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Bemorrii ada
Bellefonte, Pa., February 16, 1923.
LAND OF VAST RESOURCES
Not Hard to Predict 2 Great Future
for the Island Continent
of Australia.
The resources of Australia have not
yet been fully exploited. It ‘is pos-
sible that at some time in the future
the great desert regions in the north-
west of the island continent and the
wide plains in the center may be
brought under cultivation.
The principal vegetable productions
of the country are its evergreen trees,
which furnish valuable timber, and its
pasturage. Vegetable products in-
clude eucalyptus, red gum, blue gum,
palm, stringy bark, iron bark, acacia,
jarrah, karri, salt bush, kangaroo
grass; maize, wheat, potatoes, hay,
barley, oats; bananas, grapes and
other fruits, and tobacco, sugarcane
and cotton. The wine industry is an
important one. Animals raised are
chiefly sheep (Australia being the
world’s greatest wool-producing coun-
try), and cattle (cattle rearing having
developed to a large extent lately be-
cause of the spread of the frozen-meat
trade). Mineral resources include
gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, anti-
mony, manganese, cinnabar and coal;
and the chief exports are mutton,
beef, butter, hides, skins, wool, wheat,
gold and copper.
Besides the products already named,
there are valuable gems, such as sap-
phires, rubies, emeralds, opals and
. garnets—while pearls are obtained
through the pearl fisheries off the
north coast of Queensland and the
northwest coast of Western Australia,
SOUNDLY BEATEN BY INDIANS
Expedition Under Captain Lovewell
Met With Disaster in the
Spring of 1725.
Of all the combats in Maine be-
tween the whites and Indians, the
best known was “Lovewell’s fight.” In
the spring of 1725 Captain Lovewell
and 46 volunteers started from Dun-
stable, Mass., to hunt Indians about
the headquarters of the Saco. They
did this partly because the Indians
were a menace: to the settlements, and
partly to secure the liberal bounty
which: had been promised for every
Indian sealp. -
On the night of May 7 Lovewell and
his men camped beside what is known
as Lovewell’s pond, in Fryeburg,
Maine, only two miles from Pigwucket,
the principal village of the Indians of
that region. Early the next morning
they killed an Indian, and not long
afterward were attacked by three
times their number. The fight con-
tinued until dusk, when Lovewell and
his band began to retreat.” Only nine
were uninjured. Some of them ied
on the way to the settlements, and
those who finally arrived home were
half starved.
Shark Towed Large Boat.
While crossing the bay from KEng-
lish harbor, Newfoundland, to For-
tune, about twenty-five miles, an 18-
ton boat was becalmed about ten
miles from shore. Hearing several
splashes, the owner went forward and
looking over saw a blue shark about
ten feet long. He writes that he
picked up a large iron hook, and
tying a stout plece of rope to it he
fastened the other end to the mast.
He then put a plece of salt pork on
the hook and dropped it over to the
shark. No sooner was it in the water
than the fish grabbed it and swam
swiftly away. The ropes was slacked
out about ten fathoms, brought up
with a jerk and the boat commenced
to move. The shark came to the sur-
fare several times but continued
straight ahead, a little out of the
course. The boat was towed eight
miles when a strong breeze sprang up
and it began to go faster than the fish.
The shark was hauled alongside and
in payment for the tow was allowed
fts iiberty, the rope being cut close to
its mouth.—Montreal Family Herald.
Bt
| ad Floral Chimeras. ' =
There are orchids of the tropics
which .exceed in strangeness of form
and splendor of color anything pro-
duced in conservatories. Among the
most remarkable of these plants are
those belonging to the genus masde-
-vallia., One species closely imitates
‘the trunk of an elephant and is named
accordingly, masdevallla elephanti-
-ceps. Another looks like a flying pig-
gon. The species to which the name
“chimera” is specially applied is very
«extraordinary. With what resembles
two slender legs and a flail-like trunk
upraised from its head, the flower
startles the beholder with its resem-
blance to some fantastic and mon-
strous insect. The resemblance of
these flowers to animals is so exact
that even birds are sometimes de-
celved by them.
New Weapon of War.
An “invisible force” whereby the
United States would be rendered im-
pregnable against attack by land, sea
or air, is claimed by an inventor who
is at Washington to lay his discovery
before the secretary of way. By means
of his discovery, the inventor says, an
“invisible force” could be unleashed
against a foreign foe, annihilating
whole armies ur navies by the press-
ing of a button. It Is based on x
natural law which he described as
“penetrability, the first law of univer-
gal movement.”
: CABBAGE NOT PLURAL WGAD
Error Is Somewhat Cemmon, but It
Must Always Be Classed
as an Error,
A mistake frequently made is the
misuse of cabbage as plural. The
correct plural of cabbage is cabbages.
Cabbage is not
that retain the singular form
and sheep. A farmer might say, “My
cabbage are a failure,” and a grocer,
“These cabbage are defective” exactly
as many folks who know better say
“Yep,” “Yah,” and “Yis” for Yes, but
that does not make the use correct.
The word cabbage dates from the Fif-
teenth century. Its first use in the
plural dates from 1440 when the word
was spelled cabaches. In the “Merry
Wives of Windsor,” Shakespeare (act
1. scene 1, line 124) uses “Good
worts? good cabbage,” Heads of cab-
bage is an old use, dating from 1620,
but here the pluralized “heads” does
not call for “cabbages.” Today the
tendency of educated people is to use
cabbages when the plural is meant,
and “heads of cabbage” when quauti-
ties are considered. but the farmer
and the grocer both would say: "A
hundred head of cabbage.” As to cab-
bage served at table the correct form
to use is, “This cabbage is good.”—
Exchange,
BELIEVE CORPSE FEELS PAIN
Mohammedans Meticulously Careful
in the Handling of the Bodies
of Their Dead.
The traditions of Mohammed, as
well as the works of Moslem doctors,
teach that a dead body is conscious of
pain, and great care is consequently
taken to avoid undue pressure while
washing a corpse. Seven balls of cot-
ton wool enveloped in calico, over
which warm water is poured, are suc-
cessively used for this purpose, and
the dead Mosiem has performed for
him for the last time the ablution
which insures his being buried in a
state of “legal purity.”
These formalities being accom-
plished, 700 drachms of cotton are
weighed out, small portions of which
are placed under the armpits and be-
tween the fingers and toes, and the
remainder of the body—over which
a sleeveless gown has been drawn—
is enveloped. Pepper and other spices
‘are. placed in ‘the folds of the shroud,
and rose-water sprinkled over it. The.
corpse is reverently. lifted, by means
of slings passed under it, into the
temporary coffin,
Sense of Duy.
There is no evil that we cannot
either face or fly from but the con-
sciousness of duty disregarded. A
sense of duty pursues us ever. It is
omnipresent, like the Deity. If we
take to ourselves the wings of the
morning and dwell in the uttermost
parts of the sea, duty performed or
duty violated is sti'l with us for our
happiness or our misery. If we say
the darkness shall cover us, in the
darkness as in the light onr obliga-
tions are yet with us. We cannot es-
cape their power nor fly from their
presence, They are with us in this
life, will be with us at its close; and
in that scene of inconceivable solem-
nity which lies yet farther onward we
shall still find ourselves surrounded
by the consciousness of duty, to pain
us where ever it has been violated
and to console us so far as God may
have given us grace to perform it—
Daniel Webster.
Salem Witch Delusion.
One of the most interesting of colo-
nial relics in Salem, Mass., known as
the “Witch City,” is “The Witches’
House.” This was the residence of
one of the judges before whom those
accused of being witches appeared for
examination,
The witch delusion created more
turmoil at Salem than anywhere else
in the colonies, yet its tragic period
there lasted only about six months in
the year 1692. During that period 19
persons were hanged, and a well-to-do
farmer, eighty-one years old, was put
to death by placing heavy stones on
his body.
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in
Salem. In his manhood he was col-
lector of the port for a time, and
daily labored at the custom house,
though it was said that “he never
could add up figgers.”
To Clean Bottles.
The best method of cleaning water
bottles is with a handful of fine, white
gravel kept for the purpose, Others
use the same amount of crushed egg-
shells, from which the inner lining or
film inside the shell has been taken.
Shot is also excellent. ‘
Fill the bottle half full with hot
soapsuds after setting it in hot water
aad shake the shells, gravel or shot
around in the suds to remove any
marks inside. Rinse it well in hot
water and drain it upside down. Pol-
ish the glass outside with a glass
towel while the bottle is hot.
Cheerful Kitchen,
There are more things to consider
in a kitchen than even its usefulness,
convenience and hygiene. Remember
that it is always possible to add at-
tractive touches without making it
less serviceable and less hygienic. It
may have an attractive oiicloth kept
bright by frequent applications of oil-
cloth varnish. It may have any sort
of curtains at the window so long as
they are sustantial and washable, and
even the old kitchen chair may be
painted a bright, pleasing color,
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one of the nouns
un. .
changed in the plural, like deer, fish |
WRONG KIND OF SINCERITY |
Straightforwardness Will Not Always
Stand the Great White Light of
Investigation.
People always say that what they
value most in a friend is sincerity.
Kverybodv likes the genuine, whole-
hearted, straight-forward person. You
cent help it. You believe thoroughly
in whut she says.
It is a fine trait, this sincerity. I
have lately come to value it in a dif-
ferent way.
Lots of people are always sincere,
but they are sincere about different
things at different times.
They are so enthusiastic that they
can always make themselves believe
what they are saying at the time.
They are always sincere at any
given moment, but their conversations
do not match up.
They will condone with the office
girl about how exacting the chief is
and they will agree with the chief
about how sloppy the office girl is.
They are always pleasant, always
convincing, and every one likes them,
But some day two or three of their
friends wiil begin to check up.
And perhaps that reputation for
genuineness will not stand the strain.
Everybody thinks that he or she is
sincere. We all approve of honesty.
and try to make our own acts seem
honest to ourselves.
The only way to be really genuine.
fg to stand on your own feet, and not
be too much swayed by other people's
words.—The Designer.
DEPENDED ON THE OUTLOOK
Forthcoming Work Had Much to Do
With Duration o1 Job of Paint.
ing Watiin’s House.
Watkins was having his house paint-
ed. The expense was mounting up,
and he was beginning to fear he would
have to let the painter take the house
as part payment for the job, when
Mrs. Watkins overheard something
that shed some light upon the mat-
ter, to say the least. The painter was
working at the front of the house
when a friend of the same profession
passed by.
“Hello there, Bill,” the friend called.
“Hello yourself,” the painter re-
sponded. “Where are you going?”
“Got a garage to paint down here
in the next block. How's business?”
“Can't complain.”
“How long will it take you to finish
vhe job you're on there?”
“Well, I'll tell you, Carl,” said the
nainter, lowering his voice to a confi
dential tone, “the boss has gone to
gee about another job now. If he gets
the new work we'll be done here to-
morrow. If he don’t it will take until
some time next week.”—Kansas City
Star.
Social Success.
*Oh, don’t you know how they got
into society?” one woman questioned
another,
he other admitted ignorance and
repeated her surprise that such as
those about whom they were talking
had been able to climb the social bar-
ries,
“You see,” the first one continued.
“prohibition did it for them. They
kept dropping rewarks when they did
get a chance at conversation with any
of the elite about the champagne they
had managed to put away and how
they were going to open it up before
long and have a lot of parties.
“It was perfectly simple after that.
Iiveryone went to everything they
had-—always hoping, always hoping.
“] don't think anyone has had a
taste of it. Personally I think they
never had any. But they're in so-
ciety now, and that's all they care
about. Pretty clever of them, don’t
you think?”
Spanish-Speaking Americans.
Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Ari-
zona and California are the centers of
our Spanish-speaking colonies. El
Paso has a Mexican population of 45,-
000 out of its 75,000 people. In New
Mexico approximately 65 per cent of
the people speak Spanish and many
public officials know only a smatter-
ing of English. Colorado and New
Mexico house a peculiar sect called
the Penitentes, who practice flagella-
tion and carry on weird religious rites
like those of the Middle Ages—such
as cross-country pilgrimages, with the
penitents lashing themselves and each
other with cactus until they drop
from exhaustion or the loss of pnlood,
when a cross is planted at the point of
collapse.
Real Homemaker,
The real homemaker, of course, is
horn, not made. There are women,
and even men, who can't arrange a
room without almost unconsciously
producing effects that are cozy and
comfortable and that give one a sense
of being welcome in that particular
room. It is not a question of the kind
of furniture, or even the colors, but a
certain gift for disposing and grouping
of pieces of furniture to make a room
look kind and habitable.
Lakes in Tahoe Basin.
The principal lakes in the Tahoe
basin are Fallen Ieaf, Watson's, Cas-
cade, Heather, Susie, Rock Bound,
Dick, Eagle, Gilmore, Half Moon, Lily,
Grass, Angora, Lucille, Medley, cho,
Orystal, Cliff, Le Conte, Devil's,
Bryant and Frog. Besides these there
are dozens of smaller lakes in Desola-
tion valley. None of these lakes ex-
cept Tahoe and Fallen Leaf contained
trout until artificially stocked.
Junior's Offsr Not Altojether Bribery
Lut Certainly Not tae Sez
of Lihics.
Jessie was more than a year older
than Jan or aml of course felt much su-
perior on account of her advanced ase,
Mamma had gone to town shopp nz for
a few hours and the two children had
been leit at home together, Jessie felt
that all the responsibilities were upon
her shoulders and she was very much
put out when she found Junior stand-
ing on a chair, reaching up to a shetf in
mamma's closet,
“Junior!” Jessie exclaimed sharply.
“What ever in the world are you do-
ing?’
*Nothing,” Junior informed her.
“Yes, vou are, too,” Jessie insisted.
“I can see your jaws moving! Junior,
what are you eating?”
“Candy,” Junior confessed,
“Junior Tydings! I'm ashamed of
you! Climbing up there and getting
into mamina’s candy- What will she
say to you when she finds it out?”
“I don't know.”
“Well, you'll find out, for I'm going
to tell her just as soon as she comes
home. There!”
Junior thought over the situation for
a minute, Then:
“Jessie, wouldn't you rather have
some candy? he asked.—Exchange,
DOGS POPULAR IN LONDON
Women Particularly Seem to Have
Taken Them Into Favor—In De-
mand in France.
Londoners are very fond of dogs, and
more than half the women one meets
on the street have them on leash, or
running loose. I was discussing this
phase of London life with a London
policemen when a lady passed with a
little dog, of a type and breed that
were entirely strange to me.
“What kind of a dog is that?” I
asked him,
He turned from motioning a fast-
speeding motorist ww stow down.
“That,” he replied. “Oh, there are
only two kinds of dogs in London—
the quick and the dead.”
A part of fashionable Hyde Park is
set aside for a “dog cemetery,” and
the headstones and epitaphs show the
affectionate regard in which "many
people hold their dog friends.
Good dogs are very scarce in France
and command a high price. This is
due-tethe fact that. for several. rea-
sons dogs were very generally de-
stroyed during the war.—People’s Gas
Club News,
Not Looking for Rattlers.
hills into the Tennessee mountains.
The motorist had borrowed a bucket
of water for his radiator and stoed
talking with the old resideat. “Nice
country you have around here,” he
| began,
{ “Pretty fair, pretty fair, stranger,”
returned the old farmer, looking into
the distance.
“Many snakes?’ was the next in-
quiry.
“Well, my wife killed twenty-four
rattlesnakes down in the pasture,”
sald the old man.
“Why, that was a fearful experi-
ence,” gasped the motorist,
“Yes, it was kind of unnoying,” re-
plied the farmer. “You see, she
wasn't out after rattlesnakes, she was
“after persimmons.” :
Too Much for Lady Officer.
Last year they had a lady traffic
officer in an eastern city and she was
good, too. She wore white gloves,
knlckerbockers, a jaunty cap, and dl-
rected traffic with all the nonchalance
of an experienced cop. One day, how-
ever, she turned in her equipment and
returned to skirts. A lady friend
wanted to know what the trouble was.
“I don’t care to discuss it,“ the L. C.
declared.
“Aw, go on and tell me, dearie,”
sald the other.
“Well, the chief refused a reason-
able request and I quilt,” conceded the
L. C.
“Something in the line of duty?” the
other woman wanted to know.
“I so consider it. I merely wanted
an hour off te get my hair washed.”
Stoat Family in Hard Luck.
There is a family of ten young
pheasants which enjoyed a miraculous
escape from death while yet in their
shells. One morning an English
gamekeeper came face to face with a
stoat bearing one of the eggs; she paid
the penalty, and it was then found
that all the eggs were missing. He
suspended the dead robber in a hedge
and set a trap below, in which her
mate was taken. Their nest was found
near by and among the baby stoats
were the missing eggs. A massacre
of innocents followed—Iinnocents they
were, since not an egg had been
touched. The keeper bore the eggs
home in his shirt to a broody fowl,
who duly hatched the young birds.
How He Left the Court.
A young colored man wearing very
squeaky shoes entered a crowded
courtroom and proceeded around three
sides of the room in an effort to find
a seat. Squeak, squeak, squeak—thus
went the shoes. The judge was peev-
ish that morning and snapped at a
balliff: “See here, I want order in
the court.”
“Order-r-r in court,” bawled three
bailiffs in unison,
The culprit made a hasty exit.
“Wasn't that a mistake, Sam?”
asked his employer when appraised of
the episode. “Didn't your shoes
squeak as you walked out?”
“Boss, I didn't walk out. I flew.”
The road was rising from the foot- :
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Tableware, Etc. |
Old Clocks and Old Jewelry
APART
WN INIT
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At Very Conservative Prices...
We will be very glad to furnish you an estimate
for the work.
F. P. Blair & Son,
Jewelers and Optometrists
Bellefonte, Pa.
64-22-tf
i
he Safe Deposit Box is more than a
convenience. It is a safe-guard. It
cannot be carried away; it cannot be
opened without your consent; its con-
tents are secure. Many of our patrons
have had them here during the past
fifteen years. They could not be in-
duced to give them up. The charge
per year is nominal.
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Bellefonte, Pa.
61-46
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