Bellefonte, Pa., February 1, 1918. T1AY HAVE BEEN INDIGESTION indianapolis Man Is Puzzled Over Pe- culiar Action of Hitherto Well- Behaved Automobile. The accustomed peace and quiet in the village of Woodruff Place was larshly broken late the other evening hy a disturbance that caused A. L. {'mith, living in the East drive, to won- Jer what particular brand of spooks ‘nds lodgment in the innards of motor cars, says the Indianapolis News. mith put his car in the garage at a ¢ecent and respectable hour, turned off ihe lights, locked the door, hung the ley on the nail in the kitchen and went io bed. But that motor car did not seem to be fully satisfied. Perhaps the heat and the stuffy garage had something to do with it. Whatever the nature of the bug un- der its bonnet, the troubled soul of the automobile found voice along : bout midnight. From the dark re- cesses of the garage rose a quavering howl that put to shame all roosters within half a mile. Slumbering neigh- hors turned over, muttered “What the deuce?” or other synonymous classical references, and peered out of the L:athroom windows, while Smith, trust- ty revolver in one hand and flashlight in the other, padded cautiously garage- ward. Peering within, nothing ap- peared, but the car still yelled its head «ff. Advancing boldly, he commanded, “See here, now, that’s enough of this nonsense,” and stepped on the running board, at which the car gave a final velp and subsided. “Now somebody :oll me what started it,” said Smith ext morning, at the caucus of neigh- hors in the alley. “Sounded mighty + poooky, anyway.” (DEAL METAL FOR MOTORS Secret of Material Which Has Made German Airplanes Superior to Oth- ers Has Been Discovered. The United States government has learned that the success of the Ger- man airplanes is largely attributable to what is known as kaiser zinn metal, which is used for the motors. A piece of this metal was picked up by 21 British soldier who brought down a (ierman taube. It interested him so much that he subjected it to a scien- tific test and discovered that it con- .isted of the following: Copper, 1.58 parts: tin, 92.98 parts, and antimony, 5.44 parts. This alloy, which is somewhat akin i» Britannia metal, was discovered by the Germans about 50 years ago. They tirst used it as a substitute for silver in the making of all kinds of articles for the dining table, never dreaming ihat some day it would prove so serv- iceable in military affairs. It is as iight as aluminum, has great tensile strength and unusual resisting power. A prominent American manufacturer +f motors has succeeded in duplicating this alloy perfectly, and in a short time several thousand motors made of it will be ready for use. It is claimed that it can be turned out at small ex- pense. Shall It Be “Langleys?” . As a tribute to the memory of the rian who was first to discover, and partly to apply, the rule in aero- vtatics, to which the world is in- 'ebted for the modern advance in avi- ation, it is proposed that the United States government shall designate the airplanes which it is to send to Eu- ropean battlefields “Langleys.” Great- ¢r recognition than his work has re- ceived should certainly be given to the modest professor, who, theoretically, t least, proved it possible to navigate (he air with heavier-than-air machines. J3ut, then, there are the Wrights. No injustice should be done the men who put Professor Langley’s theory into practice. Would not “Langwrights” be a better name?—Christian Science Monitor. May Have Solved Old Problem. A German scientist claims to have solved: the problem of transmitting photographs under the ocean by cable. 1lis process, if successful, represents the solution of an old problem. Photo- sraphs have long been transmissible Ly telegraph by the use of selenium, a metal whose electrical resistance va- ries with the intensity of the light striking it. But a similar process for cable work has never been perfected hitherto, because of the extreme feeble- ness of the electric current that must pass through thousands of miles of wire without a relay. The new process is said to make use of the selenium principle and an elaborate system of relays at each end. Quota, Quote and Unquote. “Why did it take so long to fill the quotas?’ said William Hennessey of the fifth division, repeating a question. “There's a lot of reasons,” he an- swered. “You've got to pay proper respect to Washington by reading all of their orders. Listen to this one about the examination of teeth: “Repeat following telegram to local hoards at once: Period quote physical regulations comma line seven from the hottom substitute quote or unquote for quete and unquote between quote side unquote and unquote two above un- quote period, in other words comma man must have two teeth in opposition on one side or the other.”—Chicago Ilerald. ———They are all ‘good enough, but the “Watchman” is always the best. BIG HERDS GONE World War Wastes Europe's Meat Supply. rn me American Stock Raisers Co-operate With Food Administration in Con- servation Measures. meee it is probable that Europe for many years after the war will look to a great extent to America for its meat supply. Europe's herds are dwindling under war's demands faster than they can be replenished. When the German armies retired from occupied portions of France and Belgium approximately 1,800,000 head of cattle were appropriated. This ad- dition virtually safeguarded Germany from cattle shortage other nations now suffer. In England some 2,400,000 acres of grass lands have by compulsory meas- ures been forced into grain production, thus reducing pasturage and hay lands. A declining scale of maximum meat prices for live cattle was ordained in England, as follows: For September, $17.76 per hundred pounds; October, $17.28; November and December, $16.08, and for January, $14.40. The evident intent of this measure was to drive the beef animals into market as soon as possible. According to official French figures, the cattle of France have decreased to a total of 12,341,900 as compared with 14,807,000 in 1913. Today, due to lack of forage principally, France is pro- ducing only onc gallon of milk where hefore the war two and one-half gal- lons were produced. Meantime the United States food ad- ministration has taken steps to con- serve our flocks and herds and to in- crease their numbers. The stock breed- ers of this country show a disposition to co-operate with the government in this. For many years it has been a prac- tice among many of the dairy people of this country to kill male calves at birth and in many instances the fe- males if not needed to replenish their herds rather than go to the expense of, maturing them into veal. The high prices of meat caused the virtual dis-| continuance of this killing. Another encouraging fact is 75 per cent. of calves killed for veal this year were males. Somebody has very aptly said that the wars of the world have been won with grease, meaning that bacon and lard have been as essential to success in war as powder, which is true. The hogs of Europe have been very greatly sacrificed to present day needs. This makes the American burden all the more heavy and makes doubly es- sential an increased pork production in this nation. In Italy grain is now forbidden to be fed to hogs. In Den- mark under a recent order one-fourth of the hogs were ordered to be killed. It is estimated that one-half have now heen killed. SEIZURE OF HOUSEWIVES FOOD STOCKS IMPOSSIBLE The government has never consid- ered .any plan of seizing foodstuffs owned by householders. Nor is there any policy of this kind suggested for the future. . In spite of this fact, the United States food administration has been obliged repeatedly to issue official de- nials of rumors that the government intends commandeering preserves and canned goods put up in American homes. : These rumors were originated partly by pro-German propagandists and part- ly by conscienceless grafters, who sought to profit through buying from misinformed housewives. The year 1918 will see home canning and preserving practiced on greater scale than ever before in the nation’s history, officials in Washingten believe. And they are assuring all patriotic housewives that foods so saved are theirs, and theirs alone. NUTRITIOUS CORN BREAD. One New York hotel has arranged a thoroughly patriotic corn bread recipe. It combines cornmeal with rye flour, both of which are being con- sumed in greater quantities this year in order to release wheat flour for the allied nations. This recipe fills a large pan—16 by 22 inches—and con- tains the following ingredients: One quart milk, four ounces butter substl- tute, ten ounces light syrup or honey, three eggs, pinch salt, two pounds cornmeal, one pound rye flour and two ounces baking powder. The butter and syrup are thorough- ly mixed. Then add the eggs gradual- ly, pour in the milk, then add the rye flour mixed with the cornmeal and baking powder. Rake in a hot oven. . —————— Two Wheatless Days Each SAVE WHEAT FOR OUR SOLDIERS—THEY MUST NOT SUFFER! USE CORN FLOUR Meal a Day Will Give Us 90,000,000 Bushels For Our Own Boys and the Allies. Week and One Wheatless “All of our surplus wheat from tie | 1917 crop has already gone to the al-| lies—or to the bottom of the sea. And there wasn’t enough to feed them if it had all reached its destination. There is dire distress among our friends across the sea. Italy is today in a state of semi-starvation and France and England are undergoing the severest privations. TI aly’s defeat was largely due to lack of food and not to lack of skill in warfare or fight- ing spirit among its people. T_e Rus- sian collapse was chiefly the resuit of desperate hunger. To fail to supply the needed bread to England, France and Italy would be to invite more dis aster, and possibly complete defeat and ruin.” Thus spoke Howard Heinz, Federal Food Administrator for Pennsyivania, in an appeal for increased con- servation of food.by the American people with particular reference to wheat. “We need to save many things by self-denial and substitution,” said Mr. Heinz, “meat, fats and sugar, but the all-important thing for the next few months is wheat and more wheat. “Our own boys are ‘over there’ now,” continued Mr. Heinz, “our own sons and brothers—to the number of some hundreds of thousands, and more are going every week. A col lapse or even a serious defeat on the allied front, through failure to sustain the man-power on the fighting line and behind it with sufficient food, would involve our own men in the general loss, as well as those who have fought our battles for us for so long. “Such a misfortune must never be allowed to befall us through the sel- fish indulgence of those of us who are safely comfortable here at home. We can save enough to meet the crisis. We must do it and we will. “Amerizzn patriotism is strong enough tc mesgure up to &X ihe de. mands that may be made upon us, much more to a demand that involves so little sacrifice as introducing two wheatless ways per week and one wheatless meal per day. Many of us will volunteer even more. It is only a question of bringing home clearly to every individual mind a realization of the fact that it is the individual sav- ing that will save the situation and that only the individual saving can save it. What one person or one fam- ily can save amounts to a little in itself, to be sure, but the aggregate amount of the little daily savings of a hundred million patriotic people is vast enough to meet our need. “The American people as individu- als must wake up to the situation as they have not waked up yet. The so- lution of this food crisis is not up to the nation or the state or to any of- ficials. It is not to be solved by the few or by your neighbors. It is a question for you, American Fathers, Mothers, brothers, sisters, friends, of the brave American boys who have gone forth to make the supreme sacri- fice that you may continue to live in peace under free American institu tions—to you, every one individu- ally. “This means to the housewife, the cutting out on wheatless days and at wheatless meals of white bread, rolls and pastry, including pies, also such foods as macaroni and spaghetti on the home table—the regular purchase of at least one-third and better, one- half as much wheat flour as before from her grocer to this extent. It means using in place of, or in combi- nation with, wheat flour, more corn meal and corn and barley flour, more rye, buckwheat and rice, more oat: meal and other cereal substitutes for wheat in the every day menu. “May the response of Pennsylvania in this hour of grave danger to our cause be immediate and generously worthy of our great State.” Is America Saving? On all sides one hears talk of household economy, and thrift in every aspect of daily life. It is inter- esting to learn just what is being ac- complished along these lines, and an article by Lucy Oppen in the Februa- ry Good Housekeeping is particularly illuminating. She says: “The first factor which would lead us to expect an increase is the fact that home gardens, the increased use of perishable foodstuffs, and the in- creased amount of home canning con- tributed very materially to the kitch- en refuse of 1917. The second factor, which would lead us to expect an in- crease instead of a decrease this year, is the fact that in practically every butcher shop in the country, the scraps of fat and bones, which were formerly thrown under the counter to be sold to rendering companies, are now pushed off to the customer. Fig- ures from the rendering companies which used to buy these scraps show that the housewife is now doing her own rendering. “Under these conditions, the report that the quantity of garbage collect- ed during the first nine months of 1917 in eighty-one cities showed a de- crease of twelve to fifteen per cent. over the collections of 1916 is nothing short of marvelous. Translated, this means that the housekeeper who used to put seven or eight pounds of ma- terial into her garbage pail every week has not added a pound or two, as might be expected, on account of her larger use of perishable foodstuffs and butcher’s scraps. Instead she has actually withheld one pound out of every seven or eight which used to go into the can, and has exercised her culinary skill to put it into the soup kettle or baking-pan.” Lonesome. Heigho! We almost wish we had a vice so that we could swear off some- thing January 1st. CASTORIA. CASTORIA. i LL [FRO Ii BLL AVegetable re atationforAs a by Regula- ing the Stomachs and Bowelsof | Thereby Promoting Digestion) Cheetfulness and Rest. GontattS | jm, Morphine nor [|| neither Opium, 0p OTIC) 81, NOT A J Remedy for S| AhelpfulRemedyR | | Gonstipationand Da d Feveris a Yous OF SyEEE esting therefrom nian’ Facsimile Signature of vs addy i EC rut : AtOm CENTS: rs Exact Copy of Wrapper. 59-20-e.00.w GASTORIA For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bears the Signature of In Use Thirty Years GASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY, Shoes. Shoes. Men's Good Quality One--Buckle ARCTICS You Can Always find A BARGAIN if you come here. YEAGER'S SHOE STORE THE SHOE STORE FOR THE POOR MAN BELLEFONTE, PA. Bush Arcade Building 58-27 Come to the “Watchman” office for High Class Job work. For Over LYON & COMPANY. The following conversation took place in our store: “The price of this bed spread is much less than I ex- pected to pay.” This is not only the story in bed ‘spreads but in every department. Dove Undermuslins Envelope Chemise from 48c. up. Night Gowns from 50c. up. Petticoats from 350c. up. Corset Covers from 23c. up. Table Linens and Napkins Our stock of Table Linens is wonderful. In these days of linen scarcity we can show a big assortment of all Linen Table Damask. Napkins to match. Also mercerized Table Damask. A big assortment of Un- bleached Table Linens. A Big Reduction on All Winter Apparel. Ladies’ Coats and Suits . : Misses’ Coats and Suits At Sacrifice Prices. Odds and Ends, Short Lengths in Silk, Wool and Cotton Enough for one dress or a waist in each piece, at half the price. The Best Values, The Lowest Prices. Don’t wait, but come at once for these bargains. Lyon & Co. -. Bellefonte.
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