——————————————— County Correspondence Items of Interest Dished up for the Delectation of “Watchman” Read- ers by a Corps of Gifted Correspondents. PLEASANT GAP ITEMS. Miss Emeline Noll entertained the sewing circle on Friday evening. Miss Violet Irvin spent the week- end with friends at State College. Mrs. Mary Wion, of Bellefonte, vis- ited last week with Mrs. Rachel Noll. Miss Grace Sheasley, of State Col- lege, is visiting with friends in this place. Mrs. William Grenoble sold her property on Main street to M. M. Kel- ler, of Centre Hal. Mrs. Thomas Adams, of Niagara Falls, is visiting among old-time friends hereabouts. Mr. and Mrs. George Showers at- tended the funeral of Mrs. Edward Baird, of Milesburg, on Saturday. Mrs. Clayton Reish and two chil- dren spent Saturday with Mrs. Reish’s sister, Mrs. Boyd Scholl, of Belle- fonte. County Commissioner Noll says if you tell a man all you know the flrst time you see him, that’s the last time you’ll see him. Pleasant Gap can boast of having two feet of snow by actual measure- ment, but Green’s valley has us beat- en to a frazzle with three and a half feet on the level. The penitentiary thermometer rec- ord is sure a stunner. From Decem- ber 16th to January 20th the average temperature was just two degrees above zero. Unparallelled. Our people now seem to be a little better provided with coal than they have been for some time past, yet ma- ny complain because they are unable to secure hard coal. The result of the coal shortage has added material- ly to the consumption of wood in this section. The Whiterock quarries are kept busy filling important orders. Some- thing over one hundred men are em- ployed at present and any one seeking employment can be accommodated. A few men were added to the pay roll the past ten days and twenty-five to fifty more can secure work. Farmer William Ross makes the broad assertion that wise ones should never attempt to bluff a young wid- ow. Billy knows what he is talking about. He has the reputation of be- ing a superlatively good judge of cat- tle and horses, and from surface indi- cations knows a thing or two about young widows. It’s the loose spoke in the wheel that makes the most noise. The extreme cold weather does not seem to dampen the aspirations of our lumbermen in Green’s valley. The men who are employed there go back and forth most every day, notwith- standing the deep snow. From the quantity of lumber hauled to the Pleasant Gap station it is reasonable to infer that the sturdy lumbermen are doing effective work in the way of demolishing the forest. Society news has been at a discount during this unusually cold weather, but even the cold cannot entirely stop our young people from having an oc- casional good time. Last Wednesday evening about forty people repaired to the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Sunday where a most en- joyable event was pulled off. About one-half of the crowd came from Milesburg and the remainder were from around the Gap. Some dancing was indulged in, various games were played and a general good time was the order of the evening. At about eleven o'clock all were ushered into the dining room where a most deli- cious lunch was served. About mid- night all departed for their homes happy with the knowledge that they had spent a very pleasant evening. A very pleasant and highly appre- ciated birthday party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs Clayton Reish last Monday night, it being the anni- versary of Mr. Reish. Mrs. Reish succeeded admirably in keeping news of her plans from her husband. The affair all through was well managed and proved a decided success. If ever a man was thoroughly surprised that man was Mr. Reish. When seven o'clock came Mr. Reish was busy en- tertaining his little daughter when a knock on the door brought him to his feet. Upon opening the door he was astonished to see over two dozen of his neighbors and friends gathered around. To say he was surprised is putting it mildly. He turned all kind of colors but soon recovered himself and inviting his friends in betook himself upstairs and soon reappeared dressed for the occasion. By that time he had completely recovered his composure and was his usual self. The ensuing four hours were characteriz- ed with plenty of fun and high class enjoyment. At eleven o’clock choice refreshments were served to the hap- py crowd. Mr. Reish received num- erous valuable gifts. At 12.30 every- body left for their respective homes. OAK HALL. David Snyder has been spending some time with his sick mother at Milroy. Mr. and Mrs Ross Louder and son, Ross Daniel, spent a day last week in Bellefonte. Miss Larue Ishler, of Linden Hall, spent a few days at the home of Es- ther Raymond. Little Billy Ferree, of this place, who has been sick the past week, is now improving. Mrs. Luther Dale and mother, Mrs. Houser, of Bellefonte, spent Thurs- day with relatives at Lemont. Mr. and Mrs. John Kimport, of Boalsburg, were Sunday afternoon visitors at the home of Arthur Peters. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Frazier, of Linden Hall, spent a few hours at the home of Frank Reish on Saturday ev- ening. Mrs. Neff Everts, of Pine Grove Mills, is spending a few weeks at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Peters. Mrs. Thomas Gramley, of Altoona, after spending a few days last wool] with her daughter, Mrs. Ross Louder, | returned home on Saturday. The Oak Hall Lime and Stone com- pany put off a blast on Thursday which did considerable damage to the Grange hall and other buildings. Mrs. Arthur Peters was taken to the Bellefonte hospital on Thursday and underwent an operation on Friday morning. It is reported that she is now getting along nicely. RUNVILLE. The sick in our town are all proving. Rev. A. J. Orlidge spent last Tues- day at Bellefonte. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Fetzer visited at Mt. Eagle last Friday. Sarah Hoover is spending some time at the home of Jacob Shirk. J. A. Rodgers and daughter Edna spent Sunday at their home here. Rev. House, of Port Treverton, is helping with the revival services here. Mrs. G. F. Walker is visiting with her son, W. H. Walker, at Beech Creek. Claude Poorman and Edward Hea- ton went to Gordon Heights last Mon- day to work. Mr. Arnold and Rev. Orlidge visit- ed Mrs. Arnold at the Bellefonte hos- pital recently. The groundhog saw his shadow all right, and we are good for six more weeks of winter. Mrs. Mabel Lucas, of Snow ‘Shoe, visited her mother, Mrs. James Wit- mer, last Tuesday. Mrs. James Snyder, of Wingate, spent Friday at the home of her sis- ter, Mrs. Ida Witmer. We are sorry to hear of the death of Mrs. Treaster, of Mt. Eagle, a for- mer resident of this place. Madge Poorman was called home from Beech Creek on account of her mother, Mrs. Witmer, meeting with an accident. Announcement for church services: Yarnell, Sunday 10:30 a. m.; Chestnut Grove, 2:30 p. m.; Runville, morning and evening by Rev. House. im- CENTRE HALL. James Stahl is able to be out after a week’s illness. Mrs. D. W. Bradford has been ill with an attack of the grip. Mrs. James Stahl is visiting her sons and their families in Altoona. Mrs. H. F. Bitner has almost en- tirely recovered from a fall down the stairs. Many farmers in this vicinity are having a serious time owing to the shortage of water. Thomas Fess, eldest son of Rev. F. H. Foss, has accepted a position in the railroad office at Altoona. The condition of Mr. King: who has been quite sick for several weeks, shows very little improvement. Quite a number of tickets have been sold for the concert to be given on Thursday evening by home talent for the benefit of the Red Cross. Mrs. Lucy Henney and grandson Ralph recently returned from a trip to Philadelphia, New Bloomfield and Latrobe. At Philadelphia Ralph took the examination for entrance in- to the Williams school. BOALSBURG. J. M. Ross is confined to his home with a cold. Miss Ruth Smith spent the week- end at State College. Mrs. Norman Slagle went to Altoo- na for a visit with friends. William Taylor sent three grey fox hides and Carl Bohn two red ones to Harrisburg last wek. Mrs. G. L. Courtney went to Pitts- burgh on Saturday for an indefinite stay with her brother. A sled load of young people spent Thursday evening at the home of George Bohn, at Lemont. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reitz and son, of Stonevalley, spent a few days at $e home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry eitz. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McFarlane en- tertained a number of friends from State College and Boalsburg Thurs- day evening. Miss Anna Holter, of Howard, and Mrs. Alma Hoy and children, of State College, are spending some time at the home of Mrs. Charles Mothers- baugh. Rooster to Crow His Knell; Axe to Swing Here June 3-7. Pennsylvania will be full of Sultan- less feathered harums after June 3-7, when the State has scheduled its “Swat the Rooster” campaign. The rooster has so long been the emblem of masculine swagger and supremacy that it will be hard to re- alize his downfall. In fact an ardent suffragist remarked that it somehow seemed that this was an advance har- binger of a rehabilitated world when femininity would come into its own. Of course the State does not mean to exterminate the rooster, but it has to fall ignominiously by the tens of thousands on this fatal day in June. His iridescent plumage and spreading comb, his lordly assumption of supe- riority is not excuse enough for his existence, and consumption of food, the powers that be have decreed, so he must give place to the mere hen, a much more useful and industrious member of society. Another object of the campaign is to prevent the loss of $5,000,000 an- nually in Pennsylvania, caused by fer- tile eggs, which do not keep well. The Clotheless Day. “Did that suit case turn up, dear?” “The one full of clothes from the office? Yes, and they were just in time for the Salvation Army collec- tors.” Those clothes be- “Good heavens! longed to an American I've invited up for dinner!”—London Opinion. — An order has been placed by the Government for 65,000 dozen safe- ty razors, with blades to match, for the soldiers in the trenches. PRINCESS ON PRINCE STREET | Queenly Young Woman Honors a Mail Carrier by Handing Him a Dainty Envelope to Be Posted. They came along to Broadway up one of the cloak-and-suit streets of mid New York, Collier's Weekly says. She was an elaborate young woman in rose-colored velvet and fair as Miriam with all her bangles on to the dazzled male alongside, who was made up for the world’s champion neckwear seller in a Potash and Perl- mutter play. Betwixt dainty gloved thumb and fore-finger she held an envelope (it must have been scented), exactly as your maiden aunt used to hold her ice cream spoon in the dear dead days of 1891. A mere human being was bagging the contents of the mail box at the corner, and she saw him. “Oh, he can mail my letter! Heah you are, letter carrier!” All this in the clearly ringing, sweetly super- cilious tones of an Elsie Ferguson he- roine who has not yet fallen in love. Mr. Burleson’s coworker took the honor respectfully enough, and the rose-colored velvet floated blandly on. A bystander, however, observed the map of Donegal which served that par- ticular letter carrier for a countenance to be distorted momentarily by a tre- mendous wink. But, really now, why. shouldn’t one expect to meet a prin- cess on Prince street—if only in the cloank-and-suit trade? Of course we all believe in the nobility of commerce. DOG LEARNED MORSE SIGNALS Canine Recognized Office Call Would Awaken Master When Latter Was Sleeping. Tony was a small scraggly-haired Russian terrier that I had while work- ing as night operator at a New Hamp- shire railroad station, writes F. H. S., in the Boston Globe. In those days I worked 12 hours and often longer when we were short of men, and Tony proved very useful to me, for I taught him to read Morse signals and he would wake me up when my office was called if I happened to doze off after working a long stretch without ‘rest. My office call was “Ux.” Whenever that call was ticked off on the wire I would say “speak Tony!” and the little dog would bark. In about a month’s time I had trained Tony to bark loudly every time Ux was called on the wire. One hot night as we sat in the little office with the door open Tony growled and a big husky hobo, the tallest man I ever saw outside of a circus, lunged in the door and made a grab at me. I dodged and sprang for the desk, where my pistol was. Tony jumped for the man and fastened on to his legs and caused the man to trip and fall. By this time I reached the desk, picked up my gun and covered him. The bo backed out of the door and I slammed the office door, locked it and turned out the light. Poor Tony crossed the track in front of a train one day and was instantly killed. and Cedar Forest at Great Height. In his book, “The Real Algeria,” quot- ed in the Christian Science Monitor, M. D. Scott describes his journey through a cedar forest. ‘The program was to cross the mountains through a fine forest of cedars by the Col de Telmet, at an altitude of 5,000 feet,” Mr. Scott says. “I came across a most curious piece of hillside. Bare rock as steep and smooth as a house roof ran straight from the hilltop to the bottom of the valley with a strike of some 60 degrees. It shone like burn- ished silver in the bright sun. Never have I seen anything of the kind so beautiful. In various crevices were perched cedar trees, sometimes with a rest so tiny that a miracle alone held them apparently from sliding down the chute.” Perfumes Defy Laundries. The Arabs around Aden love pow- erful perfumes and are highly skilled in their preparation. Their favorite is called “oodi.” It is made from a wood called “ood” and is so powerful that when burned in incense-pots the smoke will impregnate the garments of those present to such an extent that the perfume will remain upon them for days, even after they have been laun- dered. They often mix “ood” with civ- et, ambergris and musk, and thus per- fume their clothes. The Germans tried to sell their perfumes at Aden, but failed, as the best they could “do was about 43 cents an ounce for perfume not nearly so good as that which the natives made for 8 cents. What “Shinnamu” Is. Dyestuffs from leaves of the ‘“Shin- namu,” a species of maple common in Korea and known in parts of Man- churia, have given results so, promis- ing as to be noticed in a British con- sular report, says the Nebraska State Journal. Large quantities could be had at about 12 cents a pound, and with the colors produced cotton can be dyed black, indigo, dark gray, gray or khaki. In dyeing silk and pongees, only black can be used, the chief value of the extract being as a material add- ing 30 per cent to the weight of the textiles. His Hard Luck. “So you're going home?’ said the old man to the wanderer. “Yes; tomorrow.” “TI understand they are preparing the fatted calf for you?” “Just my luck. The doctor has made ‘me cut out all fat foods.” With the Churches of the County. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY. Christian Science society, Furst building, High street. Sunday service 11 a. m. Sunday school 9.45. Wed- nesday evening meeting at 8 o’clock. To these meetings all are welcome. A free reading-room is open to the pub- lic every Thursday afternoon from 2 to 4. Here the Bible and Christian Science literature may be read, bor- rowed or purchased. Subject, Feb- ruary 10th, “Spirit.” St. John’s church (Episcopal). Services for the week beginning Feb- ruary 10: Quiquagesima Sunday, 8 a. m.,, Holy Bucharist. 10 a. m., church school, a missionary service. 11 a. m., Mattins and sermon, “How are We to Keep Lenten Fast?” 7:30 p. m., evensong and sermon, “Chari- ty.” Ash Wednesday, February 13, 7:30 a. m. and 5 p. m. Thursday, 7:30 p. m., special Lenten sermon by the Rev. G. E. Zachary. Friday, 7:30 p. m., conference, “Have You Under- stood Christianity ?”” Saturday, 5 p. m., evensong. Visitors cordially wel- come at the regular services and at the Lenten services. Rev. M. DeP. Maynard, Rector. Foreign missionary day services will be held in St. John’s Reformed church, next Sunday morning, at 10:45 o'clock. A special order of service entitled, “Come Over and Help Us,” will be used. In the even- ing, at 7:30, Dr. Schmidt will discuss the question, “Do Present World Con- ditions Indicate that the End of the World is Near?” ——They are all good enough, but the “Watchman” is always the best. Country Boys Not Physically Supe- rior to City Boys. In order to determine whether the average of physical soundness is high- ‘er among country boys than among city boys, the following comparison was made: Selection was made of a typical set of cities of 40,000 to 500,- 000, with no large immigrant element, and distributed over ten different States (Alabama, Arkansas, Califor- nia, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Ne- braska, New York and South Caroli- na), and a corresponding set of coun- ties of the same total size, located in the same States and containing no city of 30,000 population, the total number of registrants in the two areas being 315,000. The result of the comparison was as follows: Of 35,- 017 registrants in urban areas, 9, 969 were rejected; of 44,462 regis- trants in the rural areas, 12,432 were rejected, or 28.47 per cent. of city boys and 27.96 per cent. of country boys. The result, therefore, was practically a tie, showing that the country boy does not possess a great- er degree of the physical soundness nocestry for his acceptance as a sol- ier. — Subscribe for the “Watchman.” ANNOUNCEMENTS. We are authorized to announce the name of Wm. E. Tobias, DuBois, Pa., as a can- didate for the Democratic nomination for the office of Representative in Congress for the 21st District of Pennsylvania. The counties comprising the district are Cam- eron, Centre, Clearfield and McKean. Pri- mary election Tuesday, May 21st, 1918. New Advertisements. OUND.—Driver’s license No. . 14422, Owner can get same by applying to Mrs. Donald Potter. 6-1t OILER FOR SALE.—Ideal Boiler, B nearly new, 3200 ft. capacity. Write A. H. WILLARD, 63-6-2t* Jersey Shore, Pa. F°* Bower. 64-4-tf RENT.—Two good houses on east Curtin street and the offices in Ha- gle Block occupied by Gettig & Apply to Mrs. R. G. H. HAYES. single rooms and a small apart- ment, all well heated by steam. are the Shoemaker Apartment on 63-5-tf H™ Se ROOMS FOR RENT.—Two fo let in Spring St. ANTED.—Young ladies to train as W nurses in a general hospital, Phil- adelphia. Eligible for tion. Course three years. Address The American Hospital, Wallace St., Philadel- phia. -5-3t registra- gasoline engine, with magneto and in fine condition will be sold cheap. Call or write CENTRE ELECTRIC CO., Howard, Pa. G> ENGINE FOR SALE.—A 20 H. P. 63-5-3t OTICE.—The annual meeting of the stock-holders of the Bellefonte Lumber Co. will be held at the of- fice of the company, Bellefonte, Pa,, on Monday, February 18th, 1918, at 10 o’clock a. m., for the election of directors for the ensuing year and to transact such other business as may come before the meeting. 63-5-3t D. BUCK, Secretary. ETITION FOR TRANSFER OF TAV- P ERN LICENSE.—Notice is hereby given that the petition of W. D. Hall and James F. Uzzle was this day filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Centre county for the transfer of the Tavern License of James F. Uzzell to W. B. Hall in Snow Shoe borough for 1918. D. R. FOREMAN, Clerk. i February 7, 1918. OURT PROCLAMATION. — Whereas the Honorable Henry C. Quigley, President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the 49th Judicial Dis- trict, consisting of the County of Centre, having issued his precept, bearing date the 11th day of January, 1918, to me di- rected for holding a Court of Common Pleas, Orphans’ Court, Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, in Bellefonte, for Je County of Centre, and to commence on the FOURTH MONDAY OF FEBRUARY, being the 25th day of February, 1918, and to continue as business may require. Notice is hereby given to the Coroner, Justices of the Peace, Alderman and Con- stables of said County of Centre, that they be then and there in their proper persons at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of the 25th, with their records, inquisitions, examinations and their remembrances to do those things which to their office apper- tains to be done, and those, who are bound in recognizances, to prosecute against the prisoners that are or shall be in the jail of Centre County, be then and there to prosecute against them as shall be just. Given under my hand at Bellefonte, the 11th day of January, in the year of our Lord 1918, and the one hundred and forty- third year of the Independence of the United States of America. GEO. H. YARNELL, Sheriff's Office, Bellefonte. Pa., = Sheriff. January 11, 108. G4-4-4t Centre Engineering and Foundry Company South Thomas St. Bellefonte, Pa. Mr. Farmer YOU NEED —LIME NOW more than ever before. All kinds of Gray Iron Castings. Sled Soles a specialty. Send us your pattern or bring sled so we can get shape. ALL KINDS OF MACHINE WORK DONE Call us on Commercial phone Potash is scarce. Your soil con- tains considerable potash in una- and let us quote you on Scrap vailable form; an application of Iron and Steel. burned lime in some form, such as J. P. HARBOLD, H-O OR LUMP Manager. will make a portion of this potash available for crops. Order Lime early and be prepared. High Calcium Pennsylvania Limes. 63-2-1m INSURANCE! Fire and Automobile Insurance at a reduced rate. 62-38-1y. J. M. KEICHLINE, Agent. Write for Booklet. American Lime & Stone Co 63-2-11t General Office: TYRONE, PA To the Farmers of Centre County Snow Shoe, Pa., February 4th, 1918. The State Highway is now open to the Snow Shoe regions and the sledding is good—If you have any Baled Hay or Baled Straw, Qats or Corn for sale bring it out to Snow Shoe. We will pay you for good Baled Hay $27.50 per ton, Oats 85 cents, Shelled Corn $2.00 per bushel, Corn Ears $1.70 for 75 lbs., Baled Straw $14.00 per ton and get a load of Cannel Coal at $3.00 per ton. It is the best coal for domestic use. No slate or boney coal and no out-crop. All pure coal, and leaves no clinkers on the grate. The mine is located near Moshannon, about an hour’s drive from Snow Shoe, on the State highway, and we have arranged to dump the coal in your sleds. Coal always ready for you. Should you wish to stay over night at Snow Shoe the hotel here has a good large barn for your teams. Follow the signs posted along the State highway from Snow Shoe Intersection to the Cannel Coal Mines, Bring your grain, hay and produce to Budinger’s store and ’ get your cash, and an order for a load of Cannel Coal. The sledding is good if the weather stays cold. If convenient phone us when you are coming. BUDINGER BROTHERS. The Car Load of 25 Caloric Furnaces are all sold and in use, and everyone without exception giving great satisfaction. We Expect Another Carload in a few days. The cost of operat- ing is half of what it costs to run a Steam Plant of same capacity Let us talk the matter over with you The Potter-Hoy Hardware Co., BELLEFONTE, PA. 62-35 DAIRY FEED A Balanced Ration and a Milk Producer Consisting of Cotton Seed Meal, Wheat Bran, Alfalfa Meal, Molasses, Gluten Feed, Fine Ground Oats and Salt. GUARANTEED ANALYSIS : Crude Protein 17.50 % Crude Fat : , 3.00 Carbohydrates 45.00 Crude Fibres . 15.00 TRY IT AND BE CONVINCED. WASTE PAPER BALERS—Save waste paper. Waste Paper is worth more money than you have an idea of. Get a BALER to-day and save BOTH. Soon pays for itself and is a constant source of profit. DON’T feed 6 cent milk to calves. Sell the milk and feed the calves “RYDES” CALF MEAL. Is less expensive and better for the calf. BEEF SCRAP—55% Protein, 10 per cent. SCRATCH FEED—Lay or Bust. Grit, Oyster Shells, Charcoal, Linseed Meal, Old Process Oil Meal. Wag ons, Sleds, Sleighs, Pumps. Etc. Dubbs’ Implement and Seed Store, 62-47 BELLEFONTE, PH.
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