Bellefonte, Pa., October 17, 1924. "em DINNER WITH THE “IRON CHANCELLOR’ English Divine Tells of Re past in 1885. At twelve o'clock we had a large and long meal, including smoked goose and other delights. (Friedrichsruh Germany, 1885.) My father sat next to Princess Bismarck, who was very pleasant, and after luncheon, when the cigars were handed round, he asked her whether she minded his smoking, on which Bismarck roared out, “Why. she smokes herself!” This was in 1885, when it was very unusual for a lady, to smoke, so a vigorous effort was made by his daughter to induce him to behave properly; but he took no notice of her repeated and reproachful cries of “Father! she doesn’t! Father!” and shouted, “She does, she does, in her bedroom she does!” It turned out that the poor lady suffered from asthma, and smoke’ medicated cigarettes to relieve it. “You will understand,” Bismarck re marked, “that in everything but name 1 am king of Germany, but I have not all the privileges of a king and I can- not simply say I am not disposed ta receive so-and-so.” It appeared, how: ever, that even the most pressing vis itors sometimes failed to get in, for Bismarck told us the following story: “A man called and sent in word that he wanted to see me, and I said that he couldn't. He then sent in to say that he must see me, and I said that he shouldn’t; and he sent in a third time to say that if he did not see me he should go and hang himself on one of the trees, and I told the servant find a rope and lend it to him!” The frankness or apparent frank- ness of his talk was surprising, but it was a cynical saying of his that it was just as cheap to tell the truth as to tell lies, and quite as effective, for the truth is never believed in di- plomacy. Another saying of his which impressed me, though I do not remem- ber the context, was “In matters of na- tional policy I never put down my right foot till I know where I am going to put my left; that is a lesson which I learned in my youth in the Pow eranian marshes.” At dinner we each had, I think. sev- en wine glasses and at least one tum- bler, and I drank nothing but water! My host noticed and deplored this, and though he courteously tolerated it he could not refrain from a slight out- burst against what he called the tem- perance craze in England, and against the fanatical attacks on moderats drinking. It is recorded of him that at one time he did his moderate drinking in large glasses of champagne and por ter mixed, and that one Moltke gave him a sort of punch made of cham-- pagne, hot tea and sherry. Heavy Ascot Stakes It is recorded that in 1791 George 1I1 witnessed a most sensational race at the famous Ascot track, for the Oatlands stakes. Nineteen horses ran for the then colossal stakes of approximately $150,000, and it is said that five million dollars changed hands. Five of the horses ran neck- and-neck to within a few yards of the: winning post, and Chifney, on the then prince of Wales’ Baronet, snatched a seemingly miraculous victory by a bare half-length. “I made fourteen baronets last week,” said George III ro his son when congratulating him, “and your Baronet is worth all mins gut together” Ninepins 700 Years Old According to Doctor Ebstein, Ger- fran scientist, the first trace of the game of ninepins was discovered in an old chronicle of Paderbon, Prussia. Paderbon is the seat of the Episcopal church of Westphalia province, and here some 700 years ago the eccle- siastics invented the game, which they ‘played during Lenten season. They put up nine wooden pins; at. which they threw ba. These balls they called “heathen.” At first only three balls were used, but later the num- her was increased until, as at present- seventeen balls were used. Famous Roman Highway , The Appian way was consiructet A a military road from Rome to Capua, a distance of about 132 miles, by the Emperor Appius Claudius, about 312 B. C., and was later extend- ed to Brundusium, a total of about 360 miles, and completed by Julius Caesar. it was known as “the Queen of Roads” and was adorned with statuary and pagan temples. It was built with- out regard to cost by slave labor, and {s said to have been in excellent con- dition 800 years after its completion. To build such a road today would cost in the neighborhood of $250,000 a mile. Origin of Canaries Obscure The Biological survey says that the actual origin of the canary as a cage bird is obscure. It seems probable that captive canaries were first se- cured from the Canary islands, but it is douMful that this stock has fur- nished saocestors of all our birds of thls kind. The serin finch of middle and southern Europe is so similar that it may often have been captured and accepted as a canary, and interbred until all distinguishable differences wore Inst cH DENIES THAT SNAKES CAN SWALLOW YOUNG Writer Puts This With Other Reptiliecn Myths. Snake stories, appropriate to the season, are beginning to crop out in the country papers, says Nomad In the Boston Transcript. Snakes about Bos- ton itself, by the way, were never 80 scarce as they are now. Districts in and about the Middlesex falls, which once abounded in black snakes, are practically destitute of them now, for the simple reason that their food sup- ply has disappeared with the general clearing away of underbrush and the reduction of the number of moles, field mice and various descriptions of insects. In the course of a whole summer’s walk Nomad has not seen more than four or five snakes, and these were all garter snakes. The black snake is one of the noblest as well as the most harmless of reptiles, and its disappearance from the woods near Boston is greatly to be regretted. But apropos of snakes, Nomad notes that in the Portland Express a con- troversy is raging as to whether or not mother snakes swallow tlieir young for the purpose of protection. Now, so far as Nomad knows, uo snake swal- lows his young, and under no circum- stances could the young be restored alive to the world even if they were swallowed, but here is a gentleman signing his Initials and evidently vouched for by the Portland paper as a trustworthy person, who tells the story. “I cannot deny the testimony fur- nished by my own eyes when I wit- nessed such an occurrence in souther? Indiana several years ago. “In company with several young men I had gone to a pond on a to- bacco farm in search of frogs and on our approach noticed a large blue wa- ter snake on the bank surrounded by many little ones. The little snakes disappeared almest instantly, appar- ently running down the mouth of the parent snake. A few minutes later the snake was killed and the body mutilated, revealing the young ones alive within it. This was marvelous in my sight, but the young men with me assured me there was nothing un- usual about it. “A friend of mine, whose veracity .8 unquestioned, tells me he had a similar experience with a copperhead snake in the West Virginia hills. It may be true that digestive fluids in the snake’s stomach would kill the young if the parent were unable to control the flow in the digestive tract. On the other hand, there may exist a sac with- in the body of the female snake pro- vided for just such a purpose. I do not know. Perhaps there are those who can say.” Nomad has heard many marvelous #ories about snakes which their tell- ers firmly believed, but which could not have been true—stories, for in- stance, of rattlesnakes leaping through the air to strike their prey, and even of the “hoop snake” that takes his tail in his mouth, turning himself into a hoop, and rolls rapidly along in pur- suit of human beings. These tales are figments of the imagination—and no creature seems to stimulate the imagi- nation as the snake does. It is prob- able that the delusion of snakes swal- lowing their young arose from the fact that a good many snakes, including our’ common black snakes, devour smaller snakes, while rattlesnakes and all the garter snakes, being viviparous, and not egg laying, contain their young before they are born. Seemed Improbable After several vain attempts to fol low the light conversation of the voung person he had taken in at din- ner, Professor Parker struck out for his natural level, and explained to her carefully and elaborately that a recent discovery showed that life can be produced in sterilized bouillon by the action of radium. “A very wonderful discovery,” he continued. “And what trains of thought it gives rise to! Why, this may have happened in this world of ours millions of years ago!” “Really!” she said, visibly im- pressed, but a little incredulous. “Of course I understand that there may have been radium then, but where did they get the beef tea?’—Exchange. No Water, No Electricity There is an excellent reason why electric service companies build their steam-driven generating stations on the shore of a river, lake, bay or harbor. For every pound of coal burned in the furnaces of such stations nearly a half a ton of water is needed to con- dense the steam produced, after it has passed through the. turbine which turns the electric dynamo. At one such steam-operated electric gener- ating station in the South all of the water of a sizable river is diverted from the river bed and passes over the condensing pipes of the plant's boilers. Yes, Dear Recently a young woman of the Hollywood moving picture colony went to the orphan asylum to give the chil- dren a treat. With her went her most devoted admirer, a man twenty years her senior. A little boy about seven of whom she was especially fond was there. “Woulg you like to come and live with me in my bungalow?” she asked sud- denly. ‘ The little fellow beamed and then he looked at her escort. asked, “will you get me a papa with- out any gray hair?’—Los Angeles Times. “If I do,” he - Cedars of Lebanon of Wonderful Beauty The famous cedars of Lebanon, which are so frequently mentioned in the Bible as symbo!s of power, longevity and prosperity, and con- tinuously sung by poets and extolled by artists because of their stately heauty and strength, grow to a height of from 60 to 80 feet, their branches and foliage covering a compass of ground the diameter of which equals the height of the trees. Although the number of the famous trees has decreased considerably, of late years they have been carefully tended and preserved and a goodly number still exist. The baost-known group in the Lebanon range consists of a group of 12 ancient giants—how ancient no man can tell—in a grove near the village of Eden, surrounded by about 400 younger trees, none of which probably are under a hundred years of age. Two of the “patriarchs” of the celebrated group measure, re- spectively, from 60 to 80 feet in girth of trunk. One of these is marked witn the name of Lamartine, the French poet, historian and statesman. The younger trees: in the grove are stately, compact and gracefully re- poseful, but the “patriarchs” are wild of aspect and frantic in attitude, flinging their muscular arms about as though struggling with some unseen enemy. In Ezekiel the Assyrian is likened to the cedar of Lebanon, “with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature, and his top was in among the thick boughs.” Unfair to Blame Sun for Showing Up Dust Here is a reader who actually grumbles at the sun! “I've noticed,” she says, “that when- ever the sun shines in a room it seems to raise the dust. Now, why is this? Look into any shaft of sunlight and you will see what I mean.” The sun does not raise dust, though my correspondent is not the first per- son who has thought so. It merely illuminates dust particles which, in lesser light, are not so observable, says London Answers. The dust is al- ways there, floating about; the sur must. not be blamed for it. Why, to blame the sun for the dust is as unreasonable as it would be to blame a pair of opera glasses for the bad actor one looked at through them! Would the bad actor have been raised by the opera glasses? The sun, of course, is a sort of bete noir to some people, but, all the same, a room flooded with sunlight is much more pleasant than one from which it is rigorously excluded. Seniority of Sweden The kingdom of Sweden, which was founded about the year 700 A. D., is the oldest in Europe. It is still a primitive land—half the country Is | forest and the national population is less than that of London. The people are among the greatest sportsmen in the world, water and ice sports, of course, predominating. For sailing and rowing, Sweden is the first coun-’ try in Europe, and naturally leads in its ice sports. Though a large part of Sweden lies within the Arctic circle, so clear are the skies that the heart of Lapland enjoys more hours of sun- shine than Rome or Madrid. Inciden- tally, Sweden is the oldest part of Eu- rope geologically. It was dry land when most of the remainder of the continent was under water. Quick to Learn A couple of years ago Ted Winkley was an enthusiastic graduate from the school of journalism at a west- ern university. He bought a country weekly and settled down to reform the county. The first issue of the paper brought out under his control flamed with promising announcements. The dean of the school of journalism received a copy and read this edi- torial announcement: “We aim to tell the truth, the whole ¢ruth, and nothing but the truth.” Nearly a year later the dean re ceived another copy of the boy's pa- per, with this proclamation circled with blue pencil: “We aim to tell the truth—but nou #0 blamed much of it as heretofore!” —Harper’s Magazine. Alexandrian Pharos Phares was the name of an island in the harbor of Alexandria. Here Ptolemy I, who had been one of the generals of Alexander the Great, de- cided to build a gigantic lighthouse. The work was finally completed dur- ing the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus. The structure was 450 feet high and 100 feet square at the base. At the summit was kept a beacon fire which, according to the historian, Josephus, could be seen over forty miles away. Part of this famous lighthouse was blown down in the Eighth century. The ruin was completed by earth- quakes in 1303 and 1346. How Should Water Taste? Although the palatability of water is iargely a matter of individual taste, there are objectionable tastes in water that can be ascribed definitely to either chemicals such as iron, chlorine or an alkali, decaying vegetation, mi. croscopical organism or pollution by trade wastes, etc. When tanks or res- ervoirs become contaminated from any of these causes the cheapest and easi- Wilson’s Body to Rest Permanently in Cathedral. Indications that the National Epis- copal Cathedral at Washington, D. C,, remain the permanent resting place for Woodrow Wilson’s body are seen in the plans of the Cathedral foundation which calls for a more magnificent shrine than the crypt un- der Bethlehem chapel where the body now lies. Although the cathedral is not ex- ‘pected to be completed for about five years, it is understood that plans have been drawn to place the proposed shrine in the main part of the build- ing. Mrs. Wilson recently had measure- ments taken in the chapel for a more apropriate tablet than the plain stone block which simply bears the name of Woodrow Wilson and the dates of birth and death. RUNVILLE. Mr. and Mrs. William Arnold and family and Frank Lucas spent Sun- day at Penn’s Cave. Mr. and Mrs. John Garman have gone to housekeeping in part of Mrs. Annie Lucas’ house. The Stork visited our village on Monday and left a young son at the home of Toner Furl. Mother and babe are doing nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Burd, Mrs. Clara Heaton, Mrs. Bruce Daugherty and Mrs. Sylvester Mignot, of Clear- field, and Mrs. John Hite, of Altoona, called at the home of L. J. Heaton on Tuesday. How Shocking! Sweet . Young . Thing.—“Doctor, I think I ought to be vaccinated; but hate to think of the ugly scar show- ing. Where would you suggest as the best place in my case?” Doctor.—“With the present styles, you had better place the vaccine in a capsule and swallow it.” Sliding Down the Icing, “Will you join our party in the jam preserves?” asked the first fly. “No,” said the second fly, “the lady of our house has baked a cake with icing on it. We're going in for winter sports.”—Louisville Courier Journal. Glycerine Mixture for Gas on Stomach Simple glycerine, buckthorn bark, etc., as mixed in Adlerika, helps any case gas on the stomach in TEN min- utes. Most medicines act only on low- er bowel but Adlerika acts on BOTH upper and lower bowel and removes all gasses and poisons. Brings out matter you never thought was in your system. Excellent for obstinate con- stipation. Guards against appendici- tis. Runkle’s Drug Store. 69-41 ——Read your own “Watchman.” The ‘Right Style EN like to kid the women about their interest in style. But—as a matter of fact—men are just as concerned about good style as women are. We know it because we deal with men every day of the year. In presenting men’s clothes we have chosen the famed Griffon Clothes. Griffon style is correct. Men have taken to it in the past—and they are taking to it today. We are ready to show you the proper style for the coming months. : $25 to $40 A. Fauble from all other laxatives and rolighs for Defective Elimination Constipation Biliousness The action of Nature’s Remedy (NR Tablets) is more natural and thor ough. The effects will be a revela- tion—you will feel so good. Make the test. 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