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Bellefonte, Pa., May 27, 1927.
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REAL CLASSICS IN
PROSE AND POETRY.
In literature the word classic was
originally limited to Greek and Latin
prose and poetry. It has now come to
mean any plece ‘of literature whose
quality is such that it has survived
for fifty or a hundred years snd is by
eommon consent regarded <s so good
as to be permanent. A literary classic
should possess one or ail of the fol-
lowing qualities :
1. It should reflect the mode of
thought and the customs and manners
of its time,
The travels of Herodotus, the dia-
logues of Socrates, and the novels of
Jane Austen are examples.
2. It should be written in a beauti-
ful and striking style.
Lincoln’s Gettysburg speech is an
example.
3. It should spring from and appeal
to a cultivated imagination.
The poems of Keats are an example.
4. It should be a contribution to the
thought of the world and should
stimulate the thought of the world
The essays of Ralph Waldo Emer-
son are an example.
5. It should possess a universal hu-
man interest and express all phases
of human experience.
The Old Testament and Shake-
Bpeare’s plays are examples,
No one generation can determine
what classics it is producing. The
final judgment must and will be pro-
nounced by. succeeding generations.
Walt Whitman and Lincoln were
Iooked on, with contempt by many of
their most “highly educated contem-
poraries.: And yet Whitman's “O
Captain! My Captain!” and Lincoin’s
Gettysburg speech will live as long as
the English language lives.
Nor does a classic have to be “high-
brow stuff.” If it is a genuine intel-
ligent and witty picture of a certain
aspect of society, even a “best-seller”
may become a classic; although I am
bound to say that most of our mod-
ern best-sellers have very little chance
of achieving this immortality. The
“Pickwick Papers,” the “Biglow Pa-
pers,” and “Night With Uncle Remus”
were all best-sellers and are all class-
fics. I hope I shall shock nobody by
saying that I think “Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes” is more likely to become a
classic than many contemporary nov-
els or stories that are much more pre-
tentious. Artificial and ‘pretentious
writing never makes a classic. Sin-
cerity, simplicity and spontaneity are
qualities that - every true classic—
whether in music, painting, prose or
poetry—possesses; all others pretend-
fhg to the titles are counterfeits. I.et
nobody hoodwink you into supposing
that the classics are pompous; stilted.
and’ boresome. If they were, nobody
would read. th®imi—not even your
teachers ‘and prafessors.—Lawrence F.
Abbot, in the Qutlook. ’
Plant Societies
I'he science of botany has been
greatly advanced by the development
of what may be called the sociology
of plants—that is, the study of their
relations te one another as well as
their adjustments to surroundings.
Botanists recognize that plants are
not scattered haphazard over the
globe, but are organized into definite
communities, A pond has its plant
society, all the members of which fall
into their proper places. A swamp
forest’ consists of trees possessing a
certain social relationship and differ-
ing from those that form a forest on
dry land. There is progression from
one social organization of plants to
another. A lily pond may give place
to a swamp moor, this to a society of
swamp shrubs, and ‘this again to a
Swamp forest of tamarack, pine and
hemlock. So societies of plants on
dry land succeed one another as the |
conditions change.
TRUST COMPANIES
RANK NEWSPAPER
= ADVERTISING HIGHEST
The outstanding trust ingtitutions
of the United States are those that
were pioneers in using advertising as
a means of selling their services, a
speaker told a cemference “of trust
companies held in New York recently.
He presented the results of a question-
maise sent out by the Trust Company
Division, American Bankers Associa-
tion, making an inquiry into the ad-
vertising practices of institutions do-
ing a trust business. Three out of
every four trust companies and banks
engaged in extending trust services
were found to be advertising. The
opinion was expressed by the speaker
that their growth would closely follow
the amounts spent each year for ad-
vertising.
The local newspaper is the most,
highly regarded advertising medium,
it was disclosed. In all, 929 companies
answering the questionnaire used the
local papers and 338 did not. The in-
stitutions buying space in local papers
are evenly divided among all sections
of the country. Comparing six media
flor selling personal trust services and
comsidering their effectiveness from
the standpoint of producing results,
the speaker declared that the local
mewspapers should head the list. Fold-
ers and booklets can reach a limited
audience, he observed, but the news-
paper is the best medium for acquir-
ing prestige and mass circulation. It
should never be omitted, he urged.
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~The Watchman publishes news
when it is news. Read it.
Jdearned professor.
out your money on the beautiful.
Something Lacking in
Men of Great Minds
Many great philosophers have shown
an extraordinary Inability to carry out
their teachings In daily life. Their
precepts are sound enough; their wis-
dom is undoubted. Yet iuey are fool-
ish fellows, after all.
The reason is not so obscure as it
seems at first sight. A man may have
a fine brain, so that, in the quiet of
his study, he can put in words great
wisdom. But along with that fine
brain may go a weak. character which
balks him whenever he attempts to
cope with stark reality.
John Stuart Mill was a great phil-
osopher. But in his daily life he com-
mitted every conceivable blunder,
Thomas Carlyle concentrated his pro-
found mind on the causes of misery
in the world, and made his own home
utterly unhappy by an uncontrolled
and Irritable temperament. He could
give the world a lot; but for his long-
suffering wife, whom he loved in his
own way, he had little but harsh
words, scoldings, and churlishness.
Anatole France, greatest of modern
French writers and commentators on
life, said, shortly before he died: “I
have never known a monent’s hap-
piness.” Why had fie not known hap-
piness? Surely because, for all his
wisdom, he had not, after all, mas
tered the art of life.
The great German philosopher,
Schopenhauer, whose treatises on
metaphysics are classic, was a fool in
the affairs of life. While writing his
monumental treatises on philosophy
he yet contrived to be so peppery.
suspicious, and quarrelsome that his
own mother, with whom he lived, re-
quested him to go away from her. It
is said that he had not a single friend
Many a simple, ignorant:! man ‘pos-
sesses more real wisdom than a
The: true test is
action; those men are wise, who live
wisely.
Successful Book Thief
Fortunately for our literary treas-
ures, dishonesty among librarians is
extremely rare, but the arrest of the
curator of a Paris library for trying
to sell a valuable Thirteenth-century
MS. in his charge to a London book-
seller recalls the depredations of the
most successful book thief on record—
Count Guglielmo Libri, for many years
Inspector general of public libraries
in France. In the course of his visits
of inspection Libri contrived to re-
move from the various collections a
remarkable number of valuable books
and manuscripts, and before discov-
ery managed to accumulate some
$200,000 by the sale of his plunder.
In 1848 a warrant was issued for his
arrest, but he had friends at cour!
and was enabled to escape to England.
where he lived very comfortably for
many years on the proceeds of his
stolen treasures.
Providing Beauty
it is delightful to have. something:
done without regard «0 the returns to
the doer, to:‘have’' something spon-
taneous, ample, "gloriously useless;
thousands spént for the mere pleas-
ure of spending it on others; to have
the savings of years bottled in a
flask, and then pour it forth on feet
and head and then break the
flask. To some It seems like a crim-
inal waste to put all the skill and
labor of a lifetime on a few feet of
canvas, while the painter can scarce-
ly get bread, and then give that can-
vas to the world. But it will impart
pleasure to thousands. Pour
En-
courage the workers in the beauti-
ful. You who are rich ought
to provide the beautiful for your-
selves and for the poor.—Charles F.
Deems, - in “Religion in Beauty.”
One of the’ Collection
fdsel Ford, who is a great collector
Jf automobile anecdotes, said the oth-
er day:
“A man once went to the Blank
aeadquarters to try a Blank car. A
stock car was brought round and a
demonstrator drove the man 20 miles
out into the country. Then the car
stopped. The demonstrator got down
to see what the trouble was.
-* ‘My goodness me!” he said.
* ‘What. is it? was the demana.
‘What ails her? ‘
-“ “They forgot to put a drop of gas:
sline in the tank,’ said the demon-
strator. ‘The car has done. these 20
miles on its reputation alone."
Recording Land Sales
The Torrens system has been de
scribed as follows: It is a system of
registration of titles to land (as dis-
tinct from registration of deeds). It
was introduced into South Australia
by the Real Property (or Torrens) act
(laws of 1857-58), drafted by Sir Rob-
ert Richard Torrens (1814-84). The
essential feature of the Torrens Sys-
tem is the guaranty by the govern-
ment of properly registered titles. The
system has been generally adopted in
Australia and British Columbia, and
In its original or a modified form in
some other countries, including some
states of the United States.
New Business Idea
A retail drug store at Seattle,
Wash., bought up the street car ca-
pacity of the city for the hour be-
tween 9 a. m, and 10 a. m. During
this period any one might ride to town
free. The result was that twice as
many people ‘as usual entered the re-
tall district that forenoon. The store
playing the host regarded the deal as
800d business. Soon there were
anough applications for the same in-
nevation to sell the car service each
day for a month,
FARM NOTES.
—Spring calves should not be turn-
ed on pasture until they are 4 to 6
months of age. Less digestive trou-
ble 2nd more satisfactory growth will
result,
—Do not take grain away from the
ewes too early in the spring. Remem-
ber that .ne young grass carries a
high water content and very little
nourishment.
—Be sure to enter that litter in the
Keystone Ton Litter Club before May
31, the final date for nominations.
You will find that it pays to grow a
ton of pork per litter in 180 days.
—Are you listening in on the farm
and garden programs of the WPSC
broadcasting station at State College
each Monday evening at 8 o’clock?
Tune in on the latest information.
—Many of the old-fashioned peren-
nial flowers may be sown now in
boxes so that they will be sufficiently
large to set out in early September.
Most of these will bloom next year.
—Annual tower. seeds should be
sowed directly in the outdoor beds
after the middle of May. This should
not be put off too long if flowers are
to be in bloom before frost comes next |
fall. |
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—The ideal garden provides plenty |
of vegetables which not only keep the |
family well supplied during the grow-
ing season but also provide food to be
canned, dried, or stored for the winter
months.
—A cow tester’s training course
will be given at the Pennsylvania
State College, May 16 to 21. Sever-
al associations will need testers at
that time and positions will be avail-
able quickly.
—The iris, or flag, as its old-fash-
ioned name is known, makes a fine
cut flower, say landscape architects
of the Pennsylvania State College. In
cutting leave plenty of foliage for the
promotion of growth.
—Keep the strength of the honey
bee colony up to standard by prevent-
ing starvation this spring. Look at
the hives and if they do not contain
the equivalent of three frames of
honey, begin feeding sugar syrup to
the bees.
—Rape makes a good pasture for
fattening lambs. One acre will carry
from 20 to 25 lambs for 4 to 5 weeks.
Turn the lambs in when the rape is
six inches high and provide other pas-
ture while the lambs are learning to
like the rape.
—Sweet clover sown in wheat or
cats this spring will provide consid-
erable pasture in the fall, and next
summer it will carry 2 to 4 cows per
acre. Dairy farmers are urged to try
this cheap method of summer feeding.
The soil must be sweet.
—Cows on pasture need grain. Do
not plan to take grain from them as
soon as they are turned out. Pasture
is a succulent, watery feed and does
rot contain sufficient nutrients to
keep a cow in flesh and milking heav-{
ily at the same time.
—Now is the season to look over
the dairy stable and see what im-
provements or changes can be made
that will lessen labor or increase the
comfort of the cows. Lesss labor de-
creases costs and greater cow com-
fort increases yields and profits.
—If you have a good litter of pigs
on the farm this year, be sure to call
up the county agent so you can nom-
inate the porker familv for the 1927
Keystone Ton Litter Club. Produc-
ing a ton of pork with one family of
nigs in 180 days is a paying proposi-
tion.
—Do not sow seeds too thickly and
then neglect to thin the plants. It is
very easy to sow too much fine seed,
such as carrot, lettuce. and radish. If
the seed is sown thickly to insure a
perfect stand of plants. be sure to do
the thinning while the plants are
young,
—On account of the late develop-
ment of apple red bugs and the ap-
parent need of putting on the calyx
application for codling moth rather
early, it is probable that nicotine may
be omitted from the codling moth ap-
plication, say extension entomologists |
of the Pennsylvania State College.
—Choose your next herd sire very
carefully. No improvement in the
herd is possible without bringing in
some better blood. If a better herd
is wanted in the future something
must be done about it now. If you
do not understand pedigrees get
someone to help make the selection.
—In pruning the young apple, there
are three objectives which constantly
must be kept in mind since they form
the goal toward which all pruning op-
erations are to be directed. These
three objectives ar strength, size, and
fruitfulness, say specialists at the
Pennsylvania State College.
—Prevention of worms in poultry
is better than attempting to control
them after they have become in-
trenched. The best method is to fol-
low a strict sanitation program.
Raise the chicks in clean houses, with
clean litter, use clean feed and water,
and let them range only on clean
ground.
—It is better to be safe than sor-
ry, say plant pathologists of the
Pennsylvania State College, in rec-
ommending that lime sulphur which
tests 1.008 be used. Some fruit grow-
ers believe that a weaker solution is
satisfactory but the specialists say
that this is true only in years when
there is a poor germination of the ap-
ple scab ascospores.
—April 24 to 30 is American For-
est Week. Remember that wood and
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other income may fall very low or
cease altogether, the timber crop con-
tinues to gain. This feature is im-
portant in maintaining the value of
the farm in the face of the town in-
dustrizs which tend to lead the farm-
er away from agriculture and cause
him to neglect his farm business.
Forced to Call Halt
. Rev. George Potter, vicar of St.
Chrysostom’s, Peckham, England, who
has always permitted. all . his: 8,000
parishioners to use his telephone, has
announced that he will censor all calls
in the, future. He declared youths’
‘lengthy calls to girl friends and “de-
layed at the office” calls, cannot bs
permitted from his home. “One man
came In recently,” he sald, “and asked
if he might use the phone. He called
his bookmaker and asked him to ‘cut
$1.25 each way on that horse.’”
Overdoing?
Hurry, Worry and Overwork Bring
Heavy Strain.
Vi On life throws a heavy
burden on our bodily ma-
chinery. The eliminative organs, es-
pecially the kidneys, are apt to be-
come sluggish. Retention of excess
uric acid and other poisonous waste
often gives rise to a dull, languid
feeling and, sometimes, toxic back-
aches and headaches. That the kid-
neys are not functioning perfectly is
often shown by burning or scanty
passage of secretions. More and
more people are learning to assist
their kidneys by the occasional use
of Doan’s Pills—a stimulant diu-
retic. Ask your neighbor!
DOAN’S Fis
60c
Stimulant Diuretic to the Kidneys
Foster-Milburn Co., Mfg. Chem., Buffalo, N. Y.
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CHICHESTER S PILLS
for
DIAMOND BRAND PILLS, for
years known as Best, Safast, Always Reliable
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Meats,
Whether they be fresh,
smoked or the cold-ready to
serve—products, are always
the choicest when they are
purchased at our Market.
We buy nothing but prime
stock on the hoof, kill and re-
frigerate it ourselves and we
know it is good because we
have had years of experience
in handling meat products.
Orders by telephone always receive
prompt attention.
Telephone 450
P. L. Beezer Estate
Market on the Diamond
BELLEFONTE, PA.
34-34
Insurance
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LIABILITY OF ALL KINDS
SURETY BONDS EXECUTED
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ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
KLINE _WOODRING. — Attorn
S Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Pe a
all courts. Office, room 18 Crider's
Exchange. . bl-1y
KENNEDY JOHNSTON — Attorney-at
Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Prompt at-
trdstel tentioh given all legal business om
rus ‘care. ces—No. Want
High street. > 57-44
M. EKEICHLINE. — Attorne -at-Law
J and Justice of the Peace. al ed
fessional business will recet
prompt attention. Offices on second ow
of Temple Court. 49-5-1y
G. RUNKLE. — Attorney-at- A
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Bellefonte, Pa. IapCnders Ezchaige
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PHYSICIANS
D R. R. L. CAPERS,
OSTEOPATH.
Bellefonte State College:
Crider's Ex. 68-11 Holmes Bldg.
8. GLENN, M. D, Physician
Surgeon, State College, ra
county, Pa. Office at his resi-
35-41
CASEBEER, Optometris Regls-
tered and Hcensed by the State,
dence.
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Eyes examined, glasses fitted. Sat-
lenses matched. damm englsed Bh
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Bellefonte, Pa. §- High Ns
VA B. ROAN, Optometrist. Li
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every day except Saturday. Belle~
in the Garbrick building opposite
the Court House, Wednesday afternoons
from 2 to 8 p. m. and Saturdays 9 a. m. to
4.30 p. m. Bell Phone. 68-40
We Keep a full stock of Feeds on hand
at all times.
Wagner's 229, Dairy $47.00
Wagner's 329, Dairy $50.00
Made of cotton seed meal,
gluten and bran.
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oil meal,
FOR THE POULTRY.
Wagner's Scratch Grain per bu...... $2.80
Wagner's Poultry Mash per bu. $3.00
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WAYNE FEEDS
We sell all of the Well
Brands of stock feed
Known Wayne
Wayne's 329, Dairy, per ton,........ $54.00
Wayne's 829 Dairy, per ton,.........50.00-
Cotton Seed Meal; 43%, per tom,..... 50.00"
Oil IMeal, 849%, pertem.............. 58.00
Gluten;*289;........,..... [05 .. 48.00"
Alfalfa” .................. 0. 08 45.00
Bram ,.........0 000eeeinbennns, 38.00
Middlings ...................... 40.00
Mixed Chep-......................... 40,00
50% Meal Scrap ................... 4.25
60% Digester Tankage......,...... 4.25
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We are making a wheat food Breakfast
Cereal, 4Ibs for 30c. Try it. Sold at all
the groceries.
Use “Our Best” Flour.
G. Y. Wagner & Go., Ine
66-11-1yr. BELLEFONTE, PA.
| Caldwell & Son
Bellefonte, Pa.
Plumbing
and Heating
Vapor....Steam
By Hot Water
Pipeless Furnaces
Full Line of Pipe and Fit-
tings and Mill Supplies
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All Sizes of Terra Cotta
Pipe and Fittings
ESTIMATES
: Cheerfully and Promptly Furnished
. 66-15-tf.
Fine Job Printing
A SPECIALTY
at the
WATCHMAN OFFICE
There 13 no style of work, from the
cheapest “Dodger” to the finest
BOOK WORK
that we can not do in the most sat-
isfactory manner, and at Prices
consistent with the class of werk.
Call on or communicate with this
office
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Employers
This Interests You
The Workman's Compensation
Law went into effect Jan. 1,
1916. It makes insurance compul- °
sory. We specialize in placing
such insurance. We inspect
Plants and recommend Accident
Prevention Safe Guards which
Reduce Insurance rates.
It will be to your interest to
consult us before placing your
Insurance. 1
JOHN F. GRAY & SON.
Bellefonte 43-18-1yr. State College