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Bellefonte, Pa., July 25, 1924.
Mystery, Magic, Romance
Before Old Fireplace
What a spot of joy and creature
comfort is the fireplace during cold
spells! Time was when the open
fire was a very important factor in the
heating of homes in these northern
parts; but the furnace, with its hot
air, hot water and steam, more effi-
cient and infinitely more prosaic, has
put the fireplace in the background
for utilitarian purposes.
The passing of the fireplace is to be
regretted. Too frequently the modern
home does not have this adjunct of
comfort. It isn’t really needed, 80
why have it? That's the American
spirit of tbe practical carried to an
excess. The fireplace isn’t actually re-
quired for heating purposes, although
it 18 a mighty aid in carrying the
peak load when the mercury drops
down to 20 degrees below. But are
we to have only what we actually need?
Sitting up in front of a sizzling rad-
fator or over a register which belches
forth its heated air is not to be com-
pared with lounging before an open
fire with a good book, to doze or read
as desire prompts. There is mystery,
there is magic in the open fire. There
is a heightening of creature comfort
to the point where it has curiously
odd and satisfying mental effect.
Let the storm rage outside, let the
northern blasts assail window and
door, but here we have our answer
right before our eyes, and not brought
up to us through secretive pipes,
which are no more romantic than a
water main. No, give us a cold wave,
an open fire and a good book and we
ask no odds of the most favored in
southern climes.—St. Albans Messen-
ger.
Production of Rosin Is
One of Oldest Industries
Production of turpentine and rosin
is one of the oldest industries of Amer-
ica, records of exports dating as far
back as 1882, showing these to have
been among the first products export-
ed by the early colonists. While they
were originally used in shipbuilding
for caulking wooden vessels and pro-
tecting rope rigging, thus gaining their
name of “naval stores,” chemistry has
developed an amazing number of uges
for rosin and turpentine, making them
indispensable in a large number of im-
portant industries. Soap manufacture
leads in consumption of rosin, with
surfacing of writing and printing pa-
per ranking second. Rosin Is also ex-
tensively used in the manufacture of
varnishes, water-proofing compounds,
roofing materials, leather dressings, lu-
bricants, waxes, linoleum and electric
insulation. Turpentine is an impor
tant industrial factor as a thinner for
paint, solvent for inks, waxes, rubber
and water-proofing compounds, as well
as In chemical and pharmaceutical
combinations.
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Bond Issued in 1865
An eastern financial journal hag
brought to light an interesting bond.
It is dated 1865 and was issued on a
horse car line. The bond is for $1,
000 and is carrying its third set of
coupons, having been twice extended
from its original maturity in 1880. Al-
though the property has long ago been
abandoned the bond is still “going”
at four per cent and is an underlying
lien of the New York city railways.
It has paid $3,330 in direct interest.
Jf all interest payments had been
promptly reinvested at five per cent,
the original investment in 1865 would
have returned almost $25,000 up to
the present time. From 1885 to 1000
the bond carried seven per cent inter-
est, but since that year it has been
reduced to four,
Not Worth It
A little boy was given $5 by his
ancle. He had heard that a certain
make of car is very cheap and he
wrote to the factory for on». They
were so amused that they asked him
to visit them. His aunt took him
to the factory.
“Go round,” sald the manager, hav-
tng taken the money, “and choose the
car you like best.”
He wandered around,
various specimens.
“Well?” sald the manager, after he
tad made a thorough inspection.
“Please, I'd like my $5 back,” sald
the boy.
looking at the
No Demand
An elderly man approached the
president of a big New York firm and
asked for a job. The president, him-
self no youth, looked the applicant
over thoughtfully and finally said:
“Sorry, sir, but I can’t use you. You
appear to be more than thirty.”
“Don’t you want a man of some
gense?' asked the applicant.
“Personally, yes. But I have stock.
Yolders and a board of directors to
consider. The cry, you see, is all for
ginger, vim, pep. There seems to be
no demand for senge.”
Would They Stay?
“Who's in that henhouse?” shouted
the irate owner, as, hearing a noise
in the night, he rushed out and aimed
a shotgun at the door. “Speak, or
I'll shoot!”
“Ain't nobuddy in here,” responded
a faint and trembling voice from the
inside. © “Ain't nobuddy, sah, ’ceptin’
just us chickens I"—Exchange. '
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AMERICA LEADS
"IN SAVING Fish
Congress Considering Problem
of Conserving Nation’s Salmon
Supply in Alaskan Waters,
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INDUSTRY IS CO-OPERATING
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Greatest Possible Attention Given to
Cleaniiness and the Comfort of
the Men Engaged In Great
Fishing Industry.
The United States leads the world
in salmon packing. The greatest fish-
ing is done in the waters of the north-
western territory and along the shores
of Puget Sound and the Columbia
River.
Congress has long wrestled with
the problem o:! conservation of the
salmon in Alaskan waters. A bill
which probably will be enacted this
session, sponsored by Secretary Her
bert Hoover of the Department of
Alaska Salmon Leaping Falls
Commerce, is designed to safeguard
the Alaska salmon for this and future
generations.
When the average housewife takes
from the kitchen shelf a can of sal
mon for luncheon or the evening meal
she probably gives little thought to the
care that has been taken to insure its
delivery to her in perfect condition.
Salmon is the greatest of all food
products of the finny tribe. It is
literally handled with white gloves
and modern machinery from the time
it is pulled from the waters of Alaska
and other northwestern streams until
it finds its way to the market.
According to William Timson, presi
dent of the Alaska Packers Associa.
tion, the oldest group engaged in
the packing of salmon, every possible
precaution is taken to insure a whole
some and delicious article of food.
“The salmon canneries of Alaska,”
said Mr. Timson, “like all other in
dustries which prepare food products,
have long recognized the need for
employing the most modern methods
available. Every leader of the indus-
try takes great pride in arranging
for the comfort and happiness of the
men who do the actual work. Al
though our business is a seasonal one,
which necessarily involves many
troublesome problems, we spend
thousands of dollars annually in mak-
ing living conditions in Alaska the
best possible for our workmen.
Cleanliness a Great Factor
“Qur association is ever on the
alert to avail itself of the most mod:
ern methods and machinery. Can-
neries are kept clean and every care
is taken to see that the highest state
of sanitation is reached. We realize
the necessity of keeping abreast of
the times and only by the most im-
proved canning methods are we able
to retain the confidence that we have
long enjoyed from the public.
“The Alaska Packers’ Association
has always been foremost in the in-
dustry in recognizing the need for
carrying out well-established prin-
ciples of sanitation. We believe the
comfort and happiness of the men
whom we employ in our Alaskan can-
neries is essential if we are to produce
an article of food which will continue
to meet the approval of the consumer.”
Many of the larger canning com-
panies in Alaska pay particular at-
tention to hospital facilities at their
canneries. The buildings are up-to
date and fitted with modern equip
ment. Employees and resident na-
tives alike are treated without charge.
Curious Habits of Salmon
Red salmon are principally caught
during three months of the year—
June, July and August. Fleets of sail-
ing vessels and other craft leave Pa-
cific Coast ports each spring loaded
with men who engage in the salmon
fishing in Alaskan waters.
Naturally among the most prolific
of the ish family, the salmon may be
relied upon to reproduce its kind if
given a fair chance and this both the
government officials and packers are
determined the salmon shall have.
The guardians of the people's inter-
ests and far-seeing men of the indus
try have united in an effort to ob-
tain Federal legislation which will
conserve without destroyizg either
the fishing or the fish.
The peregrinations of the salmon
after spawning in fresh water streams
take them into the broad seas where
they wander about from two to six
years. They then start back to their
homes. As they return to the spawn
ing areas the salmon are generally
caught before they enter the rivers,
because by then they have grown into
the large, toothsome morsels so much
coveted as food, It is said that the
fish make a better food product if
caught here than they would if caught
when they have actually reached the
spawning areas.
Real Estate Transfers.
Howard L. Spear, et ux, to John H.
Dyke, tract in Milesburg; $50.
James B. Shirk, et ux, to E.R.
Mischall, tract in Union township;
Charles F. Cook to Joseph L. Car-
peneto, tract in Bellefonte; $600.
John Spangler to D. H. Hastings,
tract in Bellefonte; $51.
Conrad Miller, et ux, to M. S. Betz,
tract in Marion township; $500.
William Hettinger, et ux, to Pitts-
burgh Limestone Co., tract in Gregg
township; $1.
Andrew J. Shook, et ux, to Pitts-
burgh Limestone Co., tract in Gregg
township; $1.
John G. Horner, et ux, to Pitts-
burgh Limestone Co., tract in Gregg
township; $1.
Samuel Klinefelter to Ida M. Jor-
don, tract in Potter township; $1.
L. E. Bartges, et ux, to E. M. Mil-
ler, tract in Millheim; $9,000.
George E. Long to Clarence L.
Dunn, et al, tract in Walker township;
$4,000.
Hiram R. Grove, et ux, to A. R. Mc-
Nitt, tract in Marion township; $1.
Hugh R. Green, et ux, to Elva
Howe Green, tract in Philipsburg; $1.
Benjamin Claster, et ux, to Snow
Shoe Fire Brick Co., tract in Snow
Shoe township; $1.
John L. Holmes, et al, to H. A.
Grubb, tract in Ferguson township;
$400.
Clara D. Fryberger, et bar, to C. T.
Fryberger, tract in Philipsburg; $1.
Samuel Haney, et al, to John Har-
vey, tract in Rush township; $1.
Nancy Jane Stoneberger, et al, to
Calvin M. Shearer, tract in Taylor
township; $75.
Jane Harris to David Smith, et ux,
tract in Philipsburg; $300.
Irvin Robinson Sr., et ux, to Wil-
liam C. Emenhizer, et ux, tract in
Howard township; $500.
D. H. Hastings, et ux, to H. A. Mec-
Kee, tract in Bellefonte; $51.
H. A. McKee, et ux, to C. W. Kor-
man, tract in Bellefonte; $50.
Francis H. Koons, et ux, to Charles
B. McKaig, tract in State College;
$8,500.
J. D. Keller, et ux, to Anna E. Ro-
senberger, tract in State College;
$775.
Snow Shoe Fire Brick company to
James H. France, tract in Snow Shoe
township; $45,000.
Bellefonte Cemetery Association to
Ion A. Lucas, tract in Bellefonte;
A. F. Ericson, et ux, to A. G. Eric-
son, tract in Philipsburg; $1,700.
‘Martin Cooney to Elizabeth P. Coo-
ney, tract in Bellefonte; $1.
John Hamilton, et ux, to N. L. Gra-
ham, tract in State College; $15.
Luther L. Smith, et ux, to Philip
Corell, tract in Spring township;
$9,000.
Charles A. Morris, et ux, to Robert
S. Walker, tract in Bellefonte $9,-
678.60.
Insanity More Frequent Among Col-
lege Students.
Washington.—Going to college is
among the dangerous occupations, ac-
cording to information presented be-
fore a joint conference of the Nation-
al Research council and the Personnel
Research federation by Dr. Donald A.
Laird, associate professor of psychol-
ogy at Colgate University.
One man out of every 1,400, be-
tween the age of twenty and twenty-
four, goes insane, according to the
latest census reports, while only one
woman out of 1,800 of the same age
loses control of her reason. Doctor
Laird has found that among college
students the incidence of mental dis-
order is much higher, being one out
of every 1,000 of students in the col-
leges he studied.
“There may be more mental break-
downs among college students,” Doc-
tor Laird said, “because they live a
competitive intellectual existence, and
gy Nena) handicap is quickly no-
iced.
Rain Bings New Danger to Crops.
The rainy spell delaying planting
has brought a new danger for farmers
to face, Paul L. Koenig, Federal-State
agricultural statistician announced.
“The delay in planting may mean
that the crops cannot ripen before
the killing frosts are due in the Fall,”
he says. “Showers during this month
have kept the ground in an unwork-
able condition and as a result farmers
have been unusually late in getting
their crops planted. Unless we are
favored with an unusually hot sum-
mer it looks as though the killing
frosts will be along before the crops
can fully mature.”
Precipitation during May was 2.82
inches in excess of normal while the
temperature was on an average of 4.1
degrees below normal, he stated.
Cure of Destroyer of Melons is Dis-
covered.
A dust that is sure death to the
black and yellow striped cucumber
beetle, the pest that annually plays
havoc with cucumbers, squashes and
melons, has been developed by the
entomoloists of the State Natural
History Survey and the University of
Illinois. The dust, composed of one
part calcium arsenate and twenty
parts gypsum, has proved superior
to many other poisons and sprays in
five years of tests and experiments.
The material is simply. dusted over
the young plants to be protected, and
the beetles eat and die. '
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Telephone Trouble.
The telephone trouble man tells the
tale of a country line that was mys-
teriously out of order for hours every
afternoon. It was generally the same
two hours, and day after day the line
was “out of order,” with indications
that some one had a receiver off. An
investigation by the repair men dis-
closed that an aged woman was using |*
the telephone receiver in those two
hours for a darning egg.—Washing-
ton Star.
akes a Will and appoints the
First National Bank his Executor
—thus assuring safety and effi-
ciency in the settlement of his estate.
Consult us
GANA VERNAAVVRRR AAV HON AAR VOAR RARE ARNEL HORAN VATE
this very important matter.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
STATE COLLEGE, PA.
MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
freely about
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(ONE man can only do one man’s wr
His day is measured in accomphi
ment. His big handicap is time.
The telephone saves him many
out-of-town steps—without the loss
of pleasant personal contacts.
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Clearance Sale
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Summer Goods
For the next 15 days we will have
on sale all Summer Dresses and Dress
Materials that must go---Regardless
of Cost.
The Season’s Greatest. Value
in these Lovely Materials
Crepes, Voiles, Swisses, Tissue Giinghams
—in plain colors and in figures, 36 inches.
Hosiery
Remarkable values in Womens Full-Fashioned Silk
Stockings; all the new shades. During the sale our
$1.50 Hose will be sold for 95c., and our $2.00 for $1.50
Coats and Suits
We have slashed the prices in our Ready-to-Wear
Department—Regardless of Cost.
Shoes
Big reductions in Mens, Ladies and Childrens Shoes.
White Oxfords and Pumps were $2.50 and $3.00, now
$1.75. Mens Fine Shoes from $2.50 up. Childrens
Shoes from $1.00 a pair to $2.50. We also have a
Rummage Table with Shoes from 25c. to $1.00 per
pair. Don’t miss this sale of Shoes, as you will save money by
coming early.
A visit to our store will convince you that
we have reductions you cannot duplicate.
Lyon & Co. « Lyon & Co.
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