Bellefonte, Pa., August 31, 1923.
A VISIT TO A CANDY KITCHEN.
Would you like to visit a candy
kitchen where all the day suckers,
gum drops, jelly beans, caramels and
all those other delightful things are
made? Ali right, then come on. Just
step right on the elevator and we’ll
go up, but be careful what you say,
for the short, trim little man who
goes up with us is the big chief of the
candy kitchen. He tells every one
connected with the candy kitchen
what to do and how to do it.
Off the elevator, we dodge around a
few corners and are right in the kitch-
en. It doesn’t smell much like any
kitchen you have ever visited before.
There isn’t very much smell of any
kind for the air is being constantly
fanned in and then drawn out again;
but the faint odor is wonderfully
sweet, almost as if coming from the
midst of a flower garden.
Here are a great number of tin
trays all standing in a tall rack. They
are five feet square. Pull one out. It
is covered inside with a thin layer of
candy. The next one is the same, and
so are all the rest. You never ate any
candy that was sold as thin as that.
I'll tell you what it’s for. You have
seen the caramels with two layers of
brown and one of white or two of
white and one of brown, or, perhaps
two of chocolate and one of fudge
with nuts in it. These layers are for
making just that kind of candy. The
layers are poured on the pans and al-
lowed to cool. They are then stored
away for a few hours until they are
needed.
When they are to be made into car-
amels they are taken out. One is
placed upon a cool slab, a second plac-
ed on top of it, then a third on top of
the second. The man who handles
these slabs of candy wears white
cotton gloves to keep the candy per-
fectly pure. After he has put the
three layers together, he takes a long
knife and very deftly and swiftly
cuts the great square into hundreds
, of little squares that are caramels.
But over here there is another man
working. He is turning a brown mass
with a flat knife. This mass of candy
is on a cooling slab which has a cur-
rent of cold water running beneath it
continually. Do you want to know
what he is going to make of that can-
dy? All day suckers—lollypops—taf-
fy on a stick. It’s all the same thing,
and you have eaten them many times.
Watch him when the candy has cooled
sufficiently. He runs it through a lit-
tle machine which cuts it up into just
the right sized squares he wants.
“But,” you say, “all day suckers
are not square?” That’s right, but
that is just where the man’s work
comes in. He seats himself before a
glowing gas fire and warms his stick,
then with a deft thrust, he fixes a
square on a stick. This square he
twirls about before the fire until it is
just the shape he wishes it to be, then
he lays it by to cool. Later girls
come along and carry the hundreds of
all day suckers off to wrap them in
tissue paper, to pack them in boxes
and send them away to be sold.
There are many men and girls at
work in the candy kitchen. Over here
is a man who is moving a funnel-like
affair rapidly back and forth over a
table. When we come near him we
find that he is pouring out candy pat-
ies.
. Over in this corner a lady is dump-
ing something out of molds. They are
gumdrops. Gumdrops are cast just
as steel and iron castings are and the
sugar coating is applied later.
Over on this side there sounds a
rettle and a grinding thump. Jelly
beans; that’s what they are making
over here. After the centers have
been made, and they have been dipped
in the bright colored coating, they are
put in large, revolving metal drums
and whirled round and round for sev-
eral minutes. Have you noticed how
bright and shiny the outsides of jelly
beans are? That is because they
have been polished by the revolving
drum.
Well, the little man who has charge
of the place and tells all the folks
what to do, is a very busy person. I
think he would like to have us go
down the elevator again, so here we
go. Give one long look and the next
time you eat candy beans or an all
day sucker remember how they are
made.—Ex.
STATE GRANGE ANNIVERSARY.
Arrangements are now being made
to fittingly observe the fiftieth anni-
evrsary of the Pennsylvania State
Grange, which was organized in the
city of Reading, late in the summer of
1873." The celebration will be held in
connection with the annual meeting,
which will be held at Pittsburgh dur-
ing the week beginning Monday, No-
vember 12.
Committees are now at work pre-
paring a pageant that will form one
of the principal features of the con-
vention. The pageant will be present-
ed in Motor Square Garden, which has
a seating capacity of many thousands.
The annual meeting of the National
Grange will be held at the same time
and place and will continue for ten
days. It is a quarter of a century
since the National Grange met in
Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh is the geographical cen-
ter of the strongest Grange territory
in the country. Over 400,000 mem-
bers of the organization live within
several hundred miles of that city.
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
FARM NOTES.
—Trouble with apples spoiling in
common storage many times is traced
to faulty construction of the storage
house that can be overcome by slight
changes or better management, the
United States Department of Agri-
culture has found. The first consid-
eration, it is said, is the condition of
the fruit when it is stored. Apples
that are bruised or diseased, too
green or over-ripe, or that are of a
variety known to keep but a short
time can not be stored satisfactorily.
But, even with the apples carefully
selected, the fruit may not keep be-
cause of certain conditions in the
storage house, particularly those re-
lating to temperature. The storage
house must be like a thermos bottle,
keeping the heat out during the warm
days and holding it in during the very
cold ones. ‘This result can be obtain-
ed only if the building is properly ven-
tilated and insulated. Insulation is
effected by filling the hollow walls
with ground cork, mineral wool, shav-
ings, or other material that will keep
the heat from passing through. So
that there will be no leak, the doors
are insulated the same as the walls,
and there should be as few windows
as possible.
Ventilation is provided by means of
openings near the ground, under the
floor, for cool air to enter and air
shafts leading upward from the ceil-
ing to carry off the warm air. These
are kept open during the night or the
cooler part of the day—in the fall—
and are closed during the hot hours.
The arrangement of the boxes in the
storage house has much to do with
proper ventilation. The best arrange-
ment is one that permits the air to
circulate around each separate box.
This can be managed by leaving a
space around each pile of boxes by
placing cleats between the boxes in
the ‘pile.
—A method said to produce a much
better fattened goose than almost any
other, involving, however, considera-
ble work, is that of stuffing the geese
with noodles for three or four weeks.
The feeder sits on a box in a corner of
the pen, holds the goose between his
legs, and stuffs it with noodles, usual-
ly beginning by feeding from 3 to 5
noodles three times daily, and increas-
ing gradually to 6 to 7 noodles five
times daily at 4-hour intervals.
The noodles are made of scalded
corn meal, ground oats, ground wheat
flour, using about equal parts of each.
Add salt as for bread, thoroughly
mix the feed, and put it through a
sausage stuffer, cutting the product
into pieces 23 to 3 inches long. Boil
them for 10 to 15 minutes, or until
they float, in a wash boiler containing
a wire rack which stands 13 inches
above the bottom of the boiler. Dip
the noodles in cold water and roll in
flour to keep them from sticking to-
ether. Pour hot water over the noo-
les just before they are fed to make
them slippery and keep them warm.
The noodles are put into the mouth
‘one at a time, and worked down with
the hand on the outside of the neck.
If any feed can be felt, no noodles are
given at the next feeding time; other-
wise the bird will go off its feed. Keep
plenty of water before the geese.
Young ganders are used for this spe-
cial fattening and any older ganders
or geese to be marketed. “Noodled”
geese average 25 to 26 pounds, and in-
dividual wights of nearly 40 pounds
have been obtained.
—Ducks are usually mated in flocks
of about 30 females with 5 or 6 males,
as the drakes do not fight one anoth-
er. The number of males may be re-
duced to 1 for every 7 females about
the first of March, and again changed
a month later to 1 male for 8 to 10
females. .
Active, healthy females of medium
size should be used for breeding; that
is, weighing about 8 pounds when ma-
ture. Only mature birds should be
used as breeders. Select ducks with
short necks, medium long bodies, flat
backs, and of good depth to the keel
bones. Watery eyes usually are a
sign of weakness in ducks. The drake
is coarser and more masculine in ap-
pearance than the duck, and has a
distinct curl in his tail feathers.
Ducks should be sold, usually, after
they are 2 years old, although the best
breeders or layers may be kept over
their third year, say poultry special-
ists in the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture.
In handling ducks pick them up by
their necks, as their legs are very ea-
sily broken. Ducks lay their eggs
early in the morning, and should be
confined to the house or pen until
9:30 or 10 o’clock in the morning. If
allowed to roam early in the morning
they may lay in a pond or stream and
the eggs may be lost.
—From time to time inquiries come
to the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture with regard to the
amount of grain and roughage to
feed a dairy cow.
The following general rules as es-
tablished will aid the feeder consider-
ably in determining the amount of
grain and roughage to feed:
1. “Under most circumstances the
cow should be fed all the roughage
that she will eat up clean, adjusting
the grain ration to the milk produc-
tion. Only when the cow tends to be-
come over-fat should the quantity of
roughage be restricted.
2. “A grain mixture should be fed
in the proportion of 1 pound to each
3 pints or pounds of milk produced
daily by the cow, except in the case
of a cow producing a flow of 40
pounds or more, when the ration can
be 1 pound to each three or four
pounds of milk. An even better rule
is one pound of grain each day for
every pound of butter fat produced
SCENERY WITHOUT AN EQUAL
Wonder Places in the Western States
of America Have Never Been
Properly Appreciated.
The appeal to congress and to the
American people to join with Canada
in establishing an international sys-
tem of museums of the original Amer-
ican wi®lerness stretching from the
Arctic ocean to the Gulf of Mexico is a
reminder that there are many features
of American scenery which are not
to be found anywhere else, or, if
found, are unequaled abroad in sub-
limity or beauty. : i
There are more geysers of large size
in our Yellowstone National park, for
instance, than in all the rest of the
world together, the nearest approach
being the geyser fields of Iceland and
far New Zealand. Again, it is con-
ceded the world over that there is no
valley in existence so strikingly beauti-
ful for stupendous size and exquisite
coloring as our Grand Canyon of the
Colorado. :
In the Sequolia National park grow
trees so huge and old that none quite
compare with them. Mount McKin-
ley, in Alaska, rises 17,000 feet from
the ground on which the observer
stands to its ice-clad summit among
the clouds. These are well-known
facts with which every American
ought to be familiar.
In order that the people, especially
those who are unable to visit the
wonder places of the western hemi-
sphere, may still have an opportunity
to know in detail regarding their un-
excelled attractions Uncle Sam has is-
sued a booklet on “Glimpses of Our
National Parks,” and already 400,000
copies have been distributed broadcast
throughout the United Stutes.
RUSSIANS TO STUDY STARS
Telescopes of the Finest Quality Have
Been Ordered for the Purpose
From English Firm,
Soviet Russia is going in for science,
The government has ordered and Sir
Howard Grubb & Sons, Ltd., are com-
pleting at their works in St. Albans,
Hertfordshire,. England, what promises
to be one of the most wonderful tele-
scopes in the world. It is designed for
the Nikolaies . observatory on the
Black sea.
The telescope will weigh about nine
tons. The revolving steel turret in
which it will be fitted is taller than the
factory. It will have an inside di-
ameter of 45 feet. A 32-refracting lens
will be the largest in the world adapted
to photography. The whole will be
supported on a concrete pillar.
The telescope and the turret will be
swung at the will of the observer by
the pressure of an electric button.
For another Russian observatory,
Simien observatory, in the Crimea, a
40-inch reflecting telescope is being
made at these works. Its turret of 32
feet internal diameter is already com:
pleted.
Mice Try Free Seeds.
It was night. Two mail pouches
full of seeds lay on the floor of Con-
gressman Linthicum’s office in Balti-
more. A delegation awaited to tender
Mr. Linthicum the keys to their city—
8 delegation of mice, but he was out.
The two big blue-striped bags were
there on the floor. The spokesman, or
Chief Muse, sneaked forward to ex-
amine them. “Might conceal a Repub-
lican cat, but no,” he exclaimed, “they
are full of paper envelopes.” The
Chief Mouse nibbled through one of
the little ones. “Not so good,” he an-
nounced. He found a fourth one only
fair, then he nibbled into the fifth and
last one. Ten minutes later the other
mice found him on his back with a
smile on his face murmuring, “Oh
what a beautiful sight! Oh, what
sweet music! And what delicious
smells.” He had eaten a whole en-
velope of poppy seed, from which
comes opium and was having a gor-
geous dream. However, remarks
Capper’s Weekly, the mice population
is not to be demoralized as this yea:
ends the expensive free-seed fraud.
Hard to Get Rid Of.
When Warren Nichols of Augusta,
Me., opened up his garage one morn-
ing he found the wreck of an auto
parked before the door. It remained
there all day, and not wishing to have
such a bad advertisement in front of
his place, Nichols phoned the chief of
police, but he wasn't interested. The
next morning the machine had moved
to a warm spot before the shop of
Harold Warren, blacksmith. Warren
accused Nichols, but to no avail, and
so dawn again found that the wan-
dering junk heap had crept into Harry
Shaw’s woodyard. Again came ac-
cusations, but -the old ironclad had
reached its valhalla. Stripped of its
adornments, tires, lights, etc., the war
derer still graces the woodpile.
New Theatrical Idea.
The newly organized Civic Theater
mssociation plans to establish and
maintain a theater wherein plays of
the highest standard and significance
may be performed by artists who are
recognized as having ability and repu-
| TOTAL ECLIPSE OF SUN IS BIG
EVENT FOR ASTRONOMERS.
When the shadow of the moon ends
its diagonal dash across the Pacific
on Monday, September 10th, pilgrims
from all- parts of the world will
be on hand at the Catalina Island,
near Los Angeles, Cal, to watch the
first total eclipse of the sun visible in
the United States since 1918.
Regarded as the most important
astronomical event of the year, the
September eclipse will attract thous-
ands of scientific men to southern
California, and preparations have
been made to facilitate the work of
observers and to accommodate the
various scientific organizations which
will hold gatherings in the city in con-
nection with the phenomenon.
While the total phase of the eclipse
will be visible from Santa Catalina
Island, several expeditions from
American and European observatories
will await the obscuration at Ensen-
ada, Lower California, where the per-
iod of totality will last three minutes
and thirty-five seconds, as against
two minutes and forty-eight seconds
at Santa Catalina.
Observers of this class will get the
thrill of a lifetime, according to as-
tronomers, who say that the approach
of the lunar shadow, if watched from
the high hills of Santa Catalina Is-
land, will be a truly spectacular sight.
Looking northward about 12:50
o’clock on the afternoon of the eclipse,
watchers on these hills will see the
great dark shadow of the moon, more
than a hundred miles in diameter,
rushing toward them with incredible
rapidity and overwhelming them with
an abruptness that is terrifying.
While the total eclipse will not be
visible in Los Angeles, nineteen-twen-
tieths of the sun’s disk will be hidden,
leaving only a narrow, bright cres-
cent and plunging the city into tem-
porary gloom.
Increase in Divorces.
As a result of nation wide survey
of the divorce records a sharp in-
crease in' number is reported for 1922
over any previous year.
The 1922 ratio was almost half
again as large is it was in 1916, there
having been almost 9.3 divorces to
each 100 marriages in 1922 compared
with almost 6.3 in 1916. Analysis of
the statistics for the six States shows
the number of marriages in 1922 one-
eighth less than in 1916, while the
number of divorces was almost one-
third more.
The States covered in reports were
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu-
setts, Connecticut, New Jersey and
Delaware. Marriages in the States
in 1922 numbered 80,883 as compared
with 92,581 in 1916, and divorces
7,513, compared with 5,793. There
was a decrease of 11,648 marriages in
the States or about 123 per cent.,
while divorces increased 1,720 in num-
ber or almost 30 per cent.
Abolition of Death Penalty Increases
Crime.
Argentina abolished the death pen-
alty from the penal code about a year
ago, and since then there has been a
noticeable increase in crimes of vio-
lence in that city. The question of re-
storing the death penalty has arisen,
and a bill to this end has been intro-
duced in Congress.
Large numbers of emigrants from
Europe, many of them belonging to
the criminal classes, have gone to
Argentina recently, and the present
crime wave is attributed to this un-
desirable element.
“I've got a lot of things I want to
talk to you about, dear,” said the wife.
“That’s good,” answered the hus- .
band, “you usually want to talk to me
about a lot of things you haven't
got.”
Marriage Licenses. !
John Yatcik and Mary Biggan, |
Clarence.
Paul P. Machesnic, Sunbury,
Dorothy M. Losch, Waddle.
Frank Henry Shock, Powelton, and
Margaret E. Corrigan, Sandy Ridge.
Thomas B. Wogan, Graysville, and
Florence E. Corl, Pine Grove Mills.
Charles M. Whited and Bertha A.
Yates, Lawsonhan. :
Max Edward Richards and Marga-
ret L. Avery, Philipsburg.
Enoch W. Smith and Pearl Mary
Gillen, Milesburg.
and
——The “Watchman” gives all the
news while it is news.
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Bellefonte
Atlantic City
Wildwood, Ocean City, Cape May
Sea Isle City, Anglesea, Avalon,
Peermont, Stone Harbor
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DAVID F. KAPP, Cashier.
Where is Your Policy?
If there is a fire, the first thing you need is
the Fire Insurance Policy. If kept in the
house it may be burned.
Deposit Box in our vaults. It cannot be
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Come in Today
and rent a Safe Deposit Box.
The First National Bank of State College
State College, Pennsylvania
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FIFTIETH ANNUAL
Encampment and Fair
of the Patrons of Husbandry of Central Pennsylvania
Grange Park, Centre Hall, Penna.
Sept. 1st. to 7th, Inc, 1923
Encampment Opens Sept. 1 Exhibition Opens Sept. 3
The T.argest and Best Fair in Central Pennsylvania, by farmers
and for farmers. Grounds increased to 70 acres. Beautifully
located ; Shade and Pure Water; Electric Light; Telephones.
A Large Display of Farm Stock and Poultry, Farm Implements,
Fruits, Cereals, and Every Product of Farm and Garden.
Liberal Premiums
Large Pageant Tues. and Wed. Evngs
ee to All on the Grounds
Admission for Entire Week ....... 50 Cents
Fifty cents will be charged for parking automobiles.
ALL TRAINS STOP AT GRANGE PARK.
Excursion rates on railroads within 75 Miles.
SPECIAL TRAINS WILL BE RUN ON THURSDAY.
JACOB SHARER, Chairman.
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Where else, outside of very large cities, has
a store gone into such Varieties and Values in
Boys'School Suits?
Mothers and Fathers who have seen this
display have been astonished—and, sink-
ing our modesty—we will say that if you
have always purchased your boy’s clothes
in Bellefonte you have no idea of the size
of this new stock or what it offers.
This season we set out to upset every boys’
record—the result is that today or any time
up until school begins you’ll see here, not
only clothes piled to the ceiling but Values
you will laud to the skies.
No obligation to buy, except for the obli-
gation you owe your own pocket. See them.
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Michigan, in the order named, have | during the week by the cow.
the strongest Grange membership.| 3 ““Feed all the cow will respond
The joint gathering which will take | to in milk production. When she be-
place at Pittsburgh will probably begins to put on flesh, cut down the
the largest Grange meeting ever held. | grain,”
A few years ago when the National ;
—Alfalfa tea, made by pouring
Grange met at Boston, the seventh de-| — uring
gree, which is the highest degree of | boiling water on hay and allowing it
to steep for a few hours, or by stir-
th order, was conferred upon nearly v
10,000 memberrs. Pennsylvania ex- | ring alfalfa meal into cool water and
pects to eclipse that mark by several | straining the mixture after several
thousand. Ohio alone has promised | hours, has been highly recommended
to send over 5,000 people to the meet- | from time for feeding young animals.
i Some experiment stations have found
ing.
Pennsylvania now has 975 Subordi- | that pigs made better gains when corn
nate Granges, with an aggregate | meal and middlings were mixed with
membership of nearly 100,000, dis-| alfalfa tea rather than water, but the
tributed among all of the sixty-seven | additional gains were hardly enough
counties of the State. to pay for the increased expense.
Tickets good returning within 16 days.
Valid in parlor or sleeping cars
on payment of usual charges for
space occupied, including sur-
charge. Tickets good via Delaware
River Bridge Route 36 cents extra
round trip.
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tation. Free performances will be
given Saturday afternoons with a
classic play for the public school chil-
dren of Chicago. A library of drama
and art literature, to be known as the
Actors’ library, will be maintained in
connection with the organization.
Two-Pants Syits.....$8.50 to $15
Single Pants Suits... $35.00 to $8.50
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Proportionate fares from other
points.
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Most Corn Raised in lowa.
Corn is produced in .every state in
the Union, production ranging from
around 30,000 bushels a year in Nevada
to over 450,000,000 bushels in Iowa, ace
cording to reports of the United States
Department of Agriculture.
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OceanGrove Excursion August 23
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