Bellefonte, Pa., November 15, 1918.
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UNDYING LIGHT.
O Thou the Lord and Maker of life and |
light!
Full heavy are the burdens that do weigh
Our spirits earthward, as through twilight
gray
We journey to the end and rest of night;
Though well we know to the deep inward
sight
Darkness is but thy shadow, and the day
Where Thou art never dies, but sends its
ray
Through the wide universe with restless |
might.
O Lord of Light, steep Thou our souls in
Thee!
That when the daylight
shade,
And falls the silence of mortality,
And all is done, we shall not be afraid,
But pass from light to light; from earth's
dull gleam
Into the very heart and heaven ef our
dream.
trembles into
~ Richard Watson Gilder.
ANDREW GRAHAM'S LETTER TO
HIS AUNT MARY.
Dear Aunt Mary:
You may remember that you asked |
me to tell you all that I could find out |
about your old neighbor, Mrs. Strong, |
and her one and only boy, Billy. Not |
that I love Billy too hard. for I used |
to be everlastingly told to do this or |
that “as Billy Strong did it,” with the !
invariable ending “and he is the nicest
boy in Centre county.” Quite enough |
to make all the boys in the neighbor-
hood hate him—but we never did, and |
for good reasons. I remember that |
I greatly admired his unusual height, |
and mother told me that that boy’s |
legs grew at night, (a perfectly truth- |
ful statement, but limited), and that |
if 1 went to bed early, and promptly
to sleep, mine might be as long as his!
were, which may be the reason that |
they are so. What cheerful yarns our |
mothers tell us, in the years when we |
take all they tell us as gospel.
1 could not find the old Quantrells, |
for the excellent reason that they |
went over to the “Great Silent Major- |
ity” some years ago. But their neph-
ew, young Jefferson Davis Quantrell, |
lives in the old home of the Strong’s, |
and with the help of his pretty little |
wife runs the village store, where you
can buy anything there is, and then
some.
The neighbors say that he has
trained her to manage the store and
that it will support her and their two
children while he goes “over there”
(to use his own vile slang) “to fetch
the Boches a swipe.”
Three nights in a week he goes
several miles to drill with other men
from neighboring farms and the rail-
way shops, “in case Uncle Sam might
need us.” : :
The beanty of it is that his wife
backs him, and is as cheerful over it
as if Quantrell were going to a dance. !
It seems to me that women like that,
are of quite as much value to the
country as are the men in the trench-
és. $
These Quntrells have all the
household “plunder” of the Strongs,
for when Billy enlisted his mother
went as a Red Cross nurse. :
They say that she did not tell him
of her plans but kept the house run-
ning as usual so that he might have
only comfortable memcries of their
dearly-loved little home.
Then, with the help of “Pa and Ma
Quantrell” she moved some chests
and boxes into the garret, left others
in their usual places, and went off to
do her share of the vast work needed
to care for our wounded men.
I heard one of the Quentrells say,
“now be careful Tom, or you will
geratch Mrs. Strong’s bureau.”
They say Billy is engaged to a very
pretty girl from Tennessee, a cousin,
who visited the Quantrell's last sum-
mer. If so, they are silent about it.
This woman and her son seem to
have strong characters, and what does
not always accompany strength, to
be attractive personally, or to use
your favorite expression, magnetic.
Tt seems that the French refused,
with thanks, the offer from some New
York society to receive and care for
any and all orphans sent over to them
by the French. This society engaged
to piace these orphans in good fami-
lies and employ competent people to
see that they are well cared for and
kindly treated, with good opportuni-
ties at school.
After due consideration and cour-
teous thanks, the French replied that
as their men are being killed and dis-
abled in vast numbers, and their wom-
en are dying from the fearful suffer-
ing entailed by this unspeakeble war,
if they send their children to grow
up in a foreign nation their existence
as a nation will end.
Therefore, they will keep them at
home; but that they will be very
grateful for help in clothing and food
until such time as France can again
supply them from their own fields
and factories.
While I admire their spirit I great-
ly regret the privations which these
poor little tots must undergo in their
formative years.
However, our women proceeded at
once to form a society of “god-moth-
ers,” I think they call it.
Fach woman promises to send the
child eash and clothing sufficient to
care for its comfort for one year.
Like all gossip, the stories vary as
to sum needed. Some say sixty dol-
lars a year, some a hundred. Each
child to be with its mother, where
that is possible.
Let us hope many “god-mothers”
will help. If I get any more infor-
mation I will forward it to you.
Also I propose that my good and
dear old Aunt Mary is a god-mother
to one of these poor little victims of
this ungodly war and will let me send
her an occasional tener to help out.
Let us prove that we recall when
Lafayette was our best friend.
I remain your affectionate nephew,
ANDREW GRAHAM.
Sub-editor—A correspondent wishes
to know why they whitewash the in-
side of 2 hen-house.
Tditor—Tell him it’s to keep the
hens from picking the grain out of
the wood.
er Fear
| the special process of Professor Monti,
| an Italian experimenter, is a grape su-
! served fruits, marmalades, and flavor-
Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
New Kind of Grape Honey.
The “honey of grapes” prepared by
gar particularly recommended for pre-
ing syrups. The juice is pressed from
tation, is next frozen in a rotating cyl-
inder with removal of the ice crystals,
and is further concentrated to syrup
of grapes by heating under low pres-
sure. For honey of grapes the con-
centration is continued until crystals
are found. :
Tender Thoughts in Will.
Sometimes there are found such ten-
der touches as these in the will of 2
late town clerk of Monmouth, who
died in 1915, aged seventy-two. He |
left to the Monmouth General hospital
and dispensary, for the children’s
ward, in memory of his darling child
Lizzie, £500 and a framed portrait of
the child, and desired the authorities |
to place on her grave a wreath of flow= |
ors each Palm Sunday and a wreath
of holly each Christmas day.
ae eee
| ing to make history and geography
| real to your
maps is the map
| himself ?
| the grapes with care to avoid fermen-
| history,
| making,
| be given exact information in simple
| form, so that they can discuss world
| events with their elders and thus re-
| ceive the best possible kind of educa-
| tion?
Teaching These Times.
Dear Teacher: What are you do-
schoolroom ?
Do you realize that the best of all
drawn by the pupil
Can each of your pupils make a
free hand map of Europe and locate
important places?
Do you drill your pupils in the cor-
rect spelling and pronunciation of the
names of places and persons that ap-
pear in the day’s doings?
Are you awake to the fact that this
is the most critical age in the world’s
that history is now in the
and that the children should
Have you digested and reduced the
| history of each of the countries of
| Europe to its simplest form, eliminat-
| ing confusing details, so that your
| pupils know
| nation ?
clearly the story of each
Do your pupils understand exactly
why America entered the war? who
started the war?
Have you made plain to your pupils
the difference between democracy and
. autocracy ?
Lute Out of Existence.
The lute has vanished. It was one
of the oldest of instruments, and had |
a beautiful vibrant tone somewhat like
that of the harp. But its size and
complexity were against it. It had a
lon tail and many strings, and while |
its size increased its power and range,
it also increased its weight and made |
it cumbrous. The minstrel of today
plays on the mandolin, the guitar or
the banjo—and the lute is forgot.
Being Ahead of the Times.
The world calls every man that is
ahead of his age a erank. here is no |
disgrace in it. It may be a little hard |
not to be understood and appreciated |
when you know you have what the |
world needs, notes an exchange. But |
1
i remember, that's the way with the
world, It sometimes takes years, and |
sven centuries for people to appreciate
what's beyond their expericace.
eet re ot
Husband and Wife.
Compensation for services rendered
by a wife outside of the home of her |
husband, with whom she is living, such |
services not being in the discharge of
her household or domestic duties, and
not in interference therewith, is held |
recoverable in an action therefor in |
her own name and for her own use, in
Bechtol vs. Ewing, L. R. A. 19178, 289, |
California's Weeping Trees. i
California has but two species of na- |
+ive trees that are normally of weeping
hnbit. One is Quercus lobata, the val- |
ley oak, having its most southerly |
range near Burbank. The other is |
Picea Breweriana, the weeping spruce,
which is found in a few isolated moun- |
tainous sections in the northwestern |
corner of the state.
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Economy and Waste.
“Ticonomy is the parent of Integrity,
of Liberty and of Base; and the beau-
i
! ing the
ings stamps,
Can you not select some ringing pa-
triotic sentence from among the great
‘ utterances of this day, for instance
| from some speech of Wilson, Lloyd
| George or Clemanceau, for the chil-
dren to memorize?
Do your pupils understand why we
have been called upon to buy Liberty
bonds, do they know all about thrift
stamps and war savings certificates,
ih are all of your pupils doing their
it ?
Have you explained foed conserva-
tion, why we must save on certain
foods and exactly how to do so?
Do your pupils know the words of
i all the verses of “America” and “The
| Star-Spangled Banner?”
Do they know how to salute the
flag and the rules governing the dis-
play of the flag?
Can they name all of the Allied
| countries at war with Germany?
Are they familiar with the Allied
flags?
Do they know about the work of the
| Red Cross, of the Young Men’s Chris-
{ tian Association, of the Knights of
Columbus, and of the Jewish Welfare
Board ?
Do they know what an Enemy Alien
ig, and what “interning” means?
And what is a Neutral Nation, and |
| what are its rights and duties?
Have you explained to them the
proposed League of Nations and why
it should be formed?
Do you ask each pupil to select the
most important item of yesterday’s
news, and discuss with them its mean-
ling?
Do you ask well-informed men and
women of your community to make
short talks to your pupils on current
events ?
Do you encourage your pupils to
ask questions on world topics?
Do you realize that you are form-
democracy of tomorrow and
that it is essential that the children
under your care know what America
stands for and what are their simple
duties 2—By Dr. Frank Crane.
War Savings Stamps Blue.
Washington, D. C.—New war sav-
to be issued after Jan-
vary 1, will be blue instead of green
i and will bear a portrait of Benjamin
teous sister Temperance, of Cheerful- | pyankiin, Secretary McAdoo announc-
ness and Health; and Profuseness i3| od, The same thrift stamps and thrift
a cruel and crafty demon that gradu- cards will continue to be used and ex-
ally involves her followers in depend: | changed for $5 war savings stamps
ence and debts; that is, fetters them !
with “irons that enter into their souls.”
—Hawkesworth.
|
Weavers.
The arts of weaving and rope and
net-making are practiced by some of
fre lower forms of life, notably
among caterpillars and spiders. The
weaver birds of Africa and India,
which are a species of finch, construct
wonderful nests out of leaves by sew-
ing them together.
Jerked Meats.
“In South America jerked or dried |
meat is known variously as tassage or
tassajo, and jerked venison is prepared
and used by mountain dwellers in the
Rockies and our southern mountain
ranges. In South Africa these dried
meat products are known as biltong.
Many Rats Destroyed.
A club in Kent, England, destroyed
16,000 rats in three seasons at an in-
significant cost. Women’s municipal
leagues in the United States have re-
cently taken up the matter of rat
eradication, notably in Baltimore and
Boston.
Like Getting Signatures.
Sentiment is so easily molded that
three or four active people, by keep-
ing at ‘it long enough can convince
millions at water runs up-hill in-
stead of dOwn.—Atchison Globe.
About His Relations.
Judge—“Now, sir, tell us about your |
marital relations—were they pleas-
ant?’ Bilback—“Pleasant enough, your
honor. But they wanted to live on me
all the time.”—Life.
China Big Hemp Producer.
The production of hemp in China,
the original home of the plant, is
greater than that of any other country
except Russia in normal times.
She .is Like the Reed.
Woman Mike the reed which bends
to every breeze, but breaks not in the
tempest.—Archbishop Whately.
Canadian Forests.
The extent of Canada’s woodlands
and forests is said to exceed £05,000,
0304) acres.
by the method now in use. The 1919
i series will mature January 1, 1924.
“So you think Katherine made a
very suitable match?”
“Yes, indeed. You know what a
nervous, excitable girl she was. Well,
| she married a composer.”
They are all good enough, but
the “Watchman” is always the best.
TO-MORROW NEVER ARRIVES.
Always lookin’ forward to an easy-goin’
time,
When the world seems movin’ careless |
like a bit of idle rhime;
A day when there is nothin’ that kin make
vou sigh or fret; i
Always lookin’ forward—but I haven't !
seen it yet. |
—Washington Star.
i
What's in a Shoe?
What's in a shoe?
Whence comes the material? When
you look at a shoe you see the four
gornety of the globe pulled together
in it.
Begin with the bottom, or sole,
made from the hide of a Texas steer,
tanned in oak from Pennsylvania for-
ests. And the heel is of South Amer-
joan. dry hide, tanned in hemlock
ark.
It’s a kid skin shoe you have? It
looks it, although one can never tell
for sure these days. The vamp is
made of a goat of Brazil. It is tan-
ned with chrome from Caledonia, is
blacked with log wood from Jamaica,
and is glazed with glass from Aus-
ria.
The top is of a skin tanned in Al-
geria, brought to Peabody and there
returned and finished. The tongue is
of sheep leather. The sheep was
raised in Argentine. The leather lin-
ings are of skins of sheep raised in
Australia. The sheep skins were tan-
ned in sumac from Sicily.
The leather of which the shoe is
made is fastened together with thread
of Irish linen or Georgia cotton. The
lacings are of Egyptian or long fibre
Sea Island cotton, tough and strong.
The buttons are of bone, pearl or pa-
per, American or European. The eye-
lets are of brass, coated with cellu-
loid. The brass comes from munition
factories, when they are willing to
give any up. The celluloid comes
from the gun-powder factories.
The tacks are made by the millions,
in Massachusetts, of steel from the
United Steel Corporation. The same
is true of the heel nails, and of the
shanks in the arches of the shoes. If
a person prefers wooden pegs he may
get them at a New Hampshire shoe
shop.
The welt may be of pigskin. The
pig was killed in Chicago, Ill.,, and
his pelt was tanned in Peabody. His
bristles were saved and made into
brushes for cleaning the shoes.
Between the outsole and the insole
of the shoe is the “filler,” a composi-
tion of rubber from Ceylon cut with
naptha and mixed with ground cork
from Portugal. The insole, perhaps,
is of good bark tanned leather. But
it may be of fibre, coated with a sheet
of leather. But more likely it is of
felt, filled with shellac, to make it
stiff. But still more likely it is oil
leatherboard, or of celluloid, or scraps
of leather pasted together with flour
paste and compressed.
The felt is made of waste woolen,
perhaps old coats. The shellac is
from the lac tree of India and the
leatherboard is made down in Maine
of shredded leather, hemp and jute
from India, and other things too nu-
merous to mention.
Yet a few more things are used in
the making of a shoe. The last, is of
maple, from Michigan.
he edges of the soles and heels
are burnished with a wax, which
comes from Brazil, and the shoes are
blacked with a blacking of which wax
is a chief part.
T at Must Make ood
(C) 1918—Stroust & Bros, Inc... BALTIMORE. Mo.
E ASK one question in stocking an overcoat
W model—will it make a friend or keep one ?
This care in selecting is a guarantee of sat-
isfaction in wearing. When your purchase bears the
label of
High-Art Clothes
MADE BY STROUSE & BROS., INC., BALTIMORE, MD.
your eye will tell you that these handsome over"
coats more than maintain our reputation for correct
style. And the same excellence in tailoring and
trimming is obvious when you examine the seams
and lining.
Why not come ‘in today and see these selected
coats? Better nct postpone it. Our stocks are now
complete in designs and sizes.
A. FAUBLE
Allegheny PA.
There are forty-seven other things
in a shoe.—Ex.
Pennsylvania Heads Casualty List.
Washington, D. C.—Pennsylvania
leads the nation’s honor roll in the to-
tal number of casualties suffered by
her boys overseas. The Keystone
State is represented by 6752 names on
these official lists.
From May 4 to October 24, inclu-
sive the total casualties of soldiers of
our armies, as reported by the War
Department and sent to the press of
the United States for publication, was
45,754. Of this number twelve south-
ern States contributed 6671.
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age is its guarantee.
For more than thirty years it has
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Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids
the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend.
ceNuiNE CASTORIA Always
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and has been made under his per-
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,
Drops and Soothing Syrups.
neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance.
Paregoric,
It contains
Its
It is pleasant.
In Use For Over 30 Years
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