Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, March 10, 1922, Image 7
Bemorrai Yat, Bellefonte, Pa., March 10, 1922. DO IT NOW. He was going to be all that a mortal should be—Tomorrow. No one should be kinder or braver than he—Tomorrow. A friend who was troubled and weary he knew, Who'd be glad of a lift and who needed it, too; On him he called to see what he could do—Tomorrow. Fach morning he stacked up the letters he'd write—Tomorrow. And thought of the folks he would fill with delight—Tomorrofl. It was too bad, indeed, he was busy to- day, And he hadn't a minute to stop on his way; More time he would have to give others, he'd say—Tomorrow. The greatest of workers this man would have been—Tomorrow. The world would have known him, had he ever seen—Tomorrow. But the fact is he died and he faded from view, And all he left when living was through Was a mountain of things he intended to do—Tomorrow. —Grit. PLANTS THAT STRANGLE TREE Almost Incredible Power Displayed by Vegetation That Seems to Be Almost Negligibie. Some years ago an asphalt tennis court was laid down near Harwick, England. All went well at first. The asphalt was laid as smooth as a bil- lard table and left to set. Next morning there was a bump as large as an inverted soup plate in one corner of the court. By midday it had grown to the size of a pudding basin, and then the workmen hacked up the court to see what had caused the mysterious swelling. It was noth- ing more formidable than a mushroom. Even tiny plants are incredibly strong. A little seedling will push its way through several inches of hard soll, and if a stone hinders its prog- ress, the wee plant will thrust it aside. Toadstools have been known te push over a strongly built wooden fence. Sometimes climbing plants kill the trees and bushes which they use as supports. Honeysuckle, for example, clings tightly to the stem of a tree; the tree exerts its enormous foree to burst its bonds, but the thin stalks of the climber are even stronger, and in the end the tree dies of strangulation. MATTER OF OXYGEN SUPPLY Why Heated Objects Are of Varying Coler Is a Matter of Simple Explanation. The color of a heated object de- pends largely upon the temperature to which it is subjected. When, for ex- ample, a poker is placed in a fire, it will first turn a dull red, then a bright red, and finally a glaring white. The same principle applies to a flame, the outside of which is far hot- ter than the inside, and, in conse- quence, gives off a brighter light. This difference in temperature is due to the fact that only the outer portion of the flame comes in contact with the oxy- gen of the air, while the inner part has to be content with the small amount of this inflammable gas which reaches it still unconsumed. The heat is greatest where combus- tion is fastest and most complete, and it is for this reason that the outer part of a flame is a bright yellow while the interior is a dull blue. Gobbler Wanted Care of Family. A gobbler which seemed very much pleased and elated when the little turkeys were hatched and were able to follow him around last year is owned by a New Brunswick farmer. This past summer he tried to ceax the early chickens from the hens. Then when the turkey hens began to set the gobbler was missed for several days. He was then found setting on a hen’s nest hidden in the grass. He sat on the eggs until they began to hatch. The gobbler, however, wag so . heavy that he crushed the chickens, so he had to be taken away from the chicks. By that time the turkey hens had hatched their young and the gob- bler was consoled by having them fol- low him around. EXPENSIVE 1st Nelghbor: Didja ever stop © figger out what it cost t' raise a cat or a dog, Bill? ond Nelghbor: No! But there's a neighbor's cat ‘round here what's cost me 'bout a bushel of brick-a- brac, two alarm clocks, and a shoe Jes In th’ past month. Calf With Two Heads Lives. The most astonishing animal freak that has ever been at Burton-on-Trent, Eng., was a two-headed calf. It had twa mouths and could eat and drink with both at the same time. The freak at three months old, according to the opinion of a veterinary surgeon, was likely to have quite a normal ex- istence, as it had only one brain. The best job work can be had at the “Watchman” office. Daddys REIN RBALRINNTS 3 AENRARIR Al legs FRY. gts pO Sn ME —— ai THE WAVES To the waves said old Mother Ocean, “My children, why are you so rough?” Said they, ‘Mother Ocean, we're really polite, “These actions are naught but a bluff!” “Well,” Mother Ocean said, “you bluff very well at times.” “We do,” roared the waves; “we do.” And thelr roaring laughter could be heard all about. “You see,” they said, “it is such fun to play and we have such jolly races with the wind and with the Foam Brothers and with the Tide Twins. “We have so many other playmates, too. There are the Mist Grandchildren and the Army of Raindrops and old man Wind and the Storm family. “We adore the Storm family. They're always so ready to play the games which would tire out others. “They don’t get easily tired, The Storm family is a strong family. They've made themselves strong through so much exercising, though they have always been naturally strong, too. “Then there are so many others. Oh, we have so many friends, Mother Ocean.” “Yes,” said Mother Ocean, “my chii- dren are well liked. I cannot but say that. “Everyone cares for you—or at least there are enough to care for you so you'll always have playmates. “Sometimes I think your playmates are pretty rough, but then you always calm down again and know how to be quiet and well-mannered and restful. “So I don’t think your wild games do you any harm.” “We don’t think so, either,” Mother Ocean. “Think of the times we're so still and when we just ripple and roll back and forth with smiles on our watery lips, but with no great roaring laugh- ter coming from our throats. “Think of the times when we love to hear the Moon tell us beautiful stories and when we like to smile at the stars and send them up our kisses by Mr. Wind and the Sky Messengers! “Think of the times when we like to hear your stories and when we like to “Have a Fine Time.” stay so quiet and dream away many a sunny day.” “Oh, yes,” said Mother Ocean, “there are different kinds of things which you like besides playing. You like stories and sleep and rest and you like, too, to swing in your water ham- mocks, quite gently, back and forth. “I'm not in the least worried about the games you play and the rough way you aet at times, for after all, the rough Waves are very beautiful, and people love to see a rough ocean once in a while. “When you are rough you are really lovely, my children, and that can be said of very few people. “Oh, yes, if creatures can be lovely when they are rough it is all right to be rough, but so few can. That is where the Waves are so smart, So smart. “And, too, it makes you strong to play with the Storm family. I must al- ways have strong children. “One cannot think of a weak, sick ocean and feeble waves. “Of course, when you're resting it is one thing, but when you are playing with the Storm family you want to be able to play well, too. “I wouldn't want to hear people say that the poor waves couldn't play with the Storm family any more because they were too weak and wretched. “I wouldn’t want that said at all, so when I tell you that I wish to ask you why you are so rough, I do not ask it because I mind it. but because I love your beautiful strength, my Wave children. “Yes, I admire your wonderful, glo- rious, perfect strength, and your great, great, great beauty.” “We are so glad, Mother Ocean. And now you will see our strength this very day, for the Storm family is giv- ing a party and every Wave is in- vited.” “Good,” said Mother Ocean, “I shall roar with delight and-laughter too. “Have a fine time, my children, have a fine time.” All About Ruth. “This morning,” sald the teacher of an early Sunday school class, “the sub- ject is Ruth, the gleaner. Who can tell me about Ruth?” A small boy raised his hand. “well, Willie?” said the teacher. And Willie piped out in a shrill lit- tle voice, “He cleaned up sixty home runs thls season.” POVERTY KEEPS 1000 OUT OF SCHOOL. There are a thousand boys and girls in Philadelphia who can not go to school because they do not have shoes or enough clothing. This is the larg- est number absent because of pover- ty in the history of compulsory school attendance in that city. Henry J. Gideon, director of the De- partment of Compulsory Attendance of the Board of Education, made this summary of the results of unemploy- ment as attendance officers have found them. “We have notified charitable organ- izations and have found that all of them, with the exception of the Jew- ish charities, which take care of their co-religionists, cannot take on any more cases because of lack of funds,” said Mr. Gideon. “The Emergency Aid committee has has taken care of a large number of cases in the past month. But there are now about 1000 more that need at- tention.” Attendance officers report cases where children stay in bed on very cold days because of lack of fuel in their home and sufficient clothing to keep them warm. Mrss. Ethel Patterson, an aide to the Director of Compulsory Attend- ance, has been designated to receive the cast-off clothing of other more fortunate children for distribution to these boys and girls. The cast-off clothing is received at the Grant School, Seventeenth and Pine streets. A similar condition arose in 1914, say school officials, but the present poverty among school children is said to be more acute. —Ex. ——Subscribe for the “Watchman.” come to the aid of these children and | Mid-Winter Shoe Bargains at Yeagers a RS em Net © ntents 15 Ffuid Dras me I: § ; | | Bue erel ofing Digs fon 1 Thereby Promo pstiof : Cheerfulness and Best antains’ ne Exact Copy of Wrapper. Eire 17 (pa Sg RL { Bears the Signature GASTORIA For Infants and Children. oh 3% Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always of ~~ For Oven Thirty Years ACASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. No = EE sympathy. would be helpless They are now and starvation. 61-46 EE mo Near East Relief This space is gladly given to the Near East Relief Committee. 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