in the matter. The most thorough investigation so far made of color sense of any animal is that made by Professor Yerkes, of Har- vard, on the Japanese dancing mouse. A box was constructed with two compartments, one illuminated with light of one color, the other with light of another color. If the mouse en- tered one compartment, the red one, for example, it was allowed to iun through and escape into a larger space; if it entered the green one, it got a mild electric shock from wires on the floor. The lights could be changed so that the red compartment was now on the right, now on the left. The mice soon learned to choose the red compartment, on whichever side it was. But did this show that the mice saw red as red and green as green? It was found that when, after being in this way, they were of a choice be- tween compartments that were not lighted by colors, but were merely one light and the other dark, they chose the dark compartment at once. That suggested the possibility that they might have been seeing both red and green as two shades of gray, of | which the red was the darker. Animals can distinguish two lights that are of different colors to a nor- mal human eye, for the animal may see them as two different and distin- guishable shades of gray. It is known that a color-blind person sees colors in this way. The best method by which to prove that an animal sees a color as a color is by teaching it to pick out the color from a whole series of grays, ranging from black to white. Hardly any animals have yet been satisfactorily tested for color sense, but a number of experimenters are now at work on the matter. It seems probable that the color sense of many animals will prove to be quite unlike ios of human beings.—New York un. My Mother—A Prayer. For the body you gave me, the bone and sinew, the heart and the brains that are yours—my mother—I thank you. I thank you for the light in my eyes, the blood in my veins, for my speech, for my life, for my being. All the love that you gave me, un- measured from the beginning, my mother, I thank you. I thank vou for the hand that led me, the voice that directed me, the breast that nestled me, the arm that shielded me, the lap that rested me. For your smile in the morning and your kiss at night—my mother, I thank you. I thank you for the tears you shed over me, the prayers you said for me, and for the vigils and ministerings, All that I am is by you who reared me: For the faith that you had in me, the hope that you had in me, for the trust and your pride—my mother, I thank. you. I thank you for your praise and chiding, for the justice you bred me and the honor you made mine. All that I am you taught me. For the sore travail I caused you, for the visions and despairs—my mother, forgive me. Forgive me the peril I brought you to, the sobs and moans I wrung from you, and for the strength I took from you—my moth- er, forgive me. For the fears 1 gave you, for the alarms and dreads—my mother, for- give me. Forgive me the joys of which I deprived you, the toils I made for you, for the hours, the days, and the years, claimed from you—mother, forgive me. For the times I hurt you, the times I had no smile for you, the caresses I did not give you—my mother forgive me. Forgive me for my angers and re- volts, for my deceits and evasions, for all the pangs and sorrows I brought to you—mother forgive me. For your lessons I did not learn, for your wishes I did not heed, for the counsels I did not obey—my mother, forgive me. Forgive me my pride in my youth and my glory in my strength that forgot the holiness of your years and the veneration of your weakness, for my n:glect, for my selfishness, for all the great debts to your love that I have not paid—mother, sweet moth- er, forgive me. And may the peace and the joy that passeth all understanding be yours— my mother forever and ever. Amen. —Exchange. Knew Their Habits. “Thomas,” said the teacher, “if you can build a hen house in five days and your uncle can build it in three days, how long will it take your uncle and your father to build the same hen- house 7” “‘Bout ten thousand years,” said Thomas. “Ten thousand years!” gasped the teacher, “what do you mean?” “I mean,” said Thomas, “that they would sit on the tool box all day call- ing each other names.” Two Great Medicines Supplement Each Other They are Hood's Sarsaparilla and | Peptiron, the combination of which is giving so much satisfaction in the treatment of the impure, impoverish- ed blood and weak, worn-out nerves that are so often found in the same individual nowadays. The use of both these medicines, even in cases where only one may ap- pear to be indicated, is of great ad- | vantage. There is economy in it. i PLANNED TO SAVE CASEMENT But Daring Spy Work of German Offi- cer Who Slipped Into England Proved of No Avail. The story of Sir Roger Casement’s capture and execution is widely known, but the efforts of the Berlin admiralty to help him escape from his English prison just before his death have not been told. An officer in the navy, who could speak English and who had visited London frequently before the war, was furnished with a false passport and landed in England, says Carl W. Ackerman in the Saturday Evening Post. He was provided with unlimited funds, and a ship awaited off the coast to bring Casement back to Ger- many. The foreign office watched British reports very carefully and was amazed when it learned that Case- ment had been executed. It was evi- dent then that the naval officer’s plan had failed and all hope of his return was given up. Six weeks later, however, he arrived in Germany, pale, exhausted and nerv- ously broken down. He had succeeded in conferring with Sir Roger, he re- ported, and Lad talked to him an hour before he was executed, but there was no possibility of an escape. Then, fearing that he was under suspicion, this. officer underwent the most drastic privations until, as a member of the crew of a neutral ship, he reached the continent. If this story is true—and it was told to me by a relative of the officer—it is one of the most daring instances of spy work in England during the war. It is a proof, too, of the ease with which even German officers go to Eng- land during the most critical days of the war. Gas Engines on the Farm Release Men for War Duty. E. N. Bates, of The Pennsylvania State College school of engineering, while addressing the farmers attend- ing Farmers’ week at the college, said the difficult problem confronting the farmer today was the production of a maximum amount of food products at a minimum cost of production in man power. In order to accomplish this it is necessary to make careful use of the gasoline engine, he asserted. It has been estimated from the 1916 census report that there are upwards of 25,000,000 horses and mules in the United States. About one-fifth of our land, now under cultivation, is requir- ed to produce the food hecessary to maintain these animals, and the time of about 1,000,000 men working twelve hours a day is consumed in the care of these animals. A large part of this food-producing land and of the labor of these men can be releas- ed for other purposes, by the proper use of the gasoline tractor and truck. The care of a gasoline engine is very simple, if the directions of the manufacturer are followed closely. Ordinarily the engine only requires to be lubricated and adjusted. Bear- ings should not be allowed to pound, a ths best oils obtainable should be used. rp Colds Affect the Kidneys MANY BELLEFONTE PEOPLE HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE TRUE. Are you wretched in bad weather? Does your cold settle on your kid- neys? Does your back ache and become weak ? Does bladder weakness give annoy- ance? These symptoms are cause to sus- pect kidney weakness. Weakened kidneys need quick help. Doan’s Kidney Pills are especially prepared for weakened kidneys. Bellefonte people recommend ther. Mrs. B. Holter, Pine St., Bellefonte, says: “I have used Doan’s Kidney Pills off and on for about two years. Whenever a cold or strain causes a dull, constant ache across the small of my back I use a box of Doan’s and get relief.” Price 60 cents at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Holter had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. 63-3 How She Cured Him." The wife of a Dorchester man who had the traditional failing, in that he forgot to mail letters, has cured him. The mail is delivered at their home before the breakfast hour, which is comparatively late. One morning she said to her husband: “Did you have any mail this morn- ing, dear?” “Only a circular,” he answered, as he bit into a fine brown slice of toast. “Huh,” said the wife. “By the way, did you mail the letters I gave .you yesterday ?”’ “Sure I did,” was the righteously indignant reply. “Well,” answered the wife, with an eloquent smile, “it’s funny, then, you had no letters this morning, because one of those I gave you to mail was addressed to you, just as a sort of test.’ An Old One Revived. The members of a family residing in the suburbs are said to be excess- ively quiet. Two of them, cousins, were camping out for a holiday, and one morning at breakfast Bill said t his chum: : “Jim, there is a cow in the next field. I heard it bellow.” Nothing more was said till even- ing, when, on the way back to camp, Jim said: “How did you know it was a cow, Bill? It might have been a bull.” . No further remarks passed; but next morning Jim found Bill doing up his pack and preparing for his de- parture. “Bill, what are you doing?” “I’m off,” said Bill. “There’s too much argument in this camp for me.” Great Idea for These Times “Let’s go and have lunch.” “Im not hungry.” “Neither am I, so I'm taking ad- vantage of it.” — During the month of Novem- ber the United States mint turned out 77,500,000 one cent pieces, 18,700,000 dimes and 11,000,000 nickels, to make up a shortage in the nation’s small change. Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Bellefonte Amazed By Sudden Action The quick action of pure Lavoptik eye wash is startling. A school boy had eye strain so badly he could not read. A week’s use of Lavoptik sur- prised his teacher so much she used it for her old mother. ONE WASH showed benefit. A small bottle is guaranteed to benefit EVERY CASE of weak, strained or inflamed eyes. The QUICK result is astonishing. Aluminum eye cup FREE. Green's Pharmacy Co., Bellefonte, Pa. 63-3 FINE JOB PRINTING o—A SPECIALTY—o0 AT THE WATCHMAN OFFICE. There is no style of work, from the cheapest “Dodger” to the finest BOOK WORK, that we car 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’ 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 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. CHICHESTER SPILLS Ladies! Ask your Dru, t, for ©hi-ches- iamond Bran Pills in Bed and Gold metallic boxes, with Blue Ribbon. : Take no other. Be or Druggist. Ask ior OIL.O cre DIAMOND BRAND PILLS, for as Best, Safest, Always Reliable years known SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE = tomas CHARLES M. McCURDY, PRESIDENT. JAS. K. BARNHART, CASHIER. The First National Bank. A GOOD THING. We ask every person who reads this to look into the Thrift Stamp way of saving. If you are not con- vinced- that it is a good way to save we shall be disappointed. Every man, woman and child in Centre County should buy them. DON'T TURN IT DOWN because it is new. All Postoffices and Banks sell them. wh @ The First National Bank, 61-46-1y BELLEFONTE, PA. Price, $1 each. All druggists. 63-3 | AARAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARAAAAARAAAAAANAANY ces—No. 5 East High street. Attorneys-at-Law. KLINE WOODRING—Attorney-at-Law, e fonte, Pa. Practicesin all courts. . Room 18Crider’s Exchange. 51 ly. B. SPANGLER.-Attorney-at-Law. [Practic in all the Courts. Consultation in English or German. Office in Crider’ Bellefonte, Pa Ze ih Midge SExchnige S. TAYLOR—Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office in Temple Court, Belle fonte, Pa. All kinds of legal business 258 3t- tended to promotly. J M. KEICHLINE—Attorney-at-Law. Practice in all the courts. Consultation in and German. Office south of court house All professional business will receive prompt a tention. 49-5-1y KENNEDY JOHNSTON—Attorney-at-law. Bellefonte, Pa. Prompt attenti i legal business entrusted ven 5 G. RUNKLE.—Attorney-at-Law. Co tation in Eaglsh and German. in Crider’s Exchange, Rellefonte. 58.§ wss— Physicians. S. GLENN, M. D., Physician and Su: W State College, Centre county, Pa. at his residence. DWIN S. DORWORTH, M. D., East High St., Bellefonte, Pa. ._ Special attention given to use of deep breathing and massage. Also treatment of dia- betes, leg sores, bunions, new and old corns— both hard and soft. and callous, (callus.) 62-33-tf 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 complete plant prepared to furnish Soft Dri in bottles such as POPS, - . SODAS, SARSAPARILLA, ; SELTZER SYPHONS, ETC., or pic-nics, families and th blic gener- ally all of which are en oe of the purest syrups and properly carbonated. C. MOERSCHBACHER, 50-32-1y. High St., Bellefonte, Pa. 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 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, engaged in a preferred occupation, includ house, keeping, over eighteen years of age of good moral and physical condition may insure under this poiicv. Fire Insurance { invite your attention to my Fire Insur- ance Azer , the strongest and Most Ex tensive Line of Solid Companies represent- ed by any agency in Central Pennsylvania H. E. FENLON, Agent, Bellefonte, Fa, g 50-21. Good Health Good Plumbing GO TOGETHER When ig you Jave gripping steam pines, leaky water! res, foul sewe 3 you can’t have good Health, The air you Breathe 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 trustthis 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 than many who give you r, unsanitary work and the lowest grade of finishings. For the Best Work try Archibald Allison, Opposite Bush House - Bellefonte, Pa PPOs §6-1¢-1y.