Demon lca Bellefonte, Pa., January 18, 1924. ————————— Country Correspondence Items of Interest Dished Up for the Delectation of “Watchman” Read- ers by a Corps of Gifted Correspondents. PINE GROVE MENTIONS. Mrs. Etta Corl, of White Hall, spent Friday with relatives at Rock Springs. William Gardner Jr. is ill at his home in the Glades, suffering with a nervous breakdown. Charles Smith, S. E. Fleming and Rev. J. W. McAlarney spent Monday with friends at Rock Springs. Mrs. Thomas Mallory, of Altoona, was a welcome visitor on Friday at the G. B. M. Fry home, at Rock Springs. Mrs. Sadie Krebs was discharged from the Bellefonte hospital last week, and is now convalescing at her home here. : The many friends of Miss Nora Go- heen will be sorry to learn of her ser- ious illness at her parental home at Baileyville. Harry Thompson, the well known lumberman of Charter Oak, was an over Sunday guest at the Wagner home at White Hall. 0. C. Shaffer, of Williamsport, rep- resenting the Frick Motor corpora- tion, spent last week in this section drumming up business. S. A. Homan, Cyrus Powley, Clay- ton Corl and Martin Harpster were pleasant callers on friends at Rock Springs early in the week. Miss Nancy McWilliams, teller in the First National bank at Centre Hall, spent the Sabbath at her paren- tal home at Rock Springs. George Bell and family, of Spruce Creek, spent Sunday in town and call- ed on a number of their old friends who are confined to their homes with illness. Ed. Rossman, our popular garage man, has been in bed the past few days as the result of an attack of the grip but hopes to be out again in a few days. Rev. J. W. McAlarney has just completed a two week’s revival serv- ices at Meek’s church, which resulted in a number of conversions and pro- bationers. The Presbyterian Brotherhood will hold its second monthly meeting in the church at Graysville this (Fri- day) evening, and a full turnout is requested. C. E. Close, tenant on the D. G. Meek farm, lost his Holstein bull the past week. The animal was a beauty and weighed in the neighborhood of 1800 pounds. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gilliland mo- tored to Lewistown and spent Sunday with Dr. Brungard. On the return trip they brought home James Me- Cool, who spent two weeks with friends in Shaver’s Creek valley. Our road supervisors have been busy repairing a three mile stretch of road through the Glades and by way of Meek’s church to Fairbrook. This road is under State supervision and the supervisors hope to recover a portion of the cost of repairs from the State-aid fund. Fred and Grover Corl had a thrill- ing experience in a run-away on Mon- day morning. They were driving along the road with a team hitched in a two horse wagon when an auto- mobile passed from the rear without warning. The horses frightened and in their plunging broke loose from the wagon and jumped down over a four- teen foot wall into a field. Aside from a few scratches neither the men nor the horses were hurt but the har- ness were pretty badly broken. Pas- sersby helped the men make repairs so that they were able to complete their journey shome. Mrs. Margaret Reed, wife of Rob- ert E. Reed, of the Glades, will have a lingering memory of her twenty- ninth birthday anniversary, which oc- curred last Saturday. While she was engaged in finishing up her evening’s work her home was suddenly invaded by a horde of neighbors and friends. Though somewhat flustered she soon realized the meaning of the gathering and became the charming hostess for which she is noted. The affair was planned by her husband as a surprise for his better half and he succeeded wonderfully well. Mrs. Reed received many useful as well as valuable pres- ents, including a roll of the “long green” Refreshments were served ana the evening proved a most de- lightful one for all who were present. HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS PAT LADY SAY AH SHO MADE A GooD JoB ©’ CUTTIN' DAT GRASS, BUT SHUCKS! cOSE AH cuT IT GOOD -- AHS $r PAID BY DE DAY! A ; SE Copynignt, 1921 by McClure Newspaper Syndicash — AARONSBURG. Abraham King and grand-son, Ray- mond King, of Salona, made a flying trip to the village one day during the past week. Frank Lohr, of near State College, was an over Sunday guest of his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mowery. James Miller and family and Mrs. Lucy Russell, of Lewisburg, spent a few hours Sunday evening at the Wil- liam Guisewite home. One of our aged men, Frankiln Det- wiler, who some time ago was quite unfortunate in having fallen down stairs, has not improved to any great extent. Though able to walk through the house he complains of being quite dizzy. Rev. J. S. Hollenbach and Mr. and Mrs. George J. Weaver, on Tuesday, motored to Lock Haven for the pur- pose of bringing home Mrs. Hollen- bach and baby Jack from the hospi- tal, where Mrs. Hollenbach has been a surgical patient for the past few weeks. Their parishioners and friends all wish for her a speedy and full re- covery to health. On January 8th .a surprise party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Acker, in honor of their daugh- ter Grace’s tenth birthday. At six o'clock supper was served which con- sisted of sandwiches, salad, sliced or- anges, pickles, ice cream and cake. The cake contained ten candles. A guess dish added to the merriment of the children; Martha Stover received the prize. The evening was spent in playing games and singing until nine o'clock when all the little guests were escorted to their homes by Mr. Ack- er. Following is a list of those pres- ent: Hazel Winkleblech, Catharine Krape, Esther Krape, May Bower, Bernice Gilbert, Grace Vonada, Doro- thy Weaver, Eleanor Rupp, Marian Rupp, Florence Schiack, Netta Mer- ryman. Grace received a number of presents. RUNVILLE. Edward Lucas is visiting friends in Tyrone and Altoona this week. Edward Coakley, of Yarnell, spent Monday at the home of L. J. Heaton. Rev. Rowe went to Milton on Mon- day to visit with his two daughters. Mrs. Sallie Friel, Mrs. F. L. Shope and Mrs. Michael Witherite are on the sick list. Charley Hall and son Benner ,of Dix Run, visited among friends at this place on Thursday. Mrs. Claude Poorman and daugh- ter, of Bellefonte, spent Sunday afternoon at the home of John Walk- er. James Walker, of Wingate, and Mrs. Forden Walker, of Snow Shoe, visited at the home of Earl Kauffman, on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shope and Mrs. Leona Howell and son, of Snow Shoe, spent Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Witherite. The W. C. T. U. will meet at the home of Mrs. D. F. Poorman on Sun- day afternoon, January 20th, at 2 o'clock. All members are asked to be present. Rev. Andreas, of Milesburg, will speak in the United Brethren church in this place on January 27th, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. , Everybody welcome. Mr. and Mrs. William Jodan, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Hockenberry and Mrs. Harry Hockenberry, of Belle- fonte, spent Sunday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Sallie Friel. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Poorman and three children, of State College; Flynn Poorman, of Holt’s Hollow; Claude Poorman and son Guy, and Clayton Yarnell and two children, of Bellefonte, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Poorman on Sunday. PORT MATILDA. “Moonshine” can be obtained with less trouble than fresh eggs. And hot stuff at that. C. C. Hassinger, of Norristown, transacted business here and in the Buffalo Run valley, Tuesday. The stork brought to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wash. Woodring, last week, an eleven pound baby girl. Charles Korman and family, of Milesburg, spent Sunday with Mrs. Korman’s mother, Mrs. Margaret Hassinger. Herman Griffin has resigned as mountain foreman for the Superior Silica Brick company. Polly Tomko has been promoted to Mr. place. The good people of Port Matilda have contributed liberally with mon- ey, provisions, clothing and household goods to Herbert Nicols and family, who lost everything but the clothes on their back when the house they were living in burned on Tuesday of last week. Ray Shawver, while making re- pairs on Mr. Mains’ car in his private garage, last Saturday evening, with the doors closed, was overcome by gas fumes. He was taken to Ray Shive- ly’s residence nearby and Dr. Harsh- barger hastily summoned, who ren- dered medical aid. He was in a ser- ious condition all night. Car owners will profit by reading these few lines over twice carefully, and by keeping the door open when working on their car. BOALSBURG. William Stover went to Altoona on Monday, for an indefinite stay. A. W. Dale attended a meeting of the Patrons Telephone company, in Bellefonte, on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. William Odenkirk and daughters, Dorothy, Helen and Sara, of Centre Hall, were visitors in town on Sunday. Holy Communion will be observed in the Lutheran church on Sunday, January 20th, at 10:30 a. m. Prepar- { atory service on Friday evening. Fred Weber went to Pittsburgh on Wednesday, to uncrate some fine fur- niture he made and shipped te that place. Mr. Weber will visit friends in Altoona and Huntingdon before re- turning. Griffin's |! JACKSONVILLE. Miss Mary Bartley is at the Fern Dunkle home for an indefinite time. Mrs. Mary Resides spent Sunday with her daughter in Williamsport. Willard Weaver has been in Lock Yiaven this week looking for a good job. ' i i i 1 MAH JONGG. J. B. Powell writes in The China Weekly Review, Shanghai: Some 3000 years ago, according to the leg- end, there was a fisherman named Adult Division of Sabbath Schools of Pennsylvania has New Leader. | Ever since Mr. Walter E. Myers, | torsuer superintendent of the adult | division of the Sabbath schools of | Sze, who lived on the shores of the Pennsylvania, was elected general East Chien Lake near Ningpo. There were many fishermen who lived about the shores of East Chien Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Montieth and but Fisherman Sze was more enter- children were Sunday visitors with friends at Hublersburg. The Stork stopped here last week and left a baby girl at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fern Dunkle. The ganister rock quarries on the Malcolm Pifer farm, near Howard, have been closed for an indefinite time. Services will be held in the Re- formed church here on Sunday, the 27th, when Home Mission day will be observed. The public is invited. Quite a number of farmers in this section will have public sale this spring and are already getting their stock and implements in shape for the eventful day. Diemer Ertley, who has been on the sick list for some time, is now able to be up | be several weeks before he will be able to do any work. While cutting stove wood, on Sat- urday afternoon, Fred Lucas sustain- ed a bad cut when his axe glanced and struck his foot. It required eight stitches to close the wound. Quite a number of children in this locality and at Howard are suffering with the chicken pox, and parents should remember that “an ounce o prevention is worth a pound of cure.” OAK HALL. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Etters visited with relatives near Altoona on Sun- day. Mrs. Annie Sunday, of Tadpole, is visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Wal- do Homan. Mr. and Mrs. Clel. Garner and fam- ily were callers with relatives in this vicinity, Sunday. Thomas Fishel and family, of Le- mont, moved into the Etters tenant house on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Kline and son motored to Tyrone, Sunday, spending the day at the home of Mrs. Kline's brother, William Korman. Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Dale, accom- panied by Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Wag- ner, of Boalsburg, visited at the home of Mrs. Wagner's brother, Sinie Hoy, near Bellefonte, on Wednesday. rm ——_ A ————— ILLINOIS PLANS RADIO COURS- ES IN ALL SCHOOLS. Three hundred thousand school chil- dren in one class! That will be achieved in Illinois if plans of the Il- linois State Teachers’ Association, made at the recent annual meeting materializes. The organization plans to bring all of the public school pu- pils of the State into one class two or three times a week. Radio is to do the job. Through arrangements to be made with a powerful broadcasting station, probably in Chicago, a period during school hours on certain days of the week will be set aside as “school time.” A prominent educator or some other outstanding personage will lec- ture through the radio at this hour, and receiving sets in schools through- out the State will be tuned in to re- ceive the lesson. The association appropriated $10,- 000 at its meeting to establish a cen- tral office, part of the dutizs of which will be to arrange for the radio lessons. Numbers of schools in the State already have radio equipment, and others are expected to obtain sets when the lectures begin to go out reg- ularly. Through the broadcasting plan the world’s great men will speak directly to the entire body of Illinois pupils, according to its advocates. States- men, authors, artists, scholars and engineers visiting Illinois will be ask- ed to talk to the State’s children. Sit- ting at their desks in widely scatter- ed schools, the pupils will receive ad- vice and instruction from the world’s best brains. They will feel the force of the personalities that are doing the world’s big jobs. The voices of premiers and Presi- dents will sound in country consol- idated schools when the plan becomes operative, its promoters explained. Presidents of great universities will instruct in rural high schools. The inspiration of men of achievement will pulse through every school build- ng. Educators attending the Illinois meeting expressed the opinion that radio receiving sets would soon be- come part of the equipment of first- class schools of the State. Even the smaller schools will have them, they predicted. Where school boards do not feel able to purchase the outfits school fairs and entertainments will provide the money, as already has been done for the purchase of motion picture machines in many instances. The teachers were enthusiastic over the proposed new method of in- struction. “Education must claim its hour in the air,” was the consensus of opin- ion. INCOME TAX IN NUTSHELL. Who? Single persons who had net income of $1,000 or more or gross in- come of $5,000 or more, and married couples who had net income of $2,000 or more or gross income of $5,000 or more must file returns. When? The filing period is from January 1 to March 15, 1924. Where? Collector of internal rev- enue for the district in which the per- son lives or has his principal place of business. How? Instructions on Form 1040A and Form 1040; also the law and reg- ulations. What? Four per cent. normal tax on the first $4,000 of net income in ex- cess of the personal exemption and credits for dependents. Eight per cent. normal tax on balance of net in- come. Surtax from 1 per cent. to 50 per cent. on net incomes over $6,000 for the year 1923. en——————piph —-Get your job work done here. and around the house but it will | secretary of the State forces, it has i been evident that one man could not | possibly fill both positions so that the State association has for some months | | prising than the rest, for he decided | been on the lookout for the right man that more fish could be caught from a boat than by standing on the shore. Sze’s family had considerable wealth and they backed him in the purchase of several boats. Then he employed 100 fishermen from other villages and started out to try his luck. All went well until the wind began to blow and then Sze’s troubles began, for all the fishermen were “land” fishermen and unaccustomed to the rolling seas. They became sea- sick and had to be taken ashore. It looked like bad joss to this early Izaak Walton, so a family council was held and it was decided that sea- sickness was merely a matter of the mind—Imagination, if you please— therefore the thing to do was to de- vise some method for getting the men’s minds off their mal de mer. Fisherman Sze and his nine brothers then thought long and seriously and the result was a game which they called Mah Diau. So there you have the origin of “Mah Chang,” “Mah Choh,” “Mah Jongg,” “Mah Diao,” “Pung Wood,” “Pung Chow,” “Mah Juck,” “Pe Lung,” “Mah Cheuk,” or whatever you desire to call this game of the an- f | cient Chinese which has taken Amer- ica by storm and which is being “tak- en up” in London, Paris and other world centres, not to overlook Chica- go and Hannibal, Mo. and other points west. The game of Mah Diau, as originally played by the lowly fish- ermen in the employ of head fisher- man Sze, consisted of 108 pieces of | cardboard and was played by four persons and each held 13 cards even as today is the practice in Shanghai, New York and Washington, D. C. And according to the legend, the fishermen became so absorbed in the game of Mah Diau that they forgot their sea- sickness, and as a result Sze and his nine brothers prospered and founded a great family, which lives even unto this day. From this humble beginning the game “caught on’ and next we hear of one Chen Yu-mun, an officer in the Imperial Chinese army, who was also stationed at Ningpo, the provincial metropolis of Chekiang province of China. General Chen’s chief job was that of bandit-catcher, and his army was known far and wide because of the white caps which they wore. But General Chen was sorely worried be- cause of the habit of his soldiers of falling asleep during the wee sma’ hours of the night, at which times the bandits would slip through the lines and hold up trains, or whatever the means of conveyance were in those days. Hearing of the wonderful game of Mah Diau, which was so fascinating that fishermen forgot to get seasick while playing it, he possessed himself of several sets and tried them out on his night guards. It worked moder- ately well; but due probably to the fact that soldiers, even in those days, were more blase than simple fisher- men. General Chen still had trouble, for some of his soldiers persisted in falling asleep when they should have been watching for bandits. After great meditation the general solved the problem by inventing some new cards; chung (red), fah (green), pah (white) and north, south, east and west. This brought the number of cards up to 136, and never again, says the story-teller, did General Chen have trouble with his soldiers falling asleep. _ They stayed awake all night and he is reported to have had trouble there- after in persuading them to go to sleep. They wanted to play the new game all the time. As time went on, continues the chronicler, certain persons of low re- pute, gamblers they were called, took up the game and by means of the sim- ple little cards took away the wages of the fishermen and soldiers. But the gamblers also made their contri- bution to progress, for it is said in the records that a famous exponent of profit by chance, one Chang Shui-Mo by name, also of the village of Ning- po, found that the number of cards was not sufficient. So he added some more: Spring, summer, autumn and winter, and mei (plum blossom), ian (orchid), ruh (chrysanthemum), and chub (bamboo). This made the game so terribly fascinatig that it spread to the far boundaries of the Celestial Empire and has continued to this present day to be the chief method of recreation for officials and persons of the upper classes, and even into the lair of the bandits of Paozuku, who have found their diversion in the click and play of the little ivory and bam- boo tiles as they move deftly from hand to hand about the table. Landed on Himself. Judge—“You are charged with pouncing on a chicken and running off with it.” Prisoner—“I guess it must be in me blood, your honor; me ancestors land- ed on Plymouth Rock.”—Boston Tran- script. “I say, Jenkins, can you tell a young, tender chicken from a tough one?” “Of course I can.” “Well, how do you tell it?” “By the teeth.” “Chickens have no teeth, man.” “No, but I have.” Many Women Use Glycerine Mixture Women appreciate the quick action of simple glycerine, buckthorn bark, ete. as mixed in Adlerika. Most med- icines act only on lower bowel but Ad- lerika acts on BOTH upper and lower bowel, and removes all gasses and poisons. Excellent for obstinate con- stipation and to guard against appen- dicitis. Helps any case gas on stom- ach in TEN minutes. Sold by all druggists. 69-3 : to fill this important position. Mr. R. H. Cridland, of Little Rock, Arkansas, a man of rich experiences, was called by action of the State board to be superintendent of the State adult division and has accepted. Mr. Cridland is a graduate of the Ohio University, of Harvard and of the International Training School, and gave up a lucrative position in commercial life in order to satisfy his heart's desire in christian work. Mr. Cridland was general secretary of the Montgomery county (Ohio) Sabbath school association for six years, general secretary of Hennepin county (Minn.) association for two years and general secretary of the Arkansas State Sabbath school asso- ciation for two and a half years, from which position he comes to Pennsyl- vania. He is a splendid type of christian manhood, in the prime of life and is a fine, winsome, earnest fellow with a rich experience in organized christian | work that will be quite an asset to the adult division work of Pennsylva- ; nia. Religion by Radio. New and nobler uses of the raido are continually developing. The broadcasting of sermons and Sunday services has become a common-place. Now one of the popular Philadel- phia broadcasting stations, Straw- bridge and Clothier’'s “WFL” an- nounces that, beginning with the first Saturday night in Februray, it will provide a Saturday night discussion of the International Sunday school lesson, by Dr. William B. Ellis, whose published comments on the uniform lessons are a weekly feature of more than sixty daily newspapers in the United States and Canada. In addition to the individual Sunday school teachers who will tune in for this talk on the present day aspects of the lessolns, by one who has travel- ed widely in Bible lands, there will doubtless be many friendly gatherings of Sunday school workers at the homes of neighbors with radio sets. In a new and real sense, religion is nowadays “in the air.” MEDICAL. Work Wearing You Out? Bellefonte Folks Find a Bad Back a Heavy Handicap. Is your work wearing you out? Are you tortured with throbbing backache feel tired, weak and discouraged? Then look to your kidneys! Many oc- cupations tend to weaken the kidneys. Constant backache, headaches, dizzi- ness and rheumatic pains are the re- sult. You suffer annoying bladder ir- regularities; feel nervous, irritable and worn out. Don’t wait! Use Doan’s Pills—a stimulant diuretic to the kidneys. 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The following Lines of Insurance are written in my Agency FIRE AUTOMOBILE (All Kinds) BOILER (Including Inspection) PLATE GLASS BURGLARY COMPENSATION LIABILITY ACCIDENT and HEALTH EVERY POLICY GUARANTEES YOU PROTECTION When you want any kind of a Bond come and see me. Don’t ask friends. They don’t want to go on your Bond. I will. H. E. FENLON Bell 174-M Temple Court Commercial BELLEFONTE, PA. 56-21 ® CS — Get the Best Meats You save nothing by buying poor thin or gristly meats. use only the LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE and supply my customers with the freshest, choicest, best blood and mus- cle making Steaks and Roasts. My prices are no higher than the poorer meats are elsewhere. I always have —DRESSED POULTRY— Game in season, and any kinds of goed meats you want. TRY MY SHOP P. L. BEEZER, High dtreet 34-34-1y Bellefonte, Pa”