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Demoreaic Wald,
Bellefonte, Pa., January 18, 1924.
EVERYDAY
The world is full of magic things,
But, O, the world is wide!
Tll stop within my low, green door,
And find Romance inside.
For everyday has elfin wings,
And dancing, faery feet;
She gilds my polished, wooden floor,
And spurs the hours fleet.
She touches common ways to flame
And lights from morn to morn,
The little duties, one by one,
That worldly folks might scorn.
Bhe bears another, secret name,
And that is Love, I know,
And thus, from rising sun to sun,
Her magic paths I go.
—Faith Baldwin, in New York Sun and
Globe.
CASTLE WITH 1,200 ROOMS
Structures in Mannheim Is the Oldest
in Germany—Was Erected in 1720
—Has Museum and Chapel.
Mannheim castle, which the French
recently took over, is the largest in
Germany. Before the recent revolu-
tion it was the home of the grand
duke of Baden, who now occupies a
smaller castle which he owns in Frei-
burg. After the revolution the castle
was used for municipal offices until
the French took it over.
The building has a length of 600 me-
ters and contains 1,200 rooms. It
stands in a park of more than fourteen
acres. The castle was begun in 1720
by the Electors Carl Philip and Carl
Theodore and is regarded as one of the
finest baroque buildings in Germany.
It contains a museum, art gallery and
chapel.—Detroit News.
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The Reason. !
English politics has some angles un- |
familiar to us. A well-known London |
dandy and man about town was asked |
how he was going to vote. Without
the slightest hesitation he stated that |
he was going to vote the labor ticket. '
“That may be a very good thing,
Algy,” said his interlocutor, “and
doubtless is. But, really, my boy, 1
never knew that you were identified
with labor.”
“Cawn’t say that 1 am, but they've
put up a pretty young duchess.”
Anthem Not Legally Recognized.
“The Star Spangled Banner” has
never been legally recognized as the
national anthem of the United States.
Congress, as late as 1914, refused to
declare it so by resolution. Its only
official recognition occurred nearly a
hundred years after it was written,
when it was formally ordered to be
played in the army and navy on oc
casfons of ceremony. Its standing if
‘undisputed in other lands, and when
ever America is honored in music this
air is played.
His Mistake. |
A man who found early rising diffi |
cult bought an alarm clock. At six |
the next morning he was roused by a |
terrific knocking at his front door.
When he opened it he was confronted |
by a policeman who exclaimed, stern
ly: “This won't do; you must not an
noy the neighborhood. Take it inside.
And he handed the new alarm clotk tc
its owner.
“Ah,” said the crestfallen household
er, “I wondered how the milk can cam~
to be at the bedside!”
On the Job.
A farmer walked into the village
general store.
“] want,” he said, “that tub of mar
garine and that bacon and all the
other foodstuffs.”
“Good gracious!” said the recently
bereaved widow who kept the store.
“What ever do you want with all
them things, Mr. Giles?”
“I dunno,” replied the farmer, “but
I'm_ the executor of your husband's
will, and Lawyer Stiles said I was tc
be sure to carry out all the provisions”
Mistaken Identity.
A burglar got into my house at three
o'clock this morning, when I was on
my way home from the club,” said
Jones.
“Did he get anything?’ asked Smith.
. “He certainly did! The poor beggar
is in the hospital. My wife thought j¢
was me.”
That Proves a Good Deal.
Stranger—Is your society here very
select?
Arizona Al—See them graves over
thar? They was all filled by feller:
‘who came to our dances without invi
(tashuns.—Brooklyn Eagle.
away your
——Suhseribe for the “Watchman.”
BEANS AS MUSCLE BUILDER
Lumberjacks Work Long Hours af
Top Speed on Plain Diet—
Meat Called Harmful.
The hardest work in the world is
lumbering, for it means working at
top speed from dawn till dark, and
usually in intense frost. Lumberjacks
live principally on beans baked with
pork and flapjacks (a kind of pan-
cake) eaten with maple sirup. They
also eat quantities of steamed brown
bread.
It is a mistake to think that a lot
of meat is necessary to make muscle.
The coolie, especially the Chinese, who
lives on rice, is more active and en-
during than the negro fed on meat;
and the Arab, who lives largely on
dates, is extraordinarily wiry and can
travel all day in burning heat that
would kill a meat-fed man.
Among the strongest men in the
world are the Turkish porters. Two
of these have been known to carry a
grand piano up a flight of stairs, and
one will carry a load of 100 pounds
twenty miles in a day on his back.
These men live almost entirely on
dried fruit and olives.
The Spanish peasant works all day
and dances half the night on black
bread, onions and occasionally a little
cheese; while the Italian who is the
best navvy in the world, does his
work on an equally simple diet, of
which the principal part is chestnut
meal, onions and fruit.
- Doctor Stefansson, the Canadian
explorer, who has lived longer in the
Arctic than any other white man, ex-
isted for months on nothing but fish.
All day he was out in temperature
below zero, yet he has put it on rec-
ord that during that time he actually
gained weight.
The staple diet of the Roman sol-
| dier was coarse brown bread and sour
wine, yet on this he built roads and
carried incredible weights of armor
and baggage over extraordinary dis-
tances.—London Tit-Bits.
TRICKS PLAYED WITH COIN
Various Methods Explained so That
You Can Entertain Your
Friends.
The trick of making a coin stick on
a surface will greatly puzzie your
friends when you perform the seem-
ing magic for them.
Take a coin, and. placing it flat
against a door or some other smooth
surfuce, rub it back and forth vigor
ously a dozen times or more. Take
hand after repeating 4a
mystic chunt, and the coin will stay
there. After a few moments it will
drop. The explanation is that the
rubbing of the coin on the smooth sur-
face heats and drives the air out
from under the coin. thus leaving the
atmospheric pressure on the exposed
face to hold “it im place. After the
coin has had time to cool, the air gets
under it and it drops off. Be sure the
coin you use has a good rim on it and
the surface on which you put it is very
smooth.
Another trick is performed with a
| bottle, a match, and the coin. Break
the match stick so that the two parts
hang together by only a few fibers of
wood. Place it in a v-shape on the
neck of the uncorked bottle, and then
on the match lay the coin. Now ask
your friends if they can make the
coin fall into the bottle without touch-
ing the match, the coin or the bottle.
Various solutions will be tried, but the
winning one is this:
Dip your finger in a glass of water,
and placing it above the angle
formed by the match, allow a few
drops to fall in the broken place. The
fibers of the wood, swollen by the
moisture, will try to straighten them-
selves, and you will see the angle of
the match increase little by little
until it gradually works out from un-
der the coin and the money drops
into the bottle,
The Wise Bellboy.
Among the guests at a small hotel
was a woman from a country district.
The landlord noticed every night that
she came downstairs and got a pitcher
of water. One night he asked her why
she did not ring the bell for the bell-
boy to bring the water to her,
“No bell in your room, madam? Let
me show you.”
He took the pitcher of water in his
hand and escorted her to her room.
Entering the apartment, he pointed
out to her the knob of the electric
bell. She gazed at it with wonder
and then explained:
“Is that a bell? Why the bellboy
told me that it was the fire-alarm sig-
nal, and that I must never touch it
except in case of fire”
Inventor of Hose Supporter.
A little contribution to the history
of women's garments: The origin of
the garter—not the round kind, but
the other variety. It was invented, for
his personal use, by one of the most
illustrious German philosophers, Kant,
who had observed that the type of
round elastic garter he had been using
to hold up his silk stockings stopped
the circulation of the blood. Kant set
his brilliant mind to work, and finally
devised a combination of elastic and
catgut harness attached at the top to
his vest. Thus the hose supporter was
born.
Something to Worry About.
“You look blue, old man.”
“1 am biue. I've been rejected.”
“Oh, cheer up! There are plenty
of other girls, you know.”
“Girls be hanged! It’s an insurance
company that has done the rejecting.”
—Roston Transcript.
ANIMALS ARE GOOD LINGUISTS
Horses and Dogs Learn and Remem-
ber Meaning of Words in More
Than One Tongue.
Can horses and dogs pick up a for-
eign language and still remember that
of the land of their birth?
This subject was broached by one
of the speakers at the World Service
exposition in Liverpool and it was de-
clared that a British horse can recog-
nize its own language abroad.
The experts who have been con-
sulted agree that this is so. They em-
phasize the fact, however, that it is
primarily the inflection of the voice
that the animal learns to understand
when sent to a foreign country. It
pays much closer and quicker atten-
tion to the tone than to the sound of
the words.
Dogs, like horses, remember the
sound of the language of their mas-
ters, and even after many years in a
foreign land can remember the mean-
ing of sentences.
A clear proof of some dogs’ clever-
ness is to be found in the way they
pick up several native tongues and
dialects when they leave their British
masters in India and Africa, in places
where several languages are spoken..
Cats, on the contrary, seem inca-
pable of picking up more than their
names in the language of the country
in which they live: they do not deign
to comprehend the human tongue, and
a cat that does is exceptional.—Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
WAY TO TEST YOUR RUBIES
All
Genuine Stones Contain Tiny
Flaws and Characteristic
Peculiarities.
After the diamond the ruby stands
supreme among precious stones, being
the most popular of all colored gems.
The genuine stone is obtained from a
mineral called corundum.
To obtain one ruby thousands of
tons of soil have to he washed and
carefully examined. The finest gems
come from the great ruby mines of
Burma.
All genuine stones contain certain
tiny flaws and blemishes and charac-
teristic peculiarities. Spurious rubies
get their imperfections during manu-
facture; and as chemists are more
careful than nature, these imperfec-
tions are less noticeable.
You can test your rubies by certain
differences hetween the real and the
artificial. A genuine ruby contains
irregularly shaped bubbles; the imita-
tion gem eontains bubbles which are
perfectly ronnd. Again, natural rubies
have a silky sheen, due to a number
of tiny parallel lines running in three
directions. Imitation stones never
have this characteristic.
To examine your ruby, place it in a
strong light and look at it through a
microscope. If the stone is in a set-
ting, place a drop of oil on its face,
and hold it up with the back face to
the light. The drop of oil prevents
reflections of light which would con-
fuse the eye.
Pioneer in Transportation.
Although man has covered the world
with railroad systems and steamship
lines, Mother Nature is the pioneer in
transportation service. For ages she
has been moving her own products
from point to point by many different
methods. One of the most unusual of
these transfers occurs in the formation
of bottom ice which freezes at the
bottom of fresh and salt water bodies.
Stones, rocks and other debris become
imbedded in these cakes, which, after
a time, move upward toward the sur-
face, often with sufficient force to
shoot high in the air. Then these
pieces of ice, sometimes as large as a
house, become huge “freighters,” trav-
eling considerable distances with the
winds and current. As they melt the
stones and other fragments sink to the
bottom again. That parts of’ sunken
ships have been carried many miles in
this manner has been proved by deep-
sea divers, who have found them liter-
ally covered with stones that came
from other localities.—Popular Me-
chanics Magazine,
New Kind of Stamps.
The arrival of twins at a flat one
evening caused a great sensation and
the sister of the young mother was
go impressed by the unexpected honor
of being aunt to a palr that she lost
her wits for the time being.
She rushed to the nearest post office
and asked for stamps so that she
might spread the glad tidings.
The clerk said, affably, “How many,
miss?’
“Two,” she cried, joyously.
“What?”
“A boy and a girl,” she said, then
fled in dismay.
Getting the Expression.
The beautiful movie actress could
roll her eyes and arch her brows, but
she couldn't seem to get her finer
shades. So the director thought he
would try a little strategy.
“Now, Miss Resplendent, we shall
have to shoot that scene again.”
She took her position.
“Register indignation. Your
effort was rotten.”
“Sir-r-r!”
“Hold it.
nation.”
last
That's more like indig-
Relapse.
He—What do you say to a honey-
moon in Europe?
She—But dearest, you know how
afraid I am of seasickness.
Yes, but you ought to know that
love is the best remedy for that,
Perhaps—but—think of the return
trip.
TIGER SACRED TO THE HINDUS
Believe When Animal Kills Man Vie-
tim’s Ghost Rides Astride It
and Warns of Danger.
The natives of India believe that
when a tiger kills a man the vic
tim’s bhut or ghost rides astride the
tiger's back and warns him of danger.
A rather gruesome story of this na-
ture is related in the Northwest prov-
fnces. A man had been killed by a
tiger and partly eaten when the ani-
mal was driven off by the villagers.
They then got the deputy commis-
sioner sahib to come and shoot the
tiger.
Under his instructions they built a
mache in a tree just beside the dead
native, and at dusk the sahib took his
place in this. About ten o'clock he
saw, In the moonlight, the . tiger
stealthily approaching to finish off his
kill—the dead native. But just as
Stripes was within killing distance the
sahib saw the dead Hindu sit up and
point an arm and hand toward him in
the machan. Of course the tiger, thus
warned, slunk back into the jungle.
Then the sahib climbed down and
with forked sticks pegged down the
dead Hindu’s arms, climbing back into
the machan, curious as to what would
happen. About three o'clock the tiger
returned, feeling quite sure the sahib
would have gone home. He crept
stealthily forward, and as this time
there was no warning from the pegged-
down Hindu, he came close enough for
the sahib to place a soft-nosed .45
bullet just behind his shoulder blade,
a direct line to his heart.
That I don’t believe this story Is
true does not abrogate the rights of
perhaps fifty millions of Hindus who
do believe it.—Saturday Evening Post.
SEEDS OF GREAT INVENTIONS
Little Things Discovered From Which
Spring Matters of World-
wide Use.
Every electric light in the world,
from the small pocket torch to huge
advertising signs, owes its existence to
a little ring about six inches in diam-
eter. :
This ring, which is in the Royal In-
stitution museum in London, is that
from which Faraday, the great in-
ventor, obtained the first induction
spark, thus making a discovery which
is the basis of our modern electric-
lighting system.
In the same museum is another in-
struments from which great results
have sprung. This is Faraday's hand
pump used in his experiments in turn-
ing gas into liquid. Today we accom-
plish the same feat with the aid of
two large engines working compres-
SOs.
Equally interesting is the model
from which Sir Humphrey Davy con-
structed the famous lamp bearing his
name. Every one has heard of the
Davy safety lamp, used in coal mines
because it will not cause explosions of
firedamp, and so on.
This lamp was so important In the
mining industry that colliery owners
of Newcastle gave its inventor a silver
dinner service as a recognition of his
great work.
The Royal Institution was founded
by Count Rumford, himself an inven-
tor. A hundred and twenty years ago
he made the first fire grate. This
grate is in the museum and it takes
the attendants there a good two hours
a day to keep the fire in it burning
properly.—London Tit-Bits. .
Condor Passing From Lofty Home.
In the clear, cold heights of the
Sierras, the American condor, giant
vulture of the air and the largest bird
that flies, is making its last stand for
existence. Although the huge crea-
ture still wings its almost solitary
way over the lofty range, it is facing
the necessity of hunting a new home.
Not more than a century ago it held
sway over the sky course from snowy
Mount Hood on the north te San Ja-
cinto on the south. This feathered
giant nests only once every two years
and lays but one egg in an inaccessi-
ble crag near the mountain top. Af-
ter the youngster is hatched it remains
for months a helpless chick wrapped
in its natal down.—Popular Mechanics.
Politeness All Wasted.
Nooatime is a busy time in the
fancy work department. A young
girl, receiving her package, tried to
slip out gracefully but failed. Having
pumped into someone she murmured,
“Pardon me.” No one moved or
scowled at her and, wonderingly, she
turned to find, much to her compan-
fon’s amusement, that she was being
polite to a dignified figure In an at-
tractive pink apron, marked $1.98.—In-
dianapolis News.
Cloth Made From Hemp Bark.
Weaving snow-white fabric from the
bark of hemp is becoming an imper-
tant industry In some sections of
China. This cloth, called “hsiapu” by
the natives and classified by foreigners
as Chinese linen, is excellent in tex-
ture and is worn extensively. Com-
pared with the finest silks and satins,
the best quality of this grass product
is quite expensive.—Popular Mechan-
ies Magazine,
International Exchange.
“Hello, old man; you look worried
What's on your mind?”
“1 shipped a bale of cigar coupons
to a money broker in Moscow. 1
heard they were going over there af
currency. So I told him to get me
the best exchange he could and take
a fair profit for himself.”
“Get any returns?”
“Yes, he just sent me a package 0!
Qonfederate notes.”
Clean-Up Sale
of Satin Pumps
BRR
Now on sale—my entire stock of
Ladies Satin Pumps, including all
styles and prices. We do not have
all sizes in the different styles, but
you will doubtless be able to fit
your feet out of the many pairs
on sale.
RY Co Ki
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Yeager's Shoe Store
THE SHOE STORE FOR THE POOR MAN
Bush Arcade Building
58-27 BELLEFONTE, PA.
‘Come to the “Watchman” office for High Class Job work.
7 Lyon & Co.
Lyon & Co.
Pre-Inventory Sale
: as SI
During our Inventory we are
determined to
close out All Winter Merchandise
Winter Coats
All Winter Coats—Ladies, Misses and Childrens—now
must be sold at cost and less.
Furs
10 Neck-Pieces in Black, Brown and Grey—worth
$18.00 to $35.00—now must be sold at $15.00.
Childrens Fur Sets as low as $2.50.
Bath Robes
Ladies and Misses Bath Robes that sold at $2.50 and
$3.50, now $1.75 and $2.50.
Sweaters
All Sweaters for Ladies, Misses, Boys and Children—
at great reductions.
Spring Dress Goods
First showing of Spring Dress Goods.
We extend a cordial invitation
to examine our qualities and our prices.
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