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.
Author—Why did you leave the
theater last night before the play was
Friend—I am not responsible for
that. I'm a sleep-walker.—London
Jewelers and Optometrists . . . Bellefonte, Pa.
We invite you to look these over.
F. P. Blair & Son,
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We are
A Thrifty People
here are 26,000,000 people
in the United States who
have saving accounts. They have
saved and own the vast sum of $17,-
300,000,000—and average of $665
each.
Does this money belong to the rich?
Oh, no; most o fthese people are in
very moderate circumstances. Many
of them are poor. But they realize
that it is better to practice a little
self-denial now, than to suffer and
possibly be humiliated later on.
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