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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.
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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-
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'3 In the Churches of the
County.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Lewistown, Pa.
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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.
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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-
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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.
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F. P. Blair & Son,
Jewelers and Optometrists
Bellefonte, Pa.
64-22-tf
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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