I ow
Bellefonte, Pa., January 21, 1921.
STOKER NO LONGER NEEDED
Use of Oil Instead of Coal Has Ren-
dered Picturesque Character on
Shipboard Unnecessary.
“The Passing of the Fiery Fur-
nace” might some day appear as the
title of a book telling of modern meth-
ods of traveling by sea, with emphasis
on the bunkering of ships with fuel
oil instead of coal, thus eliminating
the stoker who, day and night, shov-
eled that coal into the ever-yawning
depths of flame. Doubtless those trav-
elers who used to feel sorry for the
stoker’s plight will join In the pleas-
ures of the trip with greater equanimi-
ty on the oil-burning boats. One of
the most interesting of recent sights
in the kaleidoscopic harbor of New
York was the bunkering with fuel oil
of the Cunard liner Aquitania directly
from an oil tanker. In about twenty
hours 45,000 barrels of oil was stored,
by means of an 81-inch flexible metal
hose, the services of but three men
being required. Had all four connec-
tions been used, the bunkering could
have been completed in six hours by
seven men, this including both proc-
esses of discharging and receiving.
Thus the modern method means a
saving of time, labor and expense,
since the coal bunkering of an ocean
liner usually requires the services of
many men for several days. It is also |
interesting to note that the liners
first run with eil as a fuel resulted
in the consumption of approximately
8,900 tons, as against the usual 5,840 |
tons of coal.—Christian Science Moni- |
tor.
MOSTLY OF INDIAN ORIGIN
Twenty-Five of the Forty-Eight States |
of the Country Have Practically
Native Names.
Of our 48 states we find that 25 bear |
names of Indian origin, while 12 are |
English, six Spanish and three French. |
Two states may be said to have Amer- |
ican names. The first is Washington, |
named after the Father of our Coun- |
try, and the second Indiana, so called |
on account ef the purchase and sub- |
sequent settlement by various Indian |
tribes of large tracts of land north of |
the Ohio river and within the present |
boundaries of the state, !
When we review Indian state names, :
we must remember “hat there was no |
one Indian tongue. Instead, there |
were several separate and distinct lan-
guages, and each of these was divided
into many dialects. Hence the wide
variance in Irdian names in different
sections.
Wisconsin, written by early Freeh!
explorers of the region as Ouisconsin |
and named for its chief stream, is
thought to have come from a Sac In. |
dian word translated as Wild Rush-
ing Channel, and also as having ref-
erence to holes in the banks of
streams where birds nest. However,
neither of these interpretations can be
confirmed National Geographic
Magazine.
| springs.
NOW EAT LIGHT BREAKFASTS
English People, Since the War, Are
Said to Have Abandoned Heavy
Morning Meal.
The hearty dreakfast which every-
body in England ate for centuries has
gone out of fashion, a correspondent
of the New York World writes. Steaks
and chops as an early morning meal,
which the French regarded as a herri-
ble British habit, disappeared some
time ago. Now scarcely any one eats
porridge, fish, ham and eggs and mar-
malade for breakfast. Both those who
have leisure and those who work eat
smaller breakfasts and larger lunch-
eons.
The clubs and restaurants now pro-
vide big luncheons. Many serve a
luncheon of four or five courses—soup,
fish, joints, sweets and cheese—and
at a comparatively moderate price.
Busy men find they can work better
after a light breakfast—boiled egg or |
a thin rasher of ham or bacon. But
they satisfy their appetites fully at
luncheon, giving an hour or even more
to enjoy their food in comfort.
With women, too, the hearty lunch-
eon is becoming popular. They ne
longer are satisfied with a cup of cof
fee and some buttered cakes. Girl
stenographers and clerks take a sub-
stantial meal of meat and pudding.
Probably they have done a good morn-
ing’s work on a cup of tea and a slica
of bread and butter. So they have
learned to appreciate and enjoy a
luncheon that sustains and upbuilds
them.
NEW SPORT ON SUBMARINES
Fishing With Baited Lines Is Now
Employed to Relieve the Tedium
of the Life.
Fishing with inverted lines from the
decks of American submarines is the
newest pastime among members of
their crews operating in the Pacific
ocean from the Los Angeles submarine
base, says the Popular Mechanics
! Magazine.
The boats make frequent practice
trips between Los Angeles and Santa
Catalina island. The water in this
area averages about 90 feet in depth,
and is one of the finest fishing
grounds of the Pacific coast.
Frequently the boats dive to the bot-
tom, and lie there with their motors
shut off while practicing submarine
signaling, torpedo-tube routine &nd the
| like.
The upside-down fishing is done in «
very simple manner. Prior to making
a dive the men arrange their lines on
the deck rails of the submarine. The
hooks are baited and are strung out
on the decks to le carried upward
when the boat dives, by a float at-
tached near the hook.
Since any fish that takes the bait
can not be removed until the boat
comes to “the—surface,; the lines are
fastened to the deck rail by coil
This practically eliminates
! the chance of losing the fish by its
. preaking the line. or tearing the hook
out of its mouth.
Franklin Medal to Sir Charles Parsons.
The Franklin medal has been award-
ed to Sir Charles Parsons “in recogni-
i tion of his epoch-making success in
ee,
Seeks Invigorating Influence.
Life's greatest need is to expose it:
self to enlightening and invigorating !
influences. The world is impatient to |
impress itself on the individual. Like i
excluded sunshine it needs but an
opening to flood itself unstintedly into
every nook and corner of possible in-
fluence. That does not mean that mind
grows by passive acceptance of every-
thing that seeks entree. It just means
that the materials upon which the
mind should react to grow properly are
all about us trying often in vain to
bestow upon us the benefits we need
but studiously reject. Everything
about us, from bird song to perspir- |
ing toil, can be made to minister 10
our well-being if we will turn it to!
account. There's more opportunity
about most of us than we are able to
use. If we grow prematurely old and i
tiresome it’s because we do not open !
the windows.
Handle Gasoline Carefully.
Those who handle gasoline as a mat-
ter of ordinary custom are often quite
oblivious to its potential dangers. An
English journal tells of a motoreyclist
who removed the cover of his electric
horn and flushed it out with petrol.
Having replaced the cover he start-
ed for a ride.
At the first attempt to use the
horn the result was startling, for
there was a terrific explosion and the
cover crashed into the rider's ribs. |
The horn was, of course, full of ex-
plosive mixture, which was ignited by
the electric spark.
To Spell at Pleasure.
An Iowa professor urges that every
one should be allowed to spell as he
pleases, to save all the time spent in
learning the prevailing fashion. It
probably would not save much time for
the reader of such spelling. With the
typewriter to do the writing and the
adding machine to do the arithmetie,
and history discarded as useless, free-
dom in spelling would go far to do |
away with the need of any schools at |
all.—St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Alike.
Mother was washing her hair, which
was fluffy at all times but when wet
decidedly curly. Five-year-old John
watched the process with great con-
cern.
“Mother.” he finally remarked wise-
ly, “your hair is a lot like grandma's
face, isn’t it? When you wash it it
wrinkles up like everything.”
the development and the construction
of the steam turbine which has revo-
lutionized the art of steam engineer-
ing, particularly in regard to the pro-
pulsion of mercantile and naval ves-
sels, and the driving of electrical gen-
erators.” Not many people know of
the courageous struggle of Sir Charles
in the early days of his invention, and
that he separated from his original
partners owing to their becoming too’
discouraged to “carry on.” Engineer-
ing, in speaking of the award, says:
«phe work of Sir Charles Parsons has
halved the cost of producing electric
power and reduced. in still greater pro-
portion the capital cost of engineer-
ing machinery.—Scientific American.
ae
Capsulés and Fly Screens.
Among modern inventions that -nake
HAS SEIZED GERMAN TRADE
Japan Said to Be Furnishing Practi-
cally All of the Buttons Now
Used in China.
The style has changed in Manchuria
that, just after the establishment of
the republic, set many Chinese wear-
ing the garments of the West, and
needing narurally western buttons.
Such buttons, says Consul General Al-
bert W. Pontius, writing home from
Mukden to his government, were im-
ported about equally from Japanese
and European manufacturers, but now
the Chinese have pretty well gone back
to their own style of dress, and the
one European garment that still re-
mains popular is the heavy ulster. One
no longer needs buttons, except for
one’s ulster, and these are now chiefly
imported from Japan, for the Chinese
costume does very well with “frogs.”
But buttons, no longer seen, are evi-
dently needed somewhere, for in 1919
(#.ina imported about $400,000 worth
of them, hone buttons, composition but-
tens, and mother-of-pearl buttons, and
shout 85 per cent of these buttons
were “made in Japan.” The war has
siven Japan almost a monopoly; one
might say that Japan buttons China.
And so it is, says Consul General Pon-
tius, with needles to sew the buttons
on. Icfore the war China was import-
mg approximately $900,000 worth of
needles a year, chiefly from Germany
snd Austria; but now the Japanese
needle manufscturers control the Chi-
nese market, and that is sad for the
(‘hinese needlewoman or needleman,
heeause the Japanese needles do net
Leep their sharp points anything like as
long as the Luropean needles.—Chris-
tinn Science Monthly.
FIND MAKES SCIENTISTS GLAD
Discoveries Recently Made on Scottish
Island Are Declared to Settle
an Old Dispute.
Discoveries of great interest to
archaeologists have heen made on the
Island of Risza, in Loch Sunart, Ar-
gyleshire, Scotland, where a band of
«cientists has heen searching in huge
«hell mounds,
The director of the party is of the
cpinion that (he discoveries made in
this rocky and uninhabited island have
zone far to settle the dispute among
archaeologists as to whether a break
intervened in the human occupation
of the British isles between Falaeo-
lithic and Neolithic periods. He says:
“Vesiiges of human activity ex-
tremely like the *Azilian, as the inter.
inediate period called in France.
is
. HOLDING CHEMICAL TRADE
| Statistics Show That Uinted States
ave now heen recognized in Scotland |
in the
Colonsay, and
has heen
land.”
island of Oransay, adjoining |
the name of Oransay |
ziven to this period in Scot- |
The Risen excavations disclosed re- |
mains of
the Oransay man’s dwelling
places, with his food. refuse and rude
tools, made of flint. jasper, quartz and :
quartzite, horn and bone, and many
large implements made from the ant-
lers of the red deer,
Windows of Life.
Every call and challenge of life has
its appropriate window.
CAN'T RUSH TO SAGHALIEN
Japanese Government Bars All put
Business Firms Approved by
War Office.
There will be no rush of adventur-
ers to the new fields for exploitation
opened up by the Japanese occupation
of Russian Saghalien, according to Mr.
Murakami, chief of the fishery bureau
of the department of agriculture and
commerce, who is quoted in the Yo-
miuri:
“None except those who really mean
business and are in a position fo se-
riously transact business will find any
place for them in Saghalien,” said M.
Murakami. “All rights there are in
the hands of the military command.
and anyone that wants to go there.
now must obtain a permit from the
war office. Certainly the forests there
will yield plenty of wood pulp and
other raw material, while there are
rich coal mines and possibly oil wells.
But the chief product of that region is
the output of the fisheries.”
Speaking of the fishing rights in Sag
halien. Mr. Murakami said that after
consultation with the army command
an auction was conducted at Niko-
lalevsk for those rights over which the
army command is able to furnish pro-
tection. No detailed report of the aue-
tion has been received. The bidders
had to file their applications with a
deposit to guaraniee their good faith,
and they had to be persons who were
qualified by long experience in fish-
eries in that neighborhood.
The Yomiuri says that many repu-
table business establishments have
been holding back from enterprises in
Saghalien for fear of the competition
of adventurers and the hurt their rep-
utations might suffer in a mad scram-
ble for rights and concessions.—Japan
Advertisers.
Has Been Able to Hold High
Mark Set During War.
Official statistics for the fiscal year
1920 demonstrate that this country
has been able to keep its trade in
chemical and allied products very near
the high mark set during the war, de-
spite the loss of markets for purely
war supplies and despite the pressing
demands that must be met in the do-
mestic market.
Such is the conclusion reached by
0. P. Hopkins, a well-known statis-
tician, writing in the Journal of Indus-
trial and Engineering Chemistry.
“In almost all lines except muni-
tions.” he writes, “the exports in 1020
exceoded in value those of 1918. a fact
that can be explzined in some cases,
perhaps, by rising prices, but whieh
nevertheless warrants the assertion
that the position has not been weak:
ened. These exports. which “very
oreatly exces! those of the last nor
mal pre-war year, are made up almost
entirely of manufactured products.
“Imports have more than held their
own and comprise raw and partly man-
ufactured prodnets required for fur
i ther advancement by American chem-
Some are of |
the stained-glass variety, heavy lead- !
ed, but permitting no vision. The win- |
dow itself is the thing beautiful and ,
the beholder is not expected to see be- |
Even the sunlight is changed |
Such |
yond it,
as it passes through the glass.
windows ure usually stationary and |
are the end in themselves. The clouds
and sunshine influence what is within
bat nothing without can enter. Other
windows are of the prism variety.
They give rainbow effects but reveal
nothing as it really is. Such windows
bewiteh and enslave, but never reveal
ihe outer life or permit the inner self
to flow ouf into the great throbbing,
panting world. These windows adorn
and beautify, but we need the crystal
olass to help us get the far vision and
' grow upon the lessons of life.—Grit.
for comfort a subscriber lists as two :
of the most impe-tant the capsules
now used for disagreeable medicines, |
and the wire screen used to protect
our houses from disagreeable insects.
Quinine, he says, was in the days of
the Civil war the great medicine of
the army, and it was taken by the ' i; water weeds which have accumu-
teaspoon with nothing to disguise its
bitterness. All tbat is past. The
well screened house, with its freedom
from mosquitoes ond flies, was un-
ee em er ese.
Says Swans Are Useful.
A pair of swans, to replace others
which escaped during the war, has
been presented by the lord chamber-
lain to the Royal Botanic society of
London. These are not merely for
ornamental purposes, says the London
Daily Chronicle, but are to be em-
ployed on useful work in demolishing
| Iuted in the society's lake in their gar-
dens at Regent’s park.
known to “the good old days,” and :
it alone is enough to make modern iife |
worth the living—From the Outlook.
Russia’s Iron Ore Deposits.
The greatest
iron ore deposits
known are thought to have been locat- |
ed near Koursk, Russia, by magnetic
disturbances of intensity unequaled
elsewhere. These disturbances were
studied several years by the late Prof.
Ernst Leyst, a Russian, and his rec- |
ords are said to have been rescued
and taken to Sweden. Two Swedish
observers find that two immense
parallel deposits of magnetic iron ore
are indicated. These seem
and to be separated about 40 miles.
prin ———
British Ship Gets Record.
The Empress of Britain, the first
transatlantic oil-burning vessel to pass
up the St. Lawrence, arrived re-
cently at Quebec from Liverpool, in five
days and twenty-two hours, breaking
all previous records between those
ports. It was her maiden trip as an
oil-burner and she clipped six hours
from her best previous time. ‘The ex-
pense of reconditioning her as an oil
burner equaled the cost of her original
construction.
to have’
about equal length, 57 miles or more, |
The absence
of the swans resulted in the lake be-
ing overrun with water weeds, brought
there, is was believed, by a heron
which periodically visited the water
for fishing purposes.
Lightning’s Deadly Work.
A jarring crash of lightning inter-
rupted the rest of two herdsmen re-
cently as they slept near their flock
of 1,250 sheep on the range above the
American Fork canyon, in north cen-
tral Utah. A hurried walk of some
200 feet brought them to their charges,
says Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Striking the close-gathered flock, the
lightning had cut two wide swaths,
about 250 sheep in each. Between
these swaths and on either side, the
animals were not touched.
Record Parachute Drop.
The official record for a parachute
drop has been accredited to Lieut.
Jobn H. Wilson, U. S. A, of the
Ninety-sixth Aero squadron, Kelley
field, Texas. There has been a ques-
tion as to whether a parachute would
oper satisfactorily in rarefied at-
mosphere. The lieutenant demon-
atrated that it would when he leaped
from an army airplane at an altitude
of 19,861 feet, and 17 minutes later
made a safe landing.—Scientific Amer-
ican.
jeal manufacturers.”
Sea Lion Leather.
Large numbers of sea lions on the
British Columbia coast which desiroy
annually vast quantities of fish fond
may he slaughtered and their hides
placed on the world's leather market,
if a proposition which comes from
Premier Oliver and has the approval
of many experienced fishermen, is car-
ried out. The sea lion weighs from
2,000 to 2,500 pounds, the hides being
nearly an inch thick. These hides
make a tough and durable rough
leather such as is used in workmen's
gloves and in saddles, It is stated
that these animals will eat 50 pounds
of fish in a day. Four hunters recent-
ly killed several hundred sea lions in
one day in Charlotte Islands.—Scien-
tific American.
“Lotus Eaters.”
Few flowers have been more identi:
fied with the world’s history than the
mysterious lotus of Egypt. The phrase
“lotus eaters” is a common one in lit-
erature, and is used to describe those
who live in a dream world. The food
made from the dried seeds of the
Egyptian variety seems to have had
an effect similar to various opium
products, and once in the clutch of the
drug the lotus eaters forgot both past
and family, and went mooning about,
oblivious of demands made by society,
kin, or even their own physical wants.
Davy Jones’ Rich Cargo.
A diver was sent down recently at
New York to locate a case of machin.
ery that had fallen into the river. As
soon as he reached the bottom he
signaled that he wished to come up.
When his helmet was removed, the
first thing he said was. “What's the
number of the case?’ There were sc
many cases at the bottom of the river
that he didn’t know which one be-
longed to his employers. The amount
of cargo that is lost in loading and
unloading ships is enormous.—Populat
Science Monthly.
Mosquitoes Dislike Swamps.
Recent experiments prove thay, con-
trary to the general belief, mosquitoes
do not thrive and multiply in foul,
stagnant water. In fact, mosquito lar-
vae actually lose vigor and die when
surrounded by decomposed vegetation,
Whether this is due to bacterial ac-
tion on the larvae or to an excess of
injurious gas due to the decomposition
has not been ascertained. At any
‘vate, swamps are not guilty of encour-
aging mosquitoes, and clearing these
swamps does harm.—Popular Scl-
ence Monthly.
Shoes.
34 V IESE,
Yeager’s Shoe Store
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. oo. 5
We Have the Best
Yeager’s Shoe Store
THE SHOE STORE FOR
Bush Arcade Building 58-27
THE POOR MAN
BELLEFONTE, PA.
|
Come to the “Wat
A RECORD--BREAKER
Lyon & Co.
THE STORE WHERE QUALITY REIGNS SUPREME.
hman” office for High Class Job work.
Lyon & Co.
Our January Sale has Taken the Country by Storm
We have received large quantities of merchandise at less
than late prices, and quite a bit less than many 1920 prices quot-
ed. New, seasonable, desirable merchandise in all departments.
We ask a comparison of th~ Quality, Style, Freshness and
Prices of the goods in this Januw:v Sale with the goods in any
other store.
Lack of space will not allow us to enumerate all of the won-
derful values we are giving in this sale. We list a few below for
your consideration.
Ladies’ Hosiery
Mercerized Lisle, with seamed back, first quality; 35¢ per
pair, 3 pairs for $1.00. Black only.
Seamless Cotton, “Durham” make.
$1.00. Black and white.
17¢ per pair; 6 pairs for
Silk Hosiery ranging from $1.50 to $4.00, now from 75¢ to
$3.00. An inspection of these will more than convince you.
Dress Ginghams
All of the beautiful colored Dress Ginghams which formerly
sold for 35¢, 50¢, and T5¢, now 25¢, 35¢, and 40c.
Dry Goods
You'll make no mistake buying Dry Goods now. Sound, sub-
stantial fabrics from the word “Go.” Woven to give service and
satisfactory wear. They'll last—and you'll remember the quality
long after you've forgotten the low price you paid for your bar-
gain.
Coats and Suits
Ladies’ and Misses’ Coats and Suits at cost and less must be
sold now.
Shoes, Rubbers, Boots and Arctics
All high grade makes at prices that will suit every purse.
We trust you will favor us with a visit.
Lyon & Co. « Lyon & Co.
THE STORE WHERE QUALITY REIGNS SUPREME
AAPA PPPS PIII ISIS SSIS SIN