1 SPORES SCATTERED BY WIND Remarkable Reproduction of Species of Fungus Is One of the Wonders of Nature. We often wonder at the amazingly sudden upspringing of mushrooms and toadstools. Today the green of the lawn is unbroken. In the night a gen- tle rain falls, and we wake to see a crowded group of vellowish-white “inkycaps” spreading their parasols fn the very shadow of our doorstep. i Mr. Burton O. Longyear in the Outer’s Book describes the marvelous repro- ductive powers of these fragile and short-lived plants. Each species of fungus produces upon or within some part of its fruit body countless numbers of minute re- productive bodies called spores. So small and light are they that they float in the air as an invisible dust. Many of them fall to the ground and are washed into the soil by rains. Others are wafted away on every, breeze, car ried possibly for days, to be brought down at length by rain many leagues from their starting point. In this way they are carried to the ends of the earth, dusted into every crack and cranny. lodged on every exposed sur- face of wood or soil ard caught on every dew-moistened leaf or twig. The amazing number of spores pro- duced by a single fungus can be real- ized only by knowing their relative size. Thus in the case of most puff- balls at least three thousand of the globular spores. when laid side by side, would be required to form a line one inch long. A compact mass of such spores. the size of a parlor-match head. would contain the incomprehen- sible number of thirty millions of these microscopic bodies, enough to cover an acre of ground with four spores for every square inch of surface. PIPE MAKERS USING BIRCH Woed Has Been Found to Be Eminent- ly Suitable, After Treatment by a Special Process. et American birch since the war has ac- | quired a South American name. Nowa- days it is fashioned into pipes and then called something besides birch. The _ only evident reason for the change seems to be the fact that the process that converts soft birch into a hard pipe was originated in a Latin American country, according to the New York Evening Sun. Birchwood owes its new name and {ts present prominénce in the pipe in- dustry te the war, which cut off the supply of briar and sent the prices of the stocks in America sky high. Substitutes have been sought for the expensive imported briar. The ces- ————————————————————————————————————— | MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA '3 In the Churches of the County. | PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Sabbath services as follows: Morn- ing worship at 10:45. Evening wor- ship at 7:30. Sabbath school at 9:45 a. m. Prayer service every Wednes- day evening at 7:45. A cordial wel- | come to all. W. K. McKinney, Ph. D., Pastor. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY. Christian Science Society, Furst building, High street, Sunday service 11 a. m. Wednesday evening meet- ing at 8 o'clock. To these meetings all are welcome. A free reading room is open to the public every Thursday afternoon from 2 to 4. Here the Nd ARN SIT ININTS § may be read, borrowed or purchased. Subject, October 17th, “Dectrine of Atonement.” ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Services for the week beginning October 17th, twentieth Sunday after Trinity. 8 a. m. Holy Eucharist. 9:45 a. m. church school. 11 a. m. Mattins and sermon, “Seven Thousand {in Israel.” 7:50 p. m. evensong of St. | Luke, with sermon, “St. Luke’s Gospel | Sor.gs.” Monday, feast of St. Luke, | Evangelist and Martyr, 10 a. m. Holy { Eucharist. Friday, 7:30 p. m. Litany | and instruction. Visitors always wel- | come. i Rev. M. DeP. Maynard, Rector. ST. JOHN'S REFORMED. i “Go to Church” and Rally day serv- | ices next Sunday at 10:45 a. m. and | 7:30 p. m. Sunday school rally at | 9:30 a. m. with the annual contest for | the pennant and special offerings for | Kashigaya station in Japan. Christian | Endeavor rally at 6:45 p. m. Every . member is urged to attend all of these services. Ambrose M. Schmidt, D. D., Minister. ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH Sunday school 9:30 a. m. Morning ' worship 10:45. No -evening service | this Sunday, as the pastor expects to | leave for Washington to attend Luth- eran Brotherhood convention. Mid- week prayer service Wednesday, 7:30 p. m Rev. Wilson P. Ard, Minister. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Bible school 9:30. Sermon, “The Key to Blessedness,” 10:45. Junior League 2 p. m. Senior League 6:30. Sermon, “The Sin of Ingratitude,” 7:30. You are invited to worship with us. Rev. Alexander Scott, Minister. — Wilbur F. Leitzell, of State | College, has been promoted from a major in the machine gun battalion of the Pennsylvania National Guard, to division machine gun officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel. sation of importations with the war— they haven't been resumed yet—inten- sifies the search for an American wood that would provide a suitable substi- tute. Many native hardwoods were tried without success. or too heavy to rest comfortably be- tween a smoker's lps. one hit on the expedient of trying a soft wood and employing a process that would give it the required hardness for use in pipe manufacturing. Birch was found the most suitable for the pur- pose. me cer—— Oil Wells Detected Electrically. New uses for electricity are con- stantly appearing. One of the latest is the detection of crude oil In the earth instead of boring for it. It is stated that crude petroleum has been located electrically in the shallow oilfield near Corsicana, Texas, and that further tests are being made around Burkburnett. <A series of bat- teries is used for the test, the negative terminal being connected to a wire which is dropped into dry waterhole, valley or indentation, and the positive: terminal being connected to a “land wire.” which is used to make contact at various points on the surface of the field investigated. It is stated that the higher electrical resistance of oil compared with other constituents of the earth, permits it to be located by the reduced deflection of a sensitive instrument in the circuit. ee ———————————————— ugaster Riding” in Bohemia. In various parts of Bohemia, now the principal state of the new Czecho- Slovak republic, a curious old custom prevails, that of “Raster riding.” On each Easter day, at four o'clock in the morning, the riders assemble, dressed fn black and carrying crosses, flags and other emblems. From Schonwald they proceed on a three-hours’ ride to Kulm, where they attend service. The priest, after a sermon wherein he re- fers to the horse as a symbol of pow- er, bestows his benediction on the ani- mals and their riders. This done, the riders visit the neighboring castles, where they receive hospitality, subse- quently making their way homeward, escorted by a band and a large crowd. The origin of this curious custom is lost in the mists of antiquity. China's Tea Industry. Indications are that the Chinese gov ernment intends to make every effort to encourage the tea industry in that country and to increase CHina’s tea trade with foreign countries, and the Peking cabinet recently decided to es: tablish a tea bureau under the minis try of agriculture and commerce, Ii is stated that the tea’industry of Ching 1s not keeping pace with the world's fncreasing consumption of tea, and while China is still holding its trade in the finer qualities, Indla and Ceylon have practically captured the markel from China as to the common black teas. Most of them were | either too hard to be worked into pipes . Then some | It is estimated that there were 8000, including students, in attend- ance at the State—Dartmouth game last Saturddy.” The gross receipts were slightly in excess of $7,300. Transfers of Real Estate. Lydia BE. Neidigh to M. W. Nei- digh, tract in Ferguson township; $575. George W. Rossman, et ux, to Wil- liam A. Gummo, tract in Ferguson township; $360. | Alice Matilda Myers, et bar, to i Joseph E. Johnson, tract in Philips- ; burg; $2500. . Daniel W. Myers to Charles W. Stoddart, tract in State College; $675. | Isabella Zerby, et al, to James W. : Herron, tract in Bellefonte; $4500. { Lucy Poorman, et al, to Janette : Wilkinson, tract in Boggs township; i $250. Philipsburg Coal & Land Co., to El- mer Laird, tract in Rush township; $140. : Elmer Laird, et ux, to Nellie D. Schnars, tract in Rush township; $400. W. H. Thompson, et ux, to Clara B. | DeArment, tract in Howard; $1500. | A. C. Leathers, et ux, to WwW. H. i Thompson, tract in Howard; $77. W. H. Thompson, et ux, to TR Hamilton, tract in Bellefonte; $1100. Charles A. Dolan, et ux, to William Dolan, tract in Marion township; $1000. Philipsburg Coal & Land Co. to Pearl L. Yocum, tract in Philipsburg; $325. Clement Dale, et ux, to H. S. Hol- land, tract in Boggs township; $1525. F. W. Crider to Basil J. F. Mott, tract in Bellefonte; $12,000. ——————— i — Marriage Licenses. Arthur E. Garlick, River Beach, Mass., and Irene E. Whiteman, Centre Hall. Harry E. Bechdol and Mary M. Grove, Lemont. Frank L. Bell, Punxsutawney, and Violet A. Irvin, Pleasant Gap. Lewis R. Lenhart and Mary R. Mc- Cormick, Millheim. Hi Johnson on Harding. From the New York World. Mr. Harding, happily for himself and for America, has scrapped the League.—Senator Hiram Johnson. Respectfully referred to Mr. Taft, Mr. Wickersham, Mr. Hoover and the other Republican champions of the League of Nations who insist that Senator Harding really favors it, in spite of his speeches to the contrary. —Subseribe for the “Watchman.” Ira D. Garman Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry “JEWELRY MADE OVER” 11th Street Below Chestnut, 63-84-6m. PHILADELPHIA. PA, Bible and Christian Science literature: NEW ADVERTISEMENTS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. EN WANTED.—At the Nickel—Alloys plant, Hyde, Pa. Good wages and chance for advancement. Apply to HOWARD SMEAD, 65-31-tf Bellefonte, Pa. ROPOSALS WANTED.—Notice is here- by given that sealed bids will be received by the Commissioners of Centre County, at the Court House, Belle- fonte, Pa., until 9 e’clock A. M.,, Friday, November 12th, 1920, for sale and removal of the following: The Wooden Barn at the rear of the County Jail as it now stands. mhe abandoned Wooden Bridge with stone abutments at Lemont, Pa., crossing Spring Creek. Proposals will be publicly opened at 11 o'clock a. m. the same day. All bids must be accompanied with certified check. The Commissioners reserve the right to reject any or all bids. By order of the Commissioners of Cen- tre county. HARRY P. AUSTIN, GEO. H. YARNELL, GEO. M. HARTER, County Commissioners. 65-41-4t Attest: R. W. Irwin, Clerk. XECUTORS’ SALE OF REAL ES- TATE.—The undersigned hereby give notice that they will expose to public sale on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16th, 1920, at one p. m. a valuable farm situate along the state highway only one-third of a mile west of Pine Grove Mills. The said farm contains about 150 acres, all of which 1s in a high state of cultivation, except 6 acres of woodland. The house, bank barn, wagon shed and other out-buildings are in good condition. Mountain water is con- veyed by pipe to both house and barn. The preseat wheat crpp now in the ground will be reserved, together with the right to harvest the same. Terms of sale: Ten per cent. of pur- chase price on day of sale, forty per cent. on delivery of the deed, and the balance with interest in one year, to be secured by bond and mortgage on the premises or at the option of the purchaser the whole price may be paid in cash, Possession will be given April the first, 1921. James Reed, Auctioneer. A. STEWART BAILEY, NANNIE BAILEY, Kxecutors of Mary Catharine Orvis & Zerby, Bailey, deceased. Attys. for Executors. 65-37-4t Saleof A Valuable Business Location and Homestead! The heirs of Captain James A. Quigley will offer at public sale on the premises at Blanchard, Pa., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16th, 1920, at 1 p. m., the store property, Homestead, including 23%; acres, and household goods consisting of furniture, carpets, etc. The property is located in a good com- munity and the right party can easily re- estaplish the successful business conducted by Captain Quigley for fifty years. The real estate may be seen and purchased pri- or to the date of sale. 65-40-2t The Pennsylvania Match Co Needs Girls Work will be given to all who apply 65-40 tf The McVey Co. Real Estate Operators FOR SALE. Five reem house, front and rear porches, town water in yard; Pleasant Gap. Price $1275. Three lots, Pleasant Gap; size 50x15 each. Price $100 each. 125 acre farm, 110 acres clear, balance in timber pasture; timber ready to cut, good buildings, along state highway, Nittany valley. This is a good farm. Price $13,000. 145 acres—35 acres clear, im high state of cultivation, balance timber and pasture; 5 room house, good barm, fruit ef all kinds, near church and scheel, Uniem township. Price $1700. Double dwelling, 7 reoms and bath on one side, 6 rooms on ether, lot 66x120. House in good cendition; Penn street, Bellefonte. Price $2700. OFFICES: BELLEFONTE MOUNT UNION ALTOONA BEDFORD LEWISTOWN OWN Crider Stone Building Bellefonte, Pa. HARKISBURG JOHNST 65-18-tf EAL ESTATE.—J. M. KEICHLINE. real estate operator in Centre county buys and sells real estate. It you want to buy or sell real estate write to him or call at his office in Temple court, Bellefonte, Pa. 65-28-6m XECUTRIX’S NOTICE.— Letters testa- meatary having been issued to the undersigned upon the estate of John H. Miller, late of Ferguson township, deceased, all persons knowing themselves indebted to said estate are requested to make prompt payment, and those having claims against the same must present them, duly authenticated, for gettlement. (Mrs.) CARRIE M. WIELAND, Linden Hall, Pa. GERTRUDE R. MILLER, Penna, Furnace, R. F. D. W. Harrison Walker, Executrixes. Attorney. 65-39-6t given that application will be made by Theodore Davis Boal, C. W. Corl and Pierre de Legarde Boal, to the Governor of Pennsylvania, on the 18th day of October, A. D. 1920, at one o'clock p. m., under the provisions of an Act of As- sembly, entitled: “An Act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of certain corporations,” approved the 20th day of April, 1874, and the supplements thereto, for a Charter for an intended corporation called the “Boalsburg Auto Bus Line,” the character and object of which is to oper- ate auto busses as a common carrier, for the transportation of persons and proper- ty, and for these DuzDUses to have, pOssass and enjoy all the rights, benefits and priv- ileges of said Act of ‘Assembly and the supplements thereto conferred. SPANGLER and WALKER, Solicitors. C™iven NOTICE.—Notice is hereby 65-38-4t Carpenters Wanted! Carpenters for construction work. Wages, 80c. per hour for first-class men. 10 hours per day. Long job. Good sleeping accommodations free with meals at a reasonable rate. Transportation one way refunded after six week’s steady work. Apply THE VICOSE COMPANY, 65-37-5t 65-32tf Houbigant’s Quelques Fleurs Perfume—1 0z - - - $ 7.00 Quelques Fleurs Perfume—4 oz - - 25.00 Quelques Fleurs Talcum - - - - 1.25 Quelques Fleurs Face Powder - - - 6.50 Ideal Perfume—1 0z - = - - 5.00 Ideal Toilet Water - - - - - 8,00 deli Tale - - - - = = - 1.25 deal Face Powder - ~~ - = =. = 5.50 Coty’s L,Origan Perfume. - °, ~ - - - 10.00 1a Rose Jacqueminot Perfume. - - - - 3000 The Mott Drug Company BELLEFONTE, Penna. RS EE EE Lewistown, Pa. re — ASHINGION The National Capital 16-Day Excursion Friday, Oct., 22 Round Trip Fare from BELLEFONTE $12.60 War Tax 8% additional Proportionate Fares from Other Points I'or details as to leaving time of trains, fares in parlor or sleeping cars, stop-over privileges, or oth- or information, consult Ticket Agents, or David Todd, Division Passenger Agent, Williamsport, “Pa mn - - a Pennsylvania System ATTENTION FARMERS! — AND— DAIRYMEN'! We want the name and address of every farmer and dairyman of Centre county who can furnish milk to The New Milk Station At BELLEFONTE which will be ready for operation in a few weeks. Prompt settlement twice a month and full Dairymen’s League price will be paid. Let us. hear from you. Bell telephone connection. * ‘Western Maryland Dairy BELLEFONTE, PA. IRVIN D. BAXTER, Proprietor. J. A. GOLLINS, Country Manager. 65-38-tf SISA EE NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS Saturday Special! One Large Glass Pitcher, with six Water Glasses to match - - $1.19 SEE THEM IN THE WINDOW Te. Potter - Hoy Hd’'w Co. 65-5 BELLEFONTE, PA SECHLER & CoO. Bellefonte’s Oldest Grocery The store where long experience in selecting groceries insures to each where and at fair prices. We Invite You to Test this Statement 65-1 with Your Patronage. customer a quality of goods just a little higher than can be found else- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANAAA CS EE. eee — ee Cae aa ol 6600 SALE $6.00 FOR LESS THAN AN INGERSOLL. 100 Gentlemen’s Wrist Watches, regu- lar small O size, 15 jewels, nickel case, radiolite dial and hands, Kitchener strap, fully ‘guaranteed, for less than an Ingersoll watch. Former Price, $15.00. Sale Price, $6.00 Phone or mail your orders. EL EE ——— F. P. Blair & Son, Jewelers and Optometrists Bellefonte, Pa. 64-22-tf AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANAAA A AAA Bellefonte Trust Company Bellefonte, Pa. Why You Should Make aWill To protect your loved ones. To safeguard your estate. By making a Will you can appoint the Bellefonte Trust Company as your Executor or Trustee. Vou can thus assure to your heirs the business manage- ment and financial responsibility which this institution affords. Your wishes can be observed in the distribution of your property, for if you do not leave a Will the law may divide up your possessions in a way that you might not desire. How Have You Made Your Will? Do not write your own Will. “Home-made’’ Wills are dangerous and often cause law-suits, because, when drawing a Will the law must be known, both as to wording and terms. Consult a lawyer today about the making of your Will and have him name the Bellefonte Trust Company to act as your Execu- tor and Trustee. J. L. Spangler, 65-3-tf President C. T. Gerberich, Vice President N. E. Robb, Treasurer
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