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"Bellefonte, Pa., August 3, 1923.
THE WHIP-POOR-WILL.
By David Allen Hunter.
When the long day’s work is ended
And the sun has gone to rest;
When the gorgeous colors blended
Fade and vanish in the west;
* When the night-time draws its curtain
Slowly over the vale and hill;
Then I listen in the twilight
For the sweet-voiced whip-poor-will.
Other birds have ceased their singing
And are settled for the night.
Through the gloam the firefly winging
Twinkles with his candle light.
"Then a voice comes from the valley
With its accents clear and shrill.
2mis the last song of the evening
From the sweet-voiced whip-poor-will.
Up above the stars are peeping
Through the darkening evening sky,
And a breeze comes gently sweeping,
Rustling leaves while passing by.
Then from out the circling silence,
Though all other birds are still,
Comes the clear, sweet, vibrant music
From the sweet-voiced whip-poor-will.
“When the pearly dewdrops glisten
In the moonlight’s silver ray,
Then I like to sit and listen
For that farewell to the day
As it echoes through the valley
And across the silent hill;
Tis the last song of the evening
From the sweet-voiced whip-poor-will.
GROWTH OF DUCK RAISING IN
UNITED STATES.
Duck raising 1s conducted success-
fully both as a side issue on general
farms and as a special business on a
large scale. The Peking is the most
popular breed for the production of
meat, and the Indian Runner is the
most popular for the production of
market eggs. The rearing of ducks
for market on a large scale requires
extensive capital and experience, re-
marks a New York Times writer.
Young ducks forced for rapid growth
and marketed at from eight to twelve
weeks of age are called “green” ducks.
They weigh from four and one-half to
six pounds each and are the principal
source of income on commercial farms.
“According to the census of 1920,”
says Alfred -R. Lee, of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
“there were 2,817,624 ducks in the
United States, valued at $3,373,966.
This shows a slight decrease in num-
bers from the census of 1910, indicat-
ing that the production of ducks in
the country as a whole is barely hold-
ing its own. The decrease occurred in
the southern States, but several of the
States in which ducks are raised on
special duck farms showed an increase.
in the number of ducks kept.
“Massachusetts, California and Col-
orado showed an increase of about 5
per cent. New York, which contains
by far the greatest number of duck
farms, shows no change in the num-
ber of ducks, but as the number rais-
ed on commercial farms has undoubt-
edly increased materially in the last
ten years, a decrease in the number of
ducks on general farms must have oc-
curred to offset this increase on duck
farms.
“There are about the same number
of ducks as geese in this country, and
only about three-fourths ‘as many
ducks as turkeys. Ducks are most nu-
merous in the following States, ar-
ranged according to their production:
Iowa, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New
York, Missouri, Minnesota, Tennessee,
Ohio, South Dakota, Indiana and Ne-
braska, the number ranging from
235,000 head in Iowa to 100,000 in Ne-
braska.
“There are eleven standard breeds
of ducks which have been admitted to
the American Standard of Perfection.
These breeds may be divided into
three classes: (1) The meat class, in-
cluding the Peking, Aylesbury, Mus-
covy, Rouen, Cayuga, Buff and Swed-
ish; (2) the egg class, represented by
the Indian Runner, and (3) the orna-
mental class, composed of the Call,
the Crested White and the Black East
India. The ducks commonly kept on
many farms in the south and middle
west are of mixed breeding, and are
generally of small size, poor layers
and undesirable types of market duck.
Except the Muscovy, all our economic
breeds of ducks are said to have orig-
inated from the Mallard or wild duck.
“Duck raising on a large scale has
been developed as a special business to
a considerable extent on Long Island,
in sections within easy shipping dis-
tance of New York city, Boston and
Philadelphia. Intensive duck farming
on a large scale has been more suc-
cessful than intensive chicken raising,
as Peking ducks, especially, stand con-
finement well, are more easily brood-
ed and are less subject to disease than
chickens. Artificial methods of hatch-
ing and rearing and labor saving ma-
chinery have been used very success-
fully on duck farms.
“The demand for table ducks at
good prices is mostly limited to a few
large cities, and is not nearly so gen-
eral as the demand for chickens or
fowls. The demand, however,
this lack of wide market materially
infiuences the establishment and
growth of duck farms. The market
conditions should be studied carefully
before making a large investment in
ducks.
“A prejudice against:the duck flesh
and eggs exist in many places, caused
probably by eating the common duck,
which has been allowed to roam in
places where filthy conditions exist.
The rearing of ducks for market on a
large scale is a business requiring cap- |
ital and extensive experience. Prac-
tical experience on a:large duck plant
is the best teacher, but the novice can
begin in a small way and enlarge as
experience justifies. Ducks can be
raised with success and at a profit on
general farms, but do not appear to
be so well adapted asa source of in-
come to average farm conditions as
fowl, although they serve to add va-
riety of both meat and eggs for the
farmer’s table.”
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The book of etiquette is silent
about it, but it is always good form to
attend to your own business.
ap-.
pears to be gradually increasing, but
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT.
BON VOYAGE.
Common sense, alas in spite of our edu-
cational institutions, is a rare commodity.
—Bovee.
It is true—is it not, if you stop to
remember it 7—that when you have
been wearing a white gown, some one
has admired you and has said, “How
becoming! You should never wear
anything but white.” And it has al-
ways been rather pleasant to contem-
plate that vision of oneself, consist-
ently attired in white, striking the
same note wherever one may be seen,
a note of unfailing harmony.
Usually, there has been some draw-
back to the realization of this vision—
black has been smart or colors have
been the rage,—but now white has
come into its own. This is a season
in which all white is pre-eminently the
vogue.
And, after all, nothing else is so uni-
versally becoming as white, for white
evening gowns are the loveliest and
coolest of all; white afternoon cos-
tumes are flower-like in the shaded
dusk of summer verandas; white
sports things bear the hottest rays of
sun with no sign of fading; and sweat-
ers, frocks, and skirts, all in white, re-
quiring no consideration for their har-
monious blending, are an unending
satisfaction.
An all-white costume admits, too, of
great artistry, for bits of color may be
successfully introduced in the small
details of one’s attire. Dove grey, the
fashionable tortoise shell shades,
which range from pale amber to dull
red shade—all these less obvious col-
ors may be chosen for the accessories,
and the distinction of one’s costume
still preserved.
Then, too, there is nothing like
white for washing. All the simple
crepes of this summer may be tubbed
again and again without losing one
whit of their freshness and charm,
and white wool sweaters come out
from careful laundering as snowy as
in their first freshness. There are
silks, especially heavy and thickly
woven so as to obviate the necessity
of interlined underskirts, that are de-
signed for tennis dresses and, conse-
quently, are intended to withstand
laundering. Great coats and knitted
frocks can be used many times at the
seashore or in the country without be-
ing the worse for wear and, when it
becomes necessary, may be sent to the
cleaners without fear of injury to the
texture of garments.
The parasol, which has been sadly
neglected of late, finds itself restored
to favor in the garden. One might say
that it fills much the same roll as the
scarf plays on too-decolette shoulders.
It gives countenance, poise; many a
‘coquette owes to its beneficent shade
her most graceful gestures and engag-
ing: blushes, But ‘one must choose
neither green (unless one possesses
rosy coloring) nor violet (unless one
be excessively pale). The best shades
are pink, sometimes yellow, and bright
red, which is invariably successful. In
other words, in choosing one’s para-
sol, one should follow the same rule
governing the selection of window-
shades for one’s boudoir. The end in
view and the results are the same.
Did you know that the August Mil-
ton suggests that it was not the ap-
ple, but the juice thereof, which caus-
ed the excitement in the Garden of
Eden? However, he neglected to add,
in Adam’s defense, that it must have
been a warm summer, for no tempta-
tion is so utterly irresistible as a cool,
luscious drink in hot weather.
One pleasing fact in connection with
cold drinks is that one can never have
too many recipes for them. But, be-
fore we begin to speak of such am-
brosial affairs as honey blossom punch
and grapefruit mint, certain import-
ant details in serving should be con-
sidered. Attractive glass is the first
essential. It need not be expensive,
for, today, exquisite shapes and lovely
colors are within the means of even a
moderate purse. But glasses must be
thin, well polished, and, above all else,
thoroughly chilled; for, surely, if one
serves a hot course upon hot plates,
one should follow the same logical
method where cool beverages are con-
cerned. A pleasant accessory to the
‘tall glass is a spoon with a hollow
handle which may be used in place of
a straw. : .
Another important detail is the lin-
en. It’ need not be elaborate, - but it
must be crispy white and dainty, for
nothing contributes so much to the
success of any food or drink as its
mise en scene; anda snowy tea-cloth
with immaculate little napkins is the |
perfect setting far a summer drink.
* ‘A few more details should be con- |
sidered before we begin to discuss the
drinks themselves. Recipes for bev-
rages should be as carefully followed
as the recipe for any dish. Careless
measuring will often spoil a seeming-
ly simple drink. Altho, a large shaker }.
is almost a necessity in making drinks
to be served in tumblers, since it en-
sures two essentials—perfect mixing
frappe. And be sure not to stint the
ice. How often has the joyful antici-
pation of a delicious iced chocolate
dwindled miserably before its reali-
zation—a tall glass of properly made,
but lukewarm, liquid in which float
two inadequate bits of ill-cut ice!
If one contempiates a summer of
active entertaining, preparedness must
be one’s watchword. Certain ingre-
dients should be always on hand—in
the refrigerator! Juicy lemons are
the foundation of at least a third of
the most satisfying and cooling
drinks. So are carbonized water and
‘ginger ale or cider, and it is always
well to have in reserve a bottle or two
of the highly popular fruit syrups.
ICED COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE.
The most usual summer drinks are
iced coffee, iced tea, and iced choco-
‘late. Though iced coffee is a bever-
age too well known to need explana-
tion, it might be wise to note that, in
concocting it, it should invariably be
made just before it is to be served,
using ground, not pulverized, coffee.
In making, the coffee-pot should be
one in which the grounds are held
above the water.
A delicious recipe for iced chocolate
is as follows:
One ounce. of chocolate is allowed to
each pint of liquid. To make one quart,
and that degree of coldness known as |
two ounces. of chocolate are put into
a double boiler, and ‘one pint of hot
| water is added. This is stirred until
the chocolate is melted and hot, then
one pint of milk is added. This is
beaten and stirred rapidly until the
water in the under-boiler again reach-
es the boiling-point. Three rounded
tablespoonfuls of sugar are added, and
the mixture is taken from the fire.
Two tablespoonfuls of cream are then
added, and the whole is beaten with an
egg beater. If desired, a little vanilla
may be used to give it a delicate fla-
vor. The chocolate should be on ice
until the moment of serving, then
poured into tall chilled glasses and
served with whipped cream on top.
TEA RHUBARBADE.
Iced tea may be given infinite va-
riety by means of a few slight devia-
tions from the usual recipes. A most
refreshing and original tea drink is
tea rhubarbade.
Six stalks of young rhubarb are
washed and cut into one-inch lengths.
To these is added one quart of water,
the rhubarb is stewed until tender and
drained, and the juice is set away to
cool. To this juice are added a pint of
freshly made tea, the juice of one lem-
on, and two thinly sliced oranges. The
whole mixture is sweetened to taste
and poured over shaved ice into tall,
thin glasses.
ICY SPICED TEA.
Another delicious variation of iced
tea is spiced tea.
One quart of boiling water is pour- |
ed over three tablespoonfuls of Ceylon
tea and allowed to steep five minutes.
The tea is strained. While it is cool-
ing, four tablespoonfuls of sugar,
three slices of lemon, two cloves, and
four maraschino cherries are added.
To serve, the tea is poured into tall
glasses half full of shaved ice, and a
spray of mint is placed on top of each
glass.
(“Cold Drinks for Hot Months,”
Vogue, to be continued next week.)
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AMENDMENTS TO GET BALLOT
TEST.
Harrisburg.—Four proposed amend-
ments to the State constitution will be
voted upon at the fall elections. Ten
other amendments will come before
the voters for approval within the
next two years, according to George
D. Thorn, Deputy Secretary of the
Commonwealth and head of the elec-
tions bureau.
The 1923 Legislature considered 36
constitutional amendments. The four
which will go before the people in
November are:
1. Authorizing issue of $50,000,000
more State highway bonds.
2. Sanctioning the legislative prac-
tice of classifying cities, counties,
school districts and townships accord-
ing to population and passing laws re-
lating to each class.
3. Permitting free railroad passes
for clergymen.
4. Permitting exemption from tax-
ation of property owned, occupied and
used by veterans’ posts.
The Bureau of Municipal Research
of Philadelphia, in discussing the oth-
er amendments, says:
“One other amendment has been
passed by the Legislatures of 1921 and
1923 and is therefore ready to be
submitted to the people; but, by the
terms of the resolution proposing it,
it cannot be submitted until 1924.
This is the amendment permitting a
$35,000,000 bond issue for paying a
soldiers’ bonus.
The nine amendments which must
be passed in identical form by the
1925 Legislature before they can be
submitted to the voters are as fol-
lows:
1. To require titles of amendatory
and supplementary laws to express
clearly the subjects of the laws.
2. To permit an $8,000,000 bond is-
Fue for new buildings at State Col-
ege.
3. To permit an issue of $5,000,000
for National Guard armories.
4. To permit an issue of $35,000,-
000 for extension of forest preserves.
5. To permit the State to do its
own printing and binding (a recom-
mendation of the State Reorganiza-
tion Commission).
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' mitted exemptions from inheritance
| and income taxes.”
6. To permit assessment of bene-
| fits upon non-abutting property in
i Philadelphia (a similar proposal for
the whole State having been defeat-
ed).
7. To remove the constitutional
limitation (a maximum of 250 polled
votes) on the size of election districts.
8. To permit exemptions from the
inheritance tax.
9. To set up an exceptive budget
system.
“The system set up in the latter
amendment is of indifferent merit
due to unwise changes imposed by the
Senate upon a very meritorious House
bill,” states the Bureau.
“Two constitutional amendments
proposed by the Legislature in 1921
were not agreed to in 1923. One was
relatively unimportant, its purpose
having been to permit sheriffs to suc-
ced themselves in counties having
less than 50,000 population. It was
not even offered to the 1923 Legisla-
ture. The other was the ‘graded tax’
amendment, which, if adopted, would
have permitted the Legislature to
classify subjects of taxation for the
purpose of laying graded and pro-
gressive taxes and would have per-
Composition on Men.
A little girl wrote the following
composition on men:
“Men are what women marry. They
drink, smoke and swear, but don’t go
to church. Perhaps if they wore bon-
nets they would. They are more log-
ical than women and also more zo-
ological. Both men and women
sprung from monkeys, but the women
sprung farther than the men.”
MEDICAL.
If V/omen Only Knew
What a Heap of Happiness it Would |
Bring to Bellefonte Homes. |
Hard to do housework with an ach-
ing back. ;
Brings you hours of misery at lei-
sure or at work.
If women only knew the cause—
that
Backache pains often come from
weak kidneys,
"Twould save much needless woe.
Doan’s Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys.
Many residents of this vicinity en-
dorse them. |
Mrs. Ralph Hassinger, Oak Hall, |
Pa., says: “My kidneys troubled me |
a great deal and my back was weak |
and lame. I tired easily. Inflamma- |
tion of the bladder was my worst
trouble and the action of my kidneys
was frequent and painful. I used
Doan’s Kidney Pills and they soon
strengthened my back and regulated
my kidneys, relieving the bladder
trouble.”
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side of the peaceful brook in quest of the sport his gentle nature
loved so well, but his modern followers, seeking the thrill which
only the true fisherman understands, of landing the gamey fish of
the sea, find at the resorts along the Jersey Coast ideal spots and
unexcelled facilities for fishing, where fish abound.
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Little Egg Harbor, Grassy Sound, Hereford Inlet, Townsend Inlet,
coast, all combine to present a piscatorial paradise,
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Poverty and Plenty are both short words.
The best kind of plenty is found in learn-
ing how to save money, and the easiest and
quickest way to learn is by opening an account
with this bank. Start now to build a foundation
for success on the solid rock of a Bank Account.
We Pay 3% Interest
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of Silverware, purchas-
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Easy Payment Plan
enables all to own these arti-
cles in a way that does not
add hardship to the pocket-
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F. P. Blair & Son,
Jewelers and Optometrists
Bellefonte, Pa.
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we place on sale your choice of
Any Stetson Hat
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in oyr store at,
$5.65
The regular price of these Hats
is $7.00 and $10.00. This is not
a clean-up sale, but for the pur-
pose of acquainting our people
with the real value of a Stetson
Once you own one you
will always wear them
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