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Bellefonte, Pa., August 17, 1923.
MAN’S TRUSTY AND :
BEST FRIEND.
By L. A. Miller.
Spare the dogs!
Scientists tell us that the decompo-
sition of animal matter is worse than
of vegetable, and that the greatest
care should be exercised in removing
dead animals, bits of meat and bones,
These things are bad, no doubt, other-
wise nature would not have provided
so well for their removal.
Nearly every animal, as far as
known, has its parasite, mess-mate or
follower. The yellow legged heron
digs the worms out of the thick hide
of the elephant; a long-billed black-
bird picks the teeth of the crocodile;
the common blackbird destroys the
larvae that infests the backs of ecat-
tle; another species of bird feeds up-
on the maggots that are frequently
bred on the heads of sheep, and thus
it goes through all the long lists of
animals.
Has man no mess-mate? No at-
tendant? No natural scavenger? He
is the most wasteful of all animals,
and by his superior knowledge con-
tributes so many odd mixtures and
compounds that he frequently kills
himself in the endeavor to eat them.
Kind Providence did not forget man,
but provided him with a mess-mate
that is more than the blackbird that
feeds with the cattle, or the heron that
tickles the back of the elephant; an
attendant that is more than an escort
or follower; a scavenger that is more
inen a soulless independent or lazy
out.
The dog is man’s attendant. Not
only his attendant, but his friend, his
companion and the conservator of his
health. Of all the animals and beasts,
of whatever name or kind, the dog is
‘the only one that prefers the compa-
ny of man to that of its own species.
From the time its sealed eyes are
opened it looks to man. for care and
protection. A frowsly, rely-poly pup-
py will leave its mother and blindly
follow a boy or man if given the least
encouragement. Man may have warm
and devoted friends, but none who will
follow him through thick and thin,
honor and dishonor, glory and shame,
luxurious wealth and pinching pover-
ty, as will his dog. The fidelity of hu-
man friends may be doubted, but that
of the dog is unshaken forever. Its
caress is just as loving and honest in
the meanest hovel as in the palace; it
receives the well-picked bone from the
‘wan and shriveled hand of pleurisy as
raciously as dainties from the silver
aden tables of affluence.
Neither plague, nor scourge, nor
loathsome disease will scare this born
friend from the bedside of its master.
No storm so fierce, no danger so great,
no privation so dreadful as to drive it
away. Even kicks, blows, abuse, star-
vation and heartless neglect are for-
given in a moment and remembered
no more.
Where in all the world of life can
this fidelity be equalled. With jealous
care the mastiff guards the helpless
innocent in its cradle, offers itself as
a plaything, is filled with delight at
baby’s cooing and crowing, steadies
its first tottering footsteps, follows it
to the playground, guards it from dan-
ger, plays ball, chases the rolling
hoop, waits anxiously for the closing
hour of school, sleeps so lightly at the
bedside that every movement or sigh
is heard, plays a winning hand in fights
stands ready to offer its life a willing
sacrifice if necessary to protect its
young master from danger, and all it
asks in return is a kind word or gen-
tle caress. Not only is the dog a de-
voted friend and trusty protector, but
a coservator of health. The tastes of
the dog complements man’s in a mark-
ed degree. It is the only animal that
eats bones, meast and cereals. As
scraps of these form the principal
waste from man’s table, and which, of
all other waste are the most inimical
to health when permitted to decay;
their removal is of the utmost import-
ance. In doing this the dog plays the
part of a scavenger, and plays it so
modestly and so inoffensively that it |
is rarely regarded in that light.
Not only does the . dog watch for
crumbs and scraps from the table ‘and
offal from the kitchen, but it scours
vacant lots, searches the gutters and
explores byways and dark recesses in
search of noxious and offensive ani-
mal matter, which, if let alone, would
breed pestilence or disease. Provided
with a keen ‘scent, a capacious stom-
:ach, remarkable digestive power,
srong jaws and almost untiring activi-
ty, it is better qualified as a scaven-
ger than any other creature or thing
in the world.
Well fed dogs will steal away from
home to assist in the destruction of
the carcass of an animal, often going
long distances. And what is most sin-
gular in this connection is that dogs
rarely fight over a large carcass, but
all work with ‘a will to hasten its de-
struction. Do they do it because they
are hungry, or because it is their mis-
sion?
" The scent of the dog ranks next to
that of the buzzard in acuteness. This
alone is sufficient to prove it was de-
signed as ‘a scavenger, but in many
other qualities entitle it to the higher
rank and more agreeable title of con-
servator of health. Not only is it a
conservator of health, but an able as-
sistant to the producer of the neces-
saries of life. It is the sworn enemy
of rats, mice, rabbits, snakes and all
predacious animals. Its vigilance pre-
vents raids on chicken coops, corn-
cribs, barns, houses and . fields by
thieves, either human or otherwise.
While they neither plow, nor sow, nor |
reap, they guard and protect the pro-
ducts of those whoo. « | +.
. In return for all its services this
faithful conservator of man’s health
and guardian of the fruits of his labor,
only asks the crumbs from his table,
‘his approving look and kind word. It
is true, there are bad dogs, but not as
qmany, when all things are considered,
as there are bad men.
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT.
“To pity distress is but human; to re-
lieve it is Godlike.”—Horace Mann.
The coat dress is a sort of parasite
among women’s clothes.
Itself not coat nor suit nor frock,
it borrows from the designing of all
three. Any fashion development that
may appeal to you in the making of
any of these three types of garment
may be made use of in the molding of
a coat dress.
The characteristic of a coat dress
that sets it in a class by itself is that
it shall be sufficiently like a dress in
fit and finish to be worn directly over
a slip or petticoat, while it must be
enough like a coat in general appear-
ance to make it eminently suitable to
wear in the street without any other
wrap. Even the conservative woman
who has grown up with the notion
that it is not quite good form to ap-
pear in city streets without some sort
of wrap has no hesitancy to wear the
coat frock.
It had its origin in France and has
never lost prestige or popularity
there. To the American woman it has
some distinct disadvantages. The
American woman clings to her suit
through thick and thin because of the
blouse beneath the jacket. To her it
is very important to have something
washable between her skin and a cloth
sleeve. This is a matter seemingly of
no moment to a French woman. She
is not cursed—or blessed—with a skin
so sensitive that it shudders at direct
contact with wool or other material
that must be worn repeatedly without
cleaning.
But the American is; so she clings
to the suit even in those years when
French women seem to haye forgotten
that such a thing exists. The Ameri-
can woman really prefers a skirt,
shirt and jacket of some sort for golf
and tennis to a cloth frock for the
same reason. But for the costume
she is not going to wear every day
and all day she consents to wear the
coat frock because of its excellent line
and the ease with which it can be ad-
justed. She has even discovered that
it is a simple matter to have a very
thin washable lining of georgette or
China silk adjusted beneath the
sleeves and bodice of the coat frock.
We have thought of the coat frock
as especially desirable for spring and
autumn days. This year we are find-
ing that it has excellent possibilities
as a warm-weather adjunct of the
wardrobe, and when made of linen or
other washable material it is as com-
fortable as any other sort of frock.
Heavy linen is an excellent medium
for the warm weather coat dress and
one of the smartest models of the sort
worn this summer shows a side clos-
ing on the left, cant-tiered skirt and
low waistline. There is a single re-
vere which, with the long slightly flar-
ing sleeves, is finished with lace and
lingerie. Two large pearl buttons, one
at the belt and the other just beneath
the single revere; effect the closing.
Crepe de chine, which at first
thought might seem too light a fab-
ric for the coat frock, has, in fact,
been used in several charming frocks
of this description. Sometimes plait-
ings are used with the crepe de chine
and the long, fairly close sleeves that
seem to be an essential of the coat
frock at prsent are found here. A
charming model is in rust crepe de
chine with plaited ruffle of white geor-
gette forming a frill on the right side
of the bodice portion and the left side
of the skirt.
Satin and moire, fabrics that have
been more smart than popular this
summer, are well adapted to the coat
frock for wear on moderate days in
summer. The satin coat frock espe-
cially makes an excellent frock to
wear when motoring, owing to ‘its
dust-shedding propensities. The at-
tached scarf collar further recom-
mends to the motorist the coat frock
of navy blue satin which is embroid-
ered rather lavishly in. pastel color-
ings.
Sometimes the coat frock is an in-
viting substitute for the suit. The
coat frock has many of the good
points of the suit and the distinct ad-
vantage that it is easier to put on.
The smartly tailored suit has been
heralded for autumn, and we are as-
sured that there will be a revival of
interest in all sorts of suit accesso-
ries, scarfs, jabots, gloves, waistcoats,
that go ‘to give the severe suit distine-
tion and feminine charm. The coat
these accessories as the suit, and it
may be a more convenient one.
Something of the Directoire effect
is achieved in the coat frock of navy
blue twill with long reveres fastened
at the side with three buttons. There
is a white organdie and lace vest with
a high collar that further carries out
the directoire note. 4 ]
Looking forward velvets loom large,
and velvets will undoubtedly be the
medium for intricate ‘and colorful
prints this autumn and winter that
georgettes and other crepes have been
this summer.
. Alpaca, a material that has taken
strong hold in Paris, is another ma-
terial that lends itself well to the pos-
sibilities of the coat frock.
Quite the most extraordinary bit of
gossip about the coat frock is the fact
that there are dinner frocks worn’ by
very smart women here and in Paris
that are to all intents and purposes
coat frocks. At least they are model-
terials used are similar to the .coat
frock with which we are familiar.
—
our grandmothers, if not to our moth-
cent color name in those ante-Volstead
days. And now the French milliners
are using a range of lovely red tones
that go by this name.
Flowers made of black lace have
been one ‘of the millinery. triumphs of
the season and Reboux is credited with
this invention. The petals and leaves
of roses, lilies and other flowers are
skillfully wrought with fine black
lace, and are used in trimming hats
of the floppy, garden party variety.
Here and: there: colored shoes per-
sist, even among the best-dressd wom-
en, but usually they are worn only with
frock really is as good a medium for 5
ed on coat lines-and save for the lower |
bodice and the brilliance of the ma-!
Dregs of wine" was .a color known to’
ers, and it seemed a perfectly inno- [Ff
{ MECHANICAL DEVICE TO
CONTROL TRAINS.
Lewistown Branch First Railroad
Equipped With Automatic Control.
Complete Success so Far.
A system of automatic train control,
the first of its kind to be attempted
by any railroad, has been installed by
the Pennsylvania Railroad system, on
the Lewistown Branch of the Sunbury
division. It is now in operation.
Complying with an order issued by
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
on June 13, 1922, for all Class 1 roads
to equip one division with some sys-
tem of automatic train control prior
to January 1, 1925, the Pennsylvania
Railroad system lost no time in in-
stalling a system that has for its pur-
pose the ultimate in safe operation.
The Lewistown: Branch, extending
from Selinsgrove Junction to Lewis-
town, was selected as the most suita-
ble field for a thorough trial of the
new idea in train operation, and the
work of installation was started early
in 1922, completed in July of this year,
and the line turned over entirely to
automatic train control on July 11.
The one paramount idea of auto-
matic train control is safety, guaran-
teed by a wonderful electrical mechan-
ism that serves as a constant safe-
guard against human errors. An en-
gineman, under certain conditions,
must do certain things; failing in
them, his train will be stopped by the
automatic train control.
For the installation of the control
system, elaborate layouts of expen-
sive electrical devices are necessary.
The entire track is electrified with a
low voltage power, through a power
line parallelling the track. Position
light signals are installed, and the
track marked off into zones of ap-
proximately one mile in length. En-
gines are then equipped with a sim-
ple electrical apparatus, through
which the power in the rails induces
current on the engine, and a series of
signals in the cab of the engine is
regulated. These signals, small disk
lights, three in number, located just
ahead of the engineman’s seat, indi-
cate to him the track conditions
ahead, and the speed at which his
train may be moved. Should he fail
to comply with these signals, the au-
tomatic train control takes the en-
gine out of his hands.
Under the system of train opera-
tion signals are adjusted by the train
dispatcher, through a selector in the
dispatcher’s office, or regulated by |
the train itself. One portion of the
division is equipped for the dispatch-
er’s control of signals, and the other
portion is equipped in such a manner
that signals are regulated by the train
itself.
Trains are governed by cab signal
indications, marked “A,” “R,” and
“S.” With track conditions favorable,
and the two zones just ahead unoccu-
pied, what is known as the “A” signal
is carried in the cab, permitting the
speed authorized for the class of train
being moved to be used. With the
zone ahead unoccupied, and the second
zone ahead occupied, the “R” signal
is carried in the cab, permitting the
train to move at restricted speed.
With the zone just ahead occupied,
the “S” signal is carried in the eab,
permitting movement at slow speed
only.
Should the engineman attempt to
exceed speed permitted by the cab
signal indications, the automatic con-
trol takes charge, and brakes are ap-
plied and train is brought to a stop.
The first train to be moved over the
division after the automatic train con-
trol was made effective on July 11.
“Did you say that two artists had
worked on your wife’s portrait?”
“Yes, a portrait-artist did her face
anf [figure and a landscape-painter her
at.
BEETLE-HUNTING.
Seven years ago an alien more dan-
gerous than the reddest Bolshevik was
a stowaway on a ship from far Japan.
He came in with a consignment of
Japanese iris, hiding amid their love-
liness a power for ill that is almost in-
calculable. The unwelcome stranger
was the Japanese beetle Popillia jap-
onica, who is now ravaging the fruit
orchards of New Jersey and parts of
Pennsylvania.
impure wheat
! therefore, selects and treats his seed |
before planting. He rotates his crops |
and cares for his land in order to have |
a minimum of weed seeds and foreign |
The brilliant colored but perni-
cious visitor is causing great concern
to the entomologists of all the eastern
seaboard States. Because of him
quarantines have been established,
with State troopers riding the dead-
lines and experts toiling in the sun to
find a means of killing him.
The beetle is said to be susceptible
to arsenate of lead. He curls up and
dies if he mixes but a little of it with
his favorite diet of fresh fruit. But
he doesn’t like it. He prefers Jersey
peaches, and with his hungry fellows
devours them down to the stone. He
has an alcoholic’s liking, however, for
fermented juices, and this may prove
his undoing. The experts are busily
compounding him a mixed drink more
seductive than hard cider or cherry
brandy and deadlier than either at its
best, for it will be strongly laced with
the lethal arsenate of iead.
It is a serious situation, for the bee-
tle multiplies rapidly, and unless the
quarantine can be kept effective until
some means is found to kill him off the
pest will spread all over the country
in a few years. The general public
cannot do much to help, save co-ope-
rate with the Federal and State au-
thorities in maintaining the quaran-
tine.—Ex.
FACTS CONCERNING GRADES OF
PENNSYLVANIA WHEAT BY
GEO. A. STUART, IN CHARGE
GRAIN STANDARDIZATION.
Pennsylvania Department of Agricul-
ture, Bureau of Markets.
If it were possible to write a per-
sonal letter to every grain grower in
Pennsylvania and show him in dollars
and cents the immense losses due to a
lack of understanding of factors influ-
encing the grades and consequently
the price of wheat, this subject at once
would become the most discussed top-
ic of conversation of Pennsylvania ag-
riculture. The result would be in-
creased profit to the wheat grower and
the saving of wheat growing in Penn-
sylvania from a slow death.
In the western States where a large
amount of wheat is shipped the farm- |
er has become acquainted thoroughly
with the Federal standards. The far-
mer knows if he has premium wheat
he gets paid for premium wheat, and
if he is careless and raises and sells
it is discounted. He
material when the grain is threshed.
His thresher is asked to clean the
wheat thoroughly when threshing.
What about the wheat grower in
Pennsylvania? The fact that a very
large percentage of cars of Pennsyl-
vania wheat arriving at the terminal
markets grades No. 4 or No. 5 or
Sample Grade shows a lack of knowl-
edge of the value of grading, especi-
ally since a great deal of the grain
is of the quality of Grade No. 1 and
No. 2 if care had been exercised in
preparing it for a shipment. Very
often the country buyer, in order to
hold his customers, pays the same
price for wheat irrespective of qual-
ity. In order to protect himself from
loss, he, therefore, pays less than
market price for the better quality
wheat.
There is no incentive to the grower
to be careful, no incentive to produce
a better quality and cleaner wheat,
but more of a disposition to be lax,
and each year shows an increasing
spread of noxious weeds and of insep-
arable foreign material in grain ship-
ment. Many a farmer when asked
why he does not take care of his wheat
in eliminating the rye, the cockle, the
garlic and other foreign material will
answer: “What's the use? I get just
the same price for it.”
nia is to hold its place as a wheat
growing State, something: must be
done. The first step is for every far- |
mer to become acquainted with the
factors which influence the quality
and price of wheat; and secondly, to
eliminate the factors which lower the
price. ‘
The principal factors which influ-
ence the quality of grade of wheat are
weight per bushel, the amount of
water it contains at time of market-
ing, the amount of damaged kernels,
the amount of foreign material, the
or live
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goumois Moth
grain weevil.
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prises.
* American Beauty Ball—Naval Battle of Fireworks—Ameri-
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and Floats—New Features,
night and every day filled with new interest and new sur-
with every
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the “Watchman.”
all white or all black, and this is also
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