Bewai Nan. Bellefonte, Pa., October 12, 1923. “Col.” Bierly Doesn’t Like Daylight Saving. “Col.” Willis Reed Bierly, whose occasional = contributions to the “Watchman” are read with so much interest writes under date of Septem- ber 29th, from his business place in Philadelphia, rejoicing with one flour- ish of his pen and lamenting with another. Evidently he doesn’t like daylight saving. Having been born and raised in the country in a day when they went to bed with the chickens and usually got up early enough in the morning to have all the farm chores done before the sun peeped over the top of Brush mountain, the “Col.” re- sents being pulled out of bed an hour earlier in order to be at his business place when the rest get there. Evi- dently he feels that on the farm he had enough early rising to do him and now that he is in the publishing busi- ness he is going to get up when he pleases. He writes as follows: Editor Watchman. Today in this secondary city of the Philistines playing Gal to Gilgal, which is the same as Gotham, the lu- nacy called “Daylight Saving” closed with eclat. That is to say, the Heav- ens seemed to rejoice and such an ideal day has never been excelled. The curses which a n ajority of our denizens heaped upon the promoters of the New York sporting lunacy, in defiance of law, fell heavily upon them. One of the chief purveyors in council was Weglein which, being lib- erally translated, means Baby Wagon. He ran for Mayor on “Daylight Sav- ing.” Well, he had a few thousand votes! The whole bunch of flapdoodle statesmen went down below Atlantic City which is their trysting place, or love nest. A Philistine who cannot afford a sea-washed dive is not in the running. Down there all the political devilment of this State is hatched out like so many serpent’s eggs. Perhaps some of your readers may wonder what became of the good old Democratic party of Binns, Inger- solls, Randall, Pattison and Cassidy. Well, it has been following an ideal fetish! As one of its best rewarded Roly Polies said: “This administra- tion is not rewarding party workers.” The head of this idealism was a can- didate for County Commissioner and he got shillalehed by a Hobernian from the party eleventh ward, un- known to farm or party workers. The chairman of Tenth and Walnut, where a few ancient ladies were wont to meet and. exchange reminiscences of adolescent days, when there were no flappers or bathing beauties, nor soci- ety queens, had a few thousand votes —the reward of faithful party work— and Bonniwelltian fealty. ‘The Re- publican organization took care of Bonniwell and he will be a Bencher too, like Jimmie Beck, late of Lincoln Inn, London. “Today, this superb autumnal day, after lunch at H. & H., on South Elev- enth street, I looked across_the street at 101 South, where the sign of Ira D. Garman, Jeweler, was swinging, as it has for lo, these forty-two years! What particularly enamored me, was the fresh coat of Irish sea waves up- on the front. Did you ever suspect that Ira D. was Irish? I had known the grand patriarch of the house of | Garman at Bellefonte, since—wall, | But he was then long about 1868! ] ) before, and such a fine family he did raise! Some have gone to the land of the Leal, that “Brick” Pomeroy used to describe so felicitously. This son of the old Centre county stock, that we hope may never die out, is a stal- wart among the jewelers and a jew- el among men. I've met him but, once or twice, since becoming entan- gled here. What about prohibition that don’t prohibit bad booze, suicide, estrange- | ment and millions upon millions of waste? The North American, which has been consistent in its courses, set its reserve editor, the Scotch logician, at work on the hypocricy of national and State spenders of the $9,000,000 which Congress gave them to enlist spies, eaves-droppers, et id genus om- nia, and they are spending it! Among the flood of letters of approval which came to the North American is one from an old dromedary back, (I pre- sume from his style) who wants to know what Gifford Pinchot and his accumulated pile of Attorney Gener- als are doing. He insinuates they are all busy with the Pinchot boom for President! May be so. I think he has -one hump too many! But it is inter- esting to compare reminiscences. For example: There was the great edu- cator and philanthropist, Governor Brumbaugh, gradvate of Ephrata! Lightning calculator! All around ge- nius, withall honest. When the lick- spitters and sycophants who browsed around his parterre, sniffed the odors of sanctity and bowed whenever he knit his commanding eye-brows be- gan to tout him for President well— “what's the use? We all know what happened to King Humpty Dumpty! “They all went to Chicago, and some came back, chanting the sarcasm of "Teddy Roosevelt: “Broombaugh! Why ‘he reminds me of a little wooly lamb.” Selah. And thus the Pinchot “Pizzle- tree” psalmists might profit by the fate of Brumbaugh! B The American’s Creed. ‘I believe in the United States of America as a government of the peo- ple, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a de- mocracy in a republic; a sovereign na- tion of many sovereign States; a per- fect Union, one and inseperable; es- tablished upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and hu- manity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. I, therefore, believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its con- <titution, to obey its laws, to respect . flag, and to defend it against all e- rules” Bx SOME RECORDS IN THINNESS Platinum Wire, Filament of Spider's Web and Soap Bubble at Its Dark Spot. Platinum wire has been drawn so fine that 30,000 pieces of it placed side | by side would not cover more than an inch, while 150 pieces bound together would be necessary to form a thread as thick as a filament of raw silk. A mile of this wire would not weigh more than a grain, while seven ounces of it would extend from London to New York. Fine as is the filament produced by the silkworm that produced by the spider is even more attenuated. If, for instance, a thread of a spider's web measured four miles, it would weigh little more than a grain. As a soap bubble floats in the light of the sun it reflects to the eye an endless variety of gorgeous tints. Newton showed that to each of these tints corresponds a certain thickness of the substance forming the bubble; in fact, he showed that all transparent substances, when reduced to a certain degree of thinness, would reflect these colors. Near the highest point of the bub- ble, just before it bursts, can be seen a spot which reflects no color and ap- pears black. Accerding to Newton, the thickness of the bubble at this black point is the 2,500,000th part of an inch. (VORY FROM SKIMMED MILK Substitute for This and Other Mate- riale Is Produced by a Re- cent Process. Combining beauty with utility, a ma- cerial is being made from skimmed milk by a process recently brought to the United States from England. As it is non-inflammable, odorless, and can be drilled, glued or dyed, it has a multitude of uses as a substitute for ivory, ebony, amber, tortoiseshell, horn, and other similar products. Besides. it may be used as an almost perfect imitation of many natural products of great price, among them being Chinese jade and lapis lazuli. A brilliant polish is easily obtained and it can be bent, pressed, and, to some extent, moulded, or machined. As it is a non- conductor of electricity, it may be used in making decorative radio and lighting fixtures Also it has been found valuable for ships’ cabins, hand- rails, automobile fixtures, and in the making of beads, buckles, buttons, jewelry, fancy ornaments, cigarette holders, combs, brushes, carriage han dles, parts of furniture, pencils and penholders, organ stops, and pianc keys. Hongkong’s Swift Growth. Hengkong, when occupied by the British in 1841, was just a barren Is- ‘ land, and the part of the peninsula opposite, known as Kowloon, merely sand and marshland. The inbabitants were fishermen or pirates, er both. Today Hongkong with its thriving city of Victoria, holds a population of about 1,000,000, In 40 years the rev- enue and expenditures of Hongkong and its suburbs have increased twen- ty-fold. One of its difficulties is the housing question. Standardized houses with from four to six rooms are be- ing erected at a cost of $4,000 to $6,- 500. Hongkong’s harbor has been so much improved that it now ranks as one of the greatest ports in the world Gives Chin a Rest. “It says here: ‘One of the idols most revered by any heathen is a figure of a woman, seated, resting her chin in { her hands,’ ” sald Mrs. Farr, reading from a book. : “Which proves they are about the wisest people on earth,” suggested her husband. “How so, Orrin?” “well,” sald Mr. Farr, with em- phasis, “because they make a deity of a woman who has sense enough to give her chin a rest.”—Life, Flour From Canada. Up to recently the United States supplied practically all of the flour imported into Cuba. In 1919 Canada supplied 1.9 per cent of Cuban flour imports, compared with 97.9 per cent from the United States. In 1920 and 1921 Canada supplied 3.4 and 3.8 per cent, respectively, while the United States supplied 98.4 per cent in both years. Importers state that,Canadian competition has recently shown a marked increase, New Zealand Flocks Dwindle. One of the difficulties operating against the meat-freezing industry in New Zealand is the decrease in the number of sheep in the dominion, sue- cess in this industry being largely dependent upon maintenance of pro- duction. It is hoped, however, that putting more reclaimed land into con- dition for grazing will eventually bring the flocks back to normal. Big Horn’s Water Power. A party of government engineers, said to be the sixth party ever to go through the tortuous canyon of Big Horn river in Wyoming and Montana, will soon publish a report showing how that stream can_be dammed to furnish 84,600 continuous horsepower, says the Kansas City Star. New Zealand Building. New Zealand expects to raise $6, 000,000 to aid persons+desiring to build homes. The new fund, if approved by the government, will allow an advance up. to 95 per cent of construction costs. The government has already assisted in the bullding of 12,861 komes at an expenditure of about $91,000,000. The Haunted Room CERRY By LARISSA MACKIE # (©. 1923, hy McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) “Good-night, my dear,” said Miss Carow with a final glance about the large dim room with its fine old four poster bed and other mahogany furni- ture. “Ah, don't open the east win- dow, Esther . . . the shutters are fastened securely. Open the south window: it looks out on the garden.” Esther looked over her shoulder. “Oh, Aunt Fannie, I would like to open both windows!" “IT would rather you did not, Esther . . . the shutters are solid wood and cannot be opened.” ' “Yery well, auntie, but I have been Just longing to go to bed with the sound of little waves lulling me to sleep.” “Ye-e-e-8,” assented Miss Carow, “I know, my dear—perhaps you can hear the waves in the inlet from the garden window—and good-night, child, pleas- ant dreams,” and she went smiling from the room, closing the door be- hind her. But in her own bedroom the smile died. from her lips and she shook her head dubiously. “I should have made Esther come in here with me, but she dislikes to sleep with anyone as much as I do . . hark! the wind is in the east tonight . . . .and she might be frightened!” Softly she stole down the hall and tapped on Esther’s door. Hearing no response, she pushed open the door and entered. Esther was leaning from the open window, as if bathing in the fragrance of the moon- light garden. She turned quickly at Miss Carow's light touch, “Auntie, it is glorious!” “The scent of toses is always deli- cious at night,” sighed Miss Carow, who locked a dead romance in her warm heart. “I came back to tell you not to get frightened in the night-— come to my room if you cannot sleep.” “Not sleep? 1 shall sleep like a baby on that inviting bed,” laughed Esther, blowing a kiss to her depart- ing relative, and when the door closed she put out the light and prepared for bed in the faint pale glow that the moon diffused in that great room. She thought of the adjoining east room, where she had always slept . when she visited her aunt at Fair haven. It was a small room, with two windows overlooking the inlet, whose waves lapped a strip of beach behind the house. But this year Miss Carow’s house was full—she had taken a few “paying guests,” and excepting her own bedroom there remained only the big room where Esther slept “soundly ‘as'a baby” that first’ night, The next morning she met Ida Gra- ham, a distant cousin, “Sleeping in the east room—the «haunted room Esther?” “Haunted I" “Of eourse Aunt Esther wouldn't Il you, but no ene wants to sleep there.” “Nonsense,” laughed Esther. “I shall love it all the more.” “Don’t tell your aunt 1 spoke of it.” “Of course not. Is there a ghost?” “It’s a—a—sound, I think,” hesi- tated Ida. “Pooh! Let us go in bathing,” re- Joined Esther, banishing all ghosts from the brilliant summer day. But at night it was different. Alone in her room she regarded the closely shuttered east window with expectant eyes. A last glance into the garden revealed it to be a mysterious place of shadowy forms and scented darkness. Heavy clouds had drawn across the sky and blotted out the moon and a keen wind came from the east. “Br-r-r-r-r!” shivered Esther and crossed the room to tne gloomy shadow of the four-poster. under a blanket, she went to sleep im- mediately. When she awoke, a clock somewhere was striking two, and on the blurred murmur of the last stroke, came the sound of a hollow groan. Esther sat upright in bed. Again she heard the groan as of some one In agony. Little prickles of fear crept all over her, and immediately afterward she heard a sound somewhere close at hand, a movement and a little thump. Then silence. Then the groan repeat- ed. again and agalm, but no other sound followed. It seemed to come from the corner near the east window. “That is the reasom they keep it closed tightly,” shuddered Esther, and Just then some one rapped softly on her deor. . - . “Aunt. Fannie,” thought Esther. “She is afraid I have heard it.” Aloud, she asked drowsily, “What is it?’ and Aunt Fannie tiptoed quietly away, as- sured that her niece was sleeping through the disturbance of the night. Miss Carow was a sensible woman on most subjects and had never believed in ghosts until the mystery of the haunted room came to confound all her past theories. The next day Esther sald nothing of the strange sounds she had heard, although one of the paying guests, a young artist who was painting the lovely Long island shore, talked a great deal about a sleepless night due to the moaning of the wind. “Wind? I did not hear a sound,” de- clared Mrs. Hammerly Jones, as she stirred her coffee. “Perhaps, Mr. Pel- ham, the moans you heard were ut- tered by a ghost—an old house like this might be haunted,” John Pelham grinned skeptically but impression. That day Esther accom- panied Pelham on his tramp through _ |'flutter to her carefree heart. ‘proached the open window that looked Snuggled- Mrs. Jones’ remark left | Buleed; 5 an unpleasant | tne woods, but they did not talk about ghosts. Esther was not sure whether sne really cared for John Pelham; she. haa met him last year for the first time and this renewal of their friend- ship had brought a most disturbing A few days after this tramp in the woods, the wind came out of the east and howled around the house all night; and the restless “ghost” came to ‘haunt the- east room once more. Toward morning Esther, weary from loss of sleep jumped up and ap- upon the garden. It had stopped rain- ing and the tin roof of the ell was al- most dry. Putting on dressing gown and slippers, Esther skipped over the window sill to the tin roof and walked around the corner of the house to study the closely shuttered east win- dow. A slight sound warned her to look up and she saw John Pelham sit- ting on the slope of the roof, lightly attired. : “Oh, what is it?” he replied, sawing away at the long tree limb that | sprawled across the roof, “The—saw — confounded — saw — thing—" more sawing, “kept me awake. [I investi- gated and here it is!” “How clever!” admired Esther, and | she was still admiring when Miss Carow came, scandalized, and saw the Parchment Lamp Shades A New Assortment of Silverware . Brass, China, Novelties... .. and now on display. ghost really laid. ‘That night while they sat around the fire, where the ! “ghost” burned brightly, Aunt Fannie announced her niece's engagemeat to the young painter. And one of Pelham’'s most famous paintings is one that he painted of the inlet, and golden shore from his seat in the open east window of the ghost room. rUTURE OF LIGHT AIRPLANES May Herald Universal Flying if They Can Be Made Safe Enough for Popular Use. One of the most curious results of the peace treaty is the development in light airplanes, according to a writer In an official British bulletin on civil aviation. It will be remembered, he says, that the earlier flights of the Wright brothers, before they adopted engine power for their airplanes, were gliding flights from an eminence, the occupant seeking to utilize the upward currents of air to make as long a glide as possible. These flights followed the experiments of Lillen- thal, a German, who sacrificed his life without finding the correct principle for safe gliding. “The terms of the peace treaty,” says the writer, “prevented Germany from using airplanes with motors, and so firms in that country commenced bullding gliders. Their initial at- tempts, using apparatus which embod- ied the experience of war flying, were so successful as to cause a general revival of motorless gliding in France and the United Kingdom. Gliding, however, demands. a set of conditions of which the most important is an ascending: current of. air, and thus is limited to country having a suitable contour, and when favorable alr cur- rents exist. “Rractice in gliding has Indicated certain directions for improving the design and structure of the airplane, and the combination of the limitations noted with the progress in design has been sufficient to develop the light- engined airplane. rConsiderable flights have taken place with aircraft of this type, the engines being no larger than those found on motorcycles, the cost of which has been about the same. “The authorities have been quick to see the advantages of the new flying, and prizes are now offered. for suc- cessful flights in airplanes with en- gines' of 1,100 cubic centimeters and 1,500 cubic centimeters, respectively. Should the movement develop, the age of universal flying will have begun, but it remains to be seen whether reasonable safety can be guaranteed with such small powers. For coun- tries where suitable landing places could be provided, the prospects of touring in the most extreme comfort at forty to fifty miles per hour, at a cost of less than half that entalled by the use of motor cars would ap- pear to be very bright.” Hurry Call for Gun Flints. = The adoption of the Declaration oti¥ {ndependence, July 4, 1776, was not the only event of the day during the session of the Continental congress. Among other important matters to which attention was given, the follow- ing resolution was passed: “That the board of war be empow- ered to emplgy such a number of per sons as they shall find necessary to manufacture flints for the continent, and for this purpose to apply to the respective assemblies, conventions and councils or committees of inspection of the counties and towns thereunto belonging, for the names and places of abode of persons skilled in the manufacture aforesaid, and of the places in their respective states where the best flint-stones are to be ob- tained, with samples of the same.” Church Candles Still Made by Hand. In Burope there is a shop which em- ploys a large force of man and woman candiemakers all the year at making candles for churches, cathedrals and the Christmas trade. The candles for Christmas are made by machinery. Some of the churéh eandles are ten feet high. Dismissed. 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