RE I Bellefonte, Pa., February 19, 1926. Cm THE YOUTH OF WASHINGTON. George Washington was born Feb- ruary 22, 1732. The homestead where he was born on Bridges Creek, and from the house one had a beautiful view for many miles over the Poto- mae, and over to the Maryland shore opposite. The house had a steep roof, and low, sloping, projecting eaves. Four rooms were on the ground floor, others in the attic, and there were great chimneys at each end. There is only a stone now to tell where the house was. The home of George Washington’s boyhood was like the house where he was born. The house overlooked a meadow, and here the little boy used to play for hours at a time. Here he probably played soldiers, with a stick for a gun, and climbed trees and hid behind rocks to hide from wild In- dians. George could not play all tke time, however, for he had to go to school, just like little boys have to now. The school where George went was a little country school, kept by a man named Hobby, and was called an “old field school house.” Here George learned to read, write and do arithme- tie. George had an older brother. Law- rence, of whom he was very fond. When George was 11 his father died. His mother brought him up to be very obedient to her, and to be truthful to everyone. Little George had a high temper, but his mother taught him how to restrain and con- trol Lis temper. George soon went to live with his brother at Bridges Creek, and went to school there. Some of his copy books are still preserved and show how neatly he wrote. There are some of his books that show how he tried to draw faces of his friends and some birds. George was very strong as a boy, He loved wrestling, running, leaping, pitching quoits and tossing bars. He was stronger and quicker than most of his playmates. Near a ferry at Fredericksburg a place is still point- ed out where, when a boy, George threw a stone across the Rappahan- nock. He could ride the swiftest horses and loved to mount a spirited horse. The boy was so honest and just that his little comrades came to him when they had quarrels and asked him to settle their troubles. They always did as he said. George often visited his brother Lawrence at Mount Vernon. The house is a lovely, big, roomy, airy place, on a bank which overlooks the beautiful Potomac river. One can see over to Maryland from the sloping lawn. There is a great park full of deer by the river's edge, and the deer are quite tame. On another part of the grounds there is a beautiful gar- den, hedged off by boxwood. In the summer time the garden is fragrant with sweet-scented flowers ¢ many colors. Off from the house isa great kitchen, and back of the kitchen a walk leads to the river. Itisat the end of this walk that the tomb of Washington is. In summer the tomb is all covered with ivy and is very lovely. EDITH KISSAM YOUNG. Cross—State Railroad Gets New Lease of Life. The new trans continental railroad that has been talked about for years and the survey for which has been nade through the western and south- ern part of Centre county is evident- ly still a living germ. At Washington last week a recon- sideration of the application of the New York, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railroad for permission to construct a new line across Pennsylvania was granted by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Although the commission’s decision on the original application has not been announced, the formal proceed- ings upon it closed sometime ago. L. F. Loree, president of the Delaware and Hudson, and the estate of the late E. H. Harriman is in control of prop- erty assembled in the plan. Mr. Loree said the construction across Pennsylvania would be under- taken in bringing about a new trans- continental railroad, running in part, through eastern trunk- line territory. All of the major Eastern lines have opposed the plan, and the commis- sion’s experts recently tentatively re- ported that the cost of the project made it undesirable at present to al- low the application. ET —————— a ree. ‘Some Things Worth Knowing. There are 44,453 rural mail routes ‘in the United States. Including all sects, there were 243- - 578 churches in the United States in 1922. Thirteen new national forests, with a total area of 354,509 acres, have been created in the last six months. There are 18,572 bakeries, employ- ing 127,498 people. About 60 per cent. «of the population depends upon bak- «eries for bread. The State having the greatest num- ‘ber of counties in 1920 was Texas, having 254. The State having the least number was Delaware, with 3. The Band Wagoner. “Have you decided on what you will say in your next speech?” “Not yet,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. “There’s no use in being pre- cipitate. I shall wait to ascertain just what legislation is likely to go through and then rehearse a few splendid outbursts of impetuous en- thusiasm.”—Washington Star. r———— rere. —Onlooker—Surely, Mose, you don’t expect to catch fish in that stream Mouse—No, sah; I don't expect to. I’se just showing my old woman I has no time to turn de wringer.—Good Hardware. I — WAR ATROCITY TALES SPIKED Denied by Former Publicity Chief of A. E. F. Washington.- -Flat denial that the American army authorities in France circulated “war lies” as a propaganda measure during the World war was made here by James Kerney, editor and publisher of the Trenton (N. J.) Times, in an address delivered at the Army War college. Mr. Kerney served eight months as director of American information with the A. E. F. and told the war college class that he did met “recall a single official lie which the general head- quarters, A. E. IF, put out even ind rectly.” He referred to the stir credted by published reports of remarks by Gen- eral Charteris, “one of the most ca- pable minds employed in British gen- eral headquarters in France,” at a dinner in New York recently, at which the generals “chatted on wartime propaganda.” The speaker said that nearly all so- called “war lies” were folk tales and popular myths handed down through the centuries and modernized to fit any war. Investigation, he believed, would disclose that virtually all of them started as gossip either at th~ front or at home. He continued: “Crucified Canadian sergeants, Bel- gian babies with their hands cut off, angels flying over thinning ranks of the British ‘contemptibles’ at Mons, Russian armies moving through Scot- land and England toward the front in France—all these and their equally foolish fellow tales grew out of gossip, were broadcast through gossip and were impregnably implanted in the popular mind long before any of them got into print or came officially to the attention of the governments engaged in the war.” MADE CROWN PRINCE Prince Mihai (Michael), who has just been declared heir apparent to the throne of Rumania, following the act of his father, Crown Prince Carol, renouncing his rights of succession and membership in the royal family. Charlestoneer Breaks Leg in Wedding Glide Hammond, Ind.—Check one for the Charleston. As a Charleston performer, Robert Richardson was nix, He tried his best, ‘tis true, and took a couple of les- sons and all that. He got so he could kick and slip with fair success and Charlestoned whenever occasion de- manded. But when it came to instructing oth- ers, that’s where he met his downfall. And it was plenty hard, let it be known. As a matter of fact, he fell so hard while trying to impress guests at Joe Kasper’s wedding anniversary here recently that when he was raised from the floor it was found he had a compound fracture of one leg. He is In St. Margaret’s hospital with his leg in a plaster cast. And the world goes Charlestoning on. Princess Alexandra Only Shingled Royalty London.—Princess Alexandra, wife of Prince Arthur of Con- naught, has gained distinction as the only shingled member of the British royal family. It is noteworthy, however, that when- ever she appears at formal din- ners at Buckingham palace the princess has always worn her “evening locks” as wigs for the bobbed or shingled are called in society circles, The queen of Spain and Queen Maud of Norway, both recent visitors to London, still wear their hair long, as do Queen Marie of Rumania, the troubled mother of the romantic Prince Carol, and the queen of the Bel- glans, who recently was incor- rectly reported to have been shingled. Some of the younger members of the royal houses have had their hair cut, but Princess Alexandra of Con- naught is the only member of the British royal family who thus far has adopted the fash- ion, = . TI i] 3 Se? @ = (EB al Last Call 16 Overcoats—Values up to $35.00—While they last. . . . . . at, $18.65 45 Mens Suits—-Values up to $35.00 There are only 45 of them————AIll Grouped at One Price DON’T MISS THIS The Saving is Big . . . . . . . . . It is Real SAINI INI ANS III $18.65 A. FAUBLL cm RR HOW TO SOLVE A CROSS-WORD PUZZLE When the correct letters are placed in the white spaces this puzzle will spell words both vertically and horizontally. The first letter in each word is Solution to Cross-word Puzzle No. 1 11—Side of a room 12—To embark in a ship 13—Mound of earth 14—Limb 15—Strip of leather 16—A holy person 18—Large reptile 20—Negative 24—Pound (abbr.) 28—Wickedness 30—Kind of beer 82—Condemns 34—Greek letter 35—Additional amount 37—Places in a fixed position for effect 39—Printing measure 40—Piece of heavy artillery 21—Peril 26—At no time 42—Meadow 45—Man’s polite title 46—Proverb 48—Concerning b1—Fuss b2—Before (poetic) b4—Story 55—To clese violently, as a door 56—Nothing 57—To sum b8—Verse 59—A notation urenmn FUEL CONDITIONS IN THE DAYS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. Persons who in these days visit Mount Vernon are impressed with the stateliness of the old mansion, which, when George Washington lived there, was a typical “great house” of the time—a magnificent and very luxurious abode, indeed. But its discomforts, from a modern viewpoint were little short of dread- ful. Of plumbing there was none at all, and all the water for drinking and washing had to be brought into the house in pails, being drawn from a well. There was, of course, no bath- room; and, as for the heating arrange- ments—oh, my! The central heating plant was at that period undreamed of. There was not even a stove at Mount Vernon in Washington’s day. In all Virginia | there was only one stove—a big one, for burning wood, in the House of Burgesses. It was regarded as a cur- iosity. A philosopher in Philadelphia, | Doctor Franklin, had invented a new sort of heater that he called a “base- burner,” but most people thought it a crank idea. For heating purposes Mount Vernon depended wholly upon open fireplaces, in which logs were burned. Some of the bedrooms had such fireplaces, and on winter mornings a slave would come in before folks got out of bed and touch off the ready-prepared kin- dling with a piece of burning wood fetched from another fire. In those days there were no matches, flint and steel (kept in a little box with tinder) being the best substitute. This was the height df luxury in that epoch—to have a fire lighted in one’s bedroom before getting up. Of course, the living rooms—parlor, din- ing room, music room, etc.—were warmed by big open fires. But think 8—Long, narrow inlet 9—Mountains of Switzerland 11—Desired 15—Heir 18—Stables 19—Same as 55 horizontal 21—Devil 22—Evening (poetic) 23—Ceremony 25—Minority group 29—Young sheep 31—Period of time 36—To follow 41—Egg of a louse 43—One who acts for another 44—Information 46—First man 47—One of great lakes 17—Electrified particle 27—Steam 33—Not often 38—Ocean 49—Evil 50—Aged 51—Beverage 53—Same as 5 vertical 55—Thus Solution will appear in mext issue, —————— of the hallways in cold weather! B-r-r-r! It makes one shiver to con- sider what their temperature must have been. If there were no stoves at Mount Vernon, how, it will be asked, was the cooking done? The answer is that it was done in a huge open fireplace,- provided with hanging pots and other such appurtenances, one piece of ap- paratus in common use being a con- trivance somewhat resembling a Dutch oven, which was set directly upon a bed of live embers. Sometimes em- bers were spread over the top also, so that what the oven contained was literally between two fires. The house was illuminated by candles and lamps, the material of the former being tallow derived from Washington’s own sheep and run into molds on the place. Mount Vernon to- day has only 237 acres, but when the Father of His Country was alive the estate covered more than twelve square miles. It comprised a number of farms and was economically self- sustaining, even the clothing for the family and slaves being spun, woven, cut and sewed in the “spinning house,” where sixteen women were continually employed. Most of the lamps used were of primitive pattern, made of iron and burning whale oil. But in the family living rooms were ‘“argand” lamps of an early form, representing a new and much-improved principle in apparatus for illumination. This kind of lamp was invented in 1784. People carried candles to bed with them. | Nowadays we have at night what is in effect an artificial daylight. The | best they had at Mount Vernon, | though deemed satisfactory enough in those times, would seem like gloom to us. When General Lafayette, an old man, revisited America in 1824, a great dinner was given in his honor at indicated by a number, which refers to the definition listed below the puzzle. ) o | P Cc A Thus No. 1 under the column headed “horizontal” defines a word which will PIEIRIA | IE | fill the white spaces up to the first black square to the right, and a number E RIEIH LIT under “vertical” defines a word which will fill the white squares to the next black ome below. No letters go in the black spaces. All words used are E R AlVIE dictionary words, except proper names. Abbreviations, slang, initials, technical B A K E terms and obsolete forms are indicated in the definitions. 5 A A CROSS-WORD PUZZLE No. 2. Y Rl I Z:42 1S 4 |5 |6 7 18 [9 R E|R E 10 1 12 i R 13 I 14 15 E A SILIE 16 17 . Jamasiown, The Jew, prinys of the : day spoke of the “brilliant illumina- 19 20 21 22 |23 tion” of the banquet hall. It must ged have been such, being furnish- ) ed by two candles at each plate! 24 25 li 27 128 29 At the present time no lights what- ever are allowed in the mansion save 30 31 | S32 33 349 once a year, when the ladies of the | Mount Vernon Association make Shorr y annual visit, and they are permitte 35 36 | 38 39 { to use only ‘candles. The house now | os a modern heating plant, but the atter is under watch day and night 40 41 42 43 l to guard against the possibility of fire. ! Always in the minds of those re- 44 45 46 47 sponsible for the safety of the historic eine] is the fear of fire. In a vault bs hr nearby are four chemical (stationary) 48 49 |50 1 72 83 engines, with 1200 feet of hose. Four 1 tanks, each of 100 gallons capacity, 54 55 56 are filled with a solution of bicarbon- ate of soda, and over each of them is _ suspended a bucket holding a gallon 57 158 of sulphuric acid. By upsetting the acid into the tanks an enormous pres- 2s r sure can be instantly generated, en- (©. 1925, Western Newspaper Union.) abling the guards tor diveet a Stream Horizontal. Vertical. of soda water “in which flame cannot 1—Division of a house 1—Rodent 2—Native metals live” upon the fire. Scattered about 4—Costly oud 3 SE 4 of tree TT run quickly the interior of the mansion are a num- To DYoine OLR 19ligiouy order Dhar, Wee 0¥'s name per of portable extinguishers, so that, all things considered, it is hardly pos- sible for a disastrous accident to oc- 12—Platform cur. Saving Money. Insan—Have you noticed that Bean- brough has shaved off his bushy beard ? 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