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Bellefonte, Pa, November 9, 1923.
LANDMARK OF MAINE COAST
Mystery of the Old “Powder House” at
Hallowell Never Yet Has
Been Solved.
Founded on the immovable rocks is
that time-honored landmark, the old
Hallowell powder house, overlooking
the little city nestling beneath some of
Maine's most be: utiful hills.
This old brick structure has its one
mysterious door barred with iron and
carved with cabalistic signs that reg-
ister its visitors of over a century.
No trace has ever been found of the
erection of this little building, which
has stood for two centuries as a silent
sentinel over a peaceful and law-abid-
ing community.
It is said that when Peter Clark
took his one rude cart, which he and
his father and brave wife had brought
with them from their Massachusetts
home in 1762, and turned it upside
down on the banks of the river for
their first shelter, with their one child,
the powder house on the heights was
standing there exactly as we see it
now. Its origin and architects are un-
known and unaccounted for and a deep
mystery will always prevail around
its existence. It is a landmark annu-
ally visited by hundreds who have
heard of its silent vigil on the rocky
heights of the Kennebec valley,
The name powder house was given
to it because it has always been used
as a depository for the highly com-
bustible ingredients of powder and
dynamite and from it has been given
the name of the rocky ledge, Powder
House * hill, adjoining it.—Lewisto"
Tournal.
BUT THEY ALL REALLY CARE
Persons Who Boldly Defy Public
Opinion Know That They Must
Pay the Penalty.
“I don’t give a darn,” says someone
when reproved for his actions and told
that they will not meet the approval
of his friends. “I don’t give a darn
what people think,” said a rather well-
known actress when she returned from
Europe the other day after her do-
mestic affairs had been given a rather
thorough airing.
But they do care. We all care what
others think of us. We live a group
life, and it is natural to want the ap-
proval of those around us. If we must
part company with them we can do It
safely, for ourselves, only when we are
convinced that we are right and they
are wrong.
‘Now and then some spoiled favorite.
as in the case of the young actress,
snaps her f 1gers in the face of public
approval. That is bravado—or the de-
sire for more advertising, suggests the
Milwaukee Journal. Usually those who
do it are the ones who have had the
greatest favors from the public. Now
and then two people, reckless in the
attraction of one for the other, defy
public opinion. And they pay.
But for most of us the standards of
conduct that have been set up are a
steadying influence. The desire not ta
go counter to the approval of our
fellows often holds us to the path
when we are sorely tempted to step
aside. And it is well that it does.
The don’t-give-a-darn policy is danger
ous ground.
All-Metal Airplane.
Metal only is employed in the con-
struction of a new airplane at McCook
field, Dayton, OMNio, the first of its
kind designed by the air service, ac-
cording to the Army Recruiting News.
One such plane made a flight. Both
the wings and fuselage are covered
with corrugated duralumin, and the
structure is of heat-treated steel and
duralumin. The weight of the plane.
empty, is 3,000 pounds; fully loaded,
4,750 pounds. Unlike most metal-cov-
ered airplanes, the CO-1 (its official
designation) is not over-weight and
can safely carry loads in excess of
the specified design load of 1,750
i Fall is the Best Time to Improve
Pastures.
Many farmers of Pennsylvania and
Centre county were greatly handicap-
Bik last summer by pastures that
| were poor and unproductive. Re-
' peated tests have proved that perma-
, nent pastures which are poor and un-
‘ productive can be brought back by
moderate applications of lime or lime-
stone and acid phosphate, says J. N.
Robinson, county farm agent.
If this work is put off until spring,
the rush of other farm work often
makes it impossible, and if the sea-
son is dry results are slow in com-
ing. When the applications are
made in the fall or early winter, the
freezing and thawing and the abun-
dant rains work the material into the
clover the desired start and stimulus
during the coming season. Roads
are usually in good condition for
hauling the lime in the fall, which is
seldom true in the spring, and the
pastures will not be cut up in getting
it on the ground.
“Where seeding is necessary the
lime and phosphate can be applied in
the fall,” is the suggestion of J. B. R.
Dickey, crop extension specialist, at
State College. “The seed can be sown
and harrowed in with little labor in
the spring. Reseeding without soil
improvement is generally wasted ef-
fort. A ton of limestone and 300 or
400 pounds of acid phosphate seems
to be about the proper treatment.”
“Pennsylvania Alfalfa King” Does
Not Fear Thistles.
Should alfalfa be called a promoter
of dairying or a destroyer of Canada
thistles ?
“Canada thistle may be a bad weed
in some places, but it has no terror
for us, now that we know how to han-
dle it,” is the substance of a statement
by A. L. Bierbower, a farmer of Cum-
berland county, and often called the
“Alfalfa King” of Pennsylvania. “All
we need to do is to seed the thistle in-
fected land to alfalfa. After two or
three years of this crop there are no
more thistles. The roots as well as
tops are killed and the pest is com-
pletely destroyed.
“Will it work as well through
Pennsylvania? That I do not know.
I only know it works here and could
show you several places where the
thistles have been destroyed by the
legume.”
Let Dad Go.
Mother—“Mary
going?”
Daughter—“Oh, just out to mail
this letter.”
Mother—“Don’t you know it is
raining hard? It isn’t fit for a dog
to be out. Let your father go.”
where are you
Indications.
Friend—*“So your son is in college?
What is he preparing for?”
Father—“Don’t know, but from the
way he works me, I kind of think he’s
going to be a diplomat.”
soil where it will give the grass and
FARM NOTES.
—A carcass of beef should be aged
from one to three weeks, in a cooler
where the temperature averages 34
dgrees F. The aging or ripening caus-
es the meat to gain in flavor and be-
come more tender.
—Succulent feed at this time of the
year increases the dairy income. With
the passing of good pasturage, cows
should receive such additional feed as
will keep them up to the maximum
flow of milk during the winter months
when milk brings top prices. |
—Breeding males for next year’s
use should be purchased now, while
the number of birds is sufficient to
permit of a wise selection. Consider-
ing the relative quality of cockerels
bought now and those purchased in
the spring, the present prices are
more reasonable.
—Some apple growers depending
upon home storage make a practice
of hauling in every morning, the ap-
ples that were picked the previous
day. In this way the storage is open-
ed only the coolest time of the day,
and the cooled fruit brought in does
not raise the temperature of the stor-
age. .
—Good storage is necessary if po-
tatoes are to be kept in fit condition
for table use and seed stock next
spring. Provide a dark, well ventil-
ated cellar with a constant tempera-
ture of 40 degrees F. It should be
neither too damp nor too dry. Keep
the potatoes in crates or bins not over
six feet wide, with slatted sides and
bottom for ventilation.
—By a recent amendment to the
Pennsylvania law that establishes the
legal weights of commodities for the
State, the respective bushel weights
of apples and barley have been in-
creased, and those for cranberries, cu-
cumbers, unshelled green peas, toma-
toes, and turnips, decreased.
The greatest reduction was made in
the case of unshelled green peas, from
56 to 28 pounds.
—Too many varieties of apples are
grown in many communities in Penn-
sylvania, is the opinion expressed by
Paul Thayer, extension specialist in
fruli at The Pennsylvania State Col-
ege.
In his judging work at some of the
fairs, he finds as high as 125 distinct
varieties on display. From the stand-
point of the producer in securing a
good yield and in controlling diseases
and insects, and from the consumer’s
viewpoint in purchasing a high quali-
ty apple, he believes that the number
of varieties should be greatly reduc-
ed. Following the suggestion of the
market conference in Harrisburg last
spring, the Wayne County Agricul-
tural Association voted to recommend
for commercial growers five varieties
—Northern Spy, Baldwin, Rome,
Stayman and McIntosh.
This plan Thayer believes to be a
good one, and suggests that it may
well be followed in other counties.
—The mortality rate among cattle
due to the foot and mouth disease,
which has reached as high as 60 per
cent. can be reduced to between 2000
‘and 3000 head by the vaccination
methods perfected by Prof. Vallee, of
Laboratory, the Minister of Agricul-
ture, M. Cheron, was told during a
visit to the laboratory recently.
{ An epidemic attacked the cattle in
the Somme district, killing 600 in a
' few weeks. Prof. Vallee’s methods of
; hemo-prevention and aphthization,
which he discovered in 1921, were ap-
' plied. The first of these methods con- =
| Sits of injection of the blood of an
animal recently cured, and the second
lan injection of a small quantity of
blood from the disease.
As the aphthavirus is found to dif-
fer according to regions, veterinarians
from every department in France will
take a course at Alfortville with a
view to introducing the methods in
their departments later. Prof. Vallee
is convinced that mortality from this
disease is preventable.
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—Sneezing, reddening of the eyes,
running of the nose and other symp-
toms of hay-fever have again made
their appearance.
This malady, says Dr. E. M. Gress,
State Botanist, is really an irritation
of the mucuous membrane of the na-
sal passage and eyes caused by the
protein matter in the dust-like pollen
grains of certain flowers.
Those plants whose pollen is car-
ried by the wind, and not by insects,
are the chief offenders. As a rule these
flowers are not very conspicuous since
the brilliant colors to attract insects
are not needed. The plants which
cause hay-fever, therefore, are often
not noticed and the patient frequent-
ly attributes his malady to those flow-
ers which attract his attention.
The rose, which is so evident dur-
ing June, is thought by many people
to cause hay-fever, or “rose-cold,” as
it is more aristocratically called. The
early type of hay-fever is not caused
to any great extent by the rose whose
pollen is carried chiefly by insects but
by the inconspicuous flowers of some
of our common agricultural grasses
which are in bloom at the time and
whose pollen is carried far and wide
by the wind.
Kentucky blue grass, timothy and
red-top are the three principal miscre-
ants. They are common to the average
farm and also grow unchecked in
waste places and vacant lots. Orch-
ard grass, sweet vernal grass and
chess or cheat are other early plants
whose pollen cause trouble. Later in
the summer, other plants which pro-
duce hay-fever come into bloom, one
of the worst offenders among the lat-
er blooming plants being the common
rag-weed.
While some persons are more sus-
ceptible to the pollen of only certain
plants and others are sensitive to a
wider variety, many persons are prac-
tically immune from the irritating ef-
fect from any pollen. If a person is
inoculated with an extract of the pro-
tein substance from the pollen that
causes irritation, in small but gradu-
ally increasing doses, the patient’s
system may become entirely immune
to attack.
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ADDITIONS TO
1919 — 1923
BELL TELEPHONE CENTRAL OFFICE
EQUIPMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA
A Million a Month
Nearly a million dollars’ worth of switch-
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Are You a Farmer?
Or Engaged in Other Business
If you are you probably know your
trade. Experience has taught you
many things and you would find much
to criticise in a banker’s attempt to
manage your business.
The Banker also is supposed to know
his business. Why not consult him
about financial matters,—about in-
vestments and credits?
Yet we often hear of losses that could
easily have been avoided by a little
talk with an experienced banker. Talk
to him before acting—not after you
are caught.
The First National Bank
Bellefonte, Pa.
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DAVID F. KAPP, Cashler. 1
W. L. FOSTER, President
HowThickisa Dollar Bill?
| OT VERY THICK—is it? Yet, by the
thickness of the dollar bill they failed
to bank, thousands of people have
| just missed success. The dollar bill in a
Bank Account HERE is thick enough to
support a man from disaster.
Open an Account Today
The First National Bank of State College
State College, Pennsylvania
CAPITAL $125,000.00
68-10
Eee SISSIES
SURPLUS $125,000.00
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Everything in Warm
Wearables for the Men
“who Own
boards and other Central Office equipment is
being added to the Bell System in Pennsyl-
Cold-Faced Alarm Clocks
pounds.
Zvery Sickness Has Its Flower,
flowers have a language for the
dick, as well as the well, said Charies
H. Dyke of the Royal Historical so-
ciety of London. Different ailments
require different posies, he said, “If
your friend is in the hospital with
some inflammatory illness send him
blue flowers, never red,” advised Dyke.
“If blue flowers cannot be obtained
send a square of blue silk which re-
lieves the burning head pains like a
tonic. For neurasthenic and nerve
complaints use red flowers.”
Working Man's Friend.
*Yes,” sald the delegate, “I was the
working man’s friend.”
“But you don’t do any work,” sug-
gested the man with the horny hands.
“No; not at present.”
“And you never did any work.”
“That's true. You see, what the
working man most needs is work, and
I am too much the working man’s
friend to run any risk of taking work
away from him.”
In the Neck.
Poet—I propose to publish my poems
under the name of John Smith,
Candid Friend—Well, I don’t think
that's playing the game.
Poet—Why not?
Candid Friend—Just think of the
thousands of innocent men who will
be suspected.—Toronto Telegram.
—For all the ..ews you should read
the “Watchman.”
Jose: are needed.
ext year or the year after won’t do.
C. W. Heil ecker
vania every month this year.
Every Central Office is included in the con-
struction program—the greatest ever under-
taken in this state.
Nearly a million a month inside our buildings!
And our 1924 expectation is a monthly average
of a million, two hundred and fifty thousand.
Construction is Cosy pons Yes, but tele-
ey are needed now.
We are building now, because the demands
for service are with us now.
The Bell Telephone Company
of Pennsylvania
ONE POLICY, ONE SYSTEM, UNIVERSAL SERVICE, AND ALL DIRECTED TOWARD BETTER SERVICE
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Sweaters and Flannel Shirts—the
kind of wool that’s kind to you when
November starts putting on airs.
Woolen Hose; we sell them by the
foot but they deliver comfort by the
yard.
Heavier Underwear that turns 6 A. M.
into a 4 o’clock tea.
Heavy Trousers and Lamb lined Coats
for the man who has to get out and
harness up a cold carbureter.
Lined Gloves that shield the steering
kunckles behind the wind-shield.
Just name your work and we play up
to it with a quality and price service
that you will have to get up early to
equal—and stay up all night to beat!
A. Fauble