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~ Bellefonte, Pa, March 16, 1923.
ODD COMPANY FOR QUAKER
Reactions to Voice of Man of Peat
Said to Be Same as Those of
General Hindenburg.
An interesting story reaches us from!
a Quaker source about the discovery |
of a German professor of phonetics whe |
is engaged in collecting and analyzing
phonographic records of the voice ol
speakers of every country and lan-
guage. During the war he not only got
records from allies and war prisoners
of nearly every country under the sun,
but also carefully tabulated the voice
reactions of the most famous of his
own countrymen.
Recently he begged a well-known
English Quaker, who was on a visit
to Berlin In connection with Interna-
tional pedce work, to allow a record of
his volce to be made. This was Mr. C.
Heath, the late secretary of the Na-
tional Peace council, and now secretary
of the Friends’ Council for Interna-
tional Service. He gave a brief address
on the peace principles of Quakerism
into the phonographic receiver, while
the professor eagerly watched the ma-
chine’'s delicate indicator, which re-
corded all the lights and shades of the
speaker's voice,
At the conclusion of the test the pro-
fessor pronounced that the verdict of
the machine was that the reactions to
the Quaker’s voice were exactly the
same as those to General Hindenburg's.
—Manchester (Eng.) Guardian,
INDIANA AS LITERARY STATE
Beginning of Its Eminent Place in Lit-
erature May Be Traced to Gen.
Lew Wallace.
It may be surmised what made Iln-
diana a literary state: “Ben Hur”
and the fortune it built. Imaginative
and book-minded youth of that com-
monwealth today—truly no more gift-
ed, in all probability, than that of any
other—looked upon Gen. Lew Wal-
lace’s - monumental work and pro-
nounced it good (as the world did)
and also worth while, and imaginative
youth did not bury its talents in a
napkin.
It forthwith began. to write and
brought forth fruit, some six-fold and
some ten-fold—honoring the example
of General Wallace and establishing
what is now one of the most famed
schoels of literature in the world.
Headed by Booth Tarkington, In-
diana continues to interpret the life of
the great central American valley,
aided by mew colonies of writers all
over the West who have followed In-
diana’s lead. They, for the most part,
stem from Gen. Lew Wallace and his
“Ben Hur,” though they have. traveled
far from that ancient, romantic ideal.
—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
American Explorers Helped.
The British occupation of Palestine
to the present time has proved of |
greater usefulness to American ex-
plorers tnan to those of the manda-
tory power. The work at Beisan Is |
only a commencement of American |
‘researches in the Holy Land. The fa-
mous historical sites of Taanach and
Megiddo have been allocated provi- |
sionally to two other American uni- |
versities; while a third university,
that of Harvard, has obtained a re-
newed concession for the site of |
Samaria, where, previous to the war, |
they had disclosed imposing Roman |
ruins of the period of Herod, and!
earlier remains down to that period in '
Jewish history when Ahab first estab-
lished on that site the capital of
Israel.
While British universities have
been slow to respond to the great op-
portunity which now lies open, there
is, at any rate, much satisfaction to
be derived from the increasing activ-
ity on the part of American col-
leges. Harmony and enthusiasm
prevail, and the friendly rivalry thus
established is a healthy and helpful
stimulus.
Contented Cows.
“Hawkins told me about following
Corot in the fields when he was paint-
ing. One day when the master had
made a particularly beautiful. land-
scape, with cows browsing in the fore-
ground, Hawkins objected to the fact
that Corot had painted in a pond
when there was really none in sight. |
‘My cows will be in my picture for a
thousand years,’ he answered, ‘and I
put in the pond to give them some wa-
ter. "—From “Seven to Seventy,” by
Edward Simmons.
One for the Vicar.
A new vicar called on a yonng wom-
an with musical ability and asked her
how she spent her Sundays.
“I rest,” said the young woman,
“and during the rest of the week I
practice. What do you do on Sun-
days?”
“Oh, I preach,” replied the vicar,
smiling,
“And during the rest of the week
do you practice?’ she asked.—London
Tit-Bits.
Egypt Needs Foreign Capital,
The Egyptian governent is preparing
to offer valuable concessions to Amer-
fcan or English capitalists who might
wish to avail themselves of an abun-
dance of raw material to establish In-
dustries in that country. It is sald the
government believes Egyptians incap-
able of developing their country indus-
. work, so he quit.
Really, you know, this thing of
working all of two hours is unthink-
. able,
“What?
| tired, in a sense, and yet not retired,
' him to serve behind the counter from
trially.
AMERICA AS “BUSTON LAND”
Adenaki Indians Know No Other
Name for the Whole of the
United States
In the early days of the Colonies the |!
Abenakis, or “Eastern Indians,” and |
through thern other more distant tribes, |
had accepted an Indianized form of the
term “Bostonian” as the name of the
New England colonists. After the
Revolution, when the colonists called
themselves Americans, the Indians did
not change their name, but extended
the meaning so that it was the equiv-
alent of “American.” And by an odd
further extension of the term, Abenakl
Indians today, talking their native
tongue, would speak of the whole
United States as “Boston Land.” They
call it Pastonki—Paston being their
rendering of Boston, and the termina]
ki being aki or aukee, their word foe
land. From the Etchemins of Quoddy
Bay to the Abenakis of St. Francis on
the St. Lawrence an American is Pas-
tonk or Pastani. The form Bostonian
they do not use.
This word belonged to their trad-
ing vocabulary, and presumably the
first fur traders who went to the Co-
lumbia carried it into the Chinook jar-
gon, which corresponds to the Chinese
Pidgin English. ¥renchmen probably
in the same manner picked it up trom
the Indians and took it to Europe.
The Indians did not use the term
Pastonki from lack of another name
for the white settlers. It is clear that
from the beginning they must have
called them Iglis or Igris, which was as
near as they could pronounce “Eng
lish.”
UNABLE TO PASS THAT UP
Paul Had to See Small Chum Get His
“Licking,” if He Was Late
for School.
Little Paul was fifteen minutes late
to school, and it was the custom of the
teacher, when any of her pupils were
tardy, to require an explanation then
and there.
“Why were you late, Paul?’ the
teacher asked when he took his seat.
“I just couldn't help It.” Paul
evaded.
“That is not an answer. Why were
you late?” the teacher insisted.
“well, Freddy Jones, who lives next
door, made me late,” Paul replied.
“How did Freddy Jones make you
late?” teacher persisted.
“He got a licking,” was Paul's sur-
prising answer.
“How did the fact that Freddy Jones
got a whipping make you late to
sghool ?”
“Well, iff yeu gotta know all about
it,” Paul finally gave in, “just as I was
starting to school I heard Freddy's dad |
say, ‘Fred, I am going to have to pun-
ish you! All 1 did was to slip around
and look in the basement window while
Freddy was getting that licking. There
—that’s why Iwas late !"—Kansas City
Star.’
Altogether Too Much Work.
Two hours a day was too much
This employee of a certain down-
town restaurant felt just that way
about it. He had been working for |
the establishment for twenty-four
years, .
For the past few years he came and
went much as he pleased, being re-
in another sense.
Recently the management required
11 a. m. to 1 p. m. every day.
He stood it for several weeks.
Then he went to see the big boss.
“It's too hard,” he said.
“I'm sorry,” said the boss. “I guess
you can stand it.”
“I resign,” declared the employee.
And he did.—Washington Star.
Paint Made Resistent to Light.
Painters like to use lithopone be:
cause of its many good qualities. This
white pigment is, however, not rec:
ommended for outside work, due to
the fact that it darkens when the
painted surface is exposed to sun.
light. A French investigator has de
termined that it is the ultra-violet
rays of ‘light that cause the pigment
to darken. To prevent the action of
these rays it is only necessary to sur-
round each particle of lithopone with
a layer of material which is insensi-
tive to light and which at the same
time does not impair the good prop-
erties of the pigment. Such materials
are blanc fixe, alumina and oxide of
zine. A lithopone paint made in this
way gives most excellent results.
Prohibit Hunting on Sunday.
Hunting on Sunday is prohibited ir
all states and provinces east of the
one hundred and fifth meridian except
Tilinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Texas,
Wisconsin and Quebec, and in some
states certain days of the week con-
stitute closed seasons throughout the
time in which killing is permitted, and
hunting is prohibited when snow is on
the ground in New Jersey, Delaware,
Virginia and Maryland.
Gay Railings for House Fronts.
In London many of the houses in
the residential sections are supplied
with railings either for decorative ef-
fect or for the protection of the base-
ments. From time immemorial it has
been the custom to have these painted
black, but a change. in the order of
things has been recently voted and
these railings are being painted In
gay color combinations.
ANCIENT LAW STILL STANDS, TREASURE SEEKERS GO SOUTH
Edict Issued by Roman Praetor 2,280
Years Ago Held to Be Enforce-
able in Scotland.
A Roman praetor’'s edict of 2290
years ago still affects innkeepers and
ostlers in Scotland. A Drainie farmer
handed his horse to an ostler to be
stabled, and the ostler placed it Into a
double stable, where, shortly after, a
second horse was placed. These two
horses had previously shared a stall,
and were known to be quiet and not
quarrelsome. The farmer's horse was
sound when it was put into the stable,
but when he returned for it, it was
found to be lame on the off fore leg,
and two days later, on the advice of a
veterinary surgeon, was destroyed.
The farmer sued the ostler and the
judge dismissed the case, which was
appealed. The appeal judge held that
in law the Praetorian edict of 367 B.
C. applied and that the injury was
not due to “the act of God.” The
lord justice-clerk sald the case raised
questions of importance and difficulty.
The first question they had to decide
was whether a stabler fell within the
praetor’s edict. After carefully con-
sldering the arguments adduced and
surveying the authorities cited, he was
‘unable to find in modern law any war-
rant for the suggested discrimination.
He was of the opinion that stablers,
as well as inkeepers, according to the
law of Scotland, fell within the edict.
CONDOR GIANT AMONG BIRDS
California Species Believed to Have
Exceeded in Size Its Cousin of
South America.
Naturalists have determined that
the California condor exceeds in size
its cousin, the condor of the Andes of
South America, and is larger than the
giant or wandering albatross which
travels the ocean lanes of the I’acific,
south of the equator, The extreme
wing expanse of the California condor
{s close to twelve feet. Through care.
ful measurements, the naturalist
learned that the condor of the south-
ern countries is smaller in all respects.
One of these largest birds that fly
is on exhibition in the Natural His-
tory museum at San Diego, Cal. Be-
side the condor, the turkey buzzard, a
smaller relative, appears to be a
dwarf. Both birds are carrion eaters,
a fact which has contributed substan-
tially to the near extinction of the
condor. Naturalists of earlier years
record that the condor was once fairly
common in California.
Ranchers and setilers have been In-
directly responsible for the killing of
many c¢ondors through the placing of
poisoned meat intended for eonsump-
tion by coyotes, hobeats and panthers.
T.arce mumbers have also been wan-
tonly killed through the indiscriminate
nse of firearms.
Problem in Psychology.
A commuter who spends most of his
time on the train thinking instead of
playing bridge or reading the papers
has a new problem that he has heen
unable to solve.
“I buy a monthly ticket, which en-
titles me to two rides each day, Sun-
days included,” he says. “I never
come to town on Sunday and so I
have four or five round-trip tickets
left over at the end of the month,
When a holiday comes along I have
another one. Occasionally the con-
ductor fails to punch my ticket and
I can’t help having a feeling of ex-
ultation, a sort of idea that I am
ahead of the game in some way. Of
course the extra ride Is simply added
to the unpunched rides on the ticket
at the end of the month and is no real
gain,
“Now, why should I be pleased at
gaining something of absolutely no
value to me? Perhaps Einstein could
answer. I can’t.”—Chicago Journal.
Wild Boars Become Plague.
From the few swine that were let
loose on the island of Santa Cruz in
1547 have come a race of feroclous
wild boars. They have lost virtually
every trace of their original domes:
ticity, and have become powerful wild
heasts as fleet of hoof as deer. They
mature enormous tusks, long hoofs
and bristles that are like wire, and
are the plague of the ranch people
who have sought to develop the island
for sheep and cattle raising.
The boars tear down fences faster
than the ranchers can build them,
they root up garden stuff as soon as it
springs from the ground, and not in-
frequently they have been known to
gore horses, sheep and cattle. Young
lambs are one of their favorite foods,
and in the killing and eating of them
they show skill and cunning and
carnivorous traits comparable to the
tactics of wolves.
How Toads Hatch Young.
The Surinam is the name of a
thoroughly aquatic toad that inhabits
South America east of the Andes and
north of the Amazon, and which is
rendered famous by its method of re-
production. The eggs are carried on
the hack by ‘the mother, and the
gkin thickens and grows round the
eéggs until each is enclosed in a der
mal cell, which is finally covered by
a horny lid, believed to be formed by
a secretion of the skin or else to
represent the remains of the gelati
nous capsule which at first surrounded
the eggs. These, which may number
about 100, and measure five to seven
millimeters in diameter, develop entire.
ly within these pouches, and the young
hop out in the perfect condition, with.
out the vestige of a tail, which they
. never acquire.
"Brazil Is New Land of Promise That
Beckons Those Who Woo the
Fickle Goddess, Fortune.
Treasure seekers are turning their
eyes toward the old gold coast again.
This time they are not thinking of the
sunken hulks of overloaded ships three
centuries under the sea that might by
some mad miracle of luck still be
salvaged. Nor have they heard another
series of maudlin whispers of a hoard
of pirate gold just found by the crew
of a rum runner hunting a hidden
harbor.
Yellow gold and flat slabs of feath-
ered emerald engraved by Indians be-
fore the Spanish flag and the Catholic
cross were carreid into the Americas
do not interest them,
It's the repeated news of ew dia-
mond fields that have been opened re-
cently between the mouth of the Mag-
dalena river and the headwaters of
the Rio Grande of Brazil that is filling
the veins of those who seek sudden
wealth with a fever to find a fortune
in blue clay beds or along the banks
of streams that rise somewhere inland
in mountain ranges that border
jungles, the New York Sun states.
Footloose adventurers everywhere
are looking up ways and means of
reaching a likely port along the gold
coast somewhere between Caracas and
Cayenne, or of arriving in Brazil some
where between Bahia and Sao Paulo.
NEW IDEA IN WATCH MAKING
Discovery, It Is Announced, Is Capable
of Revolutionizing the Pres-
ent Industry.
Not long ago there was announcec
a discovery described by the director
of the international bureau of weights
and measures as being capable of revo
lutionizing the watch-making industry.
A successful method of regulation,
remedying the variations in time of a
watch due to the expansion and con-
traction of its parts caused by varia-
tions of temperature, is the result of
the invention of C. E. Guillaume.
This so-called “secondary error” al-
ways has been one of the great ob-
stacles in the attainment of perfection
and precision In the watchmaking in-
dustry.
The chief feature of the Guillaume
process is a change in the alloy used
in the compensating parts. Then mini-
mum expansion of nickeled steel was |’
found to be increased by the addition
of 12 per cent of chrome as well as a
small quantity of tungsten, man-
ganese or carbon. By mounting a
spiral of this steel-nickel-chrome al-
loy in the watch, according to the
French announcement, the problem of
compensation has been solved and the |
“secondary error” removed.—Washing-
ton Star.
To Develop Canada’s Clay Deposits.
Numerous varieties of valuable clay
deposits, some of these being brick,
tile, earthenware and fire clays, have
long been known to exist in Saskatche-
wan, Canada. To promote a knowledge
of these deposits and to encourage
their development, the provincial au
thorities have recently included a
course of ceramics im the curriculum
of the Saskatchewan university. Thus
although there are no pottery-manufac-
turing plants in this province at pres:
ent, the people of that section of the
Dominion are obviously aware of the
possibilities in the situation and are
taking steps to make Saskatchewan
one of the leaders in the manufacture
of brick, tile, pottery, or other prod-
wets of the ceramic industry.—Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
Valuable Blood Medicine.
Golden seal is classed as the great
est of blood medicines and during the
war the root went up to $6 a pound.
In the list it is rated at $3.20 to $3.30.
The wild ginseng root is listed at $11
to $12. In early days it was a source
of revenue to many a pioneer and It
was so much hunted that a special
implement, the “sang hoe,” was made
for its digging. The larger part of
the ginseng goes to China where its
utilization is something of a mystery.
A number of plants other than gin.
seng, ordinarily regarded as mere
weeds, are now being cultivated.
Shows Way to. Save.
A Chicago savings bank has adopted
an unusual “ballyhoo” that attracts
crowds daily., In a glass case mount-
ed on a dals outside the bank is seated
the life-size figure of a boy about six
or seven years old. The figure, op-
erated by electricity, keeps depositing
coins in a small savings bank.
So lifelike is the figure that within
a few feet of it one might easily be-
Meve it to be that of a real child, and
the expression of the face shows Just
about as much enthusiasm at deposit-
ing pocket money in a savings bank as
does that of a real child.
Shoes Shined by Electricity.
Shoes can now be polished by elec
tricity. The entire process is per-
formed without hands by an ingenious
machine, in which the dropping of a
coln in the slot starts the dusting
of the shoes, applying of polish,
prushing to a shine and rubbing with
cloths to a satinlike finish.
Record In Patents Issued.
Exactly 113,597 patents, the largest
number on record, were filed in the
fiscal year ended June 30, last year,
according to the commissioner of pat-
ents. The previous record was made
in 1921, when 107,656 were filed. The
department also made a surplus over
expenses, the commissioner states.—
Popular Mechanics Magazine,
Old Silverware, Tea Sets,
Tableware, Etc.
Old Clocks and Old Jewelry
Made New Again
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
Is it. Worth While ?
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Even in this age of progress we sometimes
meet a man who does not keep a bank ac-
count. He says: ‘“He does not think it
worth while.”’
Does he think that the rural delivery is
worth while—or the telephone—or the auto-
mobile? A bank account is of as much im-
portance as these ; for in a crisis it may give
the help that will enable him to keep his tele-
phone, or his car—even his home.
Identify yourself with a good bank ; earn
its confidence and stick to it. If you do you
may feel sure of a friend in need.
The First National Bank
Bellefonte, Pa.
61-46
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WE RECEIVED
150 Young Mens Suits
—all Sport Models, with two
pairs of Pants—that we are
pricing at
$22, $25, $27.50
They are all unusual values—
actually showing a saving of
at least $7.00
We know you will be inter-
ested once you see them
Let Us Show You
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