Sem Bellefoute, Pa., June 19, 1925. OUR STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Just what system of weights and measures is used as standard in this country is a question often asked. The meter is our standard of length and the kilogram our standard of weight. Circular No. 47 of the U. S. bureau of standards reads: “In 1893 the U. S. oraes of standard weights and meas- ures was authorized to derive the yard from the meter, using for that purpose the relation legalized in 1866, one yard equal 3600/3937 meter. The customary weights are likewise refer- ved to the kilogram.” So, although not in general use in this country, the meter and kilogram are our standards. ! Why Net a Wilson Stamp? Was there ever a r a greater exhibition of picayune politics than that shown by the powers that be in Washington in keeping the portrait of Woodrow Wilson from the new postage stamps? The excuse given for not printing a memorial stamp when our great war leader passed on was that the depart- ment was too busy to make any changes.” Since that time a set of three “Walloons,” a 1 1-3-cent and 2- cent Harding, a 3-cent Nathan Hale, a set of three “Lexington” and two Norse commemorative stamps have been issued, and still no thought of Wilson. It is not the first time that the Republican party has displayed petty politics of this contemptible na- ture. Admiral Dewey won the battle of Manila Bay in 1898, but Admiral Sampson was the one that our wise government chose to honor on the is- sue of Philippine stamps, and his por- trait was there 25 years, until only recently displaced by Dewey 's.—New Lyon & Co. Rei i Vacation Days Lyon & eto: Lysis to k=We are prepared to supply Every Vacation Need—whether you go to the Seashore, the Mountains, or stay at In 1889 the first international con- York World. ference of weights and measures was or! or held at Paris. At this CenferenLe i - wip—— of the principal countries of the wor including the United States, were MEDICAL _ : present. The conference chose a cer- Growing Old Too Fast? home. A special sale of Dresses—all colors _______ so as tlie Group of Midgets with Walter L. Main Circus which will exhibit on the Witmer field, East Bishop street, Bellefonte, Saturday, June 20th. * Sale Price $13 § tain platinum-iridium bar, known as the prototype meter, and a certain kil- ogram weight to be the international standards. The old Pavillon de Bre- teuil at the entrance to the park of St. Cloud, Paris, was selected as the site for an international bureau of weights and measures where these standards might be kept. It was also ordered that 31 copies of the international me- ter be carefully constructed and dis- tributed among the various countries ‘represented at the conference. The United States secured two copies. One was chosen as the fundamental stand- ard of length for this country and is preserved in a vault at the bureau of ctandards. The other is used for practical work at the bureau. Now, by act of Congress, each State has its standard meter and kilogram. When the sixth international con- ference of weights and measures was held at Paris in 1921, the director of the international bureau, M. Guil- laume, reported that 34 countries had legally adopted the metric system for general use. Since then a number or other countries, including China, Japan and Russia, have adopted it. Today all civilized countries of the world, except Great Britain and the United States, have legally adopted this system for general use. eee eee. * Warmest Summer is Now Predicted. A dispatch from Pottsville under | “We are en- | date of May 31st, says: tering the warmest summer ever known to human beings living in tem- perate zones,” Ezra Good, weather observer of West Schuylkill, declares. | “The summer will be of five months’ | duration, not ending until November. | The intense heat will uc on the sun. They repre..nt "ue to spots | small | stars which have been falling into the sun for the past two years to an un- usual extent. metals such intense heat that the These stars have now : fully ignited and are burning with | composing them are forming gases never known before. different kinds of new gases can be observed on the sun.’ At least three ! Gus Luckingbill, weather prophet of i the Philadelphia and Reading Railway , for years, but now living retired at | Schuylkill Haven, corroborated Good | as to excessive heat during the sum- mer. “The heat will cover the period un- : til late in the fall,” he said, “and will be broken only by terrific electric | storms which will rock portions of the | earth and be of terrifying nature.” Both prophets agree that the hot sun | will not scorch crops or interfere with | normal business. Skyscraper Church for New York Assured. Its first skyscraper church was as- sured to New York city recentiy when the board of directors of the Broad- way Temple brought the campaign for . $2,000,000 to a successful conclusion | by agreeing to underwrite whatever | amount remained to be subscribed. In its last days the campaign had assumed the aspects of a race against a quarter of a million dollars in that that amount had been given ‘toward the project by John D. Rockerfeller | Jr, contingent upon the organization | Jang $1,750,000 from other sources y June 1. by fire ly the definite figures were not made public concerning the amount still needed to complete the sum necessary to claim Mr. Rocker- feller’s gift, Dr. Christian F. Reisner, | who inaugurated the Broadway Tem- | ple project, $25,000 was still to be raised. se nnn Slept Only Diploma. Peter Dutko two years ago. His sole ambition was to learn American scientific agricul- | He had heard of Penn | tural methods. State and after working in a coal mine and on a Centre county farm for ten months entered the graduate school at State College last Septem- ber. He was greatly handicapped through being unable to understand the English language, though master of five others, Russian, Polish, Cze- cho-Slovakian, German and Serbian. He slept only two or three hours a night until February and then only four or five hours while he struggled with his lessons. He lost 26 pounds but won the coveted diploma of mas- ter of science in animal husbandry. with very high grades. meme emer. Man and Wife Graduate. A disabled war veteran and his wife, four pairs of brothers including twins, and two cousins were included in the 1925 graduating class at Penn State on Monday. The married graduate is Richard H. Sudds, of Butler, who graduated from the school of agri- culture and his wife from the course in home economics. Sudds -stood at the head of his class, won the John ‘W. White medal and the Edwin E. Sparks medal for his high scholastic records. announced that about Two Hours but Wins | landed penniless in Philadelphia from Czecho-Slovakia | Many Bellefonte Folks Feel Older and Slower Than They Should. Are you weak, “tired, all worn-out? —If you want good, wholesome reading subscribe for the “Watchman.” Do you feel years older than other folks of your age? Then look to your kidneys! 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Our Pennsylvania toll-service network totals 350,000 miles of wire— three-quarters of it in‘cables. Tying the cities and towns of the United States together, and with Canada and Cuba, are over five million miles of Bell System wire. This vast telephone plant rounds out the true ccm plement of your telephone service. Important as is your cross-town communication, it is not all-important. Your more than fifty million toll calls over this company’s lines last year, not including the more dis- tant connections, is impressive evidence. That this service should be kept reliable is of first ira- portance. There are occasional storms, both winter and sum- mer, which the best of telephone plant along the turnpikes cannot withstand. When it goes down, the whole Plant Department force goes into emergency action—by the hun- dreds or by the thousands, as need be. And their record is one of yeoman service. Even if the trouble is north, south or west beyond our boundaries, the same force is ready. Only last winter a call for help came from the Middle West, and in twenty-four hours a battalion, with its equipment, was on the train. All-around reliable telephone service, across the street or the State or the Nation, is the standard service of today. THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA A 8 ir Tr uN i 4 &n TI I TT rrr rrr ror rr ECC EL TT rca er Or TT TREC LEO Leather Hand Bags new line of Silk Sale Price $2.75 Silk Scarfs in All Colors silk Hose in All Coles Sale Price 05c¢. in all the and Cotton Crepes, Voiles, the English Striped Broadcloth in all colors. A complete line of Silk Crepes: also silk the new Side-Band shapes—also Beaded Bags...._.. $2.50 up = $ Lyon & Co. For the Little Tots Dresses in Voiles and Ginghams Play Suits....Socks in Silk and Lisle « Lyon & Co. | ae 4 Come to the “Watchman” office for High Class Job work. These Hose are guaranteed not to develop a “runner” the leg nor a hole in the heel or toe. If they do this you will be given a new pair free. 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