Bemorvaic atc Bellefonte, Pa., May 15, 1925. Country Correspondence PINE GROVE MENTION. Baileyville has a new blacksmith in the person of Benjamin Luke. Ed. Geist, of Ebensburg, visited friends hereabouts on Monday. Don’t forget the play in the I. O. O. F. hall tonight and tomorrow night. Joe E. Johnson is breaking ground for a new garage, 22x26 feet in size. Mrs. George Bell, of Spruce Creek, visited relatives in this section last week. ; Mrs. Sallie Burwell spent Saturday with Miss Margaret Reed, on Church street. C. L. Goodling was called to Altoo- na, on Tuesday, owing to the illness of his sister. Eeverts & Randolph are applying a new coat of paint to the Dr. Woods residence. Roy S. Goss was an over Sunday visitor at the William McManus home at Manor Hill. James A. Gummo went to Balti- more, on Monday, where he has se- «cured a good job. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Wright, of Belle- fonte, greeted old friends in this sec- ‘tion on Wednesday. Miss Edith Sankey, of Middleburg, is with her cousin, Mrs. Viola Smith, for an indefinite stay. J. C. Ross and family motored to Stonevalley and spent Sunday with the C. B. Koch family. N. T. Krebs, of State College, who now holds a good position in Hunting- don, spent Saturday in town. Charley Louck has been awarded the contract for painting and papering the interior of Meek’s church. William B. Fry is steering a new Qaklond car, William Wertz a Max: well and G. E. Harper a Chevrolet. George Elder is breaking ground for a new house at Millbrook. Camp- bell & Rossman have the contract. Samuel Markle, of State College, was an over Sunday visitor at the home of his son Scott, at Fairbrook. Mrs. George P. Irvin and Mrs. J. W. Sunday were taken to the Huntingdon ‘hospital last week. Reports say both are improving. Henry McWilliams is visiting his sister in Williamsport, the latter ex- pecting to accompany him home when ‘he returns several weeks hence. Frank Mattern lost a good horse on ‘Saturday, and John Kocher and Ed. Frank also lost horses during the week, all of them going to the phos- ‘phate plant. A kitchen shower was given Miles “Walker and bride, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Stine Walker, last Fri- day evening. The young people were generously remembered by their many friends. The low price of potatoes the past year has not discouraged growers in this section. ~ A. C. Kepler is planning to plant twenty acres, his usual amount. Last year the crop totaled 7,000 bushels. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rossman, of Harris township, left on Monday on a trip across the continent, expecting ‘to be away all summer. Their pro- gram includes a stop in Minnesota and visits in the State of Washington, Oregon and California. Last Friday J. C. Horner, of State College, and Miss Helen Gearhart, slipped across the border and were married at Cumberland, Md. The ‘bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gearhart, and is a splendid young lady. Their plans for the fu- ture are not yet known. Stepping from behind a car to catch the bus for Tyrone, Miss Ruth Lon- don, of the Seven Stars, was hit by .another car and knocked down and run over. She sustained a broken collar bone and other injuries and was taken to the Huntingdon hospital where she is getting along as well as can be ex- pected. The Carl Klinefelter home at Shin- gletown, was burned to the ground last Friday morning. An overheated .stove is believed to have been the or- igin. Most of the furniture on the first floor was saved but everything on the second floor burned. There was some insurance but not enough to cover the loss. Fisher.—John J. Fisher died at the ‘home of his son John, at Marengo, last Friday, following a brief illness -with heart trouble. He was born at Pleasant Gap and was 78 years old. He was thrice married and is surviv- ed by his third wife, thirteen children, twenty-four grand-children and eight great grand-children. He was a farmer most of his life and a good citizen. Rev. J. S. English had charge of the funeral services which were held on Monday morning, the remains peing taken to Madisonburg for bur- ial. AARONSBURG. Mr. and Mrs. Stover Durst are nicely settled in their own cozy home .on North 2nd street. Miss Carrie Weaver and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fry motored over from Lock Haven, Sunday, and spent the day in town. Mrs. Ed. Swarm, of Olean, N. Y., has been with her aged mother, Mrs. Fred Limbert, in her home on Front street. Paul W. Krape arrived home one ‘week ago from Philadelphia, and is again seen behind the counter in his father’s place of business. Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Stover had as week-end guests their daughter, Mrs. Kauffman and three children, of Bal- ‘timore, Md.; also their son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Weller and son, of Sha- mokin. J. H. Crouse motored to Sunbury, ‘Sunday morning, where he spent the day at the home of his niece and hus- band, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hain, where ‘his grand-son, Harry Vonada, has pital, May 3rd. been staying since leaving the hos- | STRANGE FACTS ABOUT SNAKES | depot!” Screaming “murder” the |day visitors at the James McClincy ATTORNEY’S-AT-LAW. Mrs. W S h turned I doubt there being another crea- young lady fied from tiie best, howe; L | pg ep TS. . M. tover as return . 3 —————— A —————— Mr. and Mrs. Claude ucas, of KLINE WOODRING — he t al 1 Attorney-at- home from Akron, Ohio, where she | Jo'C 1, (IC BITE Holt, (RAL TS eed RUNVILLE. Sow Shee, were: Sunday guests of S “hiv, plidtuie Yi Frciy aii Bon : large part of this attitude is unjusti-| Miss Helen Kauffman is visiting in Cole Exehauge ut Stever and family, and her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Guisewite. Last reports from postmaster H. D. Krape, (who for two weeks has been a patient in the Centre County hos- pital, where he underwent an opera- tion for appendicitis), are that he is getting along as well as can be ex- pected, which his many friends are pleased to hear. We hope ere long he will be able to resume his place in the church and Sunday school, as well as his place in the community, where he has been greatly missed. rere fps PLEASANT GAP. What is home without a box of carpet tacks? A new concrete walk now adorns the front of the M. E. parsonage. George Magargle and family were week-end visitors in Williamsport. Lem Brooks and wife are visiting here among friends and relatives. Mrs. Crissman, of Pittsburgh, spent a few days here with her son Harry and family. George A. Wise and family, of Ty- rone, spent the week-end at the home of J. A. Armstrong. Jonas E. Wagner, wife and two sons, of Harrisburg, spent the week- end at T. E. Jodons. Mr. and Mrs. Crumlish and son “Billy” motored to Pittsburgh, their former home, on Thursday. The indications are that Pleasant Gap will be well represented the coming court week, since several trials are listed from here. Our stores are all taking half holi- days, Thursday afternoon. They claim the new departure has become a fixed fact here as well as elsewhere. New improvements to the home of Abner Noll are being vigorously pushed forward. In another week the change will be agreeably perceptible. Rev. Rishel, M. E. minister of the Pleasant Gap charge, held communion services on sunday last, at Pleasant Gap at 10.30 a. m.; Weaver, 2.30 p. m., and at Axe Mann, 7.30 p. m. John Mulfinger, our efficient assis- tant post master, thinks it strange that all other business industries can have half-holidays barring the post- office. To him it looks like discrim- ination. Mrs. Jack Noll is making one of her semi-annual visits to Woodlawn, Beaver county. She will be absent for a week among her numerous friends in that flourishing iron indus- trial growing town. Miss Nllie Baney was hit by a car on her way home from church, Sun- day evening. She was somewhat bruised, but not serious. The driver was exonerated from all blame. To assure safety we need electric lights and improved sidewalks. Rev W, J. Wagner, our Lutheran minister, preached one of his inter- esting sermons at the Lutheran church on Sunday evening. From a literary point of view, and as samples of unstudied eloquence, his sermons are incomparably superior to what we usually hear rendered in the country districts. Our esteemed old friend, Christian Hoffer, passed away on Sunday last. Christ, as he was familiarly known, was a good, all-round citizen. He made his home for the past 14 years with the family of W. H. Noll Jr, and was well and favorably known by every man, woman and child at the S20 who are sincerely mourning his eath. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Walker, of Bellefonte, dropped in to see Mrs. Harry Atcherson, who has been ill for the past ten or fifteen days. The visit was highly appreciated by the Atcherson as well as numerous others of our vicinity. Glad to note that Mrs. Atcherson is recuperating nicely. Good people are always wel- come in our hospitable village. Happy are they, who, with wisdom from above, are instructed how to live so as to secure partial happiness here in this life, and full and perfect joy in the life which is to come. It is reli- gion alone that can soothe the storms and trials of life, and remind us of a perpteual summer where the bright sun never retires behind a cloud, where pleasures will last evermore, and every tear shall be wiped away. It should be held in everlasting re- membrance that intemperance is a most fatal and destructive vice. The temptations and delusions of this ad- versary of our peace, the treacherous arts by which it flatters us from the path of rectitude, and the syren by which it lures us into its foul embrace, surpasses all power of description. Before the danger is discovered, es- cape is almost hopeless, and the wili- ing victim in the fatal current is lost. Better steer clear and avoid destruc- ion. The office of nurse to the sick is a very important one, and quite as re- sponsible as that of the physician. The routine, and less important part, so to speak, of the duties of the nurse may be performed by a person of the most moderate degree of intelligence; but the office of nurse means, or should mean, much more than that. It should embrace a comprehensive and practical knowledge of hygiene or the laws of health; or in other words, a knowledge of the importance of clean- liness; of the required amount of warmth, of ventilation, of pure air, of light, of the proper kind of food, and to know when to give it, and of many other minor matters. By common consent and nature, this kind and im- portant office falls to the lot of wom- an. It is usually believed that any woman, if she is not already a nurse, may easily become such. However, this is a great error. Women, as a rule make better nurses than men. They are better fitted by nature for the office than men are; and it is also true, that with proper instruction, most women may become good nurses. ——For good, reliable news always read the “Watchman.” .| pened to be walking near the depot fied by the facts, being merely the re- sult of falsehoods and superstition. Many thousands insist that all snakes are dangerous to man, in spite of the findings of science. In the United States there are three distinct species, and only seventeen poisonous. It is said, too, in further condemna- tion, that snakes are even traitorous to their young. Contrary to this im- pression, the female python is an ex- ceptionally attentive mother, wrap- ping herself around the eggs and re- fusing to move for ninety days, or un- til the hatching occurs. Another mis- conception is that snakes eat their young. Probably this belief came from the discovery of the unborn young, for while some snakes lay eggs and hatch out their babies, others give birth to live youngsters. One of the most common misstate- ments about snakes is that they can fascinate a prospective victim. Men who have made a life-long study of snakes say that there is no foundation for this belief. A bird may act strangely when confronted by a rep- tile, for it is sometimes slightly be- Dmhed by fear, but it is not “charm- e i . Snakes do have peculiar eyes. There are no lids and the eyes are always open. A sleeping serpent may be awakened by seeing a sudden move- ment. A snake’s eye is covered with a transparent cap, which is shed at each casting of the skin, and under this glassy cap the eye is capable of con- siderable movement. ] Snakes are not only short-sighted, but the hearing, in most cases, is not good. The boa, it is claimed, is quite deaf. The king cobra, of India, is the only serpent that can play the blood- hound. He can put his nose to the ground and trail a native hour after hour—and the Hindu, believing this serpent sacred, feels that he should be a willing victim! Instinct sometimes seems to take the place of special senses in snakes. They have an un- erring ability to locate water, and in the dry seasons will go to it over in- credible distances. Just how this is done no scientist has yet explained. One mystery about snakes, over which many people have puzzled, is how they breathe during the long per- iods taken to swallow their bulky food. The explanation is that Nature so placed the windpipe that its upper end can be thrust out below the tongue while the swallowing muscles are at work. A snake’s ability to swallow huge objects has been exaggerated. All those tales about horses and cows be- ing swallowed, even by giant pythons, are merely stories. Carl Hagenbeck, who knows snakes from A to Z, says that one of his pythons once swallow- ed a 94-pound goat, and that he knows of nothing larger having “gone that way.” A good big meal, we will agree, but remember that a snake doesn’t eat often. They go for weeks or months without food, and I have heard of .one fast extending over a period of eighteen months. Snakes do not have to wriggle. They travel on the broad plates of the ab- domen, the sharp overlapping edges of which give a good purchase. In crawling slowly a snake really walks upon these plates by bringing them forward in series along the body, then pulling them back again. Working in this way, according to Professor Dit- mars, a snake may progress in a per- fectly straight line.—By Eu- banks, in Our Dumb Animals. ——A young lady not familiar with the language of the railroad men hap- where a freight train was being made up. One of the brakemen shouted: “Jump on her when she comes by, run her down by the elevator and cut her in two and bring the head up to the Solution to Cross-word Puzzle No. 5. ARIEAJF EON [8] 1S] ARIK HR! : oO + >[2[0[0] ~ >|] Bd Goi 0» 0 [om 40[2] Or |ORMm|=<]| |mm<]| Z[O]m] H10/> [7 Z| [>| L No Z| |m] >] m |Z /m|7| > ~] ak He mI) 2]m| [Z|0]=|- rlciZ/Z]>] ne >m[Z] =o] olm=o| TMEMs Top) (Cross-word puzzle No. 6 crowded out of to-day’s paper will appear next week.) Pa says I'm flower And getting stronger every hour. —Young Mother Hubbard growing like a Pa ought to know—he romps around with me every night after dinner—and speaking of dinner where do you buy your meats? Try these folks. It’s a good shop. Beezer’'s Meat Market ON THE DIAMOND Williamsport. Miss Clara Holt, of Dix Run, is Spending a few days among friends ere, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Walker and daughter, of Williamsport, were Sun- Scenic Theatre Weeks-Ahead Program Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lucas were at Milesburg, on Sunday, and spent the day with Mrs. Nannie McClellan, Those who visited at the home of D. F. Poorman, on Sunday, were Mr. and Mrs. Willis Poorman and Mr. and Mrs. George Shuey, of State College. CERES, J trus High street. J KENNEDY Hien Law, Eetletonte, Pa. Prompt ate tention given all legal business ems ted to his care. Offices—No. 8 BaR- M. KEICHLINE — Attorney-at-Law and Justice of the Peace. Tal pre= fessional business will a rompt attention. Office on second floor ef emple Court. 49-3-13 G. RUNKLE — Att. Conanitation = = I er-at. Aa. an. Bellefonte, Pa. ge ly PHYSICIANS. SATURDAY, MAY 16: All Star Cast in “THE GOOSE HANGS HIGH,” is a sweet, wholesome comedy drama, with Gertrude Claire, Myrtle Stedman and oth- A human story with heart appeal for every family. The children ers. give up to make their parents comfortable and happy. MONDAY, MAY 18: BEBE DANIELS in “THE CROWDED HOUR,” a dandy war story, with very realistic scenes, that will appeal to the emotions. love and follows hero, who is married, to war. and is nursed back by hero's wife, Also, Pathe News and Comedy. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, MAY 19 AND 20: CORINNE GRIFFITH in “DeCLASSE,” an eight reel drama with Lloyd Hughes and Olive Brook. A story of a Jewish money lender gets a titled The heroine, to save the family faces, refuses to di- cad in his clutches. vorcee. Comedy. THURSDAY, MAY 21: A big feature, title to be announced later. both ever interesting an dentertaining. FRIDAY, MAY 22: PETE MORRISON in “THE EMPTY SADDLE,” is a corking good picture of this western star in which the great feature is the work of his famous horse, “Lig!l.ining,” with his wonderful intelligence. of “IDAHO.” After many adventures happiness comes. appealing, Bellefonte R. B. L. CAPERS, i OSTEOPATH. State Crider's Exch. 66-11 Holmes Fr 8. GLENN, M. D., Physician W Surgeon, State Cilloge, Fh dence, ce at his resi county, Pa. Offi Also, 2 reel Comedy. Heroine falls in Becomes blinded by shell who becomes reunited to husband. Good story. Also, 2 reel Also, Pathe News and Review, Also, seventh episode MOOSE TEMPLE THEATRE. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MAY 15 AND 16: All Star Cast in “THE PASSION PLAY,” the wonderful presentation of the Life of Christ. A fine and instructive picture. SATURDAY, MAY 23: PETE MORRISON in “SANTA FE PETE,” with that famous acting horse, “Lightning,” makes this one a dandy, and on top of that another feature and A big, fine show, don’t miss it. a comedy. 84-34-1y Bellefonte, Pa. A TEE a Pastime Theatre---State College Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday ( Matinee Daily) YAN i AVE YOU EVER seen a Magic Rug: soar above the city bearing a Thief and a Prin- cess? Have you ever seen a white horse with wings fly thru the clouds? Have you ever seen Magic ropes, live dragons and bats as big as ele- phants? Have you ever seen an “invisible” cloak? This beautiful story of romance and adventure abounds in happen- ings of astounding and unbelievable magic. “Happiness Must be Earned” May 18, 19,20 E VA B. ROAN, Optometrist, Licensed by the State Board. every day except Sa Seate Collefs, 7 by HLLIUN AY SomNCITER SINGS THE gest = CAUSC = 8€¢ irs BEFORE flour reaches you it goes through several stages in order to find its final form. 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