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Bellefonte, Pa., October 13, 1922.
THE LAW OF REST.
By L. A. Miller.
The Sabbath day-—rest day—is a
physical necessity, Continuous labor,
even if it is light and agreeable: un-
dermines the physical system, re-
duces the mental capacity and dulls
the moral sense.
This has probably been the exper-
ience of every one who has tried work-
ing seven days each week for any con-
siderable time. It seems to make no
difference which of the days is ob-
served as a day of rest; therefore it
is concluded .that there is no special
virtue in the day itself.
Rest does not imply a complete ces-
sation from physical or mental activi-
ty. To do so would be more irksome
and tiresome than ordinary labor.
Resting, in its fullest sense, signifies
a cessation from enforced duties. One
of its chief elements is the sense of
having nothing to do. The mind is at
ease, and the body seeks the most
comfortable positions possible. The
daily routine is broken, relaxation en-
couraged.
Those whose labors require the use
of a certain system of muscles, find
rest in exercising other systems; those
whose minds are employed on a cer-
tain class of topics, find rest in think-
ing on others; while those who have
great variety in their daily lives, find
rest in aimless walks, talking at ran-
dom, and allowing the mind to wan-
der whithersoever it will.
That which yields the most compiete
relaxation to the mind and body is the
source of the most perfect and profit-
able rest. It may be inferred that the
surest means of securing the greatest
amount of rest would be to take up
that which is as nearly opposite the
daily routine as possible. Such an in-
ference, however, is not well founded,
for this course would be too violent to
insure comfort, and could not be in-
dulged in to any great extent without
considerable effort, which in itself
would be exhausting and tiresome.
Taste and inclination must be consult-
ed in seeking rest. Walking where,
or when, one does not want to, is not
even healthful exercise. Reading that
which is not entertaining, is not good
pastime. Passing a day under the re-
straint of stringent social customs,
robs it of its restfulness. The portion
of time set apart for restisin perfect
harmony with nature, and it is there-
fore necessary for man, if he expects
to enjoy health, comfort and prosper-
ity, to cease his labors during one of
each seven days.
That this is in perfect harmony
with nature, and the laws by which
the universe was brought into exist-
ence, is clearly set forth in the deca-
logue. “Remember the Sabbath day,
to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou
labor and do all thy work, but the
seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord
thy God; in it thou shalt not do any
wark, thou, nor thy son, nor. thy
daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy
maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy
stranger that is within thy gates; for
in six days the Lord made heaven and
earth, the sea, and all that in them is,
and rested the seventh; wherefore, the
Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hal-
lowed it.”
It will be observed that the Lord
gave reasons for this requirement,
which is done in only one other in-
stance in the decalogue. From this
fact it may well be inferred that it is
not a simple arbitrary command, but
‘a matter of vital importance.
The completion of creation ended
a definite cycle of time, rounded up a
natural period of labor, and there is
no good reason why the cycle of cre-
ation shall not continue so long as the
universe exists.
Man was created in the image of
the Creator. The image, as may nat-
urally be supposed, is infinitesimal as
compared with that from which it was
modeled. From this the inference
would be quite natural that the per-
iod covered by a day of creation was
as much greater than the day of man
as the Creator is greater than man.
It represented the expenditure of a
certain amout of intellectual energy.
The day of man probably represents a
period in which he should, or may,
without injury, expend a proportion-
ate amount. The rest spoken of fol-
lowed a period of labor, and naturally
suggests the idea of recreation. La-
bor means a waste, an expenditure of
‘vital energy. Rest means a restora-
tion of this energy—a re-creation of
it. To restore the waste fluid from a
vessel, the first thing is to stop the
waste. This alone may be all that is
necessary, providing the usual sources
of supply are equal to the demand; if
not, other sources must needs be filled
within a given time. What are the
sources from which our vital energies
are drawn?
With these well defined, there would
be no difficulty in settling the Sab-
bath question. If the poor man draws
his from an humble and often very
plain home, then he needs no parks,
no flowers, no sunshine, no birds, no
trees. If the student finds the recrea-
tive forces strongest to sleep, he need
not take exercise in the open air, nor
bathe, nor smoke, nor patronize a
movie picture show.
Our vital energies are drawn from
nature; from her bounteous larder are
we fed; to her must we go for recrea-
tion. The waving fields of grain, the
lowing herds, the flying birds, and the
finny tribes, are provided to feed our
physical nature; the broad, closely
written pages of the book of Nature,
supplemented by its companion, the
book of revelation, furnish varied and
abundant food for the mind, while the
flowers, the birds, the balm and aro-
ma from the wooded hills, soothe, di-
vert and refine. They make us better
in every respect; fit us for enjoyment
of life; render us capable of making
others happy. Over and above this;
we imbibe the vitality that the flower
parts with when it blooms; that the
insect expends when it flies; that the
tree loses when it bends before the
breath of the wind; that the leaves
shake off as they flutter in the toying
breeze; that the birds dispense in
measures of song.
Nothing is wasted in nature. The
smoke that rises dark and murky
from the grim-mouthed chimney dis-
solves into nascent air. If the latent
energy of coal is thus converted into
atmospheric energy, why may not the
energies expended in motion and
thought be taken up and used by
something else? It must be so, else
why should we find ourselves refresh-
ed, revived, recuperated, after a
stroll in the woods, a rest in a shaded
nook, a romp with mother nature in
the field, or even a study of her beau-
tiful face through a frost-bedimmed
window-pane ?
The artist "will be pardoned for
stealing a glance at his newly-finished
statue or picture; the lover will be
forgiven if his eyes wander to the next
pew, and rest for a moment on the
face that he sees when his eyes are
closed; the child of nature will not be
marked if perchance it pluck a flower
that has been bold enough to bloom on
the Sabbath. Can it be, then, that the
toil from sun to sun will be demer-
ited if, on the Sabbath day, he only so
much as looks upon the manna sent to
feed his hungry sight, to strengthen
his weakened vitality, to revive his
dragged out energies? Where is it so
written ?
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PLANT EVERGREENS NOW.
Now is the time to piant your ever-
green trees. The planting season in
the fall is any time from August 15
to October 15. There is far more time
to give to the planting of ornamentals
in the fall than in the spring, when
there is almost always a rush of work
to be accomplished in garden, grounds
and fields.
It is taken for granted that you are
planning to plant at least a few ever-
greens, if you have any garden space
at all, and want a beautiful home.
Landscape gardeners are using ever-
greens more and more to give real
character to a place. The evergreens
cont=ibute a permanent feature to the
home place—for thee they stand,
spring, summer, autumn and winter
as firmly established and just as ef-
fective as the buildings.
There are so many ways in which
to use the evergreens successfully,
that it is quite impossible to enumer-
ate them all. In almost any capacity
for the home grounds, they are found
to be most striking and attractive.
They may be used as specimen trees
to stand alone on the lawn; as a back-
ground for the house; or as a wind-
break to shield the house from the
north winds; as a dark setting behind
the shrubs or flower borders; or as a
hedge or screen for some unightly
building.
There are many splendid varieties
which may be used as specimen trees,
either singly on the lawn or on either
side of the piazza steps, path or drive-
way. The white fir of the Rocky moun-
tains is excellent for this purpose. It |
grows to be 80 to 100 feet, is one of |
the handsemest in cultivation, is most
hardy and of rapid growth. It is very
graceful, and its foliage is a beauti-
ful blue above and silver beneath.
The . Nordmann’s silver fir is a
gracefully proportioned tree, and is
just the thing where a dense, dark
growth is required. It grows moder-
ately fast until it finally reaches an
imposing size.
The juniper or red cedar trees are
mostly pyramidal in form and are fine
for landscape work, to be used as a
specimen tree where a formal effect
is desired.
There can be no more lovely orna-
mental tree for lawn use, nor any tree
that attracts more attention and ad-
miration than the blue spruce. Pun-
gents Kosterii, or Koster’s blue
spruce, is an excellent variety. It has
foliage of a cloudy, grayish blue—
frequently described as “smokey”
blue. It is sturdy and dense in its
growth and it rarely fails to gain no-
tice from the passerby, on account of
its really unusual symmetry and beau-
ty of coloring.
The white pine is an extremely
stately and satisfactory tree to use as
a single specimen. It is long lived
and hardy, and is one of the most
beautiful of our native pines, and one
of the most rapid growers.
The many varieties of Thuya or Ar-
bor Vitae are commonly used for
hedge planting or for screens. The
Occidentalis or American Arbor vi-
tae is well known as a screen or hedge
plant. It can grow to large size, but
is generally sheared or trimmed
down. There is also the Occidentalis
pyramidalis, that grows in a tall,
slender column, resembling the Irish
yew. It is hardy and keeps its rich,
dark green color all the year round.
Then there is the Canadensis, a va-
riety ‘of hemlock spruce, which is well
suited for a free spreading, graceful
specimen tree, or it can be pruned or
trained into dense growth for use for
hedges or as a screen. It is of very
hardy habit in its growth and lives to
a good old age. :
Those mentioned above are merely
a few of the most striking of the ev-
ergreens. In sending for these or any
other evergreen trees or bushes to
the nursery, it is generally wise to
pay a little extra for each tree in or-
der to have it sent with a ball of
earth around ils roots wrapped in
burlap. This always insures a more
successful planting.
It is better to plant the tree im-
mediately upon its arrival, If this is
not possible, however, be sure to keep
the fibrous roots well protected from
the sun and air, to prevent them from
drying out. Dig the hole deep enough
to take in the roots and ball of earth
without breaking or bruising them.
Enrich the earth well before planting
with a couple of forkfuls of manure,
and two or three handfuls of bone,
mixing both well into the soil before
planting.
The secret of successful planting of
shrubs and trees is to pack the earth,
or “firm” the earth snugly about the
roots in planting. This firm planting
is of the greatest importance, to pro-
tect the tree from hard winds or the
heaving of the soil in winter or spring.
Therefore, if success is to be achieved,
be careful to pack the soil solidly
around the roots.
~The “Watchman” gives all the
news while it is news.
‘For Congress, Elisha K. Kane.
Coal Mining
Has become the most important in-
dustry of Clearfield and Centre coun-
ties. It stopped for five months be-
| cause of a dispute between operators’
: association and miners’ union. No
laws defined their rights; no courts
| could decide them. During the quar-
i rel the miners gradually used up all
| their savings. Merchants sold less
1 goods and had to give more credit.
| Both merchant and miner drew down
i their bank accounts; bankers called in
' loans, and manufacturers and farmers
| were pinched. The trouble having
i been patched up for a few months by
| raising coal prices, cement, steel and
| brick plants are raising prices or re-
ducing production; and hand glass
{ plants claim they must lower wages
| or shut down. Rising prices for such
| material may cause a slump in the
| building boom like that of 1921.
{Mine workers’ leaders wisely in-
| corporated in the strike settlement a
| fact-finding joint commission. Gov-
| ernment officials propose a price-fix-
ing plan, and a railroad car distribu-
tion plan; and some Congressmen ad-
vocate Federal operation of mines—-
as if they had learned nothing from
the disastrous Federal operation of
railroads.
I prefer Theodore Roosevelt’s con-
trol plan. I desire an Interstate Coal
Commission with powers like those
which the Interstate Commerce Com-
mission exercises over railroads. It
not only finds facts, but it bases or-
ders on them. It compels safe opera-
‘a new section of state highway that is
i
tion and reasonable rates. Before it
became effective, my lumber business
was unsafe until I connected with
three competing railroads. Now my
brick and tile factories can sell any-
where without fear of unfair compe-
tition. The railroads also have prof-
ited; and their trainmen are in less
peril of life or limb. Miners’ lives
and limbs are just as precious. In-
dustry and commerce are quite as de-
pendent on coal being regularly sup-
plied at fair prices. I am not finan-
cially interested nor employed in coal
mining; and, if sent to Congress will
represent all concerned in an impar-
tial business-iike way. Clip and pre-
serve this article.
Advt. ELISHA K. KANE, Kushequa, Pa.
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To Mark Site of First Iron Furnace.
A marker tablet indicating the site
of the smelting of the first iron in
Centre county will be unveiled on Oc-
tober 30, near the entrance to the
grounds of The Pennsylvania State
College. The stone stack of the old
furnace is still standing just outside
of the town of State College, where
it was erected 130 years ago by Col-
onel John Patton and Colonel Samuel
Miles, who were officers in ‘the Revolu-
tionary war. The tablet is to be plac-
ed there by the Pennsylvania Historic-
al Commission and the department of
history of The Pennsylvania State
College. :
Pig iron from this furnace was
transported to Pittsburgh mills by
mule-back, in the days long before
railroads came into use. The furnace |
was operated from 1792 to 1809 and
from 1825 to 1858, and marked the be-
ginning of many similar industries in
the central part of the State.
This will be one of the first indus-
trial places so marked in Pennsylva-
nia, and Penn State’s share in it is a
fitting one because the college has for
so long been devoted to the industrial
pursuits so vital to Pennsylvania pro-
gress. Dr. E. E. Sparks, former pres-
ident of the college, is making ar-
rangements for the dedication pro-
gram, which will include an address
by some man prominent in the iron
industry of the State. The tablet will
be presented to the college by George
P. Donahoo, of Harrisburg, chairman
of the Historical Commission, and will
be accepted by president John M.
Thomas. Dr. Sparks will have charge
of the ceremonies.
The old stack is but a few feet from
now being built into State College.
Near by land is college property and
plans are under way to make a park
there with an artificial lake, offering
bathing and skating facilities that are
now denied the 3300 college students.
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formerly.
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of profit on it
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