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“Bellefonte, Pa, September 5, 1919.
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EZRA PROVED TRUE PROPHET
His Prediction That Funeral and Mar-
riage Were Before Him Turned
Out to Be Exact.
Last week a friend drifted in from
the Old Home Town, now 20 years
back of me, and we had a season of
gossip about the old acquaintances
which was soul satisfying. Some of
the stories were pathetic, some were
sordid, some were humorous, but all
of them illustrated phases of life in a
country town. Perhaps this one about
Ezra was the best.
When I left the Oid Home Town
Ezra was the possessor of a wife
whom he had had for 25 years or
more, and who was in fairly good |
condition, although a little deaf, as
might well be, for no woman ever
talked more fluently or more willingly
than did her husband. For some rea-
son she was taken ill and died, and
Ezra mourned her for a time, not an
exceedingly long time, and then he be-
gan to take notice and presently mar-
ried again.
This wife No. 2 was, of course, a
later model, but she, too, fell ill, and
the physician advised an operation.
Ezra hired an automobile and went
with her to the hospital, where the
physicians told him that there was lit-
tle hope that she would recover. He
went home sorrowfully, and finally he
broke out to the driver in this way: |
“Good Lord, I've got to.go through it
all again—bury this wife and then get
another one!”
And he was a true prophet for
things happened just as he predicted.
—Hartford Courant.
ANY FOOL CAN FIND FAULT
Practically Impossible for Any Prop-
osition, However Good, to Be
Absolutely Without Flaw.
There is nothing however good but
a person may find some fault in it if
he is determined to do so. There is
nothing perfect that is of man’s mak-
ing. There is nothing that man origin-
ates or performs but what contains
more or less of his weakness. Worth,
like water, must stay below the level
of its source. It is quite natural that
a person should dissent. The scientists
dispute as much as the theologians.
Every time one obtains a new stand-
point he changes his opinion. Every-
time he meets a friend he finds that
he differs.
So we must make up our minds to
disagree in the right spirit, observes
the Ohio State Journal. If we don’t do
that and our disagreement®falls into
ill will and anxiety, then we become
enemies of the truth and social pests
besides. The person we earnestly and
candidly disagree with may be right !
and ourselves wholly wrong. It would |
make us feel very absurd sometimes |
in the midst of a violent controversy, |
to have a sudden light let in on the
controversy and show our adversary
entirely right. The safest thing, so far
as one’s conduct toward him is con-
cerned is to remember he may be right |
and treat him accordingly.
Markings of Horse’s Coat.
It is found that there is a very defi-
nite connection between the coat color
of horses and the frequency with
which white markings occur. Thus
the latter are by far the most com-
monly associated with the chestnut !
And not only are they the most |
color.
prevalent in chestnut horses, but it is
also, of course, a well-known fact that
the markings are apt {o be more ex-
tended in nature in the case of this
color than in that of any other, Chest-
nut, therefore, apparently possesses
so to speak, a special affinity for these
markings. Bay ranks next as regards
the degree of frequency with which
white markings appear in horses of
this color, although it comes a good
way behind chestnut in this respect.
Then follows brown, while the white
marks are met with less frequenily
among black and roan colored horses.
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Why Strike Collapsed.
Two telegraph operators worked in
the office of the Milwaukee Free Press.
Both were employed by the press as-
sociation and not by the paper. They
came soused one Sunday night, de-
cided to strike, making demands for
more pay and shorter hours from the
managing editor of the newspaper.
They were told to make their petition
to their employers. The telegraphers
retired for a council of war, put the
strike into effect and decided to picket
the office.
trance, but there must be strategy;
so one of the strikers posted himself
directly in front of the office and the
other around the corner, the two be-
ing out of sight of each other.
Then each had the same hunch of
getting another drink, They left their
posts and that was the end of the
strilze. Other operators were called in
and the wires buzzed merrily on.—
Pep.
Becomes His Mother's Uncle.
His own mother’s uncle, his grandfa-
ther’s brother and a great-uncle to his
half-brother is the peculiar status of
five-year-old "Irving Tucker, who was
adopted by his great-grandmother,
Mrs. Johanna Freitag of Mount Ver-
non.
The boy’s mother, Mrs. Mabel
Hauser, agreed to the legal adoption.
He has lived with his adopted mother
since the death of his father, more
‘than four years ago.—Brooklyn Eagle.
The office had but one en- |
LET BODIES REST WHERE MEN
| DIED, PERSHING ADVISES.
| It is the belief of General Pershing
. that the bodies of American soldiers
{ who died over seas should be left in-
| terred in foreign soil and that the
. American government should take im-
' mediate steps to improve pemanently
{ and beautify American cemeteries in
{ France and England. The views of :
| the General were expressed in a ca-!
| ble message to the War Department
‘made public by Secretary Baker. The ; brethren.
| message follows:
| “Believe it inadvisable to return
| dead from England before definite de-
! cision as to entire question and par-
ticularly before final action as to dead
. interred in France. Have given the
| entire question of our dead much
| thought and my opinion is that we
| should leave our dead near where they
| fell. Am sure that this course would
| be fully appreciated by the Allies and
| that our government will be given
| every facility in beautifying and car-
{ing for the cemeteries already estab-
| lished on the fields won by our heroic
! dead.
“I believe that could these soldiers
speak for themselves they would wish
to be left undisturbed in the place
where with their comrades, they
fought the last fight. Those who rest
{in England gave their lives in the
' same cause and their remains present
| the same salvation as those who lie on
. the battlefields.
| “The graves of our soldiers consti-
| tute, if they are allowed to remain, a
perpetual reminder to our Allies of
the liberty and ideals upon which the
, greatness of America rests.
| © “Think the sentiments above out-
lined are held by many who have giv-
en this subject thought. These senti-
“ments should appeal to the relatives
and friends. Recommended that none
i of our dead be removed from Europe
unless their nearest relatives so de-
{ mand after a full understanding of all
‘ the sentimental reasons against such
| removal, and further recommend that
immediate steps be taken for nerma-
nently improving and beautifying
our cemeteries.
PERSHING.”
Old Men Get Employment.
The recent putting into force of the
act of Congress prohibiting the em-
: ployment of boys under 16 years of
age in the anthracite breakers, is
' proving a boon to old men, many of
whom had been previously refused
employment about the collieries and
for whose services the coal corpora-
tions are now eager. More than 300
boys in the Shamokin and Mount
Carmel district were thrown out of
employment early in the month, when
the law became effective. As a con-
sequence there was a marked shori-
ace of slate pickers, jig operators,
chute tenders and oilers. To fill the
places made vacant by the boys under
the legal age, the companies have
found it necessary to take on men
well advanced in years and who were
discharged from service as miners.
The aged men are now able to earn
from $12 to $16 per week—a scale
higher than they received six years
ago for mining coal.
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Of all the tires that are made,
—why do you suppose we
prefer to sell United States
Because theygare made by
the biggest rubber company
in the world. And they know
how to build good tires.
They have choice of ma-
terials,—they have immense
United States Tires
Early Winter is Seen by Indian.
Geneva, N. Y.—If the prognostica-
tions of Charles Kelly, a half breed
Mohawk Indian, who lives here, is
right, frosts will come early and a
long, cold, little-snow winter will fol-
low. Last fall Kelly made a hit by
his prophecy of an open, warm win-
ter and wet spring. He bases his pre-
dictions on what he considers nature's
unfailing signs, which aboriginees ob-
serve more closely than their winter
In his hunting and trapping last
fall he paid special attention to the
preparations of the muskrat. He not-
ed that these animals were building
houses in low ground and building
them with thin walls, indicating open
winter and not much water in the
spring.
Later he noticed that these houses
were being pulled down and built on
higher ground, indicating that spring
would be accompanied by heavy rains
and high water would result, which '
was the case.
This fall Kelly believes there will |
be early killing frosts and declares it |
is indicated by the premature ripen- '
ing of the fruits and vegetables. The
winter, he states, would be cold and
little snow would fall. This is sure to
be the case in a winter following a
heavy foliage.
Kelly has since childhood been a
close observer of nature and the ac-
tions of animals, which are watched
closely by Indians in their prepara-
tions for the changes in season.
——Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
Toe Develop Nut Industry. |
An appropriation of $20,000 by the
federal government has been made |
for nut improvement work, especially
upon pecans, almonds, Persian wal-
nuts, black walnuts, hickory nuts, ete.
The nut industry is relatively new in
the United States and probably no
tree industry of equal importance
presents more difficult problems to the
grower. For some years the depart-
ment has been giving special atten-
tion to the relative value and adapta-
bility of different varieties of pecans :
to the several regions where the in- |
dustry is being established. Similar;
types of investigations will be extend- |
ed to all other classes of nuts grown
in commercial orchards in the areas
of the United States to which they are
adapted. The English walnut and al-
mond present many of the same cul-
tural problems as the pecan and the
black walnut. The two latter species,
although native, have been under cul-
tivation a comparatively short period
of time and are, perhaps, less well un- |
derstood than the English walnut and |
the almond. Furthermore. the |
lish walnut and the almond under
American conditions present many
problems which cannot be soived bv
the experience of Euronean cultiva-
tors of these nuts.
Among the first activities undertak-
en will be the survey of the territory
to which such species as the black
walnut, the shagbark, shellbark and
pignut hickories, the butternut, hazel-
nut, filbert are indigenous for the pur-
pose of producing superior varieties
for propagation.
exclusive me
They can
Cciored People in St. Louis Start a
Co-operative Shop.
Subscriptions are being taken
among negroes in St. Louis to estab-
lish a department store, which is to
be operated exclusively by and for
members of the race. At a meeting
held at the Metropolitan A. M. E.
church it was announced that more
than $15,000 had been subscribed.
The movement is partly due to a
speech recently made there by Colonel
' Charles Young, of the United States
army, a negro, in which he urged ne-
groes to own and operate their own
business institutions of all kinds.
Such a plan previously had been dis-
cussed among negro leaders in that
place, but Colonel Young’s speech
caused it to bear fruit.
Voluntary segregation has been
urged as a solution of the race prob-
lem, and persons of both races who
have studied the question say it
should begin with the establishment
of negro commercial enterprises, in
| order that the race may be self suffi-
cient.
The Rev. B. G. Shaw, pastor of the
Metropolitan church, St. Louis, is in
charge of the taking of subscriptions.
He said that it would not be possible
to start the proposed store with less
than $20,000.
It would be operated on the co-op-
erative plan, so that the customers
would not only deal with members of
their own race, but also would get
lower prices. No person will be al-
lowed to hold more than $100 worth
of stock in the concern.
If the store proves a success, the
next: logical move will be to establish
a negro bank, Shaw said. He believes
that such a bank, with a capital of at
least one quarter million dollars, can
be established there.
They say we are free, but every-
body knows that the negroes are still
slaves, economically,” he said. “We
have to buy from the white man. bor-
row from the white man—on his own
terms—and, what is more important,
we have to depend on him for work.
1 believe the white people would like
» see us learn to depend on our-
selves.”
The Imperative.
Heck—1 understand that your wife
is subject to moods.
Peck—Wrong! She has but one
and I am subject to that.
HOOD’S SARSAPTARILLA.
At This Season
Loss of Appetite
Is very common. In many cases it
is due to impure blood, which cannot
give the digestive organs the stimu-
lus necessary for the proper perform-
ance of their functions.
Thousands know by experience that
.Hond’s Sarsaparilla restores appetite
and would advise you to give it a tri-
al this season. It originated in the
successful prescription of a famous
phvsician. Get it today.
Take Hood’s Pills if you happen to
peed = laxative—they don’t gripe.
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facilities,—they employ many
ods.
go to greater
lengths in testing, improving
and perfecting
make good tires.
We find it good business tc
sell United States Tires.
And—you will find it good
business to buy them.
are here—
the things that
hey
a tire for every need.
are Good Tires
Wefknow Unit.ed States Tires are Good Tires.
P. H. McGARVEY, Bellefonte,
HUBLER BROS., State College.
That.’s why we sell them.
J. H. BANEY. Howard. Pa.
J. HARRIS CLARK, Blanchard.
Your Suit, is Ready
to Try On
We say this because we know we have
the suit to please you.
Our extensive and varied stock is cer-
tain to include the style that best becomes
you.
In selecting this season’s suits we made
an unusual effort to get types and styles
that would meet many of the
among the friends who
individual tastes
their
favor us with
patronage.
High Art, Clothes
Made by Strouse & Brothers, Inc., Baltimore, Md.
do much to make this easy for us, as their
faithful service brings back our customers
year after year. This trademark stands for men’s
clothes that are fine in quality, and desirable in
cut, style and pattern.
Therefore we say again, “Your suit is
ready to try on.”
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Your Banker
The institution with which you main-
tain banking relations can be of service to
you in many ways.
The Centre County Banking Co.
does not consider that its service to its pa-
trons ceases with the safeguarding of their
funds. It keeps in personal touch with all
of them in such a way as to be of assistance
very often when other matters develop
affecting their interest.
It Invites You to Take Advantage
of Its Unusual Service.
WILL DO ALL YOUR HAULING
3-4 Ton for Light Hauling
Big Truck for Heavy Loads
“Greatest Distance for Least Cost”
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GEORGE A. BEEZER,
BELLEFONTE, PA. 61-30 DISTRIBUTOR.
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