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" Bellefonte, Pa., December 2, 1921.
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A LETTER FROM ALASKA WRIT-
TEN BY DR. ELOISE MEEK TO
HER FAMILY.
Dr. Eloise Meek left Bellefonte in
July, expecting to sail from Seattle on
the twenty-fifth for a two years’ stay
in Alaska, but did not get sailing un-
til August twenty fifth, when she left
on the Victoria. With the exception
of a short note written just before she
reached Nome, the following letter is
her first communication home, and
will probably be the last until next
June. She went north on the last
boat to the Arctic regions this season
and no further communication can be
expected until the opening of naviga-
tion late next spring.—Ed.
$1.50
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2.00
Russian Mission (Yukon river),
September 18th, 1921.
My dear Home Folks:
Although I wrote you from St.
Michaels, we were so unsettled do not
think I gave you a very satisfactory
account of it all; so I'll begin again
from Seattle.
The Steamship Victoria is a decrepit,
old rolling tub that would never have
been endured in any other service ex-
cept this Alaskan one and is endured
here only because there is no better.
She finally pulled out of Seattle and
started up Puget Sound. The scenery
is very beautiful but the sharp, north
wind (August 18th), made one real-
ize we were going to need all the
heavy clothes we had. The Sound did
not seem rough but must have been
choppy for, after dinner, I went to
bed sick and was so knocked out for
three days could not enjoy the going
consequently cannot rave about the
scenery. The deck of the Victoria is
so narrow there is no pleasure in try-
ing to walk and, of course, deck chairs
are not possible so, as the steam was
not turned on, we sat around trying
to be not too miserable but a more
woe-begone bunch of travelers I do
not remember to have ever seen. On
the fifth day the air became balmy, I
took off my winter coat and almost
looked for signs of spring—so mild
was the air—and then remembered
the Japanese current. It was a de-
lightful change and, as the North Pa-
cific had taken on a nice big swell and
our boat was rolling down until -the
ocean washed the deck and dashed in-
to the state-rooms when doors were
accidentally left open, I began to feel
better. Unamak Pass, in the Aleu-
tian Islands, was rough and the gov-
ernment teachers who were going to
Unalaska to teach for a year could
not get off so came on with us. The
Behring Sea was a lot better than the
North Pacific and though cold and a
dark grey, teary-looking sky the
most of us sat out on camp stools and
watched the funny little ocean-par-
rots—web-footed, with beaks like par-
rots—duck out of sight when the ship
got too close, or looked for seals, of
which we saw only four or five off
Pribiloff Islands. And thus we came
to Nome.
It was 2:20 a. m. when we saw the
light along the beach and, as my
room-mate and four young men next
door were to get off, we had all been
waiting for the message that they
were to go ashore. Instead, caine
some one who told us to go to bed as
no one would get off until morning and
to bed we went. In the morning a
fairly strong wind was blowing, the
surf seemed to be breaking well up
on the beach and to my Eastern eyes
there was no reason why they could
not be taken off but we drifted about
the entire day.
Nome—and I reckon there is only
one—is on a long, low beach, bare and
bleak looking. A distance of perhaps
three miles back, but looking much
nearer in the clear atmosphere, a
low range of broken hills rises.
They are bare and appear covered
with moss but are a back-ground for
Nome. Although “old camp Nome,”
today, holds attractions for any one
who has ever been there and many of
the older residents say there is no
place like Nome, all I could see was a
street of wooden houses and the tall
standard of the wireless station push-
ing high into the ether. A not-at-
tractive looking place and I had no
desire to go ashore! We drifted
around and around awaiting the
launch to come and take us off but the
moaning wind and rising sea was our
only answer. The gulls, in great
droves, alighted and we fed and
watched them while waiting for the
transfer company, but the day went
by and we finally steamed away.
There was a fine dock there years ago
but the ice was pushed in by the sea
and what contrivance of man could re-
sist nature in her worst mood? It
seemed strange that I could talk by
wireless with the town and yet neither
see nor walk in it. Some of the men
told me that even now many workers
are earning gold enough for their dai-
ly needs by washing the sands of that
beach.
We steamed away to the South and
East and, after eighteen hours, came
to St. Michaels. The bay was quiet
as a mill pond and we were landed
shortly after breakfast. The island
of St. Michaels reminds me of Ireland
—green, green but treeless; a vivid,
tensely blue sky and a bright sun
making all the world look happy that
day.
August 28th, and warm enough
to be called hot! All of the passen-
gers came ashore, glad to feel the
earth once more under their feet. But
beautiful emerald-green with an in-:
ROWLAND. — The announcement of iliness she bore her suffering with
last Thursday of the death of former | the greatest patience and fortitude.
Congressman Charles H. Rowland, at | Funeral services were held at her late
his home in Philipsburg, was received | home on Wednesday afternoon and
. with emotions of deep regret by his ; burial made in the Disciple cemetery.
many friends in Bellefonte, none of | Il ei
WAGNER.—Mrs. Minnie E. Wag-
, whom had heard of his critical illness. ¢
| He had been troubled for some time ner, wife of Jonas E. Wagner, of Har-
risburg, passed away at the Harris-
past with a chronic disorder of the ]
burg hosptial early last Friday morn-
{ exactly alarming, but a weakened
| heart hastened his end, which came |
on
shortly after the noon hour
| Thursday.
Charles Hedding Rowland was a son
of John and Sarah Hedding Rowland
and was born at Hancock, Md., on De-
cember 20th, 1860, hence was not
quite 61 years old. His parents were
native Pennsylvanians, and in 1866
they returned to this State and locat-
‘liver but of late had seemed so much F 1 :
there is sadness, too, at these land- A improved that his most intimate asso- ing, following an operation. She had
ings for one realizes that, in most 'ciates had no premonition of his
cases, we will never meet again. | actual condition. He was taken sick
"St. Michaels is a very tiny town, a | Tuesday night and while his condition
fort, in fact, with a summer colony | Was grave enough to warrant concern
that comes with the spring and goes | upon the part of his friends it was not
with the autumn, leaving the few sol-
dier laddies and a bare bakers-dozen
other whites to endure the intense,
damp, cold of the winter
It was joy to be ashore, but for a
little time the unfriendliness of it all
appalled me. There are a few old
block houses—reminders of the early
trading-posts—and the two-foot high
coarse grass, making one stick close to
the boardwalks, to take your atten-
tion but, again and again, the bleak- | ed in Huntingdon county. Eight years
ness weighed down on me; so for two | later they moved to Houtzdale. As a
been in ill health for some time and
upon the advice of her physician sub-
mitted to an operation as the only
. means of relief, but her condition was
‘such that she failed to respond to
treatment after the operation.
She was a daughter of Albert and
"Anna M. Smeltzer and was born in
Ferguson township in February, 1872,
hence was in her fiftieth year. Most
of her girlhood life, however, was
| spent on a farm near Pleasant Gap.
' She was married to Mr. Wagner in
i August, 1903, and the most of their
‘ married life was spent in Bellefonte.
Some four years ago they moved to
Beaver, Pa., and about a year ago to
Harrisburg. Mrs. Wagner was a
member of the Lutheran church all
or three dark, rainy days we roamed ' boy Charles Rowland was educated in
the public schools eof Huntingdon
county and at Houtzdale, but while
yet quite young accepted a position
as clerk in a store at Houtzdale.
| While applying himself diligently to
his job he also made a study of the
| coal mining industry in Clearfield and
Centre counties with the result that
he eventually became interested in 1
mining operations which proved the also living near Bellefonte.
stepping stone to his success. His| The remains were taken to the
principal interest in this connection Jodon home near Pleasant Gap last
was with the Moshannon Coal Mining ' Saturday where funeral services were
company, one of the biggest and most held at two o’clock on Monday after-
successful corporations in Clearfield | noon by Rev. Dr. Schmidt, of Belle-
county. | fonte, after which burial was made in
Mr. Rowland left Houtzdale and lo- the Lutheran cemetery at Pleasant
cated in Philipsburg in 1904 and his Gap.
name has been connected very promi- me
nently with the successful history of All the merchants in Bellefonte
that town ever since. He was one of | were well satisfied with the business
the majority shareholders and for a done last Wednesday, “Dollar Day.”
number of years the president and Such being the case why not have a
general manager of the Pittsburgh | dollar day sale at least once a month?
and Susquehanna Railway company, |
more familiarly known as the “Alle- :
popper.” He assisted materially in ! man moved to Bellefonte from Clear-
Pang we Osnize & Cloniind snes: | field yesterday; Mr. Kellerman com-
oad RY re interested in ny {ing here to locate permanently. For
stosim henting: ‘and. elentiie Haht | the present they will occupy an apart-
plants. He was the promotor and | inert, In the Haag building.
owner of the Rowland theatre, which .
succeeded the old Pierce opera house, ——Help the fight against tubercu-
and was one of the promoters of the | 10sis by backing the sale and use of
Philipsburg Hotel Corporation which | Christmas seals. Behind the seal
built that wonderful hotel, “The Phil- stands the world-wide movement for
ips.” In fact in the seventeen years |the dissemination of knowledge that
that he had been a resident of Philips- Will improve individual and commu-
burg he has been prominently identi- nity health.
fied in every movement that was un- |
dertaken for the upbuilding of that
town, and he was always willing to |
back his judgment with liberal finan-
cial assistance.
In 1914 he was elected to Congress
on the Republican ticket in this con- ;
gressional district and re-elected in’ youd parents of a baby girl, who
1916, serving four years. As tipped the scales at 93 pounds. Moth-
a public official in Washington, he at er and babe are doing nicely, we are
all times endeavored to represent his happy to state.
constituents with the same degree of | Mr. and Mrs. Louis N. Hume, of
sincerity that was so characteristic of Lock Haven, visited their parents,
his private life. He was exceedingly Mr. and Mrs. John Hume Sr., and sis-
‘ter and family, Mr. and Mrs. L. E.
| MacDonald, of the Centre Brick Inn.
Mr. and Mrs. Hume have purchased
the White Front restaurant in Lock
Haven, and are doing fairly well.
Miss Verna Shank, who has been
spending some time with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Shank, has re-
turned to her studies at the Lock Ha-
ven Normal. Another holiday visit-
or was Miss Almeta Bixel, who is
teaching the grammar grades at
Sterling Run. We hear she is doing
splendidly in spite of her youth. Miss
Bixel has to cut her visits shorter be-
cause of the lack of Sunday train
service, as she could not get back in
time by staying until Monday.
een fy finer ire
CLARENCE.
Mr. David Heaton, of Olean, N. Y.,
has been called to Clarence on ac-
count of the serious illness of his
brother, Michael Heaton.
Mr. Michael Heaton is very ill at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mitch-
ell Poorman. For more than six
months Mr. Heaton has been confined
to his room with a complication of
diseases peculiar to old age.
The residence of Mr. David Cham-
bers will soon be ready for occupa-
tion. Clarence, in general, is quite
pleased with this addition to the new
homes, as this will be the finest resi-
dence in this part of the county.
The new auto and wagon repair
shops owned by the Ceprich and
Swancer brothers are almost complet-
ed and by the first of January, 1922,
will be opened to receive all kinds of
repair work. The shops are equipped
with the most modern machinery for
auto and wagon repair, as well as for
all other general repair work.
eerste emeeetesesee ely fp eemeesmeeee
BOALSBURG.
Mr. and Mrs.
Wednesday in Bellefonte.
D. M. Snyder and daughter, Miss
Margaret, spent Tuesday in Lemont.
Mrs. A. J. Hazel and Hazel Faxon
were Bellefonte visitors on Saturday.
Butchering and hunting are the
Stet topics of the day in this vicin-
ity.
Dr. William Woods, en route to Ann
Arbor, Michigan, visited his mother
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Clement Dale, of
Houserville, and Miss Margaret Dale,
of Oak Hall, spent Tuesday in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry McGirk and
daughter, Miss Henrietta, of Belle-
fonte, spent Thanksgiving at the home
of Mrs. Henry Dale.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Lonebarger and
daughter Lois returned home Sunday
after a week’s visit in Virginia. Mrs.
Lonebarger has since been confined to
her home with an attack of grip.
Gramm
——Subscribe for the “Watchman”
ing something!
dared move. Ten days were thus
swift walk up the hill and down
across the greens to the wireless sta-
tion, whence was a wonderful view
over a rolling country like that of
Scotland. The sadness that seemed to
lurk at ones side and that one tried, in
vain, to banish, came back for, here
and there, on these lonely, wind-swept
hills, a solitary white cross marked
the last sleep of a none-too-hardy
traveler. One of the sights that at-
tracted my inland vision was the
many side-wheelers on the beach—
big, palatial-looking boats drawn well
up on the beach and going slowly to
pieces. One day I went down to get
a closer view of them and found the
beach strewn with old boilers, remind-
ers of days that had been. The beach
is of black lava-formed rocks and re-
pels as no other beach has ever done.
A little distance along was the first
native Esquimo village, I had seen,
and the first sight struck me pecu-
liarly—the tiny shacks patched with
tin or any other thing that came han-
dy, with small windows, a foot and a
half square, that gave little chance for
air and sunlight (tuberculosis is kili-
ing them fast); filth, no attempt at
sidewalks or streets; kiddies with
round, fat faces and bright, oriental-
looking eyes, clothed in a kind of one-
piece garment, with boots of seal skin,
played in the mud, and everywhere a
thin, moth-eaten dog. Dogs, dogs,
everywhere one looked! chained to a
post driven deep into the mud and so
savage one had little desire to touch
them. In the centre of this village
«was a meeting-house, built on the side
of the ‘hill so that the roof of sod rose
barely above the hill and we went
down the hill and around to find the
little entrance door scarcely three foot
high. The first room was about
twelve by twelve, logs not finished
and the roof blackened by smoke. In
the middle of the floor was a square
hole about two and a half by three
feet and one saw a passage way three
foot below. Looking around we saw
another door, somewhat smaller, lead-
ing into an inner room and, of course,
we went in. This room, larger than
the outer room, had walls and ceiling
quite black and again there was a
hole in the center of the floor and in
the pit below a smouldering fire. Di-
rectly over it was a three by three
hole in the roof. About three foot
from the floor, there was a two-foot
wide bench, black and smooth from
much use. On this bench, asleep per-
haps, lay two men while three others
sat in a circle on the floor, with cards
and chips between them, playing some
sort of a game. All looked up and
grunted a greeting but we did not tar-
ry long.
Out in the open once more we stop-
ped to gaze at the sea and saw at our
feet three of the native boats, Kyak
by name. A frame covered with
seal-skin, from twelve to fourteen feet
long, with a central opening in which
‘the occupant sits. He uses a single
paddle and floats along as lightly as
a gull. It looks very simple but a
white man who has lived here long
told me they were very difficult to
manage. The natives, however, seem
able to manage them without a bit of
fuss. I saw three small boys having
a race with them on the bay, unmind-
ful that the wind was blowing nasty
waves.
And then we walked across the
“nigger-heands,” tufts of grass that
have grown and regrown until the
size of a small bowl with water and
muck between. To walk across such
land is to need rubber boots or muk-
luks, a native boot made from the
hair sealskin, that turn water and
are very light. Everywhere is the
tundra, a mossy-covered ground, soft,
soggy and damp.
After being told many times that
the boat for up-river would sail as
soon as the wind went down (the wind
at St. Michaels is said to blow three,
five, seven, nine or twenty-one days)
on the tenth day we were hurried
aboard and the trip up the Yukon was
begun. I am sleepy and will tell you
the rest next time.
Dr. Meek’s next letter descriptive of the
trip up the Yukon will be published next
week.
reat pe eee.
The regular December session
of court in Centre county will be held
week after next, beginning December
12th. The list of cases for the De-
that at the September term of court.
those walks looking for an interest-
The sun finally came
out but the wind, still swept the hills
and the surf pounded so that no boats |
spent, the monotony broken only by a :
her life and in Harrisburg worshipped
with the Camp Hill congregation.
In addition to her husband she is
survived by two young sons, Harold
and Ralph. She also leaves her fath-
er, one sister and two brothers, name-
lv: W. C. Smeltzer, of near Belle-
fonte; Mrs. T. F. Jodon, of Pleasant
Gap, and Andrew E. D. Smeltzer,
——Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keller-
ORVISTON.
Miss Addie Johnson, of Elmira, is
a pleasant visitor at the home of her
' cousin and wife, Rev. and Mrs. Wal-
ter T. Merrick.
' Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wyland are the
cember session will not be as large as ; woman, a faithful wife and kind
democratic at all times and easily ap-
proached by rich or poor.
Mr. Rowland was a 32nd degree !
Mason, and belonged to the Osceola '
Lodge No. 515, the Jaffa Temple, of’
Altoona, and the Mystic Shrine, of
Williamsport. |
In 1885 he married Miss Anna Cut-
shall, of Huntingdon county, who sur-
vives with five children, namely: Mrs.
John C. Hollenback and Howard H., |
‘of Philipsburg; Mrs. J. C. Meyer, of
Clearfield; John Edward, of Philips- |
burg, and Charles H. Jr.,, at home. !
Funeral services were held at his late |
home at two o'clock Saturday after- |
noon, after which burial was made in |
the Philipsburg cemetery. i
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LUCAS.—Mrs. Alice A. Lucas, wife |
of George Lucas, died at her home in |
Philipsburg on Sunday afternoon. She
had been in failing health the past two |
years or longer but her condition be- |
came critical only about three weeks |
ago.
Mrs. Lucas was a daughter of Wil-
liam H. and Hannah K. Smith and was |
bern at Unionville on January 9th, !
1851, hence was 70 years, 10 months |
and 18 days old. On April 3rd, 1876, |
she married Mr. Lucas and practical- |
ly all her married life was spent at:
Philipsburg. Surviving her are her
husband and three children, W. B. Lu-
cas, of Greensburg; Mrs. H. A. Hoff- |
man, of Bloomsburg, and Mrs. Calvin
Jones, of Philipsburg. She also leaves
one sister and three brothers, namely:
Mrs. L. F. Showman, of Connellsville;
J. P. Smith, of Bellefonte; J. C., of
Unionville, and George L., of Easton.
Mrs. Lucas became a member of the
Baptist church when eight years old
and her pastor, Rev. Charles Kulp,
had charge of the funeral services at
10:30 o’clock on Wednesday morning,
burial being made in the Philipsburg
cemetery.
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DAVIS.—Mrs. Florence Davis, wife
of Wilson Davis, died at her home in
Clarence on Sunday morning follow-
ing an illness of eighteen years. She
was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam Little and was born at Snow
Shoe on May 21st, 1885, making her
age 36 years, 6 months and 5 days.
When nine months old her father was
killed in a railroad wreck at Fountain,
on the Bellefonte and Snow Shoe rail-
road. Surviving her are her husband,
her mother, two brothers and two sis-
ters, namely: Joseph and Boyd Lit-
tle and Mrs. Robert Harnish, all of
Nant-y-Glo, and Mrs. Ambrose Davis,
of Munson.
Mrs. Davis was a quiet, unassuming
neighbor, and during her many years!
Henry Reitz spent |
CENTRE HALL.
F. M. Fisher and wife entertained
last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lycurgus Lingle re-
turned from a visit to their son
James, last week.
Among the visitors to the old home
on Thanksgiving were. E. L. Bartholo-
mew and family, from Altoona.
Miss Elsie Moore, who is still in the
Bellefonte hospital, had a number of
visitors from this side on Sunday.
Miss Miriam Huyett spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M.
Monday morning.
Pittsburgh on Thanksgiving day were
“Billy” Bradford and ‘the Misses Isa-
bel and Verna Rowe.
John D. Meyer, of Tyrone, has en-
tertained his mother for a few days.
spend some time with him.
for appendicitis
evening. He is getting along nicely,
according to reports from his wife.
Rev. J. M. Kirkpatrick, of the Pres-
byterian church, has been holding
services at Pine Grove Mills the past
week. The other pastors of the town
ings.
Last Saturday, Harry Reish, who
lives at Beaver
ter with a bull, in which his face was
shape again.
OAK HALL.
J. S. Dale, of State College, was a
Thanksgiving guest at the L. K. Dale
home.
Mrs. Annie Sunday,
spent last week with her daughter,
Mrs. W. E. Homan.
ed their slaughter house and are busy
handling butcherings.
Among those who attended the
were Ralph Dale and Earl Etters.
inite time visiting relatives
friends in this place.
Miss Nelle Peters, teacher of the
Oak Hall school, spent Thanksgiving
day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Peters, at Rockview.
Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas were
entertained at the home of Mrs.
Thomas’ sister, Mrs. Charles Moth-
ersbaugh, Saturday evening.
Grant Houser has been on the sick
list the past week, suffering from an
attack of asthma. William Kern is
also suffering with many carbuncles.
A taffy party was held at the home
of Mrs. Nannie Gilliland, Saturday.
Quite an number of friends were pres-
ent and all reported a very good time.
Real Estate Transfers.
Caroline M. Cassidy, et al, to W. J.
I Emerick, tract in Bellefonte; $1,500.
Matilda A. Henderson, et bar, to
burg; $1,800.
Arthur Runk, tract in Philipsburg;
$1,000.
Matilda A. Henderson, et bar, to
Lorenzo G. Runk, tract in Philips-
burg; $1,000.
Mary Stanton,
Breon, tract in Patton township; $225.
tha J. Thomas,
$100.
Francis G. Uzzle to E. O. Shives,
tract in Snow Shoe township; $3,000.
John A. Evans, to William Fitz-
patrick, tract in Howard township; $1.
William Fitzpatrick to Mary
Franks, tract in Howard township;
$1.
John Schenck’s Exrs., to Charles D.
Mayes, tract in Liberty township;
$6,600.
Joseph Lucas, et ux, to Daniel N.
Snyder, tract in Bellefonte; $1,070.
Vincent Boldine, et ux, to Daniel N.
Snyder, tract in Bellefonte; $1,150.
Edward Crouse, et ux, to ‘Harry
Janet, tract in Union township; $100.
Louisa S. Decker, et bar, to Wil-
liam G. Runkle, tract in Potter town-
ship; $179.92. ;
William L. Woodcock to James A.
Burket, tract in Benner township;
$500.
Daniel Buck; et ux, to James H.
Shirk, tract in Union township; $400.
A. G. Morris to Chas. M. McCurdy,
tract in Bellefonte; $8,000.
Louisa T. Bush to Albert Haupt,
tract in Spring township; $150.
tract in Bellefonte;
Williams, tract in Worth township;
$125.
A. S. Bailey, et al, to I. G. Crono-
ver, tract in Ferguson township; $310.
Whitewash the Barn if You Can’t Af-
ford to Paint It.
|
| The value of whitewash on surfac-
tes of buildings and other structures,
' where it is impracticable or too ex-
pensive to use paint, is well known.
The Pennsylvania Department of Ag-
riculture realizes that whitewash is
used extensively and for the benefit
of those desiring to know how to pre-
pare such a mixture and obtain the
desired results under ordinary condi-
tions, the following two simple meth-
ods of preparing the mixture will be
found quite satisfactory:
The formula as recommended by
the U. S. Department of Agriculture
for whitewashing barns is as follows:
(1) To 12 gallons of water add one
bushel of quick lime.
(2) Then dissolve two pounds of
common salt and one pound of zine
sulphate in 2 gallons of hot water.
Mix No. 1 and 2 and to this add 2 gal-
!lons of skim-milk. This is a very sat-
| isfactory preparation.
Another formula quite commonly
used, although not so effective as the
i former is prepared as follows:
| Add 10 pounds of quick lime to two
! gallons of water and let stand for two
hours before using.
a number of their friends at dinner
Huyett, returning to Selinsgrove on
Those who took in the game at
Later, both his father and mother will |
Guy Jacobs underwent an operation
on Thanksgiving |
preached for him on different even-
Dam, but formerly
lived at the Old Fort, had an encoun-
very severely injured. An operation !
may be necessary to put him in good
of Tadpole,
Harry Wagner and son have open- :
State-Pitt game on Thanksgiving day !
Mrs. Russell Mayes and children, !
of Lock Haven, are spending an frdet. ;
an |
James W. George, tract in Philips-,
Matilda A. Henderson, et bar, to W.
et al, to Harvey
Frank Sasserman, C. O. C., to Mar- !
Trustees U. B. church to Herman
| Church Services Next Sunday.
ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Services for the week beginning
December 4th: Second Sunday in Ad-
vent, 8 a. m. Holy Eucharist. 9:45 a.
.m. church school. 11 a. m. Mattins
and sermon, “The Holy Catholic
Faith: II. Thirty Years among us
Dwelling.” 7:30 p. m. evensong and
sergon, “The Divine Library.” Thurs-
day, Conception of the blessed Vir-
gin, 7:30 a. m. Eucharist. Friday,
7:30 p. m. Litany and instruction.
Visitors always welcome.
Rev. M. DeP. Maynard, Rector.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
_ Bible school with missionary offer-
ing 9:30 a. m. Sermon, “The Acid
Test,” 10:45. Junior League 2 p. m.
Senior League 8:30. Sermon, “A
Fool’s Bargain,” 7:30. Visitors cor-
dially welcome. Courteous ushers.
Coleville—Bible school, 2:30 p. m.
Alexander Scott, Minister.
ST. JOHN’S REFORMED CHURCH.
Services next Sunday morning at
10:45 and evening at 7:30. Sunday
school at 9:30 a. m. and C. E. meet-
ing at 6:45 p. m.
Ambrose M. Schmidt, D. D., Minister.
ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Sunday school 9:30 a. m. Morning
worship 10:45. Vesper service 7:30.
Visitors always welcome.
Rev. Wilson P. Ard, Minister.
ent Eg
Marriage Licenses.
Stanley Scott Furst, Connellsville,
and Helen M. E. Foster, State College.
Arthur P. Gill and Anna M. Crader,
Gregg township.
Harvey Bierly, Spring Mills, and
Mary Barnett, Lock Haven.
CANE VOGUE CAUSED
| BY FOREIGN ENVOYS.
Walking sticks and arms confer-
ences seem about as far apart as cab-
i bages and kings or carpenter’s seal-
ing wax and Alice in Wonderland. As
‘a matter of fact, there’s a very close
! alliance between the two. The arms
conference is going to set the fashion
in carrying sticks.
Every diplomat from across the
i seas has brought his stick with him.
Some of them have brought two or
three. Lord Lee, of Fareham, for in-
‘ stance, carried his when he climbed
out of his pullman at the Union sta-
‘tion. The Japanese delegates all car-
‘ried them. Secretary Hughes has
"adopted a black stick; Sir Auckland
: Geddes has carried one for years and
i years. Harding, Root and even Sec-
Stary Weeks have developed the hab-
it.
Everybody who is anybody in
Washington today is carrying a stick.
The fashionable men’s shops adver-
tise the latest from Piccadilly in
walking sticks in their windows, and
you may see literally scores of young
men, and old ones, too, for that mat-
ter, emerging from the govern-
ment offices for their luncheon with
sticks in the crook of their elbows as
if they had carried such ornaments all
heir lives.
BURDEN OF THE FEW.
A recent survey shows that 320 per-
sons in a year gave nearly half of the
whole sum conributed by Philadel-
phia’s population of 2,000,000 for
charity.
It appeared, furthermore, that fifty-
one persons gave a fifth of the $4,-
500,000 subscribed.
In other words, a little, loyal group
is doing what a great many ought to
be doing. The vast majority are let-
ting the “old guard” do their part for
them and shirking a responsibility
they ought to shoulder.
The condition—by no means pecul-
iar to Philadelphia—reflects no credit
on us. An active effort is now get-
i ting under way to change it.
i Nothing enlists a personal interest
like a financial investment. Those
. who are carrying the load of our phil-
; anthropies, a load that should be
: spread among many times their num-
| ber, have discovered a satisfaction de-
‘ nied to those who have never lifted a
| finger to the aid of others in distress.
i
. Engine Pulls Big Wheat Train; Sets
| New Record.
| Carrying 165,000 bushels of wheat
: behind one engine, what is believed to
i be the world’s record for a grain train
! was operated into Arloola, Sask. a
few days ago by the Canadian Pacific
Railroad.
Nine-tenths of a mile long, the train
consisted of 110 fully loaded cars of
wheat, a water car and a caboose, in
addition to the engine. The weight of
{the train was approximately 6868
tons.—Ex.
reese eer eee
The Limit of Valor.
The swain and his swainess had
just encountered a bulldog that looked
i as if his bite might be quite as bad as
his bark.
“Why, Percy,” she exclaimed as he
started a strategic retreat, “you al-
ways swore you would face death for
“1 would,” he flung back over his
shoulder, “but that darn dog isn’t
dead.”—London Opinion.
The best job work can be had at the
“Watchman” office.
THE VALUE OF A SMILE.
The thing that goes the farthest
Toward making life worth-while,
That costs the least and does the most
Is just a pleasant smile.
It’s full of worth, and goodness, too,
With hearty kindness bent;
It’s worth a million dollars,
And doesn’t cost a cent.
So keep smiling.
DR. EVA B. ROAN, Optometrist,
Both Phones.
BELLEFONTE.
Every Saturday, 9 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.
STATE COLLEGE
Every Day except Saturday. 66-42
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