Demorrali Wacom
" Belefonte, Pa., August 29, 1924.
EE ESSAI,
DECREASE IN SPRING PIG CROP.
The June, 1924, pig survey of the
U. S. agricultural department shows
that the flood of hog production in the;
corn belt that reached its high point
in the spring pig crop of 1923 and be-
gan to go down in the fall of 1923 is
now rapidly receding and has about
reached normal level. A decrease of
about eight million hogs in the spring
crop in the corn belt is indicated.
The department’s survey was made
in co-operation with the United States
Postoffice Department, being based
on reports collected by rural mail car-
riers from 123,000 individual farms in
all parts of the United States, of
which 70,000 were in the corn belt.
DECREASE IN SOWS FARROWED.
A decrease of about 21% in the
number of sows farrowed for the
country as a whole in the spring of
1924 from the spring of 1923 was
shown by the survey. Because of a
slight increase in the average number
of pigs saved per litter this spring the
reduction in the number of pigs is
20%.
The number of sows bred or to be
bred for fall farrow this year shows
a decrease of 6% from the number
farrowed last fall. This indicates a
probable reduction of 10 to 15% in
fall pigs, provided intentions as of
June 1 are not modified materially by
subsequent conditions, since a consid-,
erable percentage of sows bred do not
produce pigs.
The decrease in the number of sows
farrowed this spring in the corn belt,
States is 20% and pigs saved 17%,
while the number of sows bred for fall
shows a decrease of 11%. All other
regions show sharp decreases in the
1924 spring crop, although individual
States in the far west show increases.
In the South Central region, extend-
ing from Kentucky to Texas, the de-
crease is 36%. All regions except the
corn belt show more sows bred for
farrowing this fall than farrowed last
fall.
"Of the eastern corn belt States, Il-
linois and Wisconsin show the largest
decrease in sows farrowed this spring,
this being about 24% in each State.
Of the western corn belt States, Kan-
sas shows the largest reduction,
amounting to 80%, while Missouri
shows 24%, Iowa 18%, and Nebraska
19%. In the south, the most import-
ant surplus-producing States show the
largest decreases in sows farrowed
this spring. The decrease in Ken-
tucky amounts to 35%, Tennessee
36%, Oklahoma 50%, and in Texas
33%.
COMPARISON OF PIG CROPS.
This survey shows a production of
about 32,000,000 hogs in the corn belt
from the 1924 spring pig crop. This
is a slight increase compared with the
31,000,000 hogs produced from the
spring crop of 1921, but a very decided
decrease from the 38,000,000 hogs of
1922 and the 40,000,000 hogs of 1923.
The breeding intentions for this
coming fall in the corn belt indicate a
probable production of about 15,000,
000 hogs. This is about the same as
the production from the 1921 fall crop
and a substantial decrease from the
fall crop of 19,000,000 hogs in 1922
and 18,000,000 hogs in 1923.
During the past two years the num-
ber of hogs marketed has agreed very
well with the size of the pig crop pre-
viously indicated by the number of
sows reported farrowed in the pig
surveys. Thus the surveys in 1922
showed that the corn belt raised about
24% more hogs that year than in 1921,
while the later marketings from these
States indicated that the increase was
actually about 26%. The spring crop
of 1923 as shown by the increase in
sows farrowed was about 8% larger
than that of 1922 and marketings to.
date, allowing for the large decrease
in brood sows shown by the present
survey, agree very well with this fig-
ure.
Officials Will Enforce State Headlight
Law.
Determined that the glaring head-
lights of automobiles must soon be a
thing of the past on the State high-
ways, Benjamin J. Eynon, in charge.
of the motor vehicle bureau of e
State Highway Department, recently
let it be known that the revised motor
vehicle act, effective September 1st,
will be “carried out to the letter.” The
act provides for regulation of head-
lights and a standardized focus.
“The State Highway Department
means business with the motorists,”
Mr. Eynon told members of the Auto-
mobile Club, assembled at a dinner
last week in the Bellevue-Stratford.
“We are going to give every motorist
a fair chance to learn the law and al-
so to have his headlights properly fo-
cussed if such is needed. There will
be seven headlight clinics established
in different parts of the State, and the
nearest one to Philadelphia will be at
Malvern. Here the State police will
stop all cars amd, if necessary, instruct
drivers to have the headlights adjust-
ed at the earliest possible moment. If
they fail to obey the warning, they
will be taken care of the same as any
other violator of the law,” Mr. Ey-
non declared.
i School Calendar.
School opens Tuesday, September
Calendar Month
September - - - =
October - - - - -
School Days
21
23
November mie - 18
December - lel - 13
January - i aioe - 100
February - - - - 20
March - - - - - 22
May - - - - - 21
June - w.e. ee 7
‘ Total - - - - 185
VACATION SCHEDULE.
ppt NHkSgIVing—Noveniler 27 and
_Christmas—December 15-26 inclu
sive,
Easter—April 10-15 inclusive four
days. ; ih
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Silly View of Life;
How We Get That Way
‘The whole town was invited. Some-
how a few days before the party the
rumor got about that this was to be
no ordinary affair; the Diddles, it
reemed, were determined to hit it up.
The first guest to arrive was greeted
at the front door by a well-stuffed
lay figure with a stifily outstretched
arm pointing to a sign that read, “This
way.” Following a rope that now ap-
peared, they soon reached a side door
and a second figure and directions to
gscend by the back way to the dress
‘ng rooms.
Up to this time not a word had been
spoken, and ne one resembling a host
or hostess had appeared. ‘When they
reached the top of the stairs to go
down to the parlor—there was no
stairs. Instead, a slippery expanse of
board covered with velvet reached
from top to bottom.
One lady took it standing. Of course
#he slipped, fell, and reached bottom
with a twisted back that she spent
the remainder of the evening trying
to hide.
A certain dowager in a new gow:
¥at down and slid—ripping a tear
from waist to hem en route.
No one wished to be a short sport—
some got compensation upon their
nwn arrival in seeing the antics of
those that came after—all felt and
looked more sheepish than sheep.
‘So the evening progressed, each
avent waxing wilder than the one be-
fore.
As the hosts talked things over
afterward they felt that they had suc-
cessfully waked things up.
How do we get that way? By a
feeling that without hilarity there is
no real enjoyment. Unless the Diddles
of the world are making a noise they
consider themselves dull. Their
smiles are all horse-laughs. These
are they who would eat and sleep to
the strains of a brass band. Natu-
rally their idea of entertainment is
the bizarre, the hilarious. “Pep” is
not only the spice but also the salt |
of life!
(©, 1924, oy the Eastment Syndicate.)
“Black Widow” Spider
There is no doubt in my mind that
the “Black Widow” is very venomous.
In 1917, while camping upon the bank
of Snake river, Idaho, I was bitten in
the wrist by one of these insects. The
entire arm swelled and fine red lines
radiated in every direction from the
two punctures. In less than a week
after being bitten a large, open ulcer
formed upon my wrist. This was
treated by a Doctor Ross of Nampa,
Idaho, and also by a Doctor Boeck of
Boise, and by a third doctor, whose
name I have forgotten. The wound
finally healed, but to this day I carry
the marks of the “Black Widow's”
bite.
For those who are unfamiliar with
the appearance of the Black Widow,
I will say this: She (?) may be iden- | you were but slightly acquainted -to
tified by her long legs and glossy
black body, the under side of which
is marked with two bright scarlet
spots.—From Adventure Magazine.
Cavern National Monument
The Lewis and Clark cavern ot
Montana was discovered in 1895 by
D. A. Morrison of Whitehall and was
established as a national monument |
in 1908 by President Roosevelt. It
takes its name from the fact that it
overlooks, for a distance of 50 miles,
the trail of Lewis and Clark along
the Jefferson river, Vandalism and
lack of funds to put in a proper light-
ing system keep the cave closed to
the public at present. The entrance
to the cavern is about 1,800 feet above
the river and about 500 feet below
the rim of Cave mountain. The gen-
eral shape of the cave is that of a
fissure in a steeply inclined bed of
limestone. Its maximum measure-
ments are, length, 600 feet; depth,
400 feet. Its numerous passages and
roomg make it appear miles in extent.
Bird Census Intenesting
A little more than one pair of bird.
to the acre of farm land is the aver-
‘age shown by bird census over a
period of seven years for the country
‘east of the great plains and north of
‘Maryland, the Department of Agricul-
ture reports. The robin is the most
abundant species, the English spar-
row second. In the immediate viein-
ity of buildings, including lawns and
orchards, about 130 pairs of birds are
found to nest on 100 acres. For the
entire farm the average is about 112
pairs to the 100 acres.
A Speeder
The three small sons of a busines.
man were discussing what they would
do if they had a million dollars. The
eldest, aged fourteen, said: “I would
buy a steam yacht and sail for Palm
Beach.” .
The second, aged twelve, wouia
spend it, he said, in travel abroad, see-
ing the world.
Ten-year-old Ralph, who had not
yet spoken, sniffed contemptuously.
“Humph |” he said, “I would buy an
automobile and spend the rest in fines.”
~—Boston Transcript.
Didn't Want the Job
A teacher who was giving the chil-
dren written exercises wrote out this
“Wanted” advertisement:
“Wanted.—A Milliner. Apply by
{etter to Miss Smith, 10 Blank Street.”
The children had to make applica-
tions for the position In writing.
One youngster wrote:
“Dear Miss Smith—I saw you wam
a millinér. I hate to trim hats. Can't
you get somebody else? Please lot me
know at once. Edith Brown.”—Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
REALLY NOT HARD
POINT OF “ETIKAY”
Matter of Behavior Settled
to Sailors’ Satisfaction.
The old sea captain and his matee
were sticklers for form, a writer in the
Youth's Companion remarks. In fact
“etikay,” as they called it, had become
@ mania with them, After dinner wh
the cloth was cleared, writes
Henry Robinson in “Memories, Wise
and Otherwise,” the captain often
would send for the mates and the en-
gineer and as we sat round the table
propound hard cases on points of et}
Quette,
He tsed for his guide and mentor
an amazing old tattered book that I
sometimes think must have been in-
tended to be comic, because it presup-
posed such utterly absurd situations.
For example, If you were on top of
an omnibus and saw a duchess in the
street you could not with propriety
wave your umbrella at her, no matter
how well you knew her. Another
thing: when dining with strangers you
must not ask the butler for a tooth-
pick at soup. There were many suck
“hard cases.”
The captain used to rule a sheet of
paper and put all our names down and
award marks in accordance with our
replies to the queries put. There was
one that made such an impression on
me that I made a pencil note of it,
and I remember it to this day. We
were all sitting round the table; the
paper was ruled, and the captain be-
gan:
“Now, Mackay, we'll take you first.
If you was walking in a field with a
young lady with ‘oom you was but
slightly acquainted, and she was to
set down on the grass, what should
you do?”
Mackay paused to try and imagine
rhat his feelings and intentions would
be in such a case and then replied,
“I'd offer to git her a chair.”
“Um, ah!” said the skipper. “Not
vad, but you might ’ave to walk a cou-
ple of miles to get one, and it wouldn’t
look shipshape for an officer of one of
Her Majesty's finest eruisers to be
walking about the countryside luggin’
a chair after him. However, it's a
‘ thoughtful-like thing, and I'll give you
five marks. Now, Mr. Trelawney, what
do you say?”
“Well,” said Trelawney, “I'd argify
with her agin it, and if words wouldn't
move her I'd take off my coat and give
it to her to sit on.”
The captain thought deeply. “Well
{ don’t think that’s the answer, but it
would be a delicate kind of thing te
do, and I'll give you seven. Now, Mr.
Lyons, you're next.”
“I'd ax the young lady for to get up
and run me a race,” said the plump lit-
tle second mate.
“Go on!” said the skipper. “How
Ltould you expect a lady with ‘oom
start runnin’ races with a potbellied
little bloke like you?”
Then after we had all offered our
solutions to the hard case the skipper
consulted the key at the end of the
book and announced what the canons
of refined society ordained as the duty
of the male escort if a lady of high
degree decided suddenly to sit down on
the grass.
“ “The gentleman,” read the skip
ger, “ ‘must remain standing till the
lady axes him for to sit down.”
“Of course, of course,” said the
mate; “fools we were not to have seen
it.”
Mixing the Breeds
An Indianapolis woman was the
owner of a Jersey dress of which
‘she was fond. It was beginning to
show signs of wear as a result and
she went shopping one day for an-
other new dress. When her husband
returned at night he asked about the
dress and what kind she had bought.
“Oh, after I had looked at a lot of
‘em, I finally bought another Jersey
one,” replied the wife.
The husband apparently was dis
appointed. His next question was:
“I'm getting tired of Jersey
dresses. Why in the world didn’t you
get a Holstein this time?’—Indianap-
olis News. :
“Ugly Duckling’’ Valued
There are 6,000 varieties of the or-
¢hid family, and they are all cherished
for their exquisite beauty, but like
most large families it hes an ugly
duckling, ahd the latter is most cher-
ished of all the others, but for her
homely and practical qualities rather
than her beauty. The vanilla plant is
an orchid and its flower is positively
repulsive, but its fruit is in demand all
the world over. This plant is really a
native of Mexico, but it has traveled
te East Africa, Tahiti and other dis-
tant places, where it is cultivated for
the fruit alone.
A Tip for Spinsters
Young and Flustered Motorist
(ruefully regarding remains of a flat-
tened terrier)—Ah—er—so sorry. Per
haps you will allow me to replace him,
Miss—1
The Damsel All Forlorn (brighten
ing visibly)—Why, if you think you
can—I believe so—it's a bit sudden,
but—there’s father right on the porch
now, dear —Savannah News:
Chileans Make Own Shoes
Boot and shoe making is one of the
most important manufacturing indus-
tries of Chile, which now imports less
than 5 per cent of the machine-made
shoes s0ld in that country. The aver
age annual production of the 76 fac
tories which are equipped with power
machinery 1s estimated at 6,500,000
pairs.
BREAKING SAD NEWS
TO FRIEND HUSBAND
Wife Failing to Honor and
Obey Confesses.
With tears in her eyes and a sob at
her heart, she stood gazing out of the
window—waiting. Soon, all too soon,
she told herself between her choking
Sob. her husband would be coming
home—to what? ;
He, whom she had promised to love
for better, for worse, to honor and
obey. She loved him, it was true; bu
—but—
And he must know. The thought
throbbed through her aching head and
seemed to set her brain on fire. He
must know!
No less than three times that after-
noon she had gone to the telephone
to tell him, says London Answers. The
first time she had given the number
to the operator, but it was engaged.
And after that, each time she had left
the receiver fall—afraid.
Her heart beat cruelly as she waited
der knees trembled as she watched
for his approach. Every now and then
she felt as if she must swoon. With
a mighty effort she pulled herself to-
gether.
There was a way out. She could
eave a note, telling him all, and fly.
Yes, fly from the terrible reproach in
his voice and the accusations in his
eyes—those steely gray eyes that she
now dreaded as much as she had once
loved them. And she knew that those
words of anger would be justified. The
thought made her position a hundred
times worse.
She crossed to the writing table and
drew pen and ink toward her. Hastily
she bent her head to her task. She
had scribbled but a line or two, when
suddenly she raised her head and
paused—Ilistening.
For a few moments her heart seemed
to cease its fluttering; then it com-
menced to thump more wildly than be-
fore.
Steps could be heard on the gravelea
walk without. Too late! It was he—
her husband. Oh, how she quailed at
the thought of his stern gaze.
There was only one thing for it. She
rushed, like one possessed, to the elec-
tric switch. Click! The room was in
darkness. She would teil him in the
dark. Then she would not see those
terrible eyes; he would not see the
same in her frightened face; she would
not have to meet his accusing gaze.
There was a sound from the other
side of the room and the door opened,
admitting a long, lean shaft of light.
“Miriam!” he said sternly. “Mirl-
am!”
With one choking sob she stretched
out her hands.
“Morton,” she sobbed, “I have had
ay h-h-hair s-shingled!”
Deep-Sea Sounding
Deep-sea sounding is part of the
work of the hydrographic survey. It
fs accomplished with a mechanical
reel instead of by hand and a thin
plano wire takes the place of the lead
line. Depth is measured by the num-
ber of revolutions of the reel, the
diameter of which is known, as the
lead moves through the water. ir the
depth is great steam is used to wind
in the wire, as the pull would be too
much for a hand reel.
The place of the sinker of the hand
iine is taken by a mechanical device
holding a weight, usually a 100-pound
ball, which is released at the bottom,
thus facilitating the inhaul. Some-
times other devices are used, which
bring up samples of the deep sea bot-
tom.
When the work is done in sight oi
shore position angles are taken with
sextants from small boats.
Impetuous Norseman
The famous Eric the Red had a
somewhat lurid history. He was born
in Norway about 950 A. D. Charged
with homicide, he fled from his own
land and settled in Iceland. Here his
impulsive temper and aggressiveness
led to another murder being laid to
his charge, which forced Mm to leave
Iceland. He went to Greenland which
had been discovered about a century |
earlier, but had never been settled.
In 985 Eric returned to Norway to
recruit colonists for a colony in Green-
land. He named his chief town Gar- |
dar. After flourishing for about 400 |
years the colony completely vanished,
and no trace of it has ever been ||
found. Eric's son, Leif Ericsson, is
supposed to have landed on the New
England coast in about the year 1000
Meanings Long Forgot
Heels were put cn shoes to preven
4 horseman’s foot slipping in the stir
rup. Buttons on the coat cuff date
back to Frederick the Great, who put
sharp buttons there to stop soldiers
u their cuffs.as handkerchiefs. The
wedding ring originally symbolized a
chain. Thousands of the things we use
and things we say and do are remnants |’
of a long-forgotten past. Habit keeps |
them alive, even though their real
meaning is as obscure as their origin
—Capper’s Weekly.
Bells With a History
Rye church bells, which have a his
tory dating back to 1860, are to be
rehung. They had a great adventure
in 1868, when the French landed at
Rye, then a seaport, pillaged the town
and carried off the bells to Normandy,
Ten years later the men of Rye amd
Winchelsea sailed across the chanmel
to recapture the bells, which they
Brought back in triumph. The fa
mous peal has cdlled Rye people ts
euch on Sundays ever since.—Lén
don Times. "a
{ Lyon & Co.
Lyon & Co.
(Clearance Sale
STILL ON
Every Week we Add
New Special Bargains
See our Coats and Coat Suits—some Silk-
Lined ; values up to $30—special sale price
Shoes—One lot of Childrens Shoes and
Tennis Slippers—special - - - -
$9.98
75cts
$1.50
$1.25
One lot of Ladies White Oxfords, only
Corsets—One lot of Corsets—values up
t0.$5.00; saleprice - .-. ..- .-. =
These are only a Few of the Special
Reductions in Every Department
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Prices Reduced
at. Yeagers
We have made a Very Liberal Reduc-
tion on the price of Ladies Pumps and
Sandals.
This season’s goods—not old styles.
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Pumps
and Sandals
now $4.85
ou 50 i752
Yeager’'s Shoe Store
THE SHOE STORE FOR THE POOR MAN
Bush Arcade Building 58-27 BELLEFONTE, PA.