Demoreaiicifaicyem Bellefonte, Pa., March 14, 1919. BIRD IS WORTH PRESERVING Writer Deplores the Threatened Ex- tinction of the Beautiful and Useful Upland Plover. The upland plover, one of the mnst beneficial birds of all the winged host. that once abounded in North America. has been hunted and shot to the verge of extermination, says Dumb Animals. With the passing of the passenger pigeons, which even now so many friends of all birds find it hard to be- lieve and of which a great many are not convinced, the plovers were marked for wholesale destruction. They were eandidates for oblivion along with more than a score of other useful and beautiful species that could be ill spared from our vast and valuable n tive fauna. There is a ray of hope that these birds may not be pursued to complete annihilation. The federal law for the protection of migratory birds makes ir Possible for the plover species to re- hebilitate itself, provided the closed season be fixed to continue throughout the year. The upland plover is a mi- gratory bird and an insectivorous bir Its food consists of 97 per cent of ani- mal forms which are chiefly the worst enemies to agriculture. The federal law fixes a closed season on migra- tory insectivorous birds to continue throughout the year with the exception of the hobolink or ricebird, but under the law the plover is classed as a mi- gratory game bird and so its fate is precarious. These birds should not be shot. a= GRANT REFUSED TO ANSWER When President, He Declined to Teli House Where He Had Been During Absence. During President Grant’s administra- tion a movement was started to call Grant to account for having been ab- sent from Washington. The house asked him by resolution to inform it what oflicial acts he had performed while away, says an exchange. The hero of Appomattox replied : “I freely inform the house that from the time ef my entrance upon my of- fice, I have been in the habit, as were all of my predecessors, of absenting myself at times from the seat of gov- ernment, and that during such ab- sences I did not neglect or forego the obligations or duties of my office, but eontinued to discharge all of the ex- ecutive offices, acts and duties which were required of me as president of the United States. I am not aware that a failure occurred in any one in- stance of my exercising the functions and powers of my offices in every case requiring their discharge, or of my ex- ercising all necessary executive acts in whatever part of the United States I may at the time have been.” Waxing Wooden Dishes. If wooden dishes are to be waxed to render them impervious, they should be made of a good quality of pine or deal with an even grain, and the inside should be sandpapered quite smooth. Then, says “Camera Craft,” while the dish is being made thoroughly warm, to just a little short of the scorching point, using an ordinary kitchen oven, the wax should be melted and heated in a water bath on top of the fire. With both the dish and the wax as hot as can be conveniently handled, the coating is applied with a brush that is not too stiff, as evenly as possible, working in a warm atmosphere. When the fire has gone out the dish may be put back in the oven, so that the wood will absorb more of the wax than it otherwise would, leaving it there until the next morning. With a little prac- tice one is able to make a workmanlike job; and such dishes, particularly for large sizes, make a great saving in ex pense, A Sad World. I am cursed with good manners. I cannot grab for food. I cannot take the choice morsel of a dish. I instinec- tively choose the most uncomfortable seat. I make way for others at the ticket oflice. I let everyone push ahead of me to secure the remaining seats of a subway coach. I suffer when forced to take a proffered seat. I do not interfere with the conversation of shopgirls behind the counter. I wait. I accept invitations from “persons” de- sirous of showing off their homes or their cash in restaurants. I listen pa- tiently to platitudes of the young, or to the discoverers of Oscar Wilde and Bernard Shaw. I agree that men are vainer than women. I smile upon an- noying children. I admire the costum- ing of all the women I know. Unless hysterical, I never inquire of my love where he has been, whither going, or whom he has seen. I give everyone the preference of liberty. I lose op- portunities.—G. Vere Taylor in Judge. Useless Precaution. “I told the minister to leave the word ‘obey’ out of the marriage cere- mony.” “You needn’t to have taken the trou- ble. He is a man who doesn’t believe in wasting words.” Easy. “It is easy to be one sort of philos- opher.” “Huh?” “Easy to deduce that a man’s misfor- ~tunes are his own fault.”—Louisville Courier-J ournal. HONORED BY ALL Praise Accorded American Soi- diers Is Universal. To Their Bravery and Chivairy on the Field of Battle Has Been Added Fine Generosity to an Un- scrupulous Enemy. “Let another man praise thee and not thine own mouth; a stranger and not thine own lips,” says an ancient proverb; which is easier to obey than it has been sometimes, for the air is resonant with adulation for this coun- try and its people—praises for its be- nevolence, energy, idealism, army and navy. We have exulted in the praise be- stowed upon the boys in khaki for their chivalry toward women, their gentle- ness to little children, their high mo- rale amid great temptations, and their courage in battle. But these vir- tues were all exhibited to friends and allies. Now comes, however, a testimony to their behavior toward their enemies, which ought, we think, to give us even a deeper joy. “Especial praise,” says a dispatch from Amsterdam, “was given the American troops of occupation by a representative of the Berlin foreign ministry on his return from Treves. “The judgment of all Germans, such as shopkeepers, hotel keepers and men on the street, is that the behavior of the Americans is blameless.” “Blameless!” “Sans peur et sans re- proche!” We pity the man or woman who can read that testimony without choking up a little bit. One ought not to for- get that these young Americans are among a people whom they have learned to hate. If there has been one thing above all others upon which they universally agreed, it was loathing and horror for German frightfulness. In all their letters home they wrote of their irrepressible dread that the war might be stopped in sone way before they had taken vengeance upon the Huns for their bestial conduct toward wounded men and helpless women and children. And now they are moving across the country of their hated foes as conquer- ors! On every highway and at every street corner they see the men who have perpetrated these nameless hor- rors. Those men are at their mercy. And yet, upon the testimony of these brutes themselves, “their behavior is blameless.” We read that they march through these German cities grim and silent; their faces white and their jaws set; looking neither to the right hand nor to the left; self-contained and self- controlled. These are the men, re- member, who went “over the top” in many a bloody battle, singing “We won't come back until it’s over—over there.” “Blameless!” “Sans peur et sans re- proche!” What a miracle is such young man- hood! How strangely its contempla- tion moves the hearts. What pride we take in thinking that these blameless youths belong to us! They are our boys—yours and mine! If the generation of lads now grow- ing up in America is not fired with a spirit of emulation by the conduct of these soldiers of the American expedi- tionary forces, we shall feel like dis- owning them. There will be but lit- tle excuse for rowdyism, inefficiency, intemperance and cowardice for the boys whose fathers and big brothers have extorted such admiration net only from friends but foes.—Cincinnati En- quirer. New Finish for Concrete Floors. A new polish for concrete floors where a hard surface and a dustless one is desired consists of 95 per cent of iron dust or iron flour. It is added to the dry cement in the proportion of 15 to 25 pounds to each 100 pounds, and one part of the mixture is used with two parts of sand. This prepara- tion is applied as a top coat to a thick- ness of one-half to one inch. It forms a hard and durable floor, claimed to be waterproof and not slippery. This com- position is also made use of where it is desired to make new concrete units with old. re eee. In the Old Sweet Way. Christmas came in the old, sweet way; the Lord ain't forgotten where his homefolks stay! Oh, they've been in the dark, but the dark made the day; the Lord knows the number where his homefolks stay! Burn, little fire, in the humble place, with the Christmas smilin’ in a child’s sweet face; sing, sweet Christmas, in the old, sweet way: “The Lord ain’t forgotten where his homefolks stay !"— Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitu- tion. No Economy. “The Germans consider themselves great political economists.” “Don’t see why they should, after the way they wasted money on propa- ganda.” The Dizzy Life. Miss Prittikid—Oh, I am so happy, Jack has bought a new auto; one-man top, you know. Mrs. Ryder—How nice! Now he can take you for a spin. None Turned Up. “I can’t tell just what nationality that tall stranger belongs to. He wears a drooping mustacle.” “Oh, then, he must belong to the Prussian guards.” USE OF PHONETIC SPELLING Reasons Atvansed Win Why It Would Be Well if Its Study Should Be Made More General. Phonetics in its broadest sense is a | study of the whole range of sounds, | articulate, musical and otherwise. In its restricted sense it is confined tov articulate sounds of human speech. Even in this restricted sense it is still broad enough to include the subject of the acoustic or mechanical side and | the anthropological or philologlieal side. It may discuss simply the speech vibrations that cause any par- ticular sensations on the human ears, or it may include an investigation of the marner and causes of the changes the articulate sounds of a language undergo as it develops. The study of phonetics is widely advocated by dhilologists and by many of the most thoughtful teachers for three reasons: (1) That persons may speak their mother tongue correctly through thus learning to know the proper valuation of its sounds; (2) that they may learn successfully the pronunciation of oth- i er languages, to which a knowledge of { their own is the best introduction; (3) that those who wish to study philology may have science, guage cannot be successfully studied i i 1 y | | netic spelling. Hundreds of phonetic alphabets have been proposed, but the only one that has made progress and bids fair to become ;reneral (naturally with some modifications) is that of the Association Internationale Phone- tique. This alphabet took form be- by Paul Edouard French phonetician. Passy, a noted AUTO HAD LOST ITS SOUL Ccurse, the Owner Could Have Had Nothing to Do. This road burner was betting on a sure thing. “If my car will make 32 miles an hour,” said an indignant own- er of a flivver, who was haled into court for fracturing the speed law, “I'll make this policeman a present of it.” And the magistrate took the speeder at his word by ordering the cop to take a joy ride. “But bear in magistrate, Is capable of that speed you automati- about the speed you were making, and will pay a $25 fine hesides.” on, judge,” said the automobilist, at which the court pounded the gavel. But the cop didn’t win the auto. &n hour prisoner, “You're “Your honor,” said the po: dition, wouldn't go a mile in a month. We went over to the garage to get It and it puffed, sneezed, whistled and went one block under protest. Me- chanically, about everything is miss- ing but the windshield. Somebody must have kicked the soul out of fit since I saw it. The car has been tam- pered with and there is no mistake ahout it.” The owner of the flivver was fined $25 and made a brief speech, in which he allowed that justice had fled from the earth. Shooting Into Space. The question of whether it would ¢ver be possible to shoot a projectile into space, that is to say entirely off the earth, has long been the subject of discussion, In a detailed scientific paper on the German long-ranged gun which bombarded Paris last spring, Major J. Maitland-Addison, writing in the Journal of the Royal Artillery, says the requisite velocity of such a gun is not so very much higher than what has already been achieved; viz., a muzzle velocity of a mile per second. When we are able to increase this to five miles per second, the projectile, if fired at a suitable angle, will travel around the earth as a grazing satellite, completing its orbit between 17 and 18 times daily. With a velocity of about seven miles a second, it will move off into space, never to return. Hidden Beauties. The hidden beauties of standard au- ¢hors break upon the mind by sur- prise. It is like discovering the hid- den spring in an old jewel. You take up the book in an idle moment, as you may have done a thousand times be- fore, perhaps wondering as you turn over the leaves what the world finds in it to admire; when suddenly as you read your fingers press closely upon the covers, your frame thrills, and the passage you have lighted on chains you like a spell, it is so vividly true and beautiful. Milton’s “Comus” flashed upon me in this way.—N. P. Willis. Doing Nicely. “I hear you have a new lady clerk.” “Yep.” “How is she doing in the office?” “Doing very well. Half the clerks seem to be willing to do her work for her.”—Louisville Courier-Journal. Resemblance. “My dear,” said Mr. X. as he looked at nis wife’s purchases, “you remind me of the Greek slave.” “How 80?” “You were sold at auction.”—Boston Evening Transcript. Its Effect. “There is one thing about the air of society.” “What is that?” “It has a tendency to make a green man turn red.” a key to that | And the sounds of our lan- | Mysterious Happening With Which, of | cally admit that the officer is right | or explained without some use of pho- ! : Ism of the American people. tween 1885 and 1889 in proposals made i mind,” were the parting words of the | “that if your automobile ; you will not only lose your car, hut Balf | later he was back with his liceman, “that car. in its present econ- GLASS HITS AT LOAN “GLOOMS” Treasury Head Has Supreme Faith in American Patriotism. Upon the patriotism of the Ameri- can people Carter Glass, Secretary of the ‘Treasury, places full reliance for the success of the Victory Liberty Loan. Mr. Glass does not agree with the “glooms” who contend that commer- cialism is in the hearts of the people and that a spirit of avarice will re- tard the loan. Sentiment and the spirit of sacrifice are, In his opinion just as closely allied to the present campaign as they were to its prede- cessors. He is confident that an ap- peal to public patriotism will succeed where a campaign based on strictly commercial or profit-taking argument would be ineffective. In an interview he stated his rea- sons for holding to the patriotic view, as follows: “Some men tell me it will be impos- sible again to appeal to the patriot- Frankly, I should despair of my country if this were exactly true. I wonder if those who talk in this fashion speak considerately? They tell about the ‘sacrifices’ the American people have made, and in their voices there is a metallic tone and in their mien uncon- scious austerity. “What is meant by the ‘sacrifices’ of war for America? Where are our devastated fields and ruined cities? Wher? our cathedrals destroyed and homes profaned? Where our flooded mines and pillaged factories? Where our defiied women and starved -chil- dren and wrecked men? Where on this wide continent does hunger stalk abroad or pestilential disease claim its thousands of victims? “Is it, then a serious ‘sacrifice’ to invest one’s money in the interest- bearing obligations of one’s govern- ment in order to make everlastingly secure the nation's freedom as well as the nation’s property? Is it a grave sacrifice to devote one’s labor to such a cause and in the process to acquire the habit of thrift and sav- ing, so sadly lacking as a character- istie of the American people? “Our allies fought for us nearly three years before we began to fight with them. For nearly that period of time the United States profited tre- mendously, in a commercial and indus- trial sense, by the European war. Immense fortunes were made; pros- perity pervaded our land. Our domes tic trade was almost past computa- tion ; our foreign trade in many lines was epochal. “France and Britain lost millions of men killed and millions of others Less than sixty thousand heroes sleep beneath the sod of France. These men made the supreme sacrifice. Should we dis- honor their memories or diminish the glory of their service by pausing in the cheerful performance of an im- perative duty? “Do we quite fully appreciate the sacrifices made by these boys for us when we talk about discharging our debt on a commercial basis, ih a cold: blooded way? May we not, in this temper, present a distasteful contrast with the spirit of that American sol. dler who, standing at the brink of eternity, pulled out and gave over his last farthing to help the Red Cross aid other wounded men! “I want to be sensible in dealing with the Victory Loan. But, as the question looks to me, we should not approach it in cold blood. We have a right to invoke the patriotism of the people. Upon this I shall confidently rely; and I predict that the response will in no measure disappoint the ex- pectation of those who set a high estimate upon the fine spirit of the American nation. “We call this last the Victory Lib. erty Loan. It is that and more! It is a Thanksgiving Loan. We are not | “YM AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS going to approach it strictly in a commercial spirit. We are not going to float it strictly on a commercial basis. It is impossible to do it. A little thought will teach the wisest among the financiers of this country that it is impossible now to float, purely for investment purposes, a loan of five or six billions of dollars. “We have got to appeal to the pa- triotism of the American people, and it will not be done in vain. There are yet two million American boys in France and Germany who must he maintained in comfort and brought home in safety and provided with em- ployment on their return. While congress is writing off the books $15, 000,000,000 of authorizations, for which public funds vould have been expend- ed had not the war suddenly termin- ated, the government is still expend- ing two billion doHars per month to meet the honorable commitments of the country, “The honor of the government is involved,and I know that the appeal of the American government to the wounded. America. ; American people will meet a response : of which the nation will be proud.” VICTORY LOAN LIMERICKS. ‘There was a young fellow named Jim, : Whose old-age savings were slim, But one day he got “wise” And since then he just buys Every bond that is offered to him. Big, Bona Fide Reductions «..on all... Men’s Overcoats csndlouees 2 Fauble’s RR RRR - ee Sanaa SA SA Eh JL] Jill] Sra Sra BAER fe = Lh It will be Worth your While See Us AS Sia = ra ot |! 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