"Hellefonte, Pa., November 27, 1925.
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“THE HOME TOWN PAPER.
The little country paper
From (he old home town
Makes the city man smile
When ii comes around.
For h¢ lays: down the daily
And irons out his frown,
Wien he reads all the news
\ From the old home town.
No slanders or murders
Are on the front page;
No crimes or vulgarity,
No passions or rage.
But a mirror-like reflection
Of. a peaceful, sleepy town,
Is ‘stamped upon his memory,
° When the paper comes around.
He. reads about a melon
Grown by Farmer Hatch;
Remembers he used to sneak them
From the same melon patch.
And Chen the paper pictures
Big catches in the creek,
Where he spent hours fishing
‘Féry Saturday in the week.
Across his mind there flashes
he combination train,
And:he's standing at the depot
A barefoot boy again.
There sweeps across his memory
That can never grow dim
The old, pine spring board
And the place he used to swim.
You can talk about the daily ;
The newsboys cry around,
Datiit's punk beside the paper
From the old home town.
"THE MCCONNELL DARROW DE-
BATE.
The Scopes trial at Dayton, Tenn.,
brought #Clarence Darrow and his
agnostic theories into such prominence
that he came to be regarded as in
some sense the spokesman of those
who. deny or seriously question the ex-
#stence of a creating and sovereign
God, and who explain the universe
and all that takes place within it as
arr automotive mechanism, a machine
without, known or knowable builder
or operator, mere material and force
without” divine or spiritual elements.
“Inferesfed persons arranged for a
Joint debate on this fundamental
tine of faith in which Bishop Francis
J. McConnell, of Pittsburgh, met Mr.
Barrow. The newspaper accounts of
the. debate, which attracted great at-
tention in Chicago, where it took place,
were so. inadequate that The Christian
Advocate takes pleasure in reproduc-
énig for its readers the report which
Br. Dan B. Brummitt, editor of the
Northwestern Christian Advocate,
made for his paper.
On Menday evening of last week
M#. Clarence Darrow of Chicago, fam-
ous.as an attorney as well as a stud-
ent of humanity, debated with Bishop
Erancis J. McConnell, of Pittsburgh,
famous as a student of philosphy as
well as bishop of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, the mechanistic theory
of life.
Mr. Darrow affirmed it; Bishop Mc-
Connell denied it. :
Ta a great audience in Sinai Tem-
ple, Chicago, and to another in a near-
_ by auditoriami which heard the pro-
* eeedings by amplifier, Mr. Darrow
first presented the case for the mech-
anistic idea of the world and all that
therein is. He spoke with little ef-
fort, but also with almost no anima-
tion.. In his opening speech he stuck
closely to the biological argument,
ignoring the mental and moral aspects
of the subject,
It seemed to some hearers that this
was an attempt to “draw” his oppon-
ent, to lure him into some exposed
position from which in the second ad-
dress he counid easily be driven. If it
was anything of that sort, it failed.
Bishop McConnell met Mr. Darrow on
his own ground. He sought no shel-
ter. . And he showed himself the more
careful student of recent sientific
thought, as well as much more skill-
ful in relating its conclusions to his
side. of the arguement. .
Mr. Darrow seemed surprised. Here
was a man who, though a Christian
and 2n eeclesiastic, was quite content
to.hold the debate within such limits
as gave him ncne of the supports
(and, of course, none of the handi-
caps) of the professional defender of
religion.
In the second period of the debate,
whien questions of philosphy had
arisen, Bishop McConnell again show-
ed. himself more at home than Mr.
Darrow. Where the lawyer referred
vaguely ‘to this or that philosphic
posifion, the bishop named the men
wha first presented it, and stated its
content and significance in language
brief but crystal-clear.
The natural inclination of a Metho-
aist hearer, to listen as a partisan may
have been tempered by the discovery,
early in the debate, that it would be
quite safe to judge the merits of both
speakers calmly. Certainly partisan
interest was not necessary for enjoy-
ment of the battle, if battle it was.
In point of fact, before the evening
was over, one listener found himself
moved by a distinet feeling of sympa-
thy for Mr. Darrow, who was evident-
ly somewhat at a loss. He had come
to debate with a Preacher, and found
‘himself confrented by an intellect as
keen as his own, reinforced by a men-
tal discipline much more rigorous than
‘he had susgected a preacher could en-
«dure., Aud this preacher knew what
swale, the thought-fashions of the
world. He could discern when and
-how one form of un-faith was being
diaced by another. And when Mr.
Darrow attemzied a hit of logomachy
about a supposed endless series of su-
.perior vntelligences, Bishop McCon-
nel] ticketed it at once for what it was
—a ohiild’s puzzle.
While there was no decision, there
was a result. Toward the close of the
debate Mr. Darrow enunciated his
crecd, sterile and me'ancholy.. Man is
all machine; the machine just happen-
«ed; it has neither design nor purpose;
all human hopes are vain. And then
‘ke recited most impressively a sort of
Jditany of agnosticism; he asked the
great questions which the human spir-
it is always asking; and confessed that
for him there was one answer, the
only possible answer: “I don’t know.”
This gave Bishop McConnell his op-
portunity. He showed that in the
very act of denying freedom, choice,
intelligence, Mr. Darrow had been
compelled to use the vocabulary of
free will, of choice, of intelligent mas-
tery of facts. He had assumed that
there was a distinction between truth
and error, between fact and delusion.
But in the very assumption he had
abandoned the agnostic position. As
Bishop McConnell said, amid great ap-
plause, “For a man who knows as lit-
tle as Mr. Darrow says he knows, he
has been making some pretty strong
assertions here tonight.”
It was a pity that more Christians
could not have heard this debate. The
experience would have re-energized
their faith.
And it would have given them a new
view of Clarence Darrow, He is
thought of by many as a defiant and
blatant atheist, who lives for the de-
light of destroying all that is best and
finest in human life.
In all fairness to a man whose creed
is at the farthest possible removed
from our own, it should be said that
he is no such monster as that would
make him. He is a man of singularly
unpretentious manner. It is no dis-
credit to him that he tries to live up
to his creed, and fails. He has a
thousand interests which are incon-
sistent with the mechanistic view of
the world.
As for Bishop McConnell, we are
glad he did not think himself too good,
or too busy, or too dignified to meet in
debate the most celebrated “enemy”
of religion in this country. In that
great audience there were many who
are far from the Christian position, or
even the theistic position. But they
went away with a new respect for the
Christian church; and it is even pos-
sible to say that some of them carried
with them on their homeward way a
bewildered sense that they must have
been misinformed about those strange
people, the Methodists!—The Chris-
tian Advocate.
Machine Exhibited
Philadelphia.
One of the voting machines that are
used at the elections in New York was
exhibited by the Women’s Democratic
committee, at No. 1501 Spruce street,
Philadelphia, last week. Thanks to
that enterprising body of women, the
voting machine was shown in that
city for the first time.
The machine has been used with
great success in New York. It not
only facilitates voting but also keeps
an automatic count of the ballots
while the voting goes on.
It is possible to have the result of
an election ten minutes after the polls
have closed. Mrs. Edward McCollin,
chairman of the Women’s Democratic
committee, believes that the voting
machine will be adopted eventually in
her city.
Aside from the interest all Pennsyl-
vanians should have in this first step
objective of purifying the ballot in the
most corrupt voting centre of the
State, Bellefonte has a peculiar inter-
est of its own, for it was a Bellefonte
man who invented the voting machine.
The late J. Hile Meyers, of Roches-
ter, N. Y., was the inventor and the
present voting machine used in that
State is merely a development of his
original invention. Mr. Meyers and
his family were long residents of
Bellefonte where he was proprietor of
the Bush house.
An Honest in
to Save a Million a
Month.
All you have to do, if you want fo
be really wealthy, is double a penny
each day for thirty days.
At the expiration of this period
you could purchase a big slice of
Florida’s costly real estate, or put up
enough cash to buy out a United
States mint.
According to a chart which a local
statistic fan has prepared, one cent
doubled every day for thirty days will
increase to the amazing total of $10,-
734,418.23. There is no catch about
this. The second day you would have
Here's How
{two cents but at the end of the fifth
‘day you would have thirty-two cents.
At the end of ten days you would have
saved $10.23 and at the end of twenty
days you would have stored away $5,-
242.88. _
In twenty-five days your savings
wonld amount to $167,772.15. Then
on up the amount would climb to the
grand total. No one has seen fit lo
carry the figures beyond the thirty-
day period, but at that rate one could
become better than a billionaire in a
matter of thirty-four days, while in
two months one could corner the
world money market, and have a
leasehold on all the money to be pro-
duced for the next hundred years, in-
clusive or exclusive of the 1923 crop
of German marks.
Decline in Farms in Pennsylvania.
The number of farms in Pennsyl-
vania is decreasing at the rate of more
than five-hundred a year, a prelimin-
ary announcement of a farm census
taken this year by the Department of
Commerce shows. The census gives
Pennsylvania 200,420 farms, a de-
crease of 1,830 compared with 1920.
The department considers a “farm”
as all the land which is farmed di-
rectly by one person, either by his
own labor alone or with the assist-
ance of members of his household er
hired employes. When an owner has
one or more tenants, renters or man-
agers the land operated by each is
considered a “farm.”
The total number of farms in the
United States is given as 6,372,608,
a decrease of 74,735 within the five
year period. This decrease is divided
among 24 States, the remaining 24
showing increases.
Reasons given for me of the de-
creases were ravages of the boll wee-
vil, migration of negro workers, suc-
cession of dry seasons, conselidation
'of farms and a “general recession
from the war ‘me exp ion in agri-
culture.”—FExci age.
—— {ot the Walchman if vou want
the local news.
HOW TO SOLVE A CROSS-WORD PUZZLE
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words both vertically and horizontally. The first letter in each word
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white spaces up to the first black square te the right,
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words, except proper names. Abbreviations, slang, initials, technical terms and
obsolete forms are indieated in the definitions.
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1—To sign illegally
b—Weak 9—Uncle’'s wife
11—Profit
12—Note of scale
14—Part of day 16—Note of scale
17—To bring legal action against
19—Cries of sorrow
20—Head covering 21—Voleano
28—Sick 24—Vehicles
25—Earth’s path around sun
27—General appearance
29—Octave above treble staff
30—Friend (Fr.)
31—To throw out
33—Devoid of contents
35—Fast-running animal
36—Hastened
38—Pedal digits
41—Kicks a football
43—To lick up with the tongue
44—Part of “to be”
45—Tles
48—To make money
49—To stir up
40—Aged
47—Sun god
§1—Periods of time
52—Outer garments
Vertical.
1—Untrue
3—Chewing confection
4—FEnough (poetic)
5—Sport enthusiasts
6—Two-wheeled vehicle
2—Sun god
7—Indefinite article 8—Jumps
10—Characteristic
11—Liquid measure (pl.)
13—Motor 16—Nothing
16—Price for transportation
18—Infuriated
20—State house
22—More powerful
24—Made an encampment (sim. sp.)
26—Impersonal possessive pronoun
28—Leg of a pig
81—Snakelike fishes
82—To have faith in
38—To go within
34—Period of time
35—Small, embroidered linen piece
37—Insect 39—Boxes
41—Roasts, as a critic (cant)
42—Winter ground covering
45—Kind of pine
46—Man's “title 48—Mother
50—Note of scale
Solution will appear in mext issue.
FLAMING WATERS. |
Almost eve one knows of the:
geysers of Yellowstone Park; mud
geysers, and those that spout forth |
great columns of water and steam. '!
But did you ever hear of a geyser with |
roaring flames rising from the surface :
of water that gurgles up from subter-
ranean depths?
In northwestern Washington near |
the little town of Black Diamond, at |
the edge of a densely wooded area,
there is just such a geyser, and its
operations are so spectacular that
multitudes of wondering visitors are
attracted.
Like many other geysers, this one :
operates intermittently; usually on a !
schedule of about seventy or eighty |
minutes.
While it is quiet, all that can be’
seen is & funnel-shaped hole in the
rock, about eight feet wide at the top.
and two feet at its neck, which is six
feet below the ground surface. This
hole leads to unknown cavernous re-
gions.
After the basin has been empty for
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slowly from the base, and in ten min-
utes overflows. This water is cold and
salty, has a distinct flavor of sulphur,
and bubbles vigorously as it enters
the hole. When a lighted match is
thrown upon the surface of the pool,
roaring flames dart high into the air,
and the water is violently disturbed.
For twenty minutes this perform-
ance continues at its height, and then
as the water gradually recedes during
the next twenty minutes, the flames
become less fierce, finally dying out
with the disappearance of the water.
The program is repeated at regular
flames, it is only necessary that a
match be thrown upon the water at
each eruption.
On the slope of a hill, 300 yards
from the geyser, a small spring bub-
bles up from the earth, leaving a
presence of white sulphur.
One needs but to toss a lighted
match upon the spring to ignite the
gas that escapes in bubbles at the
water’s surfaces when whitish-yellow
burning vigorously until fanned out
or smothered. However, they can be
instantly started again.
On approaching these formations
for the first time, the sight of flames
apparently issuing from water is
startling; and somehow, the fact that
effect. Probably the spring and the
geyser are connected at their source,
gas.
with more violence though, than in
the case of the spring.—Exchange.
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Butchering Time is Here.
Cold, frosty mornings and snow
flakes in the air make us think of hog
killing, buckwheat cakes and sausage.
make the work easier and more suc-
cess “i!
Don’t have the hot.
wate” oo
than water that is too ecld. The hair
is set by water that is too hot and
at the ten neratur~ of the water hut
be certain that it ic between 155 and
thirty minutes, water appears, rises |
intervals, and in order to start the
white sediment clinging to the rocks ,
over which it flows, this indicating the '
flames will rise eighteen inches high, :
the water is very cold heightens the |
for the latter’s flames are likewise of :
It issues in greater volume and
Here are a few hints that may help |
More poor scalds at bute .ering time !
are caused by water that ic too hot:
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160 degrees Fahrenheit. A good scald
. has been assured when the dewelaws
will snap off. The hog should not be
left in the water long. Try dissolving
a bar of soap or a tablespoon of lye
in the barrel of water, this will cut
i the dirt and scruff and result in a
much cleaner carcass.
Try the following recipe for sau-
sage: 175 pounds of lean meat, 25
pounds fat, 2 pounds of salt, 2 ounces
of fine sage, 1 ounce of ground nut-
meg, 6 ounces of black pepper.
| Cut the meat into small pieces; mix
‘and add the spices; then put through
the grinder, using the small plate.
Mix well to be sure that it is uniform-
ly seasoned. Do not add water unless
the sausage is to be stuffed in casings,
in which case a small amount of water
is needed.
BOALSBURG.
Austin Dale and daughters spent
Saturday in Centre Hall.
iJ. Elmer Campbell, of Linden Hall,
| was in town on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kaup, of Al-
toona, visited their mother, Mrs. Jo-
anna Kaup, last week.
Misses Daisy Rowe and Grace Bit-
ner, and George Rowe, spent part of
Sunday at Penn Hall.
i Mrs. Della Isenberg went to Phila-
delphia last week, to undergo treat-
ment for serious eye trouble.
Dr. and Mrs. George Hall returned
to Wilmington, Del., on Friday, after
. spending the summer at their home
| on Main street. :
Don’t wait for the solicitor to call
but present your Red Cross dollar to
Miss Anna Sweeney, receiver for the
Boalsburg district.
Mrs. Elmer Houtz and daughter
Geraldine, of Bellefonte, visited at the
home of Mrs. E. E. Brown and daugh-
ters, Saturday and Sunday. Mr.
Houtz came up Sunday to accompany
| them home.
Gubernatorial Year Political Calendar.
| May 18 will be the date of the
! spring primary, the law having fixed
the third Tuesday of May as the date
in gubernatorial years.
The time for filing petitions will ex-
pive forty days before the primary.
The way the dates will fall next
ear, means the latter part of Feb-
ary and most of March will be very
busy political times, for then the pe-
titiens for the State, Senatorial, Con-
| ressional and legislative nominations
can only be remeved by shaving. Get | will be in order.
a good dairy ‘Lormometer beifore Nov that the election is over, there
starting the work aad a good scald is | will be © rush of questions as to re-
practical’. assured. Don’t try to guess quiremenis for legislative candidates,
| and seme have already been received
from possible aspirants.
Brothers of the Savior.
According to the Bible, Jesus had
four brothers—James, Joses, Simon
and Jude, the last name being also
called Judas. Smith in his notable
Bible Uiefienaly avs Jesus had three
sisters. The ipture merely men-
tions the sisters of Jesus without giv-
ing their number or names.—Ex.
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ecember fifth will be an interesting day for
those who have Christmas savings accounts
with us.
The postman will leave letters for them con-
taining checks with which to do their Christmas shop-
ping.
A little saved every week.
How it mounts up
—what a comfortable feeling it gives to have money
ready for the inevitable expense.
The Fund for 1926 Starts Now
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BELLEFONTE,
PA.