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Bellefonte, Pa., March 19, 1920.
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TURN TO PRIVATE CURRENCY
People of Siberia Satisfied With the |
Trade Checks That the Merchants
Have Issued.
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Private trade-checks, issued by firms
and wealthy individuals, have largely
replaced the national currency in Si-
beria. The ruble—in any form outside
the metal disk—is too unstable to be
accounted of real value and the work- |
man who finds himself with pockets
full of “Omsk” or “Kerensky” cur- |
rency need hold no fear of being con-
sidered a plutocrat. For the ruble, up '
to a few months ago worth half a dol-
lar in exchange, has diminished to |
somewhat less than four cents, face
value. True, the green paper variety
labeled “Kerensky” commands a high-
er premium than do the yellow-backed i
bills of Omsk; true, again, the tender |
of the former is worth more than |
either of the two aforementioned. But
for all practical purposes the people
of Vladivostok receive and demand—
quite as a matter of course—the quaint
slips issued by their tradesmen. En-
terprise on the part of the merchants,
it may be observed, keeps pace with
the times; for example, one Viadivo-
stok restaurateur has had his checs
made to read: “American Grill. Two
Rubles. Not Good for Ever.”
Swordfish a Fathead.
It surely would be imprudent to ad-
dress that formidable creature, the
swordfish as Fathead, yet the term
would be quite appropriate.
The heads of one hundred average
swordfish will yield sixty-five gallons
of an ofl that has high market value.
Refined and sun bleached, it is indis-
tinguishable from whale oil, and fetch-
es the same price. In fact, commer:
cially, it is whale oil.
Whale oil is obtained on a much
larger scale from halibut heads, which
are treated in the same way as the
swordfish heads—i. e., cooked to a
pulp with steam and pressed. A short
ton of them will yield forty gallons of
oil. Boston and Gloucester (Mass.)
annually produce twelve thousand gal-
lons of refined whale oil from halibut
heads.
Away back in the 70s somebody dis-
covered that salmon heads were rich
in oil, and since then the production |
of it has been a considerable industry |
in connection with the Pacific salmon ,
‘fishery. By 1895 the annual output
had risen to fifty thousand gallons.
His Identity.
“] see you have a new professional
man in town,” said the picture en-
larger, who visited the hamlet suffi-
ciently often to be mildly interested in
the happenings thereof. “I noticed the
sign, J. W. Bloor, 0, D, M. . D.. D.
C. What is he practicing, anyhow—
logomachy ?”
“Nope; economy and eye doctoring,”
replied the landlord of the Petunia
tavern.—Kansas City Star.
Canada’s Fuel Resources.
The fuel resources of Canada are
situated in the extreme east and west
and the western part of Alberta; the
lignite coals are situated in the prov-
inces of Alberta and Saskatchewan,
but lying between the limits of these
deposits is a great stretch of terri-
tory devoid of coal measure of eco-
pomic value. The 12,000 square miles
of peat bogs are situated in this area.
Refused to Make Money.
“Have we any currency left?” asked
the bol ° vist premier.
“Not c¢nough to paper one small
room,” replied the minister of finance,
with a bolshevistic snicker.
“Then we'd better print some more.”
“That's what I think, but the print-
ers refuse to lift a hand until we pay
them off in real money.”—Birmingham
Age-Herald. ;
Chance for Aviators.
Chairs of aeronautics have been es
tablished at the universities of Cam:
bridge and London and various aero
nautical scholarships have been insti
tated in England.
Caustic Hint.
“Ill be ready in a second, dear.”
“All right. Ill just go in the li-
brary and write an important letter
while I'm waiting. It won’t take me |
more than an hour.”
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MEDICAL.
Throw Out
the Line
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Give Them Help and Many Bellefonte |
People Will Be Happier.
“Throw Out the Life Line”’—
Weak kidneys need help.
They're often overworked—they
don’t get the poison filtered out of the
the blood.
Will you help them?
Doan’s Kidney Pills have brought
benefit to thousands of kidney suffer-
ers.
Bellefonte testimony proves their
worth.
Mrs. Edward Sunday, 244 Lamb St.,
Bellefonte, says: “I have used
Doans’s Kidney Pills and have always
been greatly benefited 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. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. 65-12
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TO THE MINISTERS OF PENN. |
SYLVANIA.
At a recent meeting of the state
survey council of the Interchurch
World Movement, composed of repre-
sentatives of the denominations func-
tioning in the State, the secretary was
instructed to issue to all ministers,
through the press, an appeal for
prompt co-operation in bringing the!
town and country survey to a rapid
and successful conclusion.
This survey includes all territory
except places with more than 5,000
population, and will, when completed,
. be made available to every denomina-
tion. All denominations will have the
benefit and use of the most extensive
survey of religious conditions ever
made in the State. Consequently, the
larger the percentage of ministers
who co-operate, and the more com-
plete and accurate the information
given, the greater value the survey
will be to all.
Some denominations do not desire
to co-operate in the full program of
the Interchurch World Movement,
and for this reason, ministers of these
denominations sometimes feel that in-
formation concerning their churches
is not desired. This is incorrect. The
survey department desires to study
all work now under way by every
agency, in order that whatever pro-
gramizing may be done, will give full
consideration to every agency at
work.
No minister need have any hesitan-
cy in giving personal information.
This is never used in an individual
manner but only in percentages and
averages, which are needed in stimu-
lating the churches to make readjust-
ments which all admit are impera-
tive.
Hundreds of busy ministers, as well
as laymen and laywomen, are giving
days to the making of this survey, be-
cause they feel the great importance
and value of the undertaking. They
receive no compensation for their
work, being reimbursed only for actu-
al expenses incurred. Prompt atten-
tion to the requests from the county
survey team will eliminate unneces-
sary traveling and waste of time and
money. It is hardly fair to these
self-sacrificing surveyors to ask them
to make three and four trips for one
survey schedule. We urge all minis-
ters to be as thoughtful as possible in
this matter.
Ninety-five per cent. of the State is
now organized for the survey. Sev-
eral counties are completed and sev-
eral practically so. If every minis-
ter does his bit promptly, the survey
could be rapidly completed over the
entire State. We could then give to
i the people of each community, as well
"as to the leaders of every denomina-
tion, the results, upon which they will
| be able to build a program commensu-
| rate with the opportunities of this
new day.
Rev. IRVIN E. DEER,
State Survey Supervisor.
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CONDITION OF PENNSYLVANIA |
SEED CORN CRITICAL.
That the condition of seed corn in
Pennsylvania is rather critical this
spring is the belief of the Agronomy
department of The Pennsylvania State !
situation has been
College. The
brought to light by tests made on
corn exhibited at the Harrisburg |
Farm Products Show. One kernel
from each ear in 817 exhibits was
taken to the college and a germina-
tion test was made. These kernels
represent some of the best corn grown
in 89 counties of this State and should |
seed |
corn that will be planted by farmers
this spring. One hundred and fifteen |
or a little more than one- |
third, gave a germination test of 100 |
Sixty-two exhibits, repre- |
senting about one-fifth of the total, |
germinated between 91 and 96 per |
or 30 per |
cent of the total, germinated between |
The remaining :
46 exhibits were very low in germina- |
test higher than the average
exhibits,
per cent.
cent., while 94 exhibits;
71 and 90 per cent.
HOOD’S SARSAPARILLA.
Makes Food Taste
Good—Hood’s Sarsaparilla Creates
an Appetite.
Aids digestion and promotes assim-
ilation so that the body secures full
nutritive value, thus naturally mak-
ing the weak strong and giving the
vitality of health. This great medi-
cine enables the digestive organs to
perform their functions easily, keeps
the stomach sweet and relieves or
prevents indigestion and other diges-
tive troubles. :
When your food does taste good it
is a sign of good or returning health;
shows that the blood is becoming
richer, routing scrofula, eczema,
rheumatism and other diseases, and
that the system is being built up to
| overcome that tired feeling, and the
prostration after influenza and fe-
vers. The one medicine that can le-
gitimately claim to do all this—is
Hood’s Sarsaparilla. If a mild laxa-
tive is needed, take Hood’s Pills; an
| active cathartic, more Hood’s Pills.
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Ira D. Garman
Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry
“JEWELRY MADE OVER”
11th Street Below Chestnut,
-9£34-6m. PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Get the Best Meats
You save nothing by buying poor,
thin or gristly meats. I use only the
LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE
and supply my customers with the
freshest, choicest, best blood and mus-
“cle making Steaks and Roasts. My
prices are no higher than the poorer
meats are elsewhere.
I always have
—DRESSED POULTRY—
Game in season, and any kinds of good
meats you want,
TRY MY SHOP.
P. L. BEEZER,
Hight Street. 34-34-1y Bellefonte Pa.
tion four of them showing no signs of
life whatever.
If the seed corn throughout the
State is as much below that shown at
pected, farmers will do well to test
every ear before planting. Corn spe-
cialists at State College consider the
situation one that demands attention
{ and are planning to start a seed corn
testing campaign at once to save
Pennsylvania farmers time and mon-
ey that would be wasted if poor seed
corn were planted. This campaign
Harrisburg as would naturally be ex-
will be conducted by the extension
service working with the local farm
bureaus and county agents.
One explanation given for the low
| germination of seed corn this year is
| that the wet season last fall caused
the corn to contain an abnormally
large amount of moisture for the time
er so cold in December that some corn
was frozen, killing or injuring the
germ. That such might be the case
was called to the attention of farmers
by the college early in the winter.
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Ammonia
Potash
Hagerstown, Md.
The Fertilizers That
Grow Big Profits
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of all grades of fertilizer and are
always glad to send to any
of the different analyses.
lizers for Potatoes and Truck Crops.
Here is one of our brands especially
recommended for Corn and Oats:
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GUARANTEED ANALYSIS
Available Phos. Acid.
Factories ideally located to give the farmers
of Pennsylvania REAL
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Buy
By this
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farmer a list
Special ferti-
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FERTILIZER SERVICE.
Factories:
Baltimore, Md.
Harrisonburg, Va.
Gettysburg, Pa.
Hagerstown, Md.
The “GRO-ALL” Fertilizers
are sold by the progressive
dealers in most sections of
Pennsylvania. If not sold in
yours, write for the agency
proposition today.
BES nt
Bad habits
and independence.
Once started, the
their own funds.
a simple step.
dren.
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Guiding Your Children
lead
Good habits guide them safely into
the path of character, uprightness
You can start them right by teaching
them to save money. Set them an ex-
ample by saving yourself.
them admire thrift.
to form other good habits.
vides experience for them in handling
This start in the right direction is but
Take it by opening a
savings account with us for your chil-
CENTRE COUNTY BANKING CO
BELLEFONTE, PA.
children astray.
Make
saving habit helps
It pro-
We could never see
We DO advise the best
Jewelers and
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AAA AIIM
Optical !
AS CONCERNS THIS FIRM
glasses excepting, possibly, for emergency cases.
buy. You owe it to yourself and to your sight.
Our methods, with our newest and most up-
to-date appliances, assure an absolute correction
of your eye troubles at a very moderate cost, con-
sidering quality. We have glasses at all prices
BUT WE DO NOT ADVISE CHEAP GLASSES.
We are the oldest optical house in this county,
with the widest experience.
F. P. Blair & Son,
Bellefonte, Pa.
the advisability of cheap
glasses one can possibly
Optometrists
of year. This was followed by weath- |
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$4.85. $4.85 $4.85
fF MEN'S HIGH TOP WORK SHOES
I have received another
shipment of those good High
Top Work shoes that I sold last
fall for $4.85
These shoes are made of all
solid leather and are less in price
than the very cheapest shoddy
shoe on the market today.
It will pay you to purchase
your work shoes now and lay
them away until you need them.
Yeager’s Shoe Store
THE SHOE STORE FOR THE POOR MAN
Bush Arcade Building BELLEFONTE, PA.
58-27
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Come to the “Watchman” office for High Class Job work.
Lyon & Co.
Lyon & Co.
Easter Opening
We have just remodeled and improved our
store-room, which gives better light, better
facilities for showing merchandise, and are
just in time for a big Easter opening.
Coats and Suits
We can truthfully say, without boasting,
our Ready-to-Wear Department never was
more complete; and in addition to the large
assortment, the prices are phenomenally low. We
are showing the new Spring Suits in all colors—
Navy Blue, Copenhagen, Reindeer, Pekin; in
Serges—Poiret Twill, Tricotine, Silvertone. Jersey
Cloth Suits are very popular in the heather mix-
tures in blue and green colors. We have sizes to
fit the small lady, the medium sizes and extra sizes.
Our price we can guarantee from 25 to 30 per cent.
less than any other store.
Coats—We are showing a big line of Spring
Coats, all colors ; styles with narrow leather belts
or narrow self belts ; sport length or full length.
Dress Goods—See our new assortment of fig-
ured Georgettes. All the new combinations in dif-
ferent colors for the new over-blouses ; satins and
taffetas to match. White Silk Kumsi Kumsa and
Silk Jersey for the new sport skirts or suits.
Easter Accessories—Neckwear, Kid and Fab-
ric Gloves, Silk Hose, Corsets, Bags and Pocket
Books—everything the woman of good taste needs
to brighten up her Easter outfit.
Rugs Carpets Lineoliums—This Department
is worth your while seeing. You will save money
by looking at our stock before buying.
Spring Shoes—New Spring Styles in Men's,
Women’s and Children’s high and low cut Shoes.
Lyon & Co. « Lyon & Co.