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= Bellefonte, Pa., October 2, 1925.
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Memories of Her Benefactress Awak-
ened by a Copy of the
“Watchman.”
Recently we received the letter
published below. It explains itself
and we publish it with the hope that
it might reveal something more of the
author than we know—something of
her early life in Bellefonte that might
prove interesting to readers of today
who knew nothing of the Bellefonte
of yesterday:
Unity, Pa., Sept. 19, 1925.
Dear Sir:
A copy of your paper was put in my
hands the other day and it has recall-
ed many happy memories of my early
life spent in your town. One of the
blessings for which I thank God, is
that in early days, just before the Civ-
il war, a resident of Bellefonte took
to her home and to her heart a little
girl, a child without a mother—home-
less and alone. And what a home she
gave that gn: She loved Rer, taught
and trained her.
As I look back over the
see Row that dear old Quaker moter
made it her life ark to train up the
* ¢hild in the nurturé’and admonition of |
the:Lord. How I bless the memory ‘of
that dear, childless woman who toek |
me and laid the ground work for my !
happy life. Oh, that more childless !
women world take in the homeless
ones and make of them workeys in:
God’s garden.
The enclosed verses have her in
mind when I speak of meeting the
friends I loved in early youth. |
GOING HOME. |
I'm going Home; life's sun long since
Has reached its zenith power,
And shall I soon lie down and rest |
Beneath God’s fragrant flowers.
ears I cam |
I'm going Home; to meet the friends i
I loved in early youth,
Dear friends that taught me how to live !
For God and Heaven and Truth.
I'm going Home; life's day declines,
Love's labors soon will be
A memory only left to those
Who walked this earth with me.
A memory that all hearts may know
God’s love so freely given,
Has led through life's vicissitudes,
And brought us home to Heaven.
I'm going Home; for God has said,
Believe, trust and obey,
And where I faii I trust His love
To lead to Heaven's bright day.
I'm going Home; and as I pass
A-down Life's busy mart,
I fain would plant seeds of God’s love,
In every human heart!
—Mrs. S. J. BROWNE.
Pennsylvania Potatoes Should be in
Good Demand.
Many Pennsylvania consumers will
use potatoes grown in the Keystone
State for the first time this winter
because of the small crop grown and
being harvested in the surplus pro-
duction States which ordanily sup-
ply large quantities to Pennsylvania
markets, according to the Pennsyl-
vania Department of Agriculture.
While the production of the entire
country is expected to be at least 15
per cent. below the average for recent
years, the Pennsylvania crop will
almost equal the average of recent
years. The crop is reported to be of
good quality, in practically all sec-
tions of the State. Consumers can
protect themselves against inferior
stock if they will buy only graded po-
tatoes which have been sprayed dur-
ing the entire season.
Nearby farms furnish the potato
supply of most of the smaller cities
and towns of the State, and these con-
suming centers should have their
usual supply available. The large
cities, however, depend upon car lot
receipts to a considerable degree, and
these markets will be the ones chiefly
affected by the change of production
conditions. About 40 per cent. of all .
of the late potatoes come from Penn-
sylvania loading points, in addition to
the large quantities that are trucked
in from nearby farms. Over 5,000
cars are usually received from New
York, Michigan and Maine, but the
crop in these States is expected to be
28 per cent. less than last year and 15
per cent. less than the average. In
the past this deficit has usually been
made up from Wisconsin and Minne-
sota, but there is a correspondingly
small crop in these States as well.
Don’t Talk—Telegraph.
A traveling man went into a rail-
way restaurant and gazed discontent-
edly at the profusion of pies and |
cakes on the counter. “Haven’t you '
got anything solid to eat?” he asked. |
“Shall I give you some beans?”
asked the proprietor, with his most
persuas've smile. The traveler as-
sented and, making short work of
them, asked: “How much?”
“Twenty-five cents,” was the bland
response.
“What!” cried the drummer; “25
cents for a spoonful of cold beans?”
The proprietor continued firm in his
price, the man paid it and departed.
But late that afternoon a telegram |
was handed in to the restaurant keep-
er for which he paid 25 cents.
It ran thus: “Don’t you think your
price a little high on beans ?”—Amer-
ican Mutual Magazine.
China’s Trade in Bones.
For many years, the economical
Chinese have put animal bone to good
use for various ornamental and prac-
tical articles and for fertilizer, but the
traffic in this commodity in recent
times has greatly increased so that
now they are said to be importing
large quantities. During the first six
months - of 1923- Shanghai alone im-
ported nearly 1,500 tons of cow bone
valued at more than $238,000, prinei-
pally for the tile-game makers. In
1922, China exported more than $1,
000,000 worth of bone.
‘were fastened to it by a single loop;
. resentment felt by & man who has
' been in prison.
‘ a8 much as any man who comméts a
| serious crime against society.
| with the difference that he does not
' good feeling and suggests that we are
not working entirely for the material !
Peruvians Kept Count
by Knots in String
Among the ancient Peruvians there
was a system of expressing thoughts
without pronouncing them or writing
them in language. This consisted In
a method of intertwining strings and
tying various knots. It was called a
quipu, and was composed of one thick
head or top string, to which, at cer-
tain distances, thinner ones were fas-
tened. The top string was much thick-
er than the pendent strings, which
the knots were made in the pendent
strings and were single or manifold.
The length of the strings varied. The
transverse or top string often meas-
ured several yards, and Sometimes
only a foot. The branches of pendent
strings were seldom more than two
feet long, and in general they were
much shorter.
The strings were often of different
colors, each having its own particular
signification. The coler for soldiers
was red; for gold, yeHow; for’silver,
white; for corn, green.
The quipu was especially employed
for numerical and statistical tables,
each single /knot représenting ten;
each doulfle knot” stood for 108; each
triplesknot for "1,600, etc. ;
kits standing together made 30;"and
two double knots, 200. ! |
In this. manner thé anclent Peru- |
vians kept the: aecounts of thelr army.
On one string were numbered the sol-
dlers armed with sliggs; on ‘another
the spearmen; on a third, those whe
carried clubs. ]
This method of calcplation Is stil! |
oracticed by the shepherds of Puna.
Asserts That Poverty
Is Punished as Crime |
It is a common cant phrase among
the comfortable classes that poverty is
rot a crime. Like most cant phrases,
it is a lie. Poverty is a crime, or the
world would not punish it so severely.
{ Any man who has been poor—I do not
i mean “Lard up” or short of money,
but actually poor, and born among the
poor, as I was—has something of the
For he has suffered
But
know what offense he has committed.
I received the first punishment early
in life, and it was some time before
I could discover that my offense wus
poverty and humble Wirth. There Is
no relief for that suffering. So long
as boys born among the poor dare to
have brains and fine feelings and a
desire to escape from mean streets, 80
long they shall be made to pay the
price of their daring.—Thomas Burke,
in Hearst’s International-Cosmopoli-
tan,
Appli:ation for Patent
A first government fee of $20 has to
be paid on the filing of an application
for a Unuited States patent as a part
of the application, and if the applica-
tign is allowed a final government fee
of $20 has to be paid in order to secure
the grant of a patent. No further
fees are required, and the patent runs
its term of 17 years without anything
more being required of the patentees.
In most foreign countries, however, in
addition to the government fees which
by law have to be paid with the appli-
cation, and in order to secure the
grant of the patent, renewal fees or
annuities have to be paid regularly,
and the laws require the invention
that Is covered by the patent to be
actually worked, as by being manu-
factured, sold, etc., in the country of
the patent.
Insect Cannibals
fn the struggle for existence many
creatures are driven to live at Iim-
mense heights, :
The climbers of Everest saw a herd
of wild sheep sitting on a glacier
surrounded by pinnacles of ice. They
found bees, moths, and butterflies at
21,000 feet, and the last traces of per-
manent animal existence far above
the Himalayan snow-line and 4,000
feet above the last vegetable growth.
These were small spiders. !
They live in islands of broken rock
surrounded by snow and ice. There
were no signs of vegetation or living
creatures near t.om, and for food |
they ate one another. |
Wingless grasshoppers were found
living at a height of 18,000 feet.
Courtesy
Courtesy is the one medium of ex
change that is always accepted at par |
by the people of every country on the
globe, Courtesy radiates a spirit of |
returns of work, but for the friendly
human associations as well. Life Is
not toc short, and we are never too
busy to be courteous.
Courtesy is the outward expression !
of an inward consideration for others.
It is always an effective lubricant that
smooths business and social relation- |
ships, eliminating friction.—Philadel- |
phia Public Ledger.
Saved by Coffin
Clinging to a coffin for 15 hours on
Methodists of Snow Shoe to Build Handsome
New Church Edifice
aN
Above we present a picture of the
rye by fire on December 21st,
Besides being especially ornate it
has been planned sc splendidly that it
will be a model in comfort, conven-
ience and charm for the congregation
and others who join them in their
{ worship and social activities.
It was designed by the bureau of
architecture of the Methodist church
and reflects the experience of those
{ who have specialized in church plan-
ning so perfectly that everything to be
desired is had, yet kept within the re-
sources of a small congregation.
‘The building is to be of red brick,
with provision for the social and rec-
reational as well as the mental and
spiritual needs of the people. The
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two single proposed new Methodist thurch to re-
place the edifice in that town that was'|
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auditorium will seat 154 persons, with
the Sunday school room at its rear,
seating 100, capable of being thrown
into it by the mere shifting of rolling
partitions. In the basement will be
located the assembly room for socials,
‘ suppers and other church recreational
activities.
It is estimated that the building
will cost $14,000.00 part of which is
already in hand through the $4000.00
insurance on the old structure, $1000.-
00 pledged by the Ladies Aid and
$500.00 by the Sunday scheol.
Rev. Charles F. Berkheimer is the
pastor in charge and he is so full of
enthusiasm over the new building pro-
ject that surely it will be so infectious
that the Methodists and their good
friends in Snow Shoe and vicinity will
catch enough of it to provide all the
money, and more, that may be neces-
sary to complete the building.
Already they have had one very
generous gift. The James and Nich-
olson Construction Co., now engaged
in building the state road out there,
sent their equipment and made the ex-
cavation for the basement. It meant
several hundred dollars to the compa-
ny and a saving of possibly a thous-
and to the church.
Those Who Use Left Hands.
As a resulb of comparative ipteM-
gence tests with right-handed and
left-handed individuals in a group of
1019 children, Dr. Kate Corday, psy-
chologist, of Los Angeles, Cal., recent-
ly announced she could find no confir-
mation o fthe tradition that left-hand-
ed persons ase of inferior mentality.
mation of the tradition that left-hand-
boys than girls.
MEDICAL.
Is Your Health Slowly
Slipping Away ?
Bellefonte People Advise You to Act
in Time.
Is failing health making you uneasy
and unhappy? Are you tired, weak
and dispirited? Suffer daily backache
and stabbing, rheumatic twinges?
Then look to your kidneys! The kid-
neys are the blood-filters. Once they
weaken, the whole system is upset.
You have dizzy spells, headaches and
urinary irregularities. You feel all
worn-out. Use Doan’s Pills—a stim-
ulant diuretic to the kidneys. Thous-
ands recommend Doan’s. Here is
Bellefonte proof:
Mrs. Ernest Benner, 34 Bishop St.,
says: “Sometimes the ache across my
kidneys became intense. My kidneys
didn’t act right, for at times they act-
ed too frequently and again not often
enough. Dizzy spells came on, too,
and I actually reeled. My energy left
and I felt so tired and worn-out, I
could hardly do anything. I used
Doan’s Pills and they rid me of all
symptoms of kidney trouble and I felt
much better.” :
60c, at all dealers.
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
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SCIENCE SAYS
Tuberculosis Must. Go
ome Months Ago we Distributed a Pamphlet entitled
“The Cow the Mother of Prosperity.”
tained information of great value to those en-
gaged in the businéss of producing milk.
We now are giving away another pamphlet called
“ Tuberculosis Must Go,” containing full directions as
to the proper care of stock and poultry.
It will prove of value to those engaged in dairy-
ing or poultry or stock raising.
We Shall be Glad to" Send Copies, on Request
The First National Bank
BELLEFONTE,
It con-
PA.
a storm-swept rock off the New Zea- [IE
land coast was the experience of five
Maoris.
of a relative to Nelson for burial,
when the launch was wrecked on a oO
submerged rock. The Maoris spent 10 | fj
hours’ on the rock in bitterly cold
wegther, doggedly clinging to the
coffin all the time. They were in the
last stages of exhaustion when res.
cued
They were taking the body : Ji
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