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THE NATIVITY.
While shepherds watched their flocks by
night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down,
And glory shone around.
Bruner dan.
“Bellefonte, Pa,, December 24, 1920.
HEALTH SCHOOL
Pennsylvania State Department
of Health,
“Fear not,” said he, for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind;
“(Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you and all mankind.
“Po you, in David's town, this day
Is born of David's line,
The Saviour, Who is Christ the Lord;
And this shall be the sign:
“The heavenly babe you there shall find
C—O ER SE,
Animals in Cold Weather.
The wild animal that minds cold the
least is undoubtedly the rabbit. In-
deed, it is said that the rabbit is, of
all warm-blooded creatures, the most
capable of withstanding low tempera-
tures. A rabbit which had got into a
block of ice was imprisoned there
twelve hours. When freedom was
finally secured, it began
stantly to feed.
Hares, too, can stand a lot of cold
so long as they can get food. The Al-
pine hare, which is found in Cumber-
land and Scotland, never seem incon-
venienced by the worst frosts. The
almost in-
Of domestic animals sheep
first as cold resisters. In a great bliz-
zard which swept England in 1891,
sheep were dug out of the drifts that
had been buried twenty-four days.
They were still alive, Next to sheep
in cold weather hardiness come goats
and then pigs.
Among the birds, thrushes and
blackbirds seem able to endure less
cold than the finch tribe, of which the
house sparrow is the commonest type.
The hedge sparrow appears, of all
birds, to be the most affected by cold.
Perch enjoy cold weather and freez-
1 es, comfortably making their winter
| homes in lakes that are frozen prac-
come !
Shoes.
Questions.
8. How can persons made
immune to diphtheria for life?
2. How long does the protecticn
which a dose of antitoxin gives,
last?
3. How can persons be made per-
manently immune to diphtheria for
life?
THE LEAK
Some fifty years ago 2 prominent
Pennsylvanian remarked that “There
‘would be no more great inventions,
‘because there was nothing left to in-
vent.”
‘an aeroplane.
Two men sat together in a railway
train. The tall, thin one was a Manu-
facturer, who had made his way, the |
stout one with heavy eyeglasses was a
Physician.
As the train stopped they saw on
the house across the way a state quar-
antine sign, “Diphtheria.” “That,”
sald the Manufacturer, “is a disease
which has cost me thousands of dol-
lars, through loss of time of my em-
ployes.”
“That,” sald the Physician, “Is a
disease which will not bother your
successors in business.”
«Nonsense! Antitoxin will cure if
given early and will prevent, if given
to one who has been exposed, but
Diphtheria cannot be completely
stamped out.”
“Not only can, but will,” asserted
the doctor; “just as Small pox, the one
time scourge of the world, has been |
made negligible by vaccination, as Ty-
phoid is no longer & danger factor to
the Army, so Diphtheria will be eliml-
nated by ‘Toxin-antitoxin.’" :
«And what is Toxin-antitoxin, and
how is {t different from antitoxin in
general use?”
“Antitoxin,” sai. the physician;
“will cure diphtheria if given in suffi-
clent doses—in time: lesser doses of
antitoxin will prevent diphtheria in
those who have heen exposed to the
disease, but the protection does not
last more than a few weeks,
“A second attack of diphtheria Is in-
frequent because the “Toxins” or poi-
‘sons of the disease stimulate the blood
to form protective substances which
‘remain in the body.”
“Toxin-antitoxin” is a combination
of the actual diphtheritic poison with
sufficient of the antidote or antitoxin
to prevent harmful effect. The patient
is inoculated as it were with the poi-
son of the disease and its antidote,
but the ‘Toxin’ influences the blood to
form defensive agents just as in ae-
‘tual diphtheria.”
“] see,” sald the Manufacturer; “you
sort of fool the blood.”
“Well, you might call it that”
“Then your idea is to give Toxin-
antitoxin to everybody?”
“Not every person, for all are not
susceptible to Diphtheria.”
“How can you separate them?”
“REasily—‘The Shick Test’—bables
under six months are usually immune,
‘above that—‘The Shick Test.”
“Never heard of it,” said the Man-
ufacturer,
“Perhaps not, you laughed because 1
never heard of ‘Leno.’ Every man to
his trade, you know ; “The Shick Test’,
is employed to determine whether or
not the individual can cateh diphthe-
irla. It consists of the injection be-.
tween the layers of the skin of the
‘forearm, of a specially prepared min-
ute dose of diphtheria toxin; if with-
in two or three days, a characteristic
redness and swelling of the arm at
ithe point of injection is noticed, this
ishows that the individual can catch
:diphtheria; if there be no such ap-
‘pearance the person cannot catch it.”
“Good so far as you go,” said the
‘Manufacturer; “but how are you go-
ne to make practical application of
factory?”
. “Lots of them; didn’t I say I'd been
‘hard hit by diphtheria?”
“Why not advise it for your em-
ployes? After the ‘Chick Test’ tells
{them they are subject to diphtheria,
they will be anxlous to take toxin-
jantitoxin to render them immune for
i1ife.”
“But that will be only one factory.”
“I am telling you, other doctors are
telling other people, the State Depart-
iment of Health is advising the proced-
ure for the protection of human life.”
“How about school children?”
“Parents owe it to their children to
‘save them from diphtheria, all chil-
dren who show susceptibility should
be protected by the administration of
“Toxin-antitoxin.’ ”
“Is there danger in the administra-
tion?”
“No more than In giving diphtheria
antitoxin, and its universal success
needs no comment.”
“I am glad we saw the placard,” said
the manufacturer.
Last year Diphtheria cost Pennsyl:
vania 1833 lives; the year before 1770,
and the year before that 2019. This
is a LEAK which can be stopped.
"Toxin-antitoxin” when indicated by
the “Shick Test” is the answer.
Needless to say, the test and “Toxin
antitoxin’ should be administered omy
hy a physician.
——Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
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“You employ young people in your
To human view displayed,
All meanly wrapt in swathing bands,
And in a manger laid.”
Thus spake the seraph; and forthwith
Appeared a shining throng .
Of angels praising God, who thus
Addressed their joyful song.
“All glory be to God on high,
And to the earth be peace;
Good-will henceforth from heaven to men
Begin and never cease.”
Economic Effects of Prohibition.
Washington, District of Columbia.
— The Jones-Works Excise Law be-
fully effective November 1, 1914.
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| came
lions and under it not more than 300
| Sheppard Prohibition law became ef-
| fective November 1, 1917, and nation-
| al prohibition January 16, 1920.
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| It contained many restrictive provis- |
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Today his Grandson Operates [hay rooms could be licensed. The
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Persons convicted of crime in this |
| district and sentenced for a period of !
| one year or less are sent to the work- |
| house.
The commitments to that in-!
| stitution from 1914 to date will indi- |
| cate whether restrictive and prohibi- !
{ tion laws have had any effect. The
| figures given in the following tables
| are official for the number of prison-
| ers committed for the fiscal years end-
| ed June 30:
[1914 1915
{6390 6472 6458
1918 1919 1920
3232 2511 833
1916 1917
5582
| The decrease from 1914 to 1920 is |
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. 87.36 per cent. In that period the
| population of the District of Colum- |
| bia increased. approximately 25 per
cent. which would make the ratio of i
| decrease about 90 per cent.
! for non-support were:
| 1914 1915 1916 1918 1919 1920
{i «a3: 020. 230 8 23 18
| The decrease from 1914 is 86.5 per
| cent. nd
| Two classes of crimes will illustrate
"the tendency:
1914 1919 1920
CAssaults Looe 551 168 70
' Disorderly conduct..... 1173 160 39
| In the former class the decrease is
' 87.3 per cent. and in the latter 97 per
cent. Considering the increase in pop-
ulation the ratio of decrease is ap-|
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The number of husbands committed |
proximately 90 per cent. and 98 per |
cent. respectively.
The official figures from the reports |
of the Associated Charities for the |
years ended September 30 are as fol-
lows: :
Decrease
1916 1920 per cent.
Families befriended. ..2767 99S 64
Alcoholic problem in
families befriended.. 527 35 93.3
These results have been accom- |
plished notwithstanding the proximi- |
ty of Baltimore and notwithstanding
the propaganda and extraordinary ef-
forts of the wets to discredit prohibi-
tion in the capital of the United |
States.
— Ladies comfort shoes, rubber
heels, $5.00 at Yeager’s, until Christ-
mas only. 51-1t
McClain Says Meat Dealers are Prof-
i iteering.
Philadelphia, December 20.—While
retail meat prices have shown slight
‘ reductions, Frank B. McClain, state
_fair-price commissioner, said that the
‘ price of beef to the consumer is out of
all proportion to the prevailing whole-
sale costs.
“If there ever was a class of mer-
chants,” said Commissioner McClain,
“who justly could be charged with ex-
torting almost criminal profits from
the public, it is the retail meat deal-
i er of today. The only dealers who are
justified in charging the high prices
| they are asking are those who handle
‘the choicest cuts of beef, as those
. cuts have not been reduced very ma-
terially in wholesale price.
“But prices of cattle as well as
| wholesale prices of beef, in all grades
up to the prime grades, are lower to-
| day than since 1911, and the consum-
Ler still is paying virtually war-time
prices for those grades of beef.”
\ Elmira, N. Y.—Advertised prices
here show substantial reduction in the
| cost of living: Small lean fresh pork
loins, whole or half, 22c. pound; bone-
home killed chickens, 35c.; fresh sliced
liver, two pounds, 15¢.; fresh ground
| hamburg 18ec.
rere.
Pretty Christmas Customs.
In some of the small towns on the
Riviera a curious custom takes place
on Christmas eve, when at the chief
church in the town, during the mid-
night mass, a number of shepherds
from the hills make their appearance
wearing the picturesque dress of their
calling.
The chief shepherd carries a lamb
in his arms and, advancing to the high
altar, gives it to the priest as a
Christmas offering from the shep-
herds and a symbol of the Nativity.
In some towns of southern Germa-
ny a pretty custom prevails on Christ-
mas eve.
A veiled woman walks through the
streets after nightfall, carrying a
child, chosen for his beauty and good-
ness to personify the infant Saviour.
The cottage windows are left ajar so
that the representative of the Christ-
Child can leave some gift upon the
Every good child thus finds on
: Christmas morning fruit and sweets,
but the bad children only receive a
birch rod, typical of well deserved
chastisement.
——If you want all the news you
ean get it in the “Watchman.”
less rib or rump roast beef, 25c.; fresh
tieally solid.
Arctic fox is another creature which
no degree of cold seems to bother. It
is one of the very few animals of the
Arctic regions which does not hiber-
nate.
J. M. Keichline.
For Sale.—Sixty houses and lots.—
65-40-3m
Children Cry for Fletcher’s
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Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Coun’ .it3, Imitations and ** Just-as-good ” are but
Experimeon's that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric,
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains
neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its
age is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has
been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency,
Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids
the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep.
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Just a Suggestion
There is not any gift which
would be appreciated more
than a dressy pair of shoes
or a pair of comfy bedroom
slippers . . ... . .. .
We Have the Best
Yeager’s Shoe Store
THE SHOE STORE FOR THE POOR MAN
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Bush Arcade Building 58-27
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Letz Feed Mills
Sharples Cream Separators
Sharples Milking Machines
(Electric and Line Machines)
Dubbs’ Implement and Feed Store
BELLEFONTE, Pa
62-47
Chicken, Dairy and Horse Feed
Calf Meal |
Come to the “Watchman” office for High Class Job work.
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SERIES 20
Satisfying Performance Economy of Operation
Power Durability True Value
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Cord Tires on all Models—Irices
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North Water St. BELLEFONTE
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Lyon & Co. Lyon & Co.
THE STORE WHERE QUALITY REIGNS SUPREME.
Smashing High Prices
We are making every day “Special Sales Day.”
We are trying to reach everybody’s means. By de-
ing this we are able to sell at the “Qld Prices again.”
Come in and see our Big Line of Christmas Gifts, we
have presents for all your friends.
Hosiery, silk, wool and lisle for men, women and
children.
Gloves, ladies’ kid gloves in black and colors at $2.50.
A big line of woolen and fabric gloves and mittens
for the entire family.
fundiserehioty for everybody in linen, silk and cot-
on.
Collars, Fillet, Vandyke and Embroidered Organ-
ies.
Pocket Books, leather, velvet and bead bags.
Ties. A large assortment for men and boys.
Dresses, Coats and Suits at Clearance Sale prices.
Furs of all kinds.
....>PECIAL....
Lancaster Gingham for aprons or dresses
POY VArd ... ccceomscztsmiss scar vistas rests mesa nes 18¢
Muslin, unbleached, 36 inches wide, per yd........ 15¢
Outing Flannels, light and dark, per yd.............. 30c
Georgette Waists all colors and black.............. $4.75
Ribbons for fancy work and hair ribbons, all
colors, per yard... ue i bnnninatiinin.:
Convince yourselves by coming in and allowing
us to prove that we are selling the “Best Qualities”
at the “Lowest Prices.”
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THE STORE WHERE QUALITY REIGNS SUPREME