First National Bank
Bellefonte, Pa.
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keep money. While its chief purpose is to facilitate
exchange and to furnish credit, this is but one of
the many business helps it affords.
Often the banker has a wealth of business exper-
iences, a knowledge of affairs which, when joined
with a sincere desire to help, proves of great value.
It is a good thing, when one is in doubt, to get a
new point of view. The banker may be able to fui-
nish this.
First National Bank
0-46 Bellefonte, Pa.
As we Celebrate
LincolnsBirthday
et us;notjforget his marvelous cour-
age,Tdetermination and sacrifice for
“ the {cause of justice. May
every anniversary of his birth add
greater inspiration for doing our
best in whatever walk of life we
may be.
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Beliefonte, Pa., February 13, 1925.
—
Critic Upholds Today’s Singers.
Modern singers are not inferior to
those of the past, according to at
least one New York music critic, who
differs therein from some of his old-
er conferrees. This cratic is Leonard
Liebling of the New York American,
who relates, “I was dragged to the
opera when I was a child, but as I
come of a musical family and had
my musical training early, I found
definite impressions of what I heard
in those now remote years.”
Mr. Liebling thus continues his
comparison of singers past and pres-
ent: “Mr. Oldfogy will tell you that
Patti never has been equalled. The
truth is that Patti was a poor actress,
and also that she attempted only the
lightest kind of roles. Melba, who
came long after, had a better trill
than Patti, more vocal volume and a
richer quality of tone. She, too, was
considered an unsatisfactory actress.
Tetrazzini had greater facility and
brilliancy in rapid passages than eith-
er Patti or Melba. All three ranked
immeasurably below Frieda Hempel
as a musician.
“The reproach of coldness was the
common criticism hurled at Emma
Eames. Calve was scolded for taking
unmusical liberties with the compes-
er’s measures. She survives in mem-
ory strictly as a one-part artist, that
of Carmen. Plancon was superficial,
winning fame only as Mephistopheles
in ‘Faust’ and through his delivery of
‘The Palms’ and ‘The Two Grena-
diers’ at the Sunday night Metropoli-
tan Opera House concerts. Campa-
nini was the most limited kind of an
opera tenor, even though he made a
try at ‘Lohengrin.’ Jean De Reszke
was a baritone converted into a ten-
or. He was, however, also a man of
high intelligence and true artistic un-
derstanding, Tamagno, known chiefly
for his Othello, was as celebrated for
his shouting.
“Of the Wagner interpreters, Lilli
Lehmann frequently sang flat, (the
recent Melanie Kurt was as author-
itative and affecting a Bruennhilde
Van Rooy had a wooden delivery, and
Alvary’s tenor tones were throaty,
although he looked especially roman-
tic as Siegfried.
“My inference is that the old fogys
were more impressionable then than
they are now and were less familiar
with the operas themselves. And do
not let anyone tell you that the opera
singers did not sing at the top of
their voices in those days. I heard
many a star feat of the loudest kind
of musical yelling.”
Feats of Endurance by Beasts of Bur-
den.
A well-bred Shetland pony is no
"more than 40 inches in height, yet
lis capable of carrying on its back a
{ full-grown man. Which is a proof
| that it is not only size which counts
lin the matter of strength.
| Two animals that are much strong-
er than is usually supposed are the
pig and the sheep. Bears have often
been broken to harness and have been
used for plowing, and ona certain
Bedfordshire estate a large hog has
been trained as a saddle animal. At
the same place sheep have been used
for riding and were found quite equal
to bearing the weight of a full grown
man, says London Tit-Bits.
It is not many years since oxen
were used for plowing in this country.
The present writer saw one of the last
i yokes of oxen at work in an Oxford-
shire field within the last 20 years.
Again, the little Indian ox, the zebu,
is a capital draft animal and can trot
at a merry pace.
Horses are plentiful on the eastern
plains of South America, but do not
do well in the Andes, where their
place as beasts of burden is taken by
mules and by the llama, a large sheep-
like creature with a very long coat.
Llamas will carry 60 to 80 pounds
apiece over the most appalling moun-
tain passes on very little food.
There is, however, one point to be
remembered about them. They are
dreadfully nervous creatures and they
will not stand being beaten or ill-
treated. In the Andes they will work
for their owners and for nobody else.
The Lapps still use the reindeer as
a draft animal and a good reindeer
will pull a sleigh 50 miles a day. The
elk has been similarly used and was
found able to do a journey of 80 miles
in one day. This compares well with
the horse, for which the one-day
record is a little over a hundred miles.
College Men Earn More.
The two thousand graduates of the
engineering school of the Pennsylva-
nia State College are worth $2,000,000
a year to the state because of their
ability to give greater service to so-
ciety than they would if they had not
had advantages of an engineering
college education. This is a conser-
vative estimate, according to R. L.
Sackett, dean of the engineering
school at Penn State, who has com-
pleted a survey of engineering gradu-
ates.
Dean Sackett found that the aver-
age salary of the Penn State engineer
out of college seven years was $4520
a year, or $2000 a year more than the
average technical worker out of high
school for eleven years. The time al-
lowance of four years is made to rep-
resent the length of the average col-
lege engineering course. On this basis
Dean Sackett is of the opinion that a
technical education brings a return to
society of above $70,000 per graduate
on an assumed productive live of 85
years.
“Midnight.”
The janitor’s little boy, very black,
was nicknamed “Midnight,” by his
white neighbors. He didn’t mind their’
calling him that, but one day when
one of his own race exclaimed, “Hello,
Midnight!” he retorted indignantly,
“Shet up. You’se jes’ about quarter
to twelve yose’f.” .
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FARM CALENDAR
Timely Reminders from The Pennsyl-
vania State College School of
Agriculture.
Test Seed Corn.—It will be only a
few months until corn planting will
be with us again. There is a great
deal of poor seed in the country. If
seed corn ever needed the ear test it
It is better to be safe
is this year.
than sorry.
Pyratol Has “Kick”.—If farmers
want something with a “kick” for
land clearing, tney should get pyra-
tol, the new war salvaged explosive
material. It is being distributed from
Lancaster tor the use of Keystone
farmers.
Get Manure for Garden.—Many
home gardeners, especially those lo-
cated in or near towns or cities, have
difficulty in securing manure in suffi-
cient quantity. This can be avoided by
ordering manure now and having it
delivered during the winter and plac-
ed on a pile or spread over the gar-
den. Waiting until it is time to begin
outdoor operations before ordering
the manure often delays garden oper-
ations or the gardener may be entire-
ly disappointed. Have manure order-
ed and delivered before the spring
rush.
Keep Calves Growing.—Keep calves
and young stock growing and in a
thrifty condition. ‘Their future use-
fulness depends largely upon care
given now.
Motor Repairs.—With the increased
use of automobiles, trucks, tractors,
and gasoline engines on the farm,
Pennsylvania farmers who want to
learn to do their own repairing and
“trouble hunting” will do well to con-
sider taking one of the two automo-
tive courses offered by the Engineer-
ing Extension Department of the
Pennsylvania State College. They
are offered at cost and can be studied
by mail. One gives an insight into
minor repair work and the other is an
advanced course telling how to make
major repairs.
Lights on Breeders.—Many poul-
trymen find it profitable to use lights
on breeders. In this way the bird’s
body ‘eight can be maintained and
early production assured. It is high-
ly important that the birds not be
forced and that a careful system of
feeding and management be follow-
ed so that good health is assured, say
Pennsylvania State College poultry
specialists. As a general rule, the
healthiest breeders produce the larg-
est number of strong chicks.
Improve the Stable. Light and
ventilation are essential for dairy cat-
tle. These can be provided in any
stable. Now is the time to figure out
how it is to be done and to take steps
to supply these essentials. It pays.
Raise a Ton Litter.—A large num-
ber of farmers picked their largest
litters for the Keystone Ton Litter
Club last year. Fifty-eight of them
made the required weight. Will your
name be among the 1925 winners?
Qrder Plants Early.—Green-house
men who grow some plants for sale
are sowing early cabbage seed now.
Whether large or small quantities of
plants are to be bought it is advisable
to put in your order now if you do
not grow your own plants. Early
orders help the grower regulate the
quantity of seed sown and save you
from a possible shortage of plants.
This pertains to early cabbage, let-
tuce, tomatoes, peppers and egg-
plants.
Get Fertilizers.—Orchardists who
intend to fertilize their orchards
should not delay ordering fertilizers
until it is time to apply them. Unless
applied at the right time many fer-
tilizers lose their “kick” as far as the
response of the trees is concerned.
This is especially true of nitrate.
PENNSYLVANIA BOASTS
10,000 LADY FARMERS.
Pennsylvania boasts ten thousand
lady farmers, according to data an-
alyzed by the Blue Valley Creamery
Institute. Of this number over eight
thousand operate farms, 7,500 their
own, 40 as managers and not quite
500 as tenants, the data disclosed.
‘Dairying, poultry and hog raising
are some of the branches of agricul-
ture in which the women farmers of
the State specialize, the analysis re-
vealed. The land under cultivation by
the feminine agriculturists is close to
600,000 acres, of which 375,000 acres
are improved. The value of these
farms is 45 million dollars. The fig-
ures further revealed that women cul-
tivate 4.1 per cent. of all farms in the
State and 3.3 per cent. of the total
acreage, the value being 3.6 per cent.
of the whole. The average value of
the land and buildings on farms op-
erated by women was found to be in
excess of $5,000.
Commenting on the large percent-
age of women who go in for dairying
and poultry raising, the Institute sees
a peculiar adaptation of these occupa-
tions to the feminine nature. From
early times, it says, the average farm
woman has had to care for the milk
and act as dairymaid, too. And milk-
ing cows and selling butterfat with its
requirements of close attention to de-
tails seems to be a type of work that
women naturally take to. The same
appears to hold true for poultry rais-
ing. For pin money for the thousand
and one items needed in the home, the
sale of eggs and poultry and cream
has ever been known as a sure means.
Many a woman in need of money has
almost instinctively turned to milk-
ing cows and keeping hens.
The Florence Nightingale Pledge.
I solemnly pledge myself before
God and in the presence of this assem-
bly to pass my life in purity and to
practice my profession faithfully.
I will abstain from whatever is del-
eterious and mischievous, and will not
take or knowingly administer any
harmful drug.
I will do all in my power to elevate
the standards of my profession, and
will hold in confidence all personal
matters committed to my keeping, and
all family affairs coming to my knowl-
edge in the practice of my calling.
With loyalty will I endeavor to.aid
the physician in his work and devote
myself to the welfare of those com-
mitted to my care.
Lyon & Co. Lyon & Co.
At the special request of many of our
customers
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FOR ANOTHER WEEK
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