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BELLEFONTE ACADEMY. SOME CLIMBING EELS.
Some years ago near New Haven,
Connecticut, I observed something =a
which may be common enough, but
which I never have seen reported or
heard spoken of. On the invitation of
Chicory and Coffee.
With the opening of the many edu- | For more than a hundred years all
cation] institutions in September, | manner of coffee adulterants have
Bellefonte Academy, at Bellefonte, | been tried, but chicory alone has won
Pa., romantically known as “The |a permanent position, has acquired
School in the Mountains,” will enter | many staunch friends and seems to
Bellefonte, Pa., August 15, 1919.
LURE OF THE ROAD.
O little road, that windest away
Through all the night, through all the
day,
Over the hills, by woodland dim,
Across the mountain’s utmost rim,
And on until you reach the sea,
Where something seems a-calling me!
And when I can no longer wait,
I shall go out the garden gate,
With eager feet and shining eyes,
As one goes out to Paradise:
O little road, that windest away,
Lead me where those sweet
stray—
wooers
The wind that sings such varied songs,
The chant that to the sea belongs,
And something I may never find,
That keep a-calling down the wind;
O little road, sometime I'll be
Your comrade till we reach the sea!
—Emma A. E. Lente.
WAR PREPAREDNESS.
War preparedness leads to war.
The coast-line between Canada and
the United States, from the Saint
about two thousand miles.
In the year Eighteen Hundred
Twelve, there were forty-six forts,
big and little, on the United States
side, and about the same number
frowned at us from Canada.
At Fort Niagara alone there were
at one time six thousand troops. Al-
together we had on the Great Lakes
over a hundred craft devoted to the
art of fighting—this in the interest of
peace.
In one little battle we had with our
British cousins, on Lake Erie, Com-
modore Perry, a real youth of twenty-
seven, captured six British ships and
killed three hundred men. A little be-
fore this the British destroyed ten
ships for us and killed two hundred
Americans.
After the war of Eighteen Hundred
Twelve was. ended and peace was de-
clared, both sides got busy, very busy,
strengthening the forts and building
warships. At Watertown, Conneaut,
Erie, Port Huron, Cleveland and De-
troit were shipyards where hundreds
of men were working night and day
building warships. Not that war was
imminent, but the statesmen of the
time said there was nothing like “pre-
paredness.” In Canada things were
much the same, and there were
threats that Perry’s famous message,
“We have met the enemy and they
are ours,” would soon be reversed.
Suddenly, but very quietly, two
men in Washington got together and
made an agreement. One man was
acting Secretary of State, Richard
Rush, of Philadelphia; the other was
Charles Bagot, Minister to the Unit-
ed States from England. Rush was
of Quaker parentage, and naturally
opposed to the business of war.
Bagot had seen enough of fighting
to know it was neither glorious nor
amusing.
Rush wrote out a memorandum of
agreement which he headed. “An Ar-
rangement.” The document is writ-
ten on one side of a single sheet of
paper and is dated April twenty-
eight, Eighteen Hundred Sevexateen.
Here is a copy:
“1, The Naval Forces henceforth
to be maintained upon the Great Lakes
shall be confined to the following ves-
sels on each side:
“2. On Lake Ontario one vessel
not to exceed one hundred tons bur-
den, carrying not more than twenty
men and one eighteen-pound cannon.
“3, On the Upper Lakes two ves-
sels ,of same burden, and armed in a
like way.
“4, On Lake Champlain one ves-
sel of like size and armament.
“5, All other armed vessels to be
at once dismantled, and no other ves-
sel of war shall be built or armed
along the Saint Lawrence river or on
the Great Lakes.”
This agreement has been religious-
ly kept. Its effect was to stop work
at once on the fortifications, and
cause disarmament along the Great
Lakes. So far as we know, the agree-
ment will continue for all time. Both
parties are satisfied, and in fact so
naturally has it been accepted, very
few people know of its existence.
Here is an example that our friends
in Europe might well ponder over. If
those forts on the frontier had been
maintained, and had the ships of war
continued to sail up and down, it
would have been a positive miracle it
there had not been fighting.
Probably they would have forced us
into a war with England before this.
We have had several disputes with
Canada when it would have been very
easy to open hostilities, if the tools
had been handy. Men who tote pis-
tols find reasons for using them, and
the nations that have big armies will
find excuse for testing their efficiency.
If two countries can make an “ar-
rangement” limiting the extent of
armament, and this arrangement
holds for a hundred years, cannot
nine countries do the same?
Then all that is needed is a few sol-
diers to do police duty. :
Nations cannot afford to be savag-
es, any more than individuals.—By
Elbert Hubbard.
¥ Geniuses at Early Age.
Handel had produced an opera be-
fore he was fifteen. Carneille had
planned a tragedy before he was ten.
Auber wrote an operetta for the
stage before he was fourteen. Pift
was chancellor of the exchequer be-
fore he was twenty-five. Schiller was
widely known as a poet before the
age of twenty. Kant began his phil-
osophical and meatphysical specula-
tions before the age of eighteen.
Goethe had produced a considerable
number of poems and several dramas
before he was twenty. Raphael
showed his artistic abilities at the
early age of twelve, when he was
widely known as an artist in oil.—
Kind Words.
Shinbone’s Version.
“De pahson tol’ us las’ Sunday,” re-
marked Shinbone, “dat it was de ap-
ple tree dat caused all de trouble in
de worl,’ but Ah ’spects it was a
banana tree, kase troubles am like
bananas, dey come in bunches.”
| experiments show that
upon its one hundred and fourteenth
year. This historic school has outliv-
ed fifty other academies in Pennsyl-
vania that started with it in the be-
ginning of 1800—a most significant
fact indeed—and today, unendowed as
it is, is competing most successfully
with the endowed schools of the
country, attracting from them year
after year desirable boys, who are
contented at the Centre county pre-
paratory school and remain there un-
til ready to pass into college or busi-
ness life. The names of ex-Gover-
nors Curtin, Beaver and Hastings are
closely associated with the brilliant
career of this academy. A writer in
one of a series of articles on “Public
Men in Pennsylvania,” published
some years ago in a leading newspa-
per in Philadelphia, said that “the
Bellefonte Academy had educated
more Governors, more Senators, more
Judges and more public men general-
ly than any other preparatory school
in Pennsylvania.” This Academy has
had a remarkable record. It has en-
joyed the certificate privilege for
many years. Boys prepared at the
New England schools for such col-
: A] . .~ i leges as Harvard, but receiving con-
Lawrence river to Lake Superior, is| 3i¢i 1c have tutored during the sum-
mers at Bellefonte and passed off
their conditions. Three Bellefonte
boys—belonging to the athletic team
—took the Yale Sheffield scientific
school entrance examinations on one
occasion and passed 47 points out of a
possible 48, each having 16 examina-
tions. Princeton’s honor rolls have
again and again included the names
of Bellefonte Academy students, and
so the record goes in many other col-
leges. In athletic life, the citizens of
Pittsburgh and vicinity will easily re-
call the names of Pitt’s ’varsity foot-
ball and baseball players and track
men who were Bellefonte boys, name-
ly: Capt. “Red” Smith, Capt. “Red”
Carlson, Capt. Purcell Beattie,
“Steve” Dillon, “Pud” Seidel. “Jake”
Stahl, Carl Miksch, “Tip” Stanford,
“Pork” Kennedy, John Hugus and
others. The beautifully illustrated
catalogue of this institution details
the many points of merit that account
for its success.” Forty-two boys from
Pittsburgh and vicinity attended
Beilefonte Academy last year. The
new golf links arrangement with the
Nittany Rod and Gun Club and the
aerial mail and radio stations adja-
cent to the Academy’s athletic field
are among the new attractions of this
popular school.
Eleven teachers for 100 selected
young men, aged 15 and upwards,
tells the story of the school’s success.
—Pittsburgh Dispatch, July 28.
WASPS ATTRACTED BY CON-
TRASTING COLORS.
Some interesting investigations
made by an English scientist, Dr.
Harold Wager, into the color sense of
wasps are described by the London
Times as follows:
Dr. Wager made his experiments
by observing wasps fling towards and
settling upon pieces of sugar placed
upon sheets of colored paper. The
in seeking
their food wasps (vespa vulgaris) are
guided by their social instinct. their
remembrance of locality, and their
power to distinguish conspicuous col-
ors or color-contrasts. They are
probably also guided by smell, but no
experiments were made to test this.
Under the conditions of the experi-
ments wasps were attracted by the
strong color-contrasts of white sugar
on yellow, red or black paper, and
less strongly by the weaker color-con-
trasts of white sugar on blue or
white paper. They showed very little
discrimination among the various col-
ors, but, so far as could be judged,
when they had a more or less free
choice, untrammeled by their strong-
er instincts, they flew to the colors in
the following order: Yellow, black,
red. blue, white.
The wasps in the experiments
showed a very pornounced tendency
to come back always to the exact
place where they had previously ob-
tained sugar, irrespective of any col-
or that might happen to be there.
When the sugar was removed only a
short distance away they were much
puzzled, and only after flying about
for some time were they able to dis-
cover it in its new place.
Their social instincts were clearly
indicated by the fact that they were
always more strongly attracted by
other wasps than by place or color.
This attraction for other wasps was
so strong that they would frequently
fly at first to a piece of sugar sur-
rounded by dead wasps in preference
to other pieces of sugar in the imme-
diate neighborhood which were free
of wasps. They were rarely settled,
however, on a picce of sugar sur-
rounded by dead wasps.
Wealth in Crops.
The wealth in the United States in
the form of crops promises to exceed
that of 1918 and perhaps equal the
record-breaking amount of 1917. The
Department of Agriculture reports
that the corn yield promises to be 2,-
815,000,000 bushels. This is larger
than the yield of 1918 but not so large
as the yield of 1917. Wheat, how-
ever, promises to outstrip all records
with a yield this year of 1,161,000,000
bushels, as against 558,900,000 bush-
els in 1918 and 412,900,000 bushels in
1917. The oat yield will be slightly
less than 1918 or 1917 and will reach
1,403,000,000 bushels. Rye will go
ahead of the last two years, reaching
103,000,000 bushels.
The high cost of living will not
worry the farmers very much.—Clear-
field Republican.
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The Key to Success.
George Stevenson was a man who
accomplished very much during his
lifetime. The motto which he had
adopted and followed is credited with
having had much to do with it. This
motto was, “Make the best of every-
thing and think the best of every-
body, hope the best for yourself.”
Such a motto means optimism, c¢har-
ity, and ambition—all of those in
their smallest manifestation. It is a
motto well worth copying.—Ex.
——For high class Job Work come
to the “Watchman” Office.
have come to stay. Therefore, says
the New York Evening Post, it may
be of interest to explain something
about the chicory root as used as a
coffee adulterant and, in a few places
like Belgium, as an independent bev-
srage
e part of the plant that is used
for this purpose is the carrot like root,
which is dug up, washed, cut into
small pieces and dried in a kiln. It
emerges from the kiln a shriveled
mass not a quarter the weight of the
original. The stuff is then roasted in
a rotary cylinder like a coffee roaster,
and that causes it to lose almost
another third of its weight and to
give off an odor like that of burned
gingerbread. Butter or lard added
during this roasting process gives a
rich, glossy appearance to the sub-
stance, which, when ground, can hard-
po be distinguished from ground cof-
ee.
Analysis shows that chicory con-
taining a considerable amount of su-
gar, has no ingredient of any food
value to man; but it has a decided fla-
vor, and its decoction adds a seeming
richness to coffee that is pleasing to
the eye even if it really supplies littie
of palatal charm.
Quantities of chicory formerly came
from Germany to Belgium and Switz-
erland, and at one time during the
war the price of the root rose until it
was more expensive than coffee. Then
only the most enthusiastic “choco-
rans” added it in normal quantities to
their Rio; but in the past year the
price has tumbled, whereas that of
coffee has risen.
Statues for Indian Women.
The statues of American women
can be counted upon the fingers of
two hands, yet out of the small num-
ber two have been erected in honor of
Indian women, and one Indian woman
has two statues to her memory, says
Gaines Halle in the Daily Oklahoman.
The school children of America are
as familiar with the story of Poca-
hontas as they are with that of
George Washington, while the story
of Sacajawea, who guided the Lewis
and Clark expedition across the Rocky
mountains to the Pacific, and to
whom, more than any other one per-
son, is due the success of the expedi-
tion, is practically unknown, though
equally poetic, dramatic and of far
greater historic value.
It remained for a number of enthu-
siastic women of the Northwest to
brush away the dust of a hundred
years, and call from out of the misty
past this Indian heroine and give her
the place she so bravely won among
the makers of history. They started
a movement for the erection of a stat-
ue to the Indian woman’s memory.
The statue now stands in the City
Park at Portland. It is an historic
bronze figure, with a papoose on her
back, pointing the way up the gorges
and over the mountains, and is the
most artistic statue ever erected to
the memory of woman. It rests onan
ivy-covered ledge and bears the fol-
lowing inscription: “Erected by the
women of the United States to Saca-
jawea, the only woman in the Lewis
and Clork party, and in memory of
the pioneer mother of Oregon.”
The statue is the work ‘of Alice
Cooper, and when it was unveiled 300
Indians took part in the ceremony.
“The Star Spangled Banner” was
sung in the native tongue of the
Alaskan Indians.
Ligh the Country Highways.
We expect to see electric lights
strung along the country highways
within a few years. Is that expect-
ing too much? Certainly not. Many
of us can remember when we took ou?
lantern and rubbers to negotiate the
hometown streets after nightfall.
Now we walk on cement, and with its
electric light globes up to midnight
hometown is almost as light as day.
The cost is not considered. We want
lights in the hometown and we have
them. In the country, too, there will
be electric globes swinging at _inter-
vals along every pike road. Where
water power is available, the current
for these lights will cost almost noth-
ing. Where it is convenient, the
wires will be circuited from central
lighting plants. In many cases the
farmer’s own private lighting plant
will be used to illuminate the road-
way along his land. There will be a
light at every cross road, at every
bridge or culvert and at every turn-
ing. Towns people will co-operate
with the farmers in maintaining these
lights and will share the cost, not be-
cause the towns people use the roads
but because they are interested in en-
couraging the fullest and most con-
venient travel between country and
town. The ancient demand for “more
light” is being supplied and the world
is becoming a more cheerful place.—
Exchange.
Fight Influenza Now.
The bill in Congress to appropriate
$1,500,000 for warfare against influ-
enza deserves favorable action. If
the fund is wisely expended, although
it is not large, it may be made to as-
sist greatly in combatting the recur-
rence of the epidemic that is feared
by medical authorities next winter.
Since health officials are convinced
that the disease is likely to come back
no steps should be omitted in prepar-
ing to fight it. Surely in such .a case
as this an ounce of prevention is
worth many pounds of cure.
There is something the average
citizen can do now to prepare for the
struggle. These days of sunshine and
fresh air are the time to build up
physical reserve power by means of
which to withstand the rigors and
variations of the winter seasons. The
wise man will set his house in order
this summer.—Ex.
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———Mrs. Smith hired a Chinese
servant and tried to teach him how to
receive calling cards. She let herself
out the front door and when the new
servant answered her ring she gave
him her card. The next day two la-
dies came to call. When they pre-
sented their cards the alert China-
man hastily compared them with Mrs.
Smith’s card and remarked, as he
closed the door: “Tickets no good;
can’t come in.”
a friend my family spent the “day we
celebrate,” July 4, with him and his
family under the greenwood trees in
a secluded dell, through which flowed
a lovely brook. We found in the
woods an open space sloping gradual-
ly to a pool of considerable size. The
pool, evidently had been excavated by
the freshets of the springtime. At
the upper side of the pool, whence the
stream flowed, was a great rock jut-
ting upward some six or eight feet.
Its breadth was not determined, as
its sides were covered by the earth. It
was perpendicular, and its face was as
smooth as though dressed by a stone-
cutter. When the water was abun-
dant this rock would cause a gener-
ous waterfall.
On this July day there was very lit-
tle water trickling over the rock, yet
enough to wet a large portion of the
exposed surface and to encourage the
growth of scattered clumps of moss.
I had discovered on examining the
pool for depth that it was inhabited,
that it contained, in fact, large num-
bers of small eels four or five inches
in length. This was no great surprise
to me, for in my boyhood days I had
been wont to catch by night lines fine
messes of eels from the brooks near
our home. The surprising ing to
me about these Connecticut eels came
when I observed first one and then
others of them swim up to the face of
the rock, then lift themselves against
its smooth, wet surface and make the
attempt to climb six feet or more of
height in an instinctive effort to get
to the waters which were higher up.
I was able to catch a number of these
small eels.. I examined them careful-
ly as they swam about in a small pail
of water. I do not remember that any
suceeded in reaching the top of the
rock on that day; but, doubtless,
when conditions were more favorable
they might succeed.
I have read that salmon and other
fish surmount obstacles in getting to
higher water, and that common eels
will not only live for hours removed
from water, but will even cross rewy
meadows from pond to pond. But this
experience with the eels is unique in
my reading or observation. As such,
it seems worthy of record.—By W. H.
Burgwin.
Care of Records.
The longevity of phonograph rec-
ords may be doubled if proper care be
exercised in their use. When we have
the privilege of listening to the great
artists through the medium of the
record, we should see to it that the
reproduction is perfect, as far as our
care of the machine and record may
make it. Nothing can be so irritat-
ing as to listen to an otherwise artis-
tic performance on a record which
produces a grating, grinding sound.
Too many people blame the machine
in an instance like this, when the
fault lies in lack of care for their rec-
ords—assuming of course. that their
machine is cared for and in order.
Before using a record it is well to ex-
amine it carefully. If there be any
fault, it may be that the record is
badly worn, the deep grooving usual-
ly being the cause of the gritty sound
produced. If the following advice ig
applied, it should have the effect of
making your machine a real musical
instrument:
First, see to it that the turntable of
your phonograph is revolving at the
correct number of. revolutions per
minute, so as to secure the proper
tempo at which certain compositions
should be played.
Second, always clean off your rec-
ord before playing. Use clean, soft
cheesecloth for this purpose, with a
very little oil on it—not enough to
grease the record, but just enough to
lift the dust and lint.
Third, when using steel needles,
change each time after playing. When
using jeweled needles, wipe the dust
off each needle every time.
Fourth, never let a record rub
against a hard surface. When it is
not resting on the baize surface of
the turntable it should be replaced in
a stiff cardboard envelone or record
album. ;
Strict observation of the foregoing
rules will double the life of all rec-
ords, while securing 100 per cent. of
pleasure to their happy possessor.
—— The State of Pennsylvania has
on its preserves hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars worth of chestnut
wood, with no means of getting it to
market. Officials of the State Forest-
ry Commission say if all of the dead,
dying and blighted chestnut trees in
the State forests could be marketed
speedily at least $1,500,000 could be
realized. Pennsylvania now owns 1,-
041,491 acres of forest land, in 53
State forests scattered throughout 27
counties. The land cost the State $2,-
375,110.55. Last year 14,459 acres
were added to the preserves and dur-
ing the first half of this year 9,258
acres were bought. An interesting
fact in connection with the State laws
governing forests is that all income
from that source goes into the State
permanent school fund and up to July
1st, $191,219.49 had been realized.
King and Queen of Belgium to Visit |
America.
Washington.—King Albert and
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, will vis-
it the United States, arriving here
either late in September or early in
October, it was learned here.
Their present plans will call for an
extensive tour of the country. While
in Washington they will be the guests
of President and Mrs. Wilson at the
White House.
Return Roads to Owners by First of
Year.
Washington.—The country’s rail-
ways will be returned to their private
owners by January 1, 1920, with pro-
tective legislation, Senator Cummins,
of Iowa, chairman of the Inter-State
Commerce committee declared. For
two weeks the committee has been
working on proposed legislation for
the return of the roads.
But Not Before.
When the cost of living comes down
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Yeager’s
Shoe Store
Shoes at.....
Half Price
I have purchased 100 Pairs Men’s
Sample Shoes, all of them worth
$10 per pair, and some worth $12
and more, at the price of shoes to-
day.
Sizes 6, 6 1-2, 7, 7 1-2, and a few 8
You can have your choice for
$6:20
Shoes now on sale. If you can wear
any of these sizes, and need shoes
Come Quick
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.
there will be a chance for the joy of
living.
Lyon & Co. Lyon & Co.
AUGUST SALES
We offer this month more Sum-
mer merchandise at prices that
will make them sell quickly. Still
a fine assortment of Voiles in
light and dark values; from 35c. to
85c¢., sale price from 26c¢. to 60c.
SILKS
In plain, figured, plaids, stripes, crepe
de chines, satins, habuties, pongees, at
prices less than cost of manufacture
Parasols
Silk and cotton Parasols for less than
the cost of frames.
Coats and Suits
42 Ladies’ Coats; all this season’s styles,
all sizes, all colors and black; must be
sold now at sacrifice prices.
Ladies’ Suits
All must be sold at less than manufact-
urer’s prices.
Children’s Coats
One Lot of Coats, sizes 4, 5 and 6. All at
One Price—$2.00
Lyon & Co. «+» Lyon & Co.