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Bellefonte, Pa., June 11, 1920.
GREAT IN SERVICE
Type of Idealist Worthy of the
Highest Praise.
American in the Philippines Was For-
warding the Cause of Civilization,
With Krag in Place of Shep-
herd’s Crook.
I first met him in the brush, a thou-
sand yards north of Dagupin, in Pam-
panga, lying on his belly and watching
me through the sights of his Krag. It
is indeed startling to discover the si
lent menace of a rifle muzzle protrud-
ing through the tropical undergrowth,
especially at 20 yards rage.
“Friend!” I called across to him.
“Sure, come on over,” he laughed
back, and his. rifle muzzle slipped
across a point or two, covering the
trail I had followed over the skyline.
Though it was but a chance meeting,
he trusted me as one of his kind, and
there was no “glad-to-meet-you” talk
or the reticence of Manila.
His name is no matter; it was Har-
vard-Boston-Irish of four American
generations. But it is vital that his
eyes were blue and that he was one
of those sunburned American idealists
whose success is not gauged in dollars,
but in service rendered to civilization,
to sanitation, to health and to decency.
Why, then, was he civilizing with a
Krag? I thought of the head-hunters
of the northern mountains, not far
away, and of native insurrection, now
a thing of the past.
“What's the trouble?” I asked when
1 reached his nest in the undergrowth.
“Nothing, just precaution,” he an-
swered. Then I heard in the valley be-
hind him the rhythmical pounding of
boring machinery and saw the top of a
timber scaffold for well digging.
He explained, as I crouched beside
him, that a certain ex-alcalde, in a fit
of petulance, had thrown a dog into the
village well, thereby contaminating the
supply. This had happened three vil-
lages up the road and sickness had
spread throughout the valley. To dig
another well in the near neighborhood
seemed inexcusable to the natives. Not
that trouble was really expected, but
machinery cost cash and guards had
been posted at the hill trails. His vil-
lage needed water, and water they
would have, pure and cold from the
200-foot level, whether the natives op-
posed the work temporarily or not.
These things he told me, and more,
while we sat and brushed away the
flies.
This man was no engineer and no
sanitary inspector. He was no N. C. 0.
of the Philippine constabulary. He
thumbed the bolt of his rifle and ad-
mitted he was a teacher! I had heard
often of his type. Indeed, I had come
to the Philippines for the sole purpose
of making his acquaintance, and to
meet him in the equality of the brush
was indeed good fortune, for men of
his kind the world over are prone to
be as uncommunicative as the English-
man at the frontiers of empire. Here
he was at work at one of the strong
contacts of civilization and of educa-
tion in the Philippines—the devolop-
ment of water supply.—Paul Monroe
in Asia Magazine.
Birds Increase in Numbers.
The beneficial effects of the migra-
tory bird treaty act are beginning to
be felt. The United States depart-
ment of agriculture, through its bu-
reau of biological survey, has conduct
ed investigations of the breeding areas
of ducks in North Dakota and Nebras-
ka, says a bulletin of the department.
Compared with former years, a grat-
ifying increase of breeding waterfowl,
particularly in North Dakota, is evi-
dent. The fifth annual series of counts
of birds of all species breeding on se-
lected areas in various parts of the
United States contained a large pro-
portion of reports showing increases
in bird population. The total number
of reports received however, was not
large. Many of the persons who had
formerly taken part in the annual bird
counts were unable, because of extra
duties assumed during the war, to find
time for the work required by the
fifth count.
Men Who “Know It AIL”
Some folks are “canned” because
they are too self-satisfied. It’s a com-
mon thing in life to find folks too big
to take orders. They know the game
and refuse to take orders. That is
confession they belong to the small
class and never will be fitted to lead.
The good boss is a master of obedi-
ence. He commands because he has
learned to obey. He's never satisfied.
There are always new goals to strive
for. He rises because he sees things
from a different angle. It's different
with the fellow who is self-satisfied.
He sees only what he wants to see,
and holds his opinion above that of
everybody else. You can’t do much
with him.—Exchange.
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War Services Recognized.
Miss Maud Cleveland of Berkeley,
Cal., graduate and member of the
faculty of the University of California,
recently received the D. S. M. at the
American Woman’s club in Paris for
“conspicuous service” while serving us
head of the Red Cross home communi-
cations department of the A. E. F.
Miss Cleveland had charge at Brest of
the war brides who married American
soldiers.
HEALTH SCHOOL
Peinsyivania State Department
of Health.
Questions.
1. What is a common cause of
deafness in young people?
What are the common signs
of tonsils and adenoids which are
so large that they require treat-
ment?
3. Why should tonsils and ade-
noids be removed?
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ADENOIDS
Jim, nine years old, thin, pale, irrit-
able and distinctly deaf, was two years
behind children of his age at school ;
partly because he lost time from many
sore throats; partly because he was
dull in his lessons.
When in his sixth year he was ex-
amined by the school doctor, who rve-
ported “enlarged tonsils and adenoids;
mouth breather; underweight.” His
mother was told that he would have
frequent colds and sore throat, would
probably catch all the diseases going,
which he regularly did, and would not
grow: up to be a strong man, unless
these defects were corrected.
His motRer said he would outgrow
his tonsils, that it was better to have
a sick child than a dead one, that she
knew of a child that had never been
well since he had been operated on
and, that even if she were willing,
the fright of it would kill Jimmy. She
could not even get him to a dentist,
though his teeth were bad. Moreover,
! a doctor had told Jimmy's father when
a child, that he should have his ton-
sils out, but his parents wouldn't have
it, and he had outgrown it.
It is true that Jim’s father was a
good provider, even though he was
chronically catarrahl, snored habitu-
ally, breathed through his mouth, was
a poor mixer and had been sickly all
his life.
One day Mrs. Williams, referred to
by some, as the town “pusybody,” call-
ed upon Jim's mother to give her a
“piece of her mind.”
Mrs. Williams believed in Women’s
Rights, in metal garbage cans, with
closed covers, in babies protected from
flies and other things, and spared
neither herself nor anyone else in her
efforts. to attain her ideals.
She opened the interview by remark-
ing in her sometimes pleasant, always |
forceful way, ‘What right have you to
keep Jimmy sick and miserable and
make him a weak and useless man?”
Jimmy's mother, bristling with re- |
sentment, replied, “I spend nearly all |
my time trying to keep him well.”
“What did the doctor tell you?” said
Mrs. Williams.
“He told me he
child.”
“Why did he say he was a delicate
child?”
“Well, he said he couldn’t be well
unless he could breathe through his
nose and that he couldn’t breathe
through his nose unless his tonsils
and adenoids were taken out, but that
was
is a dangerous operation and I won't |
have it done. My husband had tonsils
a delicate :
and adenoids, but he has outgrown |
them.”
“Was your husband in the army?”
asked Mrs. Williams,
“No, he tried to go, but they would :
not have him.”
“Why wouldn't they have him?”
“Well, because he has always been
delicate and he can’t hear out of one
ear and has a small chest.”
“Was he a delicate child?”
“Yes, and Jimmy inherits it bus not
from my side. My people have all
been strong.”
“When he was a child did they try
to take out his tonsils and adenoids?”
“Phey did, but his parents wouldn't
allow it.”
“Does he like to be deaf and carry
his mouth open like a fly trap and
have a sunken chest?”
“No, but his father was delicate,
too.”
“Do you know that if Jimmy has
his tonsils taken out and his adenoids
cared for that in six months he will
be as strong as any boy in this street.
He will catch up in his school and he
won’t get sore throats any more and his
hearing, at any rate, will not grow any
worse. But if you don’t have it done,
he may be as deaf as a post and he
will never grow up to be a real man.
Do you know that?”
“Phat’'s what the doctor said, but I
don’t believe it.”
“Because your husband was depriv- |
ed of his rights is no reason why your
son should be denied his. Give Jimmy
a chance. I am afraid you are think-
ing of yourself and not of Jimmy's
zood. How do you think he will feel
when he grows up and realizes be-
cause you were selfish he didn’t have
his chance?”
“Do you really think Jimmy will
ever think that?”
“I don’t think it, I know it. Now
what are you going to do about it?”
In many children the tonsils are so
large and the tissue in the back of the
nose (adenoids) so overgrown that tue
child has to breathe through his
mouth; some children always, some
only when these structures are swol-
len by a slight cold. AS they grow
older the tendency to blocking by this
tissue becomes less marked. In the
meantime they often suffer damage
which cannot be repaired. Habitual
mouth breathing means chronic ca-
tarrh.
Most of the contagious diseases are
implanted in the throat. Children
with these enlargements are particu-
larly subject to these diseases, such as
diphtheria, cerebrospinal meningitis,
infantile palsy, measles, scarlet fever.
They are also subject to frequent sore
throats which are likely to involve the
ears and make them hard of hearing.
These children breathe through
their mouths, are weak physically and
their minds are not as bright. They
cannot be as big or as strong or as
fine men and women as they would if
they had not this condition of tha
throat.
This condition can be safely, quickly
and easily remedied by a throat spe-
cialist, who by a simple operation en-
ables the child habitually to breathe
through the nose.
To Plant Trees for Pulp Wood.
For the benefit of the newspapers
of this State the Pennsylvania De-
partment of Forestry has started an
investigation into the possibilities of
growing trees for pulp wood on the
state forests. The inquiry was begun
because of the acute and increasing
shortage of pulp wood throughout the
country. If successful, North Caro-
lina poplar will be planted extensive-
ly to provide a future supply of tim-
ber for the manufacture of news print
paper.
Although two attempts have been
made in the State to establish planta-
tions of North Carolina poplar on a
commercial scale, chief Forester Pin-
chot believes it can.be accomplished
with success if proper methods are
used. He has instructed John W.
Keller, chief of the Bureau of Silvi-
culture, to conduct the inquiry.
Keller has inspected a plantation of
North Carolina poplars made twenty-
two years ago near Tyrone, by the
West Virginia Pulp and Paper com-
pany. Trees 10 to 12 feet high were
planted 10 feet apart on a rocky hill-
side. The plantation is regarded a
failure, as it grew slowly, and was at-
tacked by oyster shell scale and bor-
ers. Keller believes, however, that if
smaller trees were planted on better
soil and closer together, more satis-
factory results would be obtained.
North Carolina poplar is one of the
fastest growing trees in this climate.
It often averages well over an inch in
diameter each year, so that in ten or
twelve years lumbering could be prof-
itably undertaken. Its texture is ad-
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mirably adapted to the manufacture
of pulp for newspaper uses.
Increasing Value of the Jersey Cow as
a Food Producer.
The increasing value of the Jersey
cow as a food producer was demon-
strated last week at an auction sale
of Jerseys at Hood Farm, Lowell
Mass., when Sophie’s Elberta was
knocked off at $6300, the highest price
for any Jersey at public sale in this
country this year.
Sophie’s Elberta is a five-year-old
cow out of the famous Sophie’s Tor-
mentor family. When three years old
she gave nearly 11,000 pounds of milk
in the year, and breeders say she com-
bines beauty with her utility. The
purchaser was a wealthy paper man-
ufacturer from Pennsylvania.
Another cow, Sophie’s Florence,
four years old, went for $3000. A bull
only one year old went for $1600, and
another of the same age $1500. There
were 71 animals sold for a total of
nearly $54,000, an average of $755.
Many of the Jerseys went to Texas,
some to Oregon, and others to differ-
ent parts of the country.
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Still Afraid.
“Have you any last request to
make?”
“Yes. Ask the minister who
preaches my funeral sefmon not to
say I ame better off.”
say I am better off.”
“Y know it, but my wife will think
I told him to say so.”—Houston
Chronicle.
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We are Headquarters for repairs for the E. B. Osborne,
Champion and Moline Machines.
SPECIALS—While they last. Spray Guns, 25, 35 and 50
cents. A-1 Maroon paint for outside use at $2.00 per gallon.
COMBINATION TEDDER and SIDE DELIVERY RAKE
guaranteed to do both well
SHARPLESS CREAM SEPARATOR, the separator with the suc-
tion feed, no discs, top of milk bowl 24 inches from the floor. SHARP-
LESS MILKING MACHINES, the electric moto-milker, the only one
to emulate nature.
B.—K., the perfect disinfectant, deodorant and antiseptic. No
dairy farm or home should be without this. NON POISONOUS FLY
SPRAY. Spraying material for every purpose.
Dry Lime, Sulphur,
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Come to the “Watchman office for High Class Job work.
All economical buyers will be interested
in our reduction sales. We quote just a few
prices of the big Reduction Sale now on.
Ladies’ White Canvas Lace Shoes, Cuban
heel, all sizes, value $4.00; sale price $2.49.
Men’s Shoes in this sale as low as $2.50.
Hosiery Reduction Sale, Sizes 4 to 5 1-2
One lot Mercerized Hose for infants, white, black,
blue, pink and tan; 50c. quality; sale price 2 pr. 25C.
Ladies’ Mercerized Lisle Hose, black, white and
coravan; $1 quality, sale price 69c.
Men’s Silk Hose, black, blue, white and gray; $1
quality, sale price 75¢.
Economy Prices of Foulards
All our 36-inch Satin Foulards that cannot be
bought wholesale for less than $4 per yard, sale price
$2.50.
Flaxons and Voiles in 26 and 29-inch are in this re-
duction sale; values soc. and 69c., sale price 35¢. and
40c¢.
See our Carpet and Linoleum department. Great
Reduction in Carpets, Rugs Linoleums and Draperies.
We have no time or space to enumerate all our
prices in every department. We extend a cordial in-
vitation to all.
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