Bellefonte, Pa., February 29, 1924.
RS —————
Marriage Kept Secret
for Thirty-Seven Years
The secret of a wedding which took
place 87 years ago has been revealed
since the death at his home in South
Shields, England, of Cleveland Mas-
terman, a cousin of the bishop suf
fragan of Plymouth.
Masterman’s will was proved recent-
ly. He left an estate of the gros?
value of more than $650,000.
Among the bequests was one of $75,
000 in trust for life, his wine and fur-
niture and the income from two houses
to his housekeeper, Mrs. Martha Mary
Ann Broom. It has now become known
that “Mrs. Broom” was actually Mas-
terman's wife, says the London Mail.
The marriage took place at the Car-
lisle register office May 4, 1886. Mrs.
Masterman always called herself Mrs.
Broom and Mr. Masterman always re-
ferred to her as his housekeeper. The
marriage was a very happy one.
Of late years only one other living
person has been in the secret, Mrs.
Masterman’s niece, Annie Rebecca
Turner, who was one of the witnesses
at the wedding.
Masterman was eighty-two years old
when he died and his wife is eighty.
California Now Shows
Whaling to Tourists
There is a general belief, cultivated
by motion pictures and fictioneers, that
whales are peculiar to the Arctic cir-
cle, inseparably associated with ice-
bergs, Eskimos, polar bears, igloos,
scurvy and huge men So bewhiskered
as to resemble water spaniels. All of
which is “old stuff,” for now that Cali-
fornia has gone into the tourist busi-
ness seriously and whole-heartedly,
whaling is merely a week-end party, a
sort of post-graduate work in connec-
tion with the trout-fishing course, says
George Creel in the Elks Magazine, ac
cording to the Detroit News.
At Trinidad, a point of land jutting
into the Pacific near the California-
Oregon line, there is a whaling station
‘of such proportions and activity that it
can be smelled for 50 miles on a calm
day, while, when the wind is right, dis-
tant San Francisco grabs for its hand-
kerchief. ‘Three boats, mostly manned
by Norse, Danes and Swedes, ply up
and down the coast, and six whales a
day is the average catch.
Make Money From Ferns
* The unobstrusive, almost forgotten
carpet of the Green mountain forest,
promises to bring back a measure of
prosperity to a group of the most im-
poverished of the back hill towns of
‘southern Vermont. - Probably 100,000.
000, ferns have been taken from the
green hillsides and deep forest recesses
of the narrow strip of back hill country
in Windham and Bennington counties
in the last few months. The income to
declining rural villages from this har-
vest of the wilds that took no sowing
has amounted to almost $200,000, says
the Detroit News. Whole families pick
for the 14 weeks’ season, and make a
year’s income.
Fern picking is crowding the maple
sugar business for leading place among
the profit-bringing side enterprises of
rural life along one ridge of the Green
mountains.
Value of Oyster Fishery
Oyster culture represents the mosi
saluable fishery in the United States.
The 1920 yield approximated 30,000,
000 bushels, having a valuation of
$15,000,000 to fishermen. The latest
inventory as to the magnitude of the
industry in personnel and equipment
employed for twelve months, indi-
cated that 67,257 persons were thus
engaged, drawing wages aggregating
$10,876,801, using vessels and appa-
ratus appraised at $17,000,000. Ninety-
nine per cent of the oysters are taken
‘from the Atlantic and Gulf coasts,
Maryland, Virginia and Connecticut,
in the order named, having foremost
ranking in yields. It is said that
‘Chesapeake bay gives up more oysters
‘than any other body of water in the
world. Virginia and Maryland,
through which this huge pond navi-
gates, produce 5,000,000 bushels of
oysters each annually. Connecticut is
credited with en output of 4,000,000
bushels,
Watt the Fly
flectricity is turned to a new use
Sentence of death has been passed on
the all too commoon housefly by elec-
trical engineers. A contrivance has
been designed to receive current from
the ordinary lamp socket. It is to be
baited and affixed to a wall or some
other place where flies gather. Only
a fraction of a watt is required for a
fatal shock, the engineers say.
‘A new device for fly extermination
merits a new slogan: “Watt the fly”
ls in character with the reported
progress, eh, watt?—The Nation’s
Business,
Diplomatic Reply
The irate customer shook his portrait
m the photographer's face.
“Do I look like this picture? The
thing's an outrage! Why, you've given
me an awful squint—and the look of a
prizefighting bully! Now, answer me,
and no nonsense about it! Do you
call that a good likeness?”
“The photographer scanned the print,
then looked at the customer. “The an-
swer,” he sald, “is in the negative.”
And the customer went away with a
look of deep thought on his face.
Automatic Borer That
Tunnels Through Rock
In and around New York city much
use has been made of an automatic
tunneling machine that bores its way
through solid rock. It is the latest
development of the compressed air
drill, being a machine which, using 15
or 25-pound hammers, bores like an
auger.
Machines of various types have been
invented which have done good work
for a short time, but “which cost a
great deal to operate because of the
repairs required. Because of the ter-
rific strain and vibration to which
they were subjected, they endured but
a short time. The improved machine
allows but one hammer in the set to
work at a time and, instead of trying
to cut the hard rock, it chips it. The
result is that the machine does not
tear itself to pieces, but works its way
with comparative ease.
The set of hammers operate on a
disk revolving at a speed of from two
revolutions a minute to one every
three or four minutes, depending upon
the hardness of the rock. The muck
drops into a scoop, which then de-
livers it to an endless belt, making the
operation of tunneling a continuous
one. The drill travels on a track, bat
must be reset every three and a half
feet. Through that distance the opera-
tion is automatic and the drill requires
but one man to handle it.
Radio Is Helping in
Reclaiming the Sahara
The conquest of the Sahara has been
sericusly begun. The development of
the radio system enables the caterpil-
lar caravans to keep in touch with the
outside world and, if necessary, invoke
assistance. French engineers are now
studying the system of artesian wells
in Australia, by means of which the
central desert of that island continent
is being slowly but surely conquered.
The Australian territory is divided
into eight principal artesian basins,
covering a surface of approximately
472,000 square miles. The first artesian
well was driven at Blaehall in 1888. In
1904 there were. 1,112 such wells in
all Australia. Ten years later these
had increased to 3,000, while today
there are 4,426, of which 1,835 are
spouting wells, 1,651 nonspouting and
the remainder still under construction.
It is believed that the same system
could be applied to the Sahara, there-
by reclaiming the land. If this be so,
it will insure the construction of the
trans-Saharan railway, the plans of
which gre at present before the French
parliament. ‘Thus an immense produc-
tive territory will he added to France's
colonial empire. —Washington Post.
Gardeners who cannot raise sugal
cane are interested in a process, de-
vised abroad, for extracting ‘sugar
from beets, a process designed espe-
cially for the amateur, Great care is
exercised in harvesing the roots that
the tender skin be not broken. The
first operation is to remove all dirt
by washing, after which the beets are
boiled in water until the skin peels
off easily. They are next cut into thin
slices, placed in a pan, just covered
with water brought to a boil once
more and then left to simmer for ten
hours. The resulting pulp is then put
into a muslin bag and squeezed until
all the juice is extracted. The juice
is boiled down to a very thick sirup
that makes a good substitute for com-
mercial sugar. As the sirup will not
keep for more than a few weeks, it is
found advisable to make only a small
quantity at a time. The roots, how-
ever, can be stored for a long period
without deteriorating if they are kept
dry and free from frost.
Where Judges Get Little
Austrian judges are the most poorly
paid of all state officials. Those hold-
ing the chief positions, and most high-
ly qualified, receive only 3,000,000
crowns a month—not much more than
$40, and this after from twenty-five to
thirty years’ service. So poor, in fact,
are some of the judges that they can-
not afford to buy their official robes
or talars, and preside in court in the
shabbiest clothing. The state is sup-
posed to furnish them with talars, but
has not done so for the last two years.
Letter carriers, railway men, police-
men all receive their uniforms free,
but the judges must find their own or
go without,
Uncle Robert on Scouting
“Uncle Robert” Spero, doer of nu-
merous good turns to the sick, shut-ins
and poor of New York, is a particular
admirer of the scout spirit. “The boy
scout movement, with its code of serv-
ice, unselfishness and respect for the
rights and beliefs of others,” he has
recently stated, “has proved an inspir-
ing interpretation of the great ideal,
‘Peace on earth, good-will to men.’ ”
Old Palace Almost Modern
Originally built in 1456,
America was discovered by Colum-
bus, the Japanese imperial palace has
been considered a very old point of in-
terest, but it has been so often de-
stroyed by fire and other agents that
the present structure dates only from
1888.
Divorce in 283 B. C.
An Egyptian divorce paper made ou
288 B. C. has been discovered by a
translator at the University of Penn.
sylvania museum. It states, “I have
abandoned thee as wife. I have ng
claim on earth against thee on ac-
count of a wife today onwards; in
stantly. without delay.”
before :
Site of Peg Leg Smith’s
Gold Mine Remains Secret
Smith had lost a leg in an Indian
fight and in the course of his wander-
ing found himself at Yuma, then a
small military post on the lower Colo-
rado river. With a companion he was
en route for California and they
struck out toward the west through an
uncharted region,
As was to have been expected, they
lost their way and one day saw in the
distance three conical hills, the central
one being the loftiest. In order to ob-
tain an idea of the region to the west-
ward and of the best course te be pur-
sued they climbed the loftiest of the
hills and, after studyirg the landscape
and deciding in what direction to direct
their steps, had their attention attract-
ed by some roughly shaped, blackened
fragments of metal, which upon exam-
ination proved to be solid gold. The
ground was thickly strewed with them.
Filling their pockets, they resumed
their journey, after having made land-
marks that might serve as guides In
the future, when they planned to re-
turn and make themselves wealthy.
But they never returned. They were
in a barren and waterless region, and
while staggering over the sands, crazed
with thirst, Smith’s companion finally
gave up the ghost, as have so many
others who have in the past essayed to
cope, while ill-equipped, with the hard-
ships of the desert. Smith brought up
in the Sisters of Mercy hospital in Los
Angeles, having been found uncon-
scious by the roadside of some passing
Good Samaritans,
The suffering that he had undergone
proved too much for him and finally it
became the duty of the attending phy-
sician to inform him that his days were
numbered. When assured of this fact :
he related the story of the gold discov-
ery to the doctor and gave him the nug-
gets that remained in his pocket.
doctor and many others later on made
several attempts to find the lost mine,
but unsuccessfully.—Adventure Maga-
zine,
Early Christians Hid
in Catacombs of Rome
The catacombs of the early Chris-
tians of Rome consisted of long, nar-
row galleries, usually gbout eight feet
high and five feet wide, branching oft
in all directions, forming a perfect
maze of corridors. When one story
was no longer sufficient, staircases
were made, and a second line of gal-
leries was dug out beneath,
The graves, or loculi, to receive the
bodies, were cut into the walls of the
gallery, one above another. They were
closed laterally by a slab, on which
there was occasionally a brief inscrip-
tion or a symbol, such as a dove, an
anchor or a palm branch, and some-
times all of these. Some of the in-
scriptions and epitaphs were beauti-
fully carved, some merely scratched
on the slab, and others were painted
in red and black. In later times beau-
tiful frescoes were common, in which
were indicated the Christian faith and
devotion.
It is now regarded as certain that
in times of persecution the early Chris-
tians frequently took refuge in the
catacombs, since burial places had the
right of protection by law, and they
also gathered there to celebrate in se-
cret the ceremonies of their religion.—
Detroit News.
All of the Wheat
Do you know the difference between
whole wheat and graham flour? Well,
there isn’t any. In 1889 Dr. Graham
started an agitation for the unbolted
whole wheat and gave his name to the
product. Graham flour and whole
wheat are identically the same prod-
uct. Both mean the whole of the
wheat berry ground up after cleaning
it. There may be some difference be-
tween various graham flours because
they are made from different kinds of
wheat, or they may be ground to dif-
ferent degrees of finenesss, but other-
wise they are alike.
bran and vitamine that make wheat
so valuable a food.
Temperature
A state commission in New York
chat has been studying ‘the matter of
ventilation says that an indoor tem-
perature higher than 67 degrees is
prejudicial to health and efficiency.
“An increase from 68 to 75 degrees,”
says the report, “caused a decrease
of 15 per cent in the work done by
workmen who were stimulated by a
cash bonus. An increase of temper-
ature from 68 degrees to 86 degrees
when the relative humidity was 80
caused a reduction of 28 per cent in
the work done, in spite of the bonus
offer.”—Youth’s Companion,
He Got Even
“You must find that impediment in
your speech rather inconvenient at
times, Mr, Biggs?”
“Oh, n-no; everybody has his pe-
cullarity. Stammering is m-mine.”
“Well, really, I am not aware that
1 have any.”
“D-do you stir y-your tea with your
right hand?’
“Why, yes, of course”
“W-well, that is your peculiarity
Most p-people u-use a teaspoon.”—
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
Complications of Business
Weary Walker—No, ma'am, I ain’t
dirty from choice. I'm bound by honor.
I wrote a testimonial for a soap maker
once an’ promised to use no other.
Mrs. Housekeeper — Well, why do
you not use that? i
Weary Walker — Because, ma'am.
that firm failed about five years ago.—
Pearson’s Weekly (London).
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The |
All contain the
ceptibly, the opening grew larger, a
‘a screw is made at every third opera-
arately.
Thrilling Adventure
at the Witching Hour
The clock on the dining-room man-
telpiece had just struck midnight.
As the last stroke merged into si-
lence the watcher looked up from his
meal and listened intently. The fire
had died down almost to extinction,
and the full moon, shining through the
French windows, threw eerie shadows
across the deserted room.
A slight sound, hardly discernible to
ordinary ears, came from the outside
of the window, as if something were
scraping on the stonework underneath
the window. | LIE
Instantly the watcher was on his
feet, crouching in the shadow. of a
big armchair, his head on one side, !
every sense on the alert.
While he was listening thus the
moon disappeared behind a cloud. |
When it appeared again a shadow was
silhouetted against the window; and
even as the watcher, his heart palpi-
tating, decried the mysterious appear-
ance, the window slowly began to open
noiselessly. Faintly, almost imper-
Clean-Up Sale
black shadow silently protruded itself,
dropped quietly to the ground, and |® .
faded into the darkness of the recess.
There followed a deathly silence,
broken only by the faint sound of
trees swaying in the night breeze.
Suddenly a black shadow detached it-
self from the darkness around the
walls and steadily crossed the path of
moonlight near the fireplace.
A slight noise caused the watcher
to turn. As he did so he became
aware of two shining green lights
glaring uncannily at him, about a foot
away, from out of the darkness. With
a despairing shriek of terror he fled
for the sideboard. The black shadow
sprang. A brief scuffle, a sharp
scream of pain—and silence.
Five minutes later the black tom-
cat left by the way he had entered,
the still warm body of the newly-slain
mouse in his jaws.—London Answers.
FRRRR
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. |
Stone-Age Houses Are
Rebuilt on Lake Shore
All visitors to the Lake of Constance
in Baden know that on its banks may
be found remains of so-called lake
dwellings, prehistoric habitations built
on a platform supported on piles. In
Switzerland and in Austria, where pila
dwellings of the same kind have also
been discovered, the first reconstruc-
tion of these ancient villages was tried.
At present reconstructions of a sim
ilar kind are being made at Unter-Uhl-
dingen on the Lake of Constance.
Last year a family house and a
“men’s house” were erected on the an-
cient piles. Both are imitations of the
oldest types of lake dwellings belong-
ing to the Stone age. A third house
fmitating the later type of the Bronze
age is to be built next.
“These dwellings are furnished with
the various implements and articles of
daily use found in the neighborhood
and are instructive prehistoric mu-
seus on a small scale. It is now "
planned to reconstruct a cluster of Lyon & Co. Lyon & Co.
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Bush Arcade Building BELLEFONTE, PA.
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dwellings showing almost a village for-
mation on the Swiss bank of the lake
at Ermatingen.—Christian Science
Monitor.
Screws Used in Watches
Certain of the screws used in mak-
ing watches are so tiny that 100 200
of them could be placed in a woman's
thimble. These screws are cut by a
machine from steel wire that is only
four-one-thousandths of an inch in di-
ameter, and as the chips fall it looks
as though the operator were simply
shaving the wire fer his own amuse-
ment. No screws can be seen, and yet
Have you Seen our New
tion. Studied through a microscope, it
will be seen that each little finished
screw is evenly grooved at the pro-
portion of 260 threads to the inch, It
is estimated that a single machine
turns out about a million & month,
They are polished in wholesale fash-
jon—ten thousand at a time, They
would never be finished taken sep-
Every model new for sports
fing Coats and Suits:
(0a wear and dress wear, in all the new stripes,
plaids and plain colors—Silver, Tan, Mode
and Beaver. Ladies, Misses and Children.
Stik with new collars, sleeves and buttons, to
make a handsome tailored suit. Checks
and plain colors—tan, grey, navy and the new blues.
Prices were never so reasonable.
Modern Duelling
Two men had planted themselves in
a field and were about to fight a duel
with pistols when the farmer dashed
up. :
“No duelling here,” he declared. *I
don't suppose either of you can shoot
straight.” :
They admitted the truth of this.
“Then your shots are apt to go wide
and hurt somebody.”
“Well, where can we fight? Got an-
other field?”
“Go over yonder toe the railroad,”
All the new Slim-Line Models
suggested the farmer. “What you
want is a tunnel.” :
Ra Silk, Wool and Cotton Dress Goods
His Twin : ;
fwo Irishmen met in the street one
day.
“Sure I met a man last week, and,
bedad, I'd have sworn it was your
self.”
“And wasn't it?” asked the other.
“Never a bit,” replied Pat. “But
he was your very image, barrin’ he was
a thrifle gray. 1 suppose, now, ye
haven't such a thing as a twin brother
a few years older than yourself?”
Everything new in Silks, Figured
Crepes, Checks, Mah Jong Designs and Solid Colors.
* .
Fair Question
Barrister (te flustered witness)—
Now, sir, did you or did you not on the
date in question, or at any other time,
say to the defendant or any one else
that the statement imputed to you and
denied by the plaintiff was a matter
of no moment or otherwise—answer
me, vex or no?
Bewildered Witness—Yes
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