Bellefonte, Pa., November 26, 1920.
SLOW TO ACCEPT BUDDHISM
People of Japan Loath to Embrace
Faith Introduced Into the
Country by Korea.
Buddhism was introduced into Japan
by Korea in the year 552. It was first
embraced by the higher classes, partic-
ularly in scholarly circles, but the
lower classes still clung to their old
faith of Shintoism. The doctrines of
‘Buddhism were written in the Chinese
language and the believers offered
their prayers in that tongue.
At one time Buddhism made such
strides as to become the state religion
in Japan, but the people still opposed
it with a determination of upholding
their own Shintoism, until the states-
men and priests invented an ingenious
way of explaining and interpreting the
religious principles of Buddhism.
They adopted the theory of monothe-
ism as well as polytheism by saying
that there is only one supreme power
which is personified in the form of
various gods and goddesses, according
to the different countries and different
institutions.
The principles
Shintoism were thus reconciled and,
in order to convince the popular mind
of this theory, Emperor Shomu pa-
tronized a movement to erect a large
bronze statue of Daibutsu or Buddha
at Nara, the statue being completed
in the year 752 after 14 years of cast-
ing and construction.
LIKE SWORD OF DAMOCLES
How Many -Others Have Unwittingly
Sat in Peril of Which They
Were Ignorant?
It may have chanced that some of
us have unwittingly sat under a sword
of Damocles and “through good luck
rather than good management” have
escaped its fall. Damocles himself
was happily ignorant of his danger
for a brief time.
The story, with its perfectly obvious
moral, is that in the reign of Dio-
nysius the Elder as the ruler of Syra-
cuse in Greece, years before the Chris-
tion era, one Damocles, a member of
the court, wishing to establish himself
securely with the monarch, flattered
him unduly. Being a good deal of a
man and believing that “flattery, like
cologne water, is to be smelled of, not
swallowed,” Dionysius decided to
teach the courtier a lesson.
He invited him to a wonderful ban-
quet, which Damocles enjoyed greatly
until he perceived above his head a
sword which was held by one single
hair. How soon he was able to leave
his perilous station is unrecorded, but
his feelings during the rest of the
feast may be imagined and need not
be described.
Blacksliding Organ.
An appeal now being made on behalf
of a poor country church for a new
organ has been re-enforced by a coin-
cldence—the old organ happened to
cipher, or produce of its own accord,
a long-drawn, wailing sound just as
the words were being read from Jb,
“They rejoice at the sound of the
organ.” This has been interpreted as
a good omen, and it reminds a corre-
spondent of what happened in the Sus-
sex village of Jevington. A new organ
was bought of the kind which couid
be played by turning a handle. The
church was crowded to hear its open-
ing recital. All went well till the end
of the first psalm; the singing then
ceased, but the organ went on playing.
It seemed that the man in charge had
failed to discover how to put on the
brake. From the psalm tune the organ
went on to give a lively secular catch
called “Drops of Brandy,” and then
started on a merry air entitled “Go to
the Devil and Shake Yourself.,”—Lon-
don Morning Post.
How “Wallop” Originated.
An incident of interest in English
and French history occurred in the
year 1514. The French fleet ravaged
the eoast of Sussex and burned
Brighthelstone, now Brighton, where-
upon Sir John Wallow, one of the best
naval commanders of his time, was
sent by Henry VIII to make reprisals.
In this he succeeded only too well; he
burned 21 French villages, demolished
geveral harbors, and thrashed the en-
emy to his heart's content. His men,
however, proud of his achievement, de-
clared that they had walloped the
French. Thus there came into the
English language as a synonym for
i
of Buddhism and
| SANTA CLAUS AND
THE CHILDREN'S SEAL
Bright Little Sticker For Mail
Means Much to the Boys
and Girls.
Santa Claus and a child appear oo
the Christmas Seal this year.
Santa is bringing health for chil
dren. The child pictured is so hapoy
he is getting the great gift of health
that he has perched himself or Sante’s
shoulders and is holding aloft the
double barred cross, which i. the >m
blem of hope used by tuberculosis
workers.
The mission of the little sticker 13
just what the picture on it this yer
signifies. The salutation of the child
and Santa—“Happy New Year’ —is
borne out ¢hrough the work done with
the money realized from “h: sale of
Tuberculosis Christmas ieals
“The Tuberculosis committee cover-
ing a community retains over threa-
fourths of the money it realiz-s from
the Seal sale for carrying on the ght
against tuberculosis and the iraprove-
ment of the public health,” said Gif.
ford Pinchot, chairman of the Stain
Seal Committee. “One of the impoot-
ant things being done by tliese cu n-
mittees is the health work amo 2
children, and especially in the schocls.
“If we teach children betrer habits
and hygiene ‘hey will grow up much
healthier and tuberculosis will be ma-
terially lessened.
“Every Christmas Seal u:icd means
better health for childrer of your
community.”
HOW SEAL FUNDS
ARE GEING USED
Christmas Seals and Health Boads
furnish most of the funds for the
Pennsylvania Tuberculosis Society and
100 local affiliated organizutio:s. They
employ fifty nurses, health educators
and other workers.
These workers assist “the sich and |
disseminate facts on the nature, treat-
ment and prevention of tuberculosis.
Specifically they
Put the Modern Health Crusade in.
the schools. ‘
Make health surveys for discovering
cases of tuberculosis.
Show health motion picture films.
Make health demonstrations at fairs
and on other occasions, ising “Health
Clown,” “Picture Man” and “Fairy.”
Secure publicity in newspapers.
Distribute literature and display
posters. i
Arrange “Health Days,” “Fly Gum-
palgne,” “Clean-up Weeks,” “Health
ays.
Provide speakers on health topics!
for clubs, teachers’ institutes, granges, '
medical societies, ete.
Show tuberculosis exhibits.
Promote open-air and open window
schools.
Assist with medical examination f
school children and in follow-up -are.
Join with other agencies in mainte-
nance of health centers, baby clinics
and child welfare stations.
Provide relief where necessary.
Help to secure hospital provision
for advanced cases of tuberculosis.
Make it possible for those having
tuberculosis to go to sanatoria.
WHAT WILL YOU DO
ABOUT THESE FACTS?
Tuberculosis is taking a terrible toll |
in Pennsylvania every day. What are |
you going to do about these facts:
In 1919, 10,253 persons were killed
in Pennsylvania by tuberculosis—a
preventable disease.
That means 28 persoas su: cumbed ;
to the White Plague every day, or
one an hour.
For every death rom tulerculosis
in Jou community there are from
10 to 15 living cases.
In the schools of Pennsylvania
75 per cent to 80 per cent of all the
children have physical defects.
Five per cent, or 88,750, of all the
school children in Pennsylvania
have tuberculosis.
Christmas Seal Sale egins Nov, 29.
The Christmas Seal is an appeal to
you by your community for your com-
munity.
The Christmas Seal Sale is con. !
ducted by your local tuberculosis com. |
mittee for the benefit of your own '
community.
CHRISTMAS SEALS
FIRST USED IN CIVIL WAR
idea of Divisional Insignia Is Credited.
to General Joseph Hooker—Were
Worn as Cap Ornaments.
“The divisional insignia, which was
hailed as something of a novelty when
it was introduced in the A. E. F., did
not stand for an entirely new idea in
uniform decorations for an American
army,” says the Home Sector, the ex-
soldiers’ weekly.
“Gen. Joseph Hooker—'Fighting
Joe’—whose record in another Amer-
ican war fought sixty years ago has
not been entirely submerged in the’
vast history that grew out of that
war, had conceived the same insig-
nia idea, and the men of the regi-
ments fighting under him in the
Civil war put on a distinctive em-
blem and thereby established a fash-
fon that was adopted by all the
Union forces. The idea did not die
with the Civil war, for in the Span-
ish-American war also American sol-
diers wore distinctive emblems to
show what organization they belonged
to.
“The divisional insignia as worn by
the A. E. F. was new, however, in the
details of its wearing, for the soldiers
of the Civil war and of the Spanish-
American war did not wear cloth
patches on the left shoulder. The
fighting men of the Civil war wore
their emblems—made of metal, with
cloth centers—as cap ornaments. The
soldiers of the Spanish-American war
displayed their own organization
marks—of enameled metal with a
clasp backing—pinned to their left
breast just above the pocket flap.”
FINE POINT IN DRAW POKER
Would a Gentleman Take a Pot on a
Hand That Was Not
Dealt to Him?
Coats off, shirtsleeves roiled up, and
sopping handkerchiefs bound tightly
round their brows, Bloodthirsty Bill,
Cheater Charlie, Daredevil Dick, the
dealer, and Slasher Sam sat in solemn
conclave round the table, playing a furi-
ous game of poker.
Stakes and excitement ran high.
Each man seemed to hold a tiptop
hand, and none would relinquish the
betting. At last time came for the
hands to be exposed.
“Four twos!” shrieked Bloodthirsty
Bill.
“Four
Charlie.
“Straight flush!” roared Daredevil
Dick, the dealer.
threes!” shouted Cheater
“Royal flush!” screeched Slasher
Sam.
Daredevil Dick, the dealer, was stag-
gered.
“Take it, Sam, if you've got the
« nerve,” he muttered: “but you know
it’s not the hand I dealt you."—Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
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World’s Races Divided.
Amphiscians are the people who in- |
i habit the tropics, whose shadows in
one part of the year are cast to the
north and in the other to the south, ac-
cording as the sun is north or south of
their zenith.
The antiscians are the inhabitants
of the earth living on different sides
of the equator, whese shadows at noon
are cast in contrary directions. Those
living north of the equator are antis-
cians to those living south of that line,
and vice versa. The shadows on one
side are cast toward the north and
upon the other toward the south.
The ascians are the people who
live in a land where, at a certain time
of each year, they have no shadows
at noon. All the inhabitants of the
torrid zone are ascians, they having a
! vertical sun twice a year.
The periscians are the inhabitants
of the polar circle, whose shadows dur-
ing some portions of the summer must
in the course of the day meve entirely
around and fall toward every point of
the compass.
Island of Crete “Upending.”
In the course of a discussion on the
subject of Crete at the Royal Geo-
graphical society, Prof. L. J. Myres de
scribed two remarkable changes of
Handling Your Funds.
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funds at your direction, a secretary
| process without appreciable contrac
ground level that have occurred there |
since classical times, says the Scientific
American.
The whole island has swung upon an
axis, the eastern half sinking and the
western rising, so that whereas at
Hierapetras and Spinalonga the an-
cient quays and harbor works are now
under water, the little Greek harbor of
Phalasarna, at the west end of the is-
land, is now totally upheaved, so that
one can walk about en the floor of the
ancient harbor, upraised and dry.
Chinese Engineers Hate Toil.
In no branch of modern progress
has China advanced during the last
twenty years more than in engineer-
ing, if we except, perhaps, medicine.
The Chinese engineer has come to
stay. He is a much-criticized person,
and the principal objection the up-to-
date modern engineer offers against
him is that he refuses to undergo the
long and tedious period of training
necessary in any branch of engineer-
ing today: if he can become an engin-
eer without soiling his hands or taking
oft his coat, he is quite willing to pose
as having mastered engineering; but
he objects to the toil and the dirty
work.
War-Torn Villages Arising.
villages in the vicinity of St. Quen-
tin, France, are literally rising ;
phoenixlike from their own ashes.
Confrouted by a lack of stone and
building materials, the artisans have
established a big grinding machine in |
which the debris of the shell-shat- |
tered houses is remade into mortar.
All Busy.
“What's your wife doing?”
“Preserving watermelon rind.”
%So 7?”
“And the kids are enthusiastically
supplying her with the materiale
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Plastic Dressing for Wounds.
Industrial plants are now using the
Ambrine treatment for burns, scalds,
and all surface wounds which proved
very successful for casualties incurred
in the world war.
The dressing is a compound of wax
and resins, and is solid when cold. It
is heated to about 150 degrees Fah:
renheit and applied by means of a spe-
ial atomizer, or it can be generally
daubed on with a soft brush. A plas-
tic dressing, impervious to air, is thus
formed, which does not adhere to the
wound and which promotes the healing
tion. Disfigurement and scars are pre-
vented toea greater extent than was
possible under the old methods.
CASTORIA
Bears the signature of Chas, H.Fletcher:.
In use for over thirty years, and
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
~ TO EVERY READER
There is no pure herb family medi-
cine in the world today that can equal
the power and give such grand results
in regulating the bowels, stimulating
the liver, flushing and cleansing the
kidneys, sweetening the stomach or
Purifying and enriching the blood—
an
BULGARIAN BL0%D
Those who suffer with stomach,
liver, kidney, rheumatism or blood
troubles will find Bulgarian Blood Tea
the best medicine to relieve and cor-
rect these ailments, It is wonderful
how quick you will begin to pick up
and be your old-time self again.
During the 1918-19-20 influenza epi-
demics Bulgarian Blood Tea was used
by countless thousands of sufferers
with marvelous success and millions
of people took it steaming hot to pre-
vent and ward off the disease.
As a general first aid family medi-
cine it has no equal and every person
should have a box constantly on hand
for any emergency—to kill colds, allay
fevers and guard against influenza,
pneumgnia or other serious sickness.
And all mothers and fathers of fam-
ilies should apply at once to their
druggist or grocer for a trial box of
Bulgarian Blood Tea.
Shoes. Shoes.
Just Like Going
“Bare-Footed?”
—that’s what the ‘‘Kiddies’’ say about
Lyle
4 The Welt Stitchdown
that has mode good,*’
An ideal shoe for the active ‘wile awake,’’ boy or girl.
A shoe that leurhs at ‘‘hard-knocks’’ and comes back for
more. Good looking enough for most any occasion—rugged
enough for any service.
Youngster shoes are Light, Cool, Strong and Comfort-
able. Fit the foot properly and bend with every step, a shoe
for strenuous every day usage—that will wear like iron.
And youngster shoes
are not expensive—
as the first cost is no more (in many instances less) than any
other grade of children’s shoes, and besides this, we give you
two pair at a little more than the cost of one.
Our Factory Rebuilding Service
Makes an old pair of ¢‘ Youngster’’ shoes wear like new,
by re-building them from the ‘‘ground up,’’ with all neces-
sary parts, such as new out soles, new in-soles, counters,
laces, buttons, in fact everything that is needed to make the
shoe wear like new.
Please don’t confuse this ‘‘rebuilding service’’ with the
ordinary job of ‘‘repairing’’ or ‘‘cobbling.’” Youngster.
shoes are re-built at the factory, by expert shoemakers, over
the same ‘‘last’’ that the shoe was originally made on.
Come in and let us show you how well this work is done.
Let us prove to you that we can furnish you with two pairs
of shoes, for a little more than the cost of one.
Youngster shoes run in all children’s sizes—at prices
from gp.25 to $4.00. °‘Re-building Service’ costs $1.35.
YEAGER'’S SHOE STORE,
Bellefonte, Penna.
Come to the “Watchman” office for High Class Job work.
{i Lyon & Co. Lyon & Co.
THE STORE WHERE QUALITY REIGNS SUPREME.
33% Sale
Continued
“Pll say prices are down in this store,” is
what we hear from all our customers. We are
making a great effort to adjust prices so they
will bring all merchandise within the reach of
everybody, and the increase in our business tells
us we are fulfilling our promise.
Every day we are receiving new goods and
at greatly reduced prices, which we put out at
The Tuberculosis Christmas Seal,
as known in America, was first
sold in 1908.
who keeps your accounts, a sleepless
sentinel guarding your funds, a car-
rier who delivers to all corners of the
country—all these and many other of-
fices are performed by the bank.
Money which you wish to send with-
thrash the new word wallop.
the same rate.
INS AA AAAS SAA
After Many Trials.
“He took my ball,” said a youngster
when reproved for fighting with
The Seal is a little sticker placed
on letters and packages during the Prices
We invite you to visit our store.
another boy. month before Christmas and over in this city or to distant points is con- . .
“Did you try to get it from him | | the holidays. a Lom check simply, safely will convince you.
bly?” wea .
De » Christmas Seals cannot be used The checking account is only one of
the many mediums through which this
bank serves its customers. There are
many other ways in which we can be
helpful to you and it would be our
Pleature to serve you in any or all of
em.
“How many times did you try?” as postage.
«] tried once, twice, thrice and
force, and I didn't get it until the last
time.”—Boston Transcript.
on ———————————
Seals sell for one cent each.
More than three-fourths of the
money raised by your tuberculosis
committee from Seals and Health :
“After the lapse of centuries Shake Bonds remaims to Bight tuberculosis CENTRE INTE . ”
speure’s humor 1s still fancy. and improve the health of your
60-4 BELLEFONTE, PA.
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“Well 2” communit
“That's the real test of real humor, y :
is it not?” The sale of Tuberculosis Christ.
“I don’t know about that. People |} a5 geals and Health Bonds begins
still Jaugh at the mother-inlaw Joke ' } November 29
at the vaudeville shows and it dates :
back to the stone age.”—Birmingham
Age-Herald,
THE STORE WHERE QUALITY REIGNS SUPREME
Lyon & Co. « Lyon & Co.
——Subseribe for the “Watchman,”