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Pemorvaiy Waldman
Bellefonte, Pa., June 6, 1919.
RELIEVED HIS MIND
Sumner Shaw Tells of His Defeat
of Insomnia.
Possibly There Are Others Who Would
Sleep More Peacefully if They
Squared Up With Conscience,
as He Did.
The schoolmaster, who with others
was whiling away an hour in Squire
Marr's office, complained that he had
not been sleeping well lately. He dig-
pified his trouble by calling it insom-
pia. As might have been expected,
the squire had a specific.
“The thing to do,” he said, “is to
make your mind as near a blank as
possible. When I find that my mind
Is disposed to work overtime. I resort
to the old nursery jingle: ‘The House
That Jack Built.’ I repeat it rather
slowly from beginning to end, and go
over it again and again. To me the
rhythm is very soothing, and the pic-
tures that the words call up are con-
stantly changing, just as in dreams.
Presently I begin to get a little tan-
gled up, so that perhaps it will be
the priest all shaven and shorn that
milks the cow with the crumpled horn.
It is not long after that before I drop
Into real slumber that lasts until I am
awakened, may be, by the cock that
crows in the morn.”
“Did you ever try reckoning interest
as a means of inducing sleep?’ asked
Sumner Shaw, the carriage maker.
“As a rule, I'm not much subject to
Insomnia,” he went on. “But I got an
inkling of what it is like when I was
staying overnight at my nephew's in
the city, four years ago, or so. They
make long evenings, and it must have
been close on to ten before I got off
te bed.
“ ‘Bemember that you don’t have to
get up at some unseemly hour, Uncle
Summer,’ says Susie. ‘We don’t have
breakfast until eight.’
“Well, I dropped right off to sleep,
same as usual; but when I woke up
and tumned om the electric light at
the head of the bed, I found it was
only three o'clock.
“ ‘Now, then, says I to myself, ‘T'll
have to get another nap.’
“But that was easier said than done.
The harder I tried the wider awake 1
was. I guess it was insomnia. fast
enough. Finally I got to thinking over
my past life. Well, probably I'd done
worse things In my life, but what I
seemed to fasten on was a little busi-
ness transaction with the Widow Wig-
gin. I sold her a sleigh at my own
price; and the very next day I sold one
just like it to Cap'n Gray, and he beat
me down five dollars, and I made some-
thing at that. In the circumstances I
felt as if it would be no mere than
fair to go to Mrs. Wiggin and make
her the same discount. But you are
apt to let such things go, and pretty
soon she took sick and died. She had
no immediate family, and the property
went to distant connections out of the
state. So I kind of let the thing slide,
as being of no great consequence, any-
way.
“But it loomed up big there in the
dark, and at last I had to promise my-
self that if I lived to get home I'd get
clear of that five dollars somehow. At
that time a Belgian relief fund was be-
ing raised, and I concluded that it
would please her as much as anything,
if she could know it, to put down a
subscription in memory of Mrs. Maria
Wiggin.
“Having settled that, I felt easier,
but not real sleepy, as it still seemed
a long ways ahead to breakfast time.
Then it occured to me that about
eighteen years’ interest ought to go
with that five dollars, and I fell to
considering how much that would be.
I am pretty good at figuring in my
head, and I could have worked out the
simple interest easily; but compound
interest is another matter. However,
I began casting it up, and I got as
far as the fifth year. Then the next
thing I knew Susie was singing out:
‘Breakfast, Uncle Sumner!
“So you see, reckoning interest got
the better of insomnia that time.
Mebbe, though, purging my conscience
had something to do with it. You are
welcome to both of these remedies,
Mr. Jenkins,” he added with a friendly
wink, “in case the squire’s doesn’t
work.”—Youth’s Companion.
A, Rare Bird.
The white-h ia 2d stork, one of the
most interesting and valuable posses-
sions of the London Zoological soclety,
is dead. It was a native of the Up-
per or White Nile, and so far as is
known the o living specimen of
this remarkable bird in Eurgpe. As
long ago as 1860 the then British vice
consul at Khartoum—Mr. Petherick,
himself an indefatigable naturalist—
brought two specimens to London, and
these were the first ever seen alive
in Britain. After an interval of many
years the present sirdar—Sir Reginald
Wingate—presented to the society the
specimen which has just died, and
which was a familiar object in the vi-
cinity of his palace at Khartoum. . Vis-
ftors to the garden in Regent's park
will recall the rather melancholy-
looking bird in the aviary adjoining
the southern entrance. For long pe-
riods it remained almost motionless,
save for the twinkle of an extra mo-
bile eye.
——For high class Job Work come
to the “Watchman” Office.
RABBITS AS A SIDELINE.
Due to the present shortage of
meat, the raising of rabbits for food
and fur is proving a profitable enter-
prise for boys and girls in all parts
of the country. Rabbit clubs, under
the supervision of the Department of
Agriculture in connection with the
State agricultural colleges, are being
formed in practically every State and
are constantly increasing in member-
ship and popularity. According to
the Department of Agriculture fifteen
hundred members of these clubs are
raising rabbits in one city in the
State of Washington, while other
cities throughout the country are do-
ing almost as well.
The war was the direct cause of the
present rapid development of this in-
dustry. Belgium and France have
long been engaged in raising bunnies,
and according to correspondents who
have recently returned from abroad,
rabbit meat constitutes nearly one-
third of the meat used by Germany,
practically all vacant lots in the larg-
er cities of that country being devot-
ed to the production of this cheap and
delicious meat. In the United States
a tremendous demand has sprung up
in the past two or three years for
both rabbit meat and rabbit skins.
About 90,000,000 pelts were imported
into the United States last vear, and
though statistics are not at hand itis
probable that a larger number came
in this year. The skins have many
uses, being made into felt hats, fur
garments of all kinds in imitation of
better quality skins, as lining for
sport clothes and as trimmings for
children’s clothes. A few years age
rabbit skins were worth only a few
cents each while now, due to their
greater popularity and the wider
range of uses to which they are nut,
they are often salable at from twenty-
five cents to one dollar each, the av-
erage price being around thirty-five
cents each.
However, the most profitable side
of rabbit raising is the production of
meat. When it is remembered that
the rabbit is one of the most prolific
of mammals, and that a single speci-
men of one of the larger breeds, such
as Belgian hares or Flemish Giants,
may tip the scales at twelve pounds
when but a few weeks old, it can be
readily seen that there are great pos-
sibilities for profit in this industry.
Practically all big hotels now serve
rabbit, especially those of the south,
where it is served quite as frequently
as chicken, a meat which it closely
fesembles both as to taste and tex-
ure.
| $250,000: to the Allegheny county
How to Get Your Car Out of a Mud
Hole.
A resourceful motorist whose car
has been stuck in the mud does not
always have to fall back on a pair of
mules to get free. For such an emer-
gency the United States Tire compa-
ny offers some suggestions that have
proved valuable.
The first calls for having stored
away somewhere in the car a stack of
old newspapers. When the car gets
stuck and the wheels refuse to take
hold, feed in some of the old papers
between the tires and the mud. Usu-
ally only a few will have to be work-
ed in before the wheels will begin to
grip and the car start forward. This |
method of handling a difficult situa-
tion is so simple and so uniformly
successful, that every motorist should
know of it and carry a pile of old
newspapers, unless he is equipped |
with some other apparatus for such |
a contingency. |
Here is the other method suggest- |
ed by the United States Tire compa- |
ny: Put the car in low, and if you |
cannot feed the gas with your foot |
evenly, so that the wheels will re-
volve slowly, put your emergency |
brake on. Do not put it on so that |
the wheels will not revolve at all, but |
tightly enough to keep them from re- |
volving rapidly. With the wheels
turning slowly, the maximum pull is:
delivered to them by having the car |
in low gear and so long as they turn
slowly they can get the benefit of the |
tremendous power.
It is not always wise to fill the hole
with stones or bricks, for their rough |
edges are hard on tires. Small’
branches of trees are better, as they |
offer much better tractive space. |
Should this method fail, quite often
a slight push that would not much
more than move a baby buggy will
furnish just the added amount of pow-
er necessary to get the car going.
Heinz’ Will Gives to Sunday Schools.
Pittsburgh.—The will of H. J.
Heinz was filed for probate here. The
estimated value of the estate is $4,-
000,000. Relatives are given life-
time incomes ranging from $1,000 to
$25,000 a year, while employees are
remembered with lump sums ranging
from $100 to $20,000. Other be-
quests, payable in five years are:
To the University of Pittsburgh,
school association $50,000; to the
Pennsylvania State Sabbath School
association, $75,000; to the Interna-
Aeroplane Propellers.
A modern aeroplane propeller is
one of the strongest and most perfect
products of man’s handicraft.
Some aeroplane engines run at sev-
enteen hundred revolutions a minute,
and can be geared up to two thous-
and. An engine of this power would
use a nine foot, six inch propeller,
and the speed of the blade ends would
be in the neighborhood of six hun-
dred miles an hour.
Revolving at this terrific rate, the
slightest imperfection in the wood
from which the propellers are made
would tend to disrupt them and cause
them to fly to pieces.
For this reason only the best and
hardest wood from the heart of the
tree is used for propeller blades. It
takes two thousand feet of timber in
the rough to furnish two hundred feet
of wood good enough for propellers.
Black walnut is the very best of
wood for propeller blades, for, besides
being immensely tough, it does not
splinter when hit by a projectile.
Next, in the order named, come ma-
hogany, white oak, ash, maple, birch,
and cherry.—Ex.
Rare, at That.
“What do you work at, my poor
n?’
“Only at intervals, lady.”
Catching.
“Are you troubled with sleepless-
ness?”
“Not unless the baby is.”
MEDICAL.
Are Your
Kidneys Well
MANY BELLEFONTE PEOPLE
KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF
HEALTHY KIDNEYS.
The kidneys filter the blood.
They work night and day.
Well kidneys remove impurities.
Weak kidneys allow impurities to
multiply.
No kidney ill should be neglected.
There is possible danger in delay.
If you have backache or urinary
troubles.
If you are nervous, dizzy or worn
out. ’
Begin treating your kidneys at
{ tional Sunday School association $75,-
1 000 and to the Worlds Sunday School
| association $100,000.
New York, May 29.—While com- |
plete figures are lacking, there is
Salvation Army Winner.
every indication that the Salvation.
Army passed the $13,000,000 goal in’
its home service campaign by approx-
imately $3,000,000, according to an
announcement made by former Gov-
ernor Whitman, chairman of the na-
tional committee.
Thanking the public for its sup-
port, former Governor Whitman as-
serted that “the record made by the
Army in France and in earlier years
at home guarantees that its work of
the future will be well done.” -
ry \
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Purposely Postponed.
The club humorist told a funny
story, a corker, and everybody within
hearing roared—except one man who
remained as sober as a taxpayer.
“What's the matter?” exclaimed
one. of his clubmates.
“Nothing.”
“Why didn’t you laugh?”
“Well,” explained the man, “I'm
going to save it until I get home. I
can always sleep better when I go to
bed laughing. ee a ira &
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
once;
Use a proven kidney remedy.
pine endorsed like Doan’s Kidney
S.
Recommended by thousands.
Proved by Bellefonte testimony.
Mrs. Edward Sunday, 244 Lamb
St., Bellefonte, says: “I have used
Doan’s Kidney Pills and have always
been greatly benefitted by them when
suffering from kidney trouble. I can-
not speak too highly of Doan’s after
what they have done for me.”
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mrs. Sunday had. Poster Mil
Buy Tires of Known Quality
The steady usefulness or your car depends on good tires.
Economy depends on good tires.
United States Tires are good tires.
Take no chances
them.
States Tires,
—for their proved dependability,
—for their oft demonstrated economy.
We can provide you with United States Tires to meet your
peeds exactly.
That's wny we handle
with unknown quality. Buy United
United States Tires
are Good Tires
We know United States Tires are Good Tires. That.’s why we sell them.
P. H. McGARVEY, Bellefonte.
J.
H. BANEY, Howard.
Yeager’s
Shoe Store
Pumps and Oxfords
$5.00 $6.00
Before you purchase your Low Shoes,
call and see what we have to offer for $5 and
$6. Patent Colt and Vici Kid Pumps, French
heels with Aluminum heel plates.
Our $6 Pumps and Oxfords we guaran-
tee to be just as good as shoes can be made,
nothing could be made of a better quality,
hand sewed, long arch counters that keep
them from spreading at the top.
We have many bargains to offer onall
kinds ofsummer shoes.
Call And See
Yeager’s Shoe Store
THE SHOE STORE FOR THE POOR MAN
Bush Arcade Building BELLEFONTE, PA.
58-27
"| Come to the “Watchman” office for High Class Job work.
Lyon & Co. Lyon & Co.
JUNE SPECIALS
Reductions in
Summer Dress Goods
Just the things for these hot days
to make cool dresses.
Figured Voiles from 10c up to 50c
Flaxons, all colors, from 25¢ up.
Ginghams from 25¢ to Tb,
Silks
Georgettes, Crepe de Uhenes,
stripes and plaids, all colors,
‘at summer reduction prices.
Dove Undermauslins
Night Gowns from 7&c up.
Drawers from 25¢ up.
Petticoats from b0c up.
Specials
75 dozen Ladies’ Gauze Vests,
regular value 35c; special, 3 vests
for b4ec,
Half Hose
Black, tan and all colors; fine cot-
ton; all sizes—9 1-2 to 11 1-2;
regular value 25c.. 4 prs for 50c.
Coats and Coat Suits
Special prices this month on all
Coats and Coat Suits for Ladies,
Misses and Children.
Lyon & Co. «»» Lyoné& Co.