Bellefonte, Pa., April 8, 1921.
SEES CLOTHING AS BLESSING
Writer of Opinion That Some of
World's “Big” Men Do Well in
Covering Themseives.
Wherever one goes in Polynesia one
f& reminded, by contrast, of the cost
physically to men of our own race of
our sheltered way of living, writes
James Norman Hall, in Harper's
Magazine.
There on every hand are men well
past middle life, with compact, sym-
metrical bodies and the natural grace
of healthy children. One sees them
carrying immense burdens without ex-
ertion, swimming in the open sea for
an hour or two at a time while spear-
ing fish, loafing ashore with no great-
er apparent effort for yet longer
periods.
Sometimes, when they have it, they
eat enormous quantities of food at one
sitting, and at others, under necessity,
as sparingly as so many dyspeptics. It
would be impossible to formulate from
their example any rules for. rationai
living in more civilized communities.
The daily quest for food under primi-
tive conditions keeps them alert and
sound of body, so that, whether they |
work or loaf, feast or fast, they seem |
' consumption 10 per cent and permit it
to haul three more passenger cars on
always to acquire health by it.
I thought of the strange appearance
certain of the chief men in America
or France or England would make un-
der similar circumstances, deprived of
the kindly concealment of clothing.
What a revelation it would be of skin- .
niness or pudginess! What an exhibi-
tion of scrawny necks, fat stomachs,
flat chests, flabby arms!
To be strictly accurate, I had seen
some fat stomachs among elderly
Paumotuans, but they
tions, and always remarkable for that
reason. And those who carried them
had sturdy legs. They did not give
one the uneasy feeling, common at
home, at the sight of the great
paunches of sedentary men toppling |
unsteadily along a strip of crimson
carpet, from curb to club doorway.
HOARDER CHASTISED IN 1777
Women, Corfiscated His Goods,
According to Old Letter.
“Females” of ye olde Boston, staging
a “coffee party” in 1777 which rivaled
in a small way the famous “Tea Party”
in 17738, personally chastised a
profiteer hoarder of foodstuffs
confiscated some of his stock, accord-
ing to a letter from Abigail Adams to
her distinguished husband, later sec-
ond President of the United States.
Writing at Boston, under date of
July 31, 1777,
tien attending the Continental con-
gress at Philadelphia:
and coffee,
were excep- |
articles which the female |
and
ns i accident, Floyd W.
“Coffee Party,” Composed of Boston
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MINUTE MATTERS MEAN MUCH
Statesmen and Cthers Wrong When
They Scoff at Work Done by
Research Departments.
fhe man who gives up his lifetime
to putting science at the service of
business finds himself eternally asked,
“What's the use?’ Statesmen rise
from their seats and say:
4] see that some scientist fattening
at the government trough has meas-
ured a hundred-thousandth of an inch.
What's the use?’
Hard - headed—solid - headed—busi-
ness men read of research depart-
ments and snort in disgust: “What's
the use? The old rule of thumb is
the common sense way.”
We think of railroads as progres-
give—of railroad men as efficient.
Are they? Not if the Railway Age is
to be believed, remarks the Nation's
Business.
There are only two test plants of
locomotives in the country, one owned
by the Pennsylvania, the other at the
University of Illinois. Only a few
railroads try out locomotives on road
service by means of a dynamometer
car. What's the use?
One road that did found that by
putting an exhaust tip three-eighths
of an inch smgiier on a Mikado type
locomotive jt increased the firebox
temperature 400 degrees and saved
$57,000 a year in coal. On another
line tests made it possible so to alter
a locomotive as to reduce its fuel
less coal and water.
That’s what's the use!
SAILORS MADE FIRST GLASS
| According to Story of Its Discovery,
It Was Entirely the Result
of Chance.
One of the most useful materials in
the world is glass. It is not only a
domestic necessity, but a scientific es-
sential. The development of chemistry
would have been a far more laborius
process had it not been for the many
utensils manufactured from glass. So
numerous and varied are its uses that
one can hardly conceive of present-
day civilization without this product.
Yet the discovery of this valuable ma-
terial was what might be termed an
Parsons writes in
the Saturday Evening Post.
As the story runs, a merchant ship
laden with natron, a brittle white car-
bonate of sodium, was driven ashore at
the mouth of the River Belus in Phe-
nicia. The crew prepared their food
on the beach, supporting their kettles
on piles made up of lumps of the na-
tron. Later the sailors were amazed
to discover transparent masses of
stone among the cinders of their fires.
The heat had melted the soda and the
, siliceous sand together, with the result
Abigail wrote to John, |
that a crude variety of glass was
formed. If the early records are cor-
| rect the art of glass manufacture was
| exclusively an industry of the Phenici-
“There is a great scarcity of sugar ,
|
part of the state is very loath to give |
up, especially whilst they consider the
great scarcity occasioned by the mer-
chants having secreted a large quan-
tity.
stingy merchant, who is a bachelor,
had a hogshead of coffee in his store,
which he refused to sell under six
shillings per pound.
“A number of females, some say a
hundred, some say more, assembied
with a cart and trunk, marched down
to the warehouse and demanded the
keys.
“Upon his finding no quarter, he de-
livered the keys, and they then opened
the warehouse, hoisted out the coffee
themselves, put it into a trunk and
drove off. A large concourse of men
stood amazed, silent spectators of the
whole transaction.”
Those Who Dare Not Smile.
The ludicrous has its place in the
universe. It is not a human inven-
tion, but one of the divine ideas illus-
trated in the practical jokes of Kkit-
tens and monkeys. Curious it is that
we always consider solemnity and en-
counter of wits as essential to the idea
of the future life of those whom we
thus deprive of half their faculties,
and then call them blessed.
There are not a few, who, even in
this life, seem to be preparing them-
selves for that smileless eternity to
which they look forward, by banish-
ing all gayety from their hearts and
all joyousness from their countenances.
I met one such in the streets not in-
frequently, a person of intelligence
and education, but who gives me (and
all that he passes) such a rayless,
chilling look of recognition—something
as if he were one of heaven’s asses-
sors, come down to doom. I don’t
doubt he would cut his kitten’s tail off
if he caught her playing with it—
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Extraordinary Time Keeping.
Methods of reckoning time have al-
ways been a source of trouble to sci-
entists. The first standard was the
lunar month—that is, the period of
about 29%, days between one new moon
and the next. Twelve of these months
seemed to correspond to the four sea-
sons, and so the year was fixed at
354 days. They soon found that they
were getting badly mixed, that the
seasons did not correspond to the
months; in the course of 10 years
they were more than three months
wrong. The Jews and Greeks stuck
in another month now and then. They
added seven months in 19 years and
managed to keep a clumsy track of
time.
It is rumored that an eminent |
ans. One reason for crediting this
statement is the fact that the ingredi-
ents of glass—natron, sand and fuel
—were abundant upon the coast of
Phenicia.
Waterworks in the Desert.
In the big desert of Chile there is
a considerable amount of brackish
water, but no water that either hu-
man beings or stock can drink.
Science, however, has come to the aid
of the rainless section of the coun-
try in the form of an ingerious desert
waterworks, consisting of a series of
frames containing 20,000 square feet
of glass. The panes of glass are ar-
ranged in the shape of a V, and un-
der each pane is a shallow pan con-
taining brackish water. The heat of
the sun evaporates the water, which
condenses upon the sloping glass and,
made pure by this operation, it runs
down into little channels at the bot-
tom of the V and is carried away into
the main canal. It is said that nearly
a thousand gallons of fresh water is
collected daily by this means,
Savage Wilderness Marauder.
The fisher is, taking it all in all,
said to be the most savage, swift
and crafty of all the marauders of the
wilderness. In nine cases out of ten
—perhaps even 99 out of a hundred—
a fight between a porcupine and a
fisher has but one result: The fisher
eats the porcupine. And the porcu-
pine is some defensive fighter. The
fisher flips the victim over on his
back, annexing as few spines as possi-
ble in the act, and he has an unpro-
tected throat and belly at the mercy
of his fangs.
The porcupine’s quills, so deadly to
other animals, have for the fisher com-
paratively few terrors. They do not
poison or inflame his flesh, which
seems to possess the faculty of soon
casting them forth again through the
skin.
Good Place to Keep Cool.
The ice caves of Iowa present one
of the most interesting phenomena in
this country. While the rest of the
state swelters in midsummer the tem-
perature of the soil near the caves is
not higher than 55 degrees. As a re-
sult trees and flowers exist which are
usually found in the far north.
The caves owe their existence to
the prehistoric seas which are sup-
posed to have covered this territory,
as they are found in limestone dis-
tricts where the rock is porous. In
the winter cold air is stored in the
crevices and when summer comes this
air comes out very slowly and the
outside of the caves 1s covered with
frost.
The Tunnel’s Part in Progress.
In the history of civilization the
tunnel has played a mighty part. Ir
Europe the St. Gothard tunnel througt
the Alps is famous; it connects Gos
chenen with Airoto, in Switzerland
and is over nine miles long. The
Simplon, which also penetrates the
Alps, is reckoned one of the sever
modern wonders of the world; it it
121% miles in length, Still anothel
Alpine bore is the Wasserfluh, tw
miles in extent from entrance to en
trance. Another notable tunnel is the
Khojak pass, in India.
Among the important American tun
nels is that which penetrates the Cas
cade mountains, in Washington; the
Cumberland, under the Cumberlanc
mountains in Tennessee; the Hoosac
in Massachusetts, and the tunnel un
der the Detroit river.—Harry C. Drum
in Leslie's.
Revolving Door Etiquette.
The etiquette of the revolving doo
has yet to be standardized. At pres
ent there are two schools of opinior
on the subject. Ome holds that wher
a man and a woman approach a re
volving door it is the man’s place tt
go first, pushing the door slowly st
as to allow his partner to follow ni
the next compartment without any ef
fort on her part. The other contend:
that ladies first still holds sway. It i
good manners, these theorists say, fo
the man to step aside, let the womal
start the door revolving, and the
jump ‘sto the compartment behin
her. In this way, it is contended, thr
man may assume control of the doo
and guide it until the woman ahew
of him is safely out. The bitteres
rivalry prevails between the tw
schools.—Argonaut.
renner fy len
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“You seem very feeble,” said the
medical examiner.
“Well,” explained the applicant, for
insurance, “the agent nearly talked
me to death before I surrendered.”
MEDICAL.
It’s Foolish
to Suffer
When so Many Bellefonte People are
Pointing the Way Out.
You may be brave enough to stand
backache or headache or dizziness.
But, if, in addition urination is disor-
dered, look out! If you don’t try to
fix your sick kidneys, you may fall in-
to the clutches of dangerous disease
before you know it. But, if you live
more carefully and help your kidneys
with Doan’s Kidney Pills, you can stop
the pains you have and avoid future
danger as well. Don’t experiment—
use the remedy Bellefonte people are
publicly endorsing. Read this case:
Mrs. Clair Miller, 251 E. Bishop St.,
Bellefonte, says: ‘“Doan’s Kidney
Pills have been a household remedy
with us for years. I have used them
at different times with satisfactory re-
sults. I am glad to recommend Doan’s
Kidney Pills.”
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mrs. Miller had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Money back without question
if HUNT'S Salve fails in the
treatment of ITCH, ECZEMA,
RINGWORM, TETTER or
other itching skin diseases.
Try a 75 cent box at our risk,
65-26 C. M. PARRISH, Druggist, Bellefonte
your breath between.
BULL-DOG
DRUMMOND
The Adventures of A
Demobilized Officer
Who Young Peace Dull
\ CYRIL MENEILE
“SAPPER”
IMustrations by
Irwin Myers
Story of a Man Who Sought
and Found Danger
Unsurpassed by any of those enchanting tales that
lift the reader out of a prosaic world into the
realm of romantic, breath-taking adventure.
Bull-Dog Drummond, returned from the war, finds
civilian life dull, flat and unprofitable. Fate flings
him into a new scrap and before he finishes with
it, he begins to think that the little affair of 1914-
1918 was mere child’s play. There's a girl, too—
and indeed every element of a thoroughly satis-
factory story. Love, mystery, humor and thrills
that dovetail into chills, with no time to catch
Here is an amazing hero and adventurer of whom
you will probably hear more in succeeding volumes,
as heis too good to be confined to the pages of a
single novel. Be sure to make his acquaintance.
This Thrilling Serial will Start in The Watchman
Next Week. Watch for it.
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Quality Up
Prices Down
AS Ase
Six months ago men’s work shoes
at $5.00 per pair were sO poor in
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would just have to trust to luck
that the purchaser would not mur-
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are better. I can sell a pair of
Les
Men’s Work Shoes, guaranteed to
SSRs
be absolutely solid leather, and guar-
antee the shoes to give the cus-
tomer satisfaction or a new pair
will be supplied—and
The Price is Only $5.00
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THE STORE WHERE QUALITY REIGNS SUPREME.
After Easter Sale
Means the Extremity of Low Prices
Suits, Dolmans and Coats
We are receiving new styles in this department every
day—which means the lowest prices. All the new shades
in ripple or belted back coats and suits. The spring wrap
is here in all grace and luxury.
Parisian Silk Dresses
Every style up to the minute in these handsome crea-
tions. ‘The fashionable greys, browns and tans, in the new
eyelet embroideries and a touch of color in beads.
Sport, Skirts and Sweaters
Plaid and striped Skirt in side plaits and panel effect.
We are ordering every few days to keep
Handsome Tuxedo Sweaters, all wool, all
Prices are so low.
our stock up.
colors.
Rugs, Linoleums and Draperies
Just a reminder to save your dollars, by buying your
floor coverings here. Cretonnes and Curtains to match any
color scheme.
Dress Goods
The largest assortment in Silks, Voiles, Ginghams-—
also Woolen fabrics at the pre-war prices.
Lyon & Co. « Lyon & Co.
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