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Bellefonte, Pa., January 5, 1923.
KEEP WATCH FOR GREEN RAY
rn
Majority of People of the Britiah
Isles on the Keen Lookout for
Phenomenon.
The fad of the moment in England
Is watching for the green ray from
the sun which is shot out for a secon
or two just as the rim disappears be
low the horizon. You may also see
the sun’s rim turn green or bluish-
green; but it is the flash you should
watch for. The Scots in the western
Highlands know the green flash. They
cherish a belief that any person whe
has seen it not only knows his or her
own heart, but can see clearly into the
hearts of others.
Tourists over the British isles are
looking for the green ray and parties
are seen seeking positions of vantage
where they can get the best look at
the parting orb. Observations are ex-
changed later and thcse who claim to
have seen it are closely questioned by
others. The green ray is not exactly
a new discovery, but there is a great
revival of interest in the alleged phe-
nomenon. Doctor Molder, a Dutch
scientist, has just written an elaborate
book on the green ray, and says le
saw it at Ilfracombe in July, 1907. The
late Lord Kelvin and Sir Henry Miers,
of Manchester, are other witnesses.
In 1832 Jules Verne published a re
markable novel on this rare phenome-
non. The heroine was a young Scot-
tish girl, who was determined to see
the ray. She saw it at last, from one
of the caves of Staffa. Having seen
it, she saw into her heart and the
heart of her lover.
WORKED OUT AS HE PLANNED
Shrewd Mining Promoter Knew Just
How Long Women Would Keep
Secret He Imparted.
The psychology of selling was prob-
ably never applied better than in the
disposal of the Weismann Mining com-
pany during the copper boom of 1906
and 1907. Mr. Weismann, who owned
all the stock, gave a lawn party in tle
western city where he lived at the
time. To this affair he invited all the
men in the town who had any money
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Train Official Seldom Deceived by
Travelers Who Imagined They Ap-
peared Used to Luxuries.
The Woman had never been in a
compartment on a train before. She
must confess this bit of luxurious ig-
norance, She was seated comfortably,
reading and looking out of the window
alternately, and greatly enjecying the
privacy when she heard a buzzing
sound. Again and again it sounded.
Doubtless the people in the next com-
partment ringing for the porter.
And then came a knock at the door.
“I hope I didn’t disturb you,” the
conductor sald as he asked for the
Woman's ticket.
“Oh. no, I was just sitting here read-
ing and admiring the scenery.”
“Oh,” the conductor said, “I wonder
if the bell doesn’t ring.”
“The bell?” Then the Woman under-
stood that that had been the buzzing
she had heard.
“I'm afraid I'm very ignorant,” she
admitted. “I've never been in a com-
partmenet before, and I didn’t know
you rang to come in.”
But the conductor was not horrified
at the smallness of her knowledge.
“I'm glad to hear you admit it,
lady,” he said. “There's lots who have
never been in a compartment, but they
wouldn’t admit it for worlds. We know
when they're not used to ’em. They
can’t fool us, but you're the first I've
met who hasn't foolish pride.”—Chi-
cago Journal.
PROSAIC REASON FOR SERVICE
Could It Be Possible the Preacher
Was Giving the Deacon a Deli-
cate Hint?
The Midville church had a new
preacher, and Deacon Sturgeon was
entertaining him at Sunday dinner. At
least that was the way the Weekiy
Blade would report the occasion, but,
as a matter of fact, the deacon was
feeding the preacher at Sunday dinner,
while as for entertainment, the preach:
er was entertaining the deacon.
“And soc you saw service in the great
European war?’ the deacon asked.
“Yes, I served nearly two years as
chaplain,” the preacher replied.
“Get across?”
“Oh, yes. I was in France nearly
a year.”
“Well, IT don’t believe in war,” the
deacon declared. “But I suppose you
worth his while, as well as their wives.
Taking aside the ladies one at a
time, he confided to them over a glass
of lemonade the following:
“I would like to see you make a |
little pin money withou¢ any risk, if |
I could trust you not to betray my con-
fidence by taking your husband into !
my plans. I don’t mind you buying !
100 shares of Weismann Mining stock, |
on which you will make 1,000 per cent,
but if you should divulge this to your |
husband he might buy several thou- |
sand shares and interfere with my |
plans in the market.”
Of course, every lady gave her sa- |
cred promise, and broke it before she |
went to bed.
Weismann Mining, which was listed |
on an eastern market, was sold to the ;
last share before noon the next day. !
—Wall Street Journal.
Sipping in Saskatoon.
Recently in Saskatoon, Saskatche-
wan, there was a home-brew contest
for women only.
And all of these women were mar-
ried women.
There is a law in Saskatchewan
which permits the making of home
brew only, and the women are given
licenses to allow them to indulge in
this industry. There i8 keen competi-
tion among the ladies.
What of the women who are not
married? Would it not be worth the
time of any ambitious and thirsty
young man to seek these out so they
could be married ladies and home-
brew makers?
Doubtless it would—but the only
unmarried ladies the tourist could find
were in short skirts because of youth
and not fashion !—Exchange.
Make Much of Sneezing.
Many savage and semi-civilized
races of the Orient have some curious
customs regarding the sneeze. When
the sultan of Monomotopa sneezes, for
instance, the fact is made known from
the palace by a certain signal. In-
stantly every subject within hearing
sets up a shout, the cry is taken up
by others, and so extends until it
rolls throughout the confines of the
empire.
When the sultan of Senaar sneezes,
on the contrary, every woman in his
harem or within hearing turns her
back upon him, and makes a sign of
contempt, by smiting her lips with her
hands—disgusted that so mighty a per-
sonage should have to sneeze like an
ordinary mortal.
Wasp’s Bill Like Pair of Pincers.
A wasp’s mandibles—a big, strong
beak, which, after you have looked at
it a while, seems as formidable as that
of an eagle—do not open with an up-
and-down motion, like the bill of a
bird. His is a bill the two halves of
which open out to right and left. And
ipstead of one-half moving while the
other remains stationary, both move.
It works like a pair of pincers. This
long and strong cutting tool hangs
downwards, though not in the sense
that it is bent to reach in that direc-
tion.
A wasp has a long head, like a horse,
and the mandibles, being set straight
on this, naturally reach downward,
writes Charles D, Stewart in the At-
lantic Monthly,
heard the call of duty and couldn’t
hold back.”
“Well, I can’t say that was it alto-
gether,” the preacher
answered. |
“There were several other things to !
be considered.”
“For instance?’ demanded the dea-
con, who did not shy at questioning.
“Well,” and the preacher ‘smiled
quietly, “I went into the army for one
thing, because I got my pay regu-
larly 1”
Mary Anderson Lauds Booth.
A portrait of Edwin Booth, by many
considered America's greatest tragedi-
an, was presented lately to the Me-
morial Art gallery in the Shakespeare
memorial at Stratford-on-Avon by an
American friend of the drama and his
colleagues.
The most striking feature of the
ceremony was the voice of Mme. de
Navarro, once the idol of American
dramatic audiences as Mary Anderson,
says the New York Sun. Her personal
reminiscences of Edwin Booth reached
their climax in her recitation of an
apostrophe in verse to the great actor.
A voice from out the past, indeed,
and its magical effect upon the audi-
ence gathered at Stratford is ample
testimony to the truth that the great
backgrounds in art and human life are
not blotted out by the intense preoc-
cupation in things of the present
which seem to fill the picture.
New Motion Picture Idea.
A motion picture projector which
can be used by anybody, anywhere,
making possible the projection of
moving pictures under all conditions,
is in use in France. The lantern and
fiim reels of the projector are sup-
ported above an upright triangular
frame, at right angles to which is a
second triangular frame supporting
a seat and a large pulley driven by
pedals. Behind the large pulley is a
dynamo which supplies current for a
high-powered incandescent lamp. By
means of belts the pedaled pulley op-
erates the dynamo, the projector and
the film reels all simultaneously.—
Popular Science Magazine.
His Viewpoint.
“Father!”
The weeping girl pleaded piteously.
“Father! Why don’t you let me
marry George, and take him into the
firm? Why, O why?”
The business man raised her head
tenderly.
“1 feel for you, darling,” he said.
“I do need George in my business—I
could use him, and will, if he says the
word, but daughter, I think I can hire
him cheaper than I can support him.”
And with a gesture of pitiless finsl-
ity, he dropped the subject.—Rich-
mond Times-Dispatch,
“Shocking.”
“Waiter! Waiter!” shouted a young
fellow, who for the last half hour had
been wrestling with a steak, but failed
to get his knife through it.
“Yes, sir!” said the waiter, coming
forward.
“How do you cook your food in this
place?” asked the young man.
“Well, sir, all our food is cooked by
electricity,” answered the waiter.
“Then—here,” said the young man,
“take this back and give it another
‘shock.’ ”
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FEW OF ABORIGINES LEFT
Black Men of Australia Passing Away
—-One of the Lowest of
Human Races.
The race of the aboriginal black-
fellow of Australia is rapidly disap-
pearing. Numbering about two hun-
dred thousand a hundred years ago,
less than one-hundredth of this num-
ber are today to be found. And like
all passing races the blackfellow for
many years has been more and more
dropping the festal and war costumes
of ancient times.
The blackfellow is an ethnological
problem, but the weight of research
seems to point to the race having a
Caucasian origin. Yet though they are.
if this be true, the bloodbrothers of
the highest civilized races, they are
still rated as one of the lowest of hu-
man races, unable to comprehend
higher than the figure three, and when
found by the white men possessed of
little more skill in survival than a wild
animal.
Yet at the same time they rank in
physique as one of the finest of races.
The men have been noted in the past
for their wonderful tracking abilities.
Some, besides having exceptionally
keen eyesight, have been found to be
possessed with an almost animal keen-
ness of scent.
They also invented the boomerang,
a wonderful weapon known to only one
other race on earth. In another 20
years this race will in all probability
have disappeared off the face of the
earth.—Detroit News.
DIFFER IN THEIR MERRIMENT
Boys Snicker, and the Incident
Closed, but Girls Will Giggle
for Days Afterwara.
The question often arises, “Do girls
giggle more often than boys?’ They
do, for the reason that boys do not
giggle. They snicker. The giggle is of
nervous or hysterical origin, a condi
tion largely given over to femininity.
The boy sees something that appeals
to his reasoning as funny and under
circumstances that the hearty laugh
is not entirely in place, he snickers.
Having snickered, that is the end of it.
But the giggle goes on forever, or
nearly so. A class of schoolgirls sees
something which arouses their risi
bilities, and for hours or perhaps days
afterward, they continue to giggle. The
incident itself may have passed into
obscurity, but at odd or unexpected !
moments there will be outbursts of
giggling.
The boy’s reason snickers at the in-
:ident, whereas the girl's instincts gig-
zle at the memory. It must be said,
however, in behalf of giggling, that it
‘'s an unselfish pastime, for the giggle |
alone is next to impossible.
It takes '
at least two to make a giggle—Ex- |
change.
“Mugwump.”
In a Boston Transcript’s “Notes and
Queries” is a definition of the word
‘Mugwump” that perhaps never got in-
to print during the political period
when it was used. The contributor
says: “I suppose what your corre-
spondent wants to know is why “Mug-
wump” was applied to the Independ-
ants in the Blaine-Cleveland campaign,
[t was because the name (originally
the head of an Indian tent-group next
under the sachem, and pronounced
with equal accent on both syllables, |
like ‘barn-door’) had come in eastern
Connecticut, at least, to mean ‘boss’ or
offective controller of any business. It
was as familiar in my boyhood as
boss’ is now. ‘Do you want a job in
the mill? Go and see Jim Walters—
he’s the mugwump of the concern.’ So
the Sun used it jeeringly of the Inde-
pendents as ‘self-constituted bosses’ of
the Republican party, dictating who
should be nominated.”
They Were Honeymooners.
MOTOR “GYPSIES” ARE MANY
Traveler in Southern California Im:
pressed by the Number of Tour-
ists on the Road.
Describing a tour through California
‘n Harper's Magazine, Arthur Ruhl
writes:
“Everywhere you go, of course, you
run into our new motor gypsies. The
dusty car, with father and mother, in
the same style khaki breeches and O.
D. shirt, on the front seat; bareheaded
youngsters of all ages in the rear; the
family dog squeezed on the running
board or into some astonishing corner
behind the lamps, and all about, tents,
washtubs, and possibly a canoe or two
—this is today’s prairie schooner.
“Sometimes—as in southern Califor-
nia, for instance, where there has been
plenty of building and work for casual
masons and carpenters—these motor
pilgrimages suggest a considerable
shifting of the industrial population.
But wherever wild country, and trout,
and possibly bear or deer, are within
easy motoring distance, nearly every-
body falls into the habit of loading up
the old bus and starting out for any-
thing from a few days to a few months.
Practically every town along the main
highways has its municipal camping
ground—in Colorado Springs one morn-
ing I thought a movie company must
be ‘on location’ in the neighborhood, so
exotic seemed the number of young
women ih riding breeches, sombreros
and flannel shirts with bandanna neck-
erchiefs, but was told by an unim-
pressed native that they were ‘only
tourists.’ ”
BIRD SONGS ON THE PIANO
Interesting Experiments Conducted by
Eastern Woman Give Rise to Im-
mense Possibilities.
Bird songs may become basic themes
for more music than folk songs. This
is the prediction of Mrs. H. H. A.
Beach, a composer who has been mak-
ing experiments along this line at
Peterborough, N. H. Mrs. Beach's
explanation of her theory and her ex-
periments is unique and interesting.
“My studio at Peterborough was
surrounded on three sides by beautiful
birch trees, the front facing a wide
view of the valley and mountains. In
the deep woods nearby the hermit
thrushes sang all day long, so close to
me that I could notate their songs and
even amuse myself by imitating them
on the piano and having them answer.
The songs were so very lovely and so
consonant with our scales that I
could weave them into piano pieces as
easily as I could have used folk songs.
It was a labor of love, indeed, and I
only hope that I have succeeded in giv-
ing at least a slight impression of their
exquisite rhythm and melodic beauty.”
If bird song can be incorporated
successfully into piano music thus,
there. is an infinite field. of beauty and
variety from which the themes may
be drawn. It is to be hoped that Mrs.
Beach and her fellow-artists will go on
with their work. Jazz will never en-
tirely rule the musical universe while
this sort of delicate artistry is being
carried on.—From the Brockton
(Mass.) Times.
Die-Cast Woed Horns.
The demand for loud speakers has
brought about the development of all
! kinds of horns, some of metals, others
She had said something that dis |
.ressed him and, seeing the look on his
face, she exclaimed: ‘Oh, my darling,
I'm afraid I have hurt you.”
“No, dearest,” he replied, gravely,
“the hurt I feel is due to the fact that
[ know it hurts you to feel that you
have hurt me.”
“Ah, no!” she said. “Do not let that
hurt you for an instant.
because I know it hurts you to feel
that I have hurt myself hurting you.”
“No, no, my precious! My hurt is
because you are hurt over feeling that
[ am hurt because you feel that you
have hurt me and are therefore hurt
yourself and—"
But let us leave them, dear reader.
They will get over it in time.—Boston
Evening Transcript.
His Greatest Achievement.
At a dinner in honor of President
Underwood of the Erie, an exceeding-
ly modest and retiring man, speeches
eulogizing him came thick and fast.
When they had ended Mr. Underwood,
after thanking everyone present for
the complimentary expressions, re-
plied: “But, gentlemen, that for which
you have given me credit is not all.
You forgot to mention that last win-
ter, when I was in control of the har-
bor, no ice formed and traffic was un-
impeded, the first time in many years
that such a condition has prevailed.”
—Wall Street Journal.
Bohemian Pearl Culture,
The scientific culture of pearl-bear-
ing oysters has been carried on for a
number of years in the Otava river, in
Southern Bohemia. The oysters are
opened once in eight years. The last
examination of the oysters, which took
place this year, resulted in the finding
of five white pearls that may be classed
as precious, 25 less valuable ones and
200 colored pearis.
My hurt is |
of fiber, and still others of pressed
wood. It is the last-mentioned type
with which we are momentarily inter-
ested. These are made of selected
wood which is reduced to its original
fiber and cast’ in steel dies under a
pressure of 12 tons and subjected to
800 degrees of heat. This is claimed
to form an artificial wood many times
denser than natural wood. Its acous-
tic properties are remarkable. The
i vibrations received through the phone
at the base of the horn are amplified
by the rich, resonant vibrations of the
material itself. The metallic sound
which is so annoying in many types of
loud speakers equipped with metal
horns is said to be entirely eliminated.
—Scientific American.
Had Some Apprehension.
Jokes on St, Peter are pretty stale,
and, generally speaking, all of the
changes have been rung on the heaven-
ly gates, but Hollywood seems to be
an exception to all known rules. St.
Peter bade a solemn welcome to three
white-robed men as they approached.
: “Where are you from?” he asked the
first. “Chicago,” the man replied.
“You may go in.” “Where are you
from,” he asked the second. “From
New York?’ he replied. “You may go
in.” “And where are you from?” he
asked tle third. “I'm from Holly-
wood,” said the man. “You may go
in, but I'm afraid you won't like it,”
said the saintly guard.
Canada’s Canal Systems.
There are six canal systems under
the control of the Dominion govern-
ment, the most important of which is
that between Fort Willlam and Mon-
treal. The other systems are between
Montreal and the international boun-
dary near Lake Champlain; Montreal
and Ottawa, Ottawa and Kingston, the
St. Peter's canal from the Atlantic
ocean to the Bras d'Or lakes, Cape
Breton and the incompleted canal from
Trenton to Lake Huron.
The Homecoming Turtle.
For several years a turtle, although
owing to damage done it was removed
several miles from Milford, N. J., Pad
been coming back to a tomato po“ch
in that city. Scientists became inter-
ested and it was taken several miles
heyend the Delaware river. After four
years it was again found among the
tomato nlants.
.
o our multitude of customers
who helped us make 1922 a
success we extend greetings—
and wish each and every one a
Happy and Prosperous
New Year
We invite you to make our
store your buying place. Our
prices are always right, and we
aim to satisfy.
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