) 5; by td RR NS Add ras — Bellefonte, Pa, October 14, 1927. Old Roman Fountain Credited to Domitian ome has the reputation of being the city which possesses the largest number of artistic and monumental fountains, which all help to give her a most attractive aspect. But certain- ly very few people in Rome, writes & eorrespondent of the Christian Science Monitor, could tell you which is the oldest of all, and guides often miss pointing it out to the tourists and other foreign visitors. At the foot of the road leading to the Coliseum there lies the so-called Meta Sudans, a fountain whose name is probably derived from its conical shape, similar to the “metae” of the circus. The fountain is believed to have been erected or embellished by the Emperor Domitian, and it was re- produced on the special medal struck on the occasion of the formal opening of the Coliseum. The water issued from numerous small holes in a bronze globe at the top and fell in a veil into a large circular basin, lined through- out with marble. This fountain is mentioned by the philosopher Seneca in one of his epistles, when he com- plains of the noise which was made by a showman who blew his trumpet close to the fountain, Gretna Green Unlike Town of Olden Days The big increase in the surplus of idnglish women, as indicated in re- cent census returns, has robbed Gretna Green (Scotland) of hopes of staging a comeback. The good old days of romance are gone forever, aver the townsfolk. Daughters were far more scarce & hundred years or so ago than now when parents so rarely try to shoot any young sports who purloin them. Gretna Green did most of its rushing marriage business between 1754 and 1856. One of the popular paintings is that of romantic passengers in a post- chaise hurrying to the town on the boundary line between England and Scotland and showing the pursuing father’s vehicle in a ditch with the wheel broken down. This pleture is more in demand than the village blacksmith himself who used to lend a helping hand to parties bent on clandestine marriage to avoid the English law. Ancient Topography fhe road followed by the dead on their way to the Elysian fields, based on the actual topography of the Nile valley, is depicted on one of the earli- est maps known. In a lecture before the Royal Dutch Geographical society, Dr. F. C. Wieder said that the first map makers of whom there is any rec- ord were the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians. The way to Elysium was pictured on a sarcophagus of the old empire of Egypt now in Berlin. A plan of the Nubian gold mines, he continued, is preserved on a papyrus of the Fourteenth century before Christ. Road maps made into a house- hold necessity by the artomobile had precursors in the clay tablets into which the Babylonians baked charts of their roads 50 centuries ago, ac- cording to the Dutch scientist. Careless Letter Writers Post office employees in congress say be pardoned if their estimate of the public's intelligence is somewhat low. Letters still come addressed to Mark Hanna and Boise Penrose. for- mer senators and now dead several years. Uncle Joe Cannon's mail is quite heavy yet. Senators and mem- bers of the house are mixed up indis- criminately by letter = writers. So many letters are received for mem- bers of state legislatures who should have been addressed at their state capitals that a membership roll of all legislatures is kept on hand for as- sistance in forwarding such mail to the proper address. Why are letter writers so careless?—Exchange. Selected Big One albert, age six, was very fond ot squeezing tooth paste from the tube. His mother warned him not to take too much. One morning he said: “How much may I take, mother?’ “Oh, a little,” she replied, “about as big as a bean.” Then Albert pinched the tube and out shot the ‘paste. “Oh, oh!” exclaimed his mother. “Not so much. I said as big as a bean.” “Yes,” said Albert, “this is a string bean.”—Youth’s Companion. Happiness in Work There are social and economic maladjustments, and many of them lead to failures. Failure is umhappi- ness. But no man fails if he likes the job. Ford is right. Life’s real thrill is in the job. That is what we mean by ‘the “pursuit of happiness” in America; it was the quest of the men who built this wonderful American government for us, and {it still is the thing which lures us on to larger achievements. Jobs are full of thrills if we wish it so; but we get these thrills only when we fit the job, when we like it, and give it the best we have in us! when we put some- thing of ourselves into the thing we do.—Mobile Register. —Subscribe for the Watchman, Gulf Streant's Width Put at Fifty Miles The Gulf stream flows out of the Gulf of Mexico between the coast of Florida and the Bahamas, and then northeastwardly along the American coast. Iis width, in the narrowest portion, is about fifty miles, and its depth some 2,000 feet. After ft has passed between the Bermudas and the ooast of Carolina it is divided into several streams, about 100 fath- oms deep and altogether 150 miles wide. Its temperature up to this point is several degrees warmer than that of the surrounding ocean. Beyond the 40th parallel of north latitude and the meridian 60 degrees west, the Gulf stream can no longer be distinguished from the rest of the ocean drift by temperature, mo- tion, color, saltiness or otherwise. It has no further separate existence, but is lost in the general drift of warm water from the southwestern Atlantic toward Europe—a general phenom- enon having little or nothing to de with the Gulf stream proper, Combination More Than Fifty Per Cent Good In a sketch of John Hay by Charles F. Thwing, president emeritus of Western Reserve university, included in his book, “Guides, Philosophers and Friends,” is this Lincoln story tol” to Doctor Thwing by Hay: “I know that most of the anecdotes told about Lincoln are apocryphal,” said Mr. Hay, “but this one is true. In the campaign which led, as ft proved, to his election, I was out with Mr. Lincoln on the ‘stump.’ “We had a reception given to us in one of the cities of our campaign. In the line there came up & man who getting close to Mr. Lincoln, said: % ‘Mr. Lincoln, down our way, in Buffalo, we kind o’ think if we can have you and God we can pull the old thing through.’ “Getting close, himself, to the man Mr. Lincoln replied: “I kind o' think you are more thar half right! ”"—Kansas City Star, Blessing the Beasts A quaint ceremony is that still ob- taining in some parts of Normandy, the benediction des bestiaux. The oxen and the draft horses are assem- bled in front of the church. There may also be a bullock or two and per- haps some cows. The procession of peasants. clad in their very best, is- sues from the church to the sound of a chant that is droned by the priest. The venerable cure sprinkles a few drops of water on the heads of the beasts and when all the animals have received the benediction the next fea- ture of the ceremony is to place at the pedestal of the cross facing the church certain bundles tied in coarse linen. “These “bundles contin breud and salt, which are to be given to those beasts not able to attend the ceremony, says the Washington Star Power of Love Once when John Ruskin and Thomas Carlyle were discussing the literature of their day, the latter said to his companion: “Can you tell me why it is that works on subjects of vital interest to the race, splendidly written by men of profound scholar- ship, command scarcely sufficient sale to pay the cost of publishing; while trashy novels, false to history, false to philosophy and false to the facts of human experience, and altogether lacking in literary merit, will sell by scores of thousands?” After a short pause, Ruskin re- plied: “There is but one explanation of that fact, but the explanation is all-sufficient; the novel has love in it and the other has not.”—Scrib- ner’s Magazine, Good Idea Coperscope had arrived home tired and hungry, but the beds had not been made and neither was there the faintest sign of any dinner. Presently he surprised his wife reading & novel in the drawing-room, “Do you mean to say that dinner sn't ready?‘ he asked, with danger- ous calm. “Very well, I'm going back to town to dine at the Criterion.’ “Just wait five minutes,” replied his wife, throwing aside her book. “Will it be ready then?’ he queried nopefully. “No,” was the cheerful answer, “but I'll come with you.” Bagpipes in Spain specimens of bagpipes are found on old Spanish manuscripts. In the beautiful volume of the “Cantigas di Santa Maria,” which was made in the Thirteenth century of King Alphonso the Wise, there are 51 separate fig- ures of musicians. These form an introduction ‘to the canticles, There are three pipers among them with bagpipes. Another Spanish manu- seript of the end of the Fifteenth cen- tury, illustrated by a Flemish artist for Queen Isabella, shows many mu- sical instruments, among which are bagpipes. Relic of Indian Art 4A relief of the old Mathura schoo) of Indian art is in the possession of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. It consists of a thin slab of red sand- stone, carved on both sides. It is a pediment decorated with a repeating ornament of three varieties, the same on each side of the slab, and was probably part of the main or only entrance to a temple which may have been entirely of stone, but more likely ‘of brick except for the doorway, ct ey cn «ns CHINAMAN'S BRIDE" CAN'T COME HOME Dilemma of American Girl ir the Orient. New York.—The wedding ring which sealed the elopement of a beautiful Brooklyn girl, a Columbia graduate, with a native-born Chinese has be come the bar which will forever pre vent her return to her native land. The information came from China. where Mrs. Pao is literally marooned and her Chinese husband, formerly president of the National university in Peking, a prisoner in the hands of the Nationalist troopers. “You will have to get a divorce be- fore you get an American passport,” Mrs. Pao was told by American con: sular officers in China, according te the information sent here. “If you get a Chinese passport you can go to Ameriea for only six months and cannot remain permanently. As there is no Chinese quota, you cannot return as an immigrant,” the officials further advised her. Mrs. Pao has protested to her Amer- ican relatives that she is deeply in love with the Chinese husband whom she met when both were students ir Columbia, five years ago. “I have mo intention of divorcing him, I love him, but I want to return to America, and they say I can’t with- out a divorce,” the American wife of the Chinese professor insisted. “I have never regretted our marriage.” .. Since Professor Pao’ was ‘captured |: by the Nationalist forces five months ago, his wife seldom has been permit- ted to communicate with him and has never seen him. Carried Half Mile in New York Sewer New York.—Swept more than half a mile by the swirling underground waters of New York's sewers and finally washed into the East river. seven-year-old Anthony Agostino was little the worse for his experience. The boy fell into a sewer manhole while playing with several com- panions in a subway excavation at Third avenue and Fifty-third street. Cries of his companions attracted watchmen, who notified the police and fire departments, Manhole covers along Fifty-thira street and Second avenue were opened and firemen lowered with ropes and flashlights. But each time the res- cuers were too late—Tony had had already shot by. Jiremen, police and members ot che United States volunteer life-sav- ing corps gathered about the sewer outlet on East river to await the ar- rival of the boy. Ainutee passed. the sewer Tony had been in Suddenly from the outlet from which three to four fect of water rushed came a mud-covered body, which be- gan to kick and squirm ae it struck the river. Several firemen jumped into the water and hauled the boy into a boat. “It was terrible cold in there,” re- marked Tony as he was rushed to Bellevue hospital. There it was found he was suffering slightly from sub mersion and several bruises. Feared Ellis Island Havre, France.—Fear of detention at Ellis island was expressed by France's minister of commerce, Maur- ice Bokanowski, when he sailed for New York aboard the France, because he did not have time to get an American visa on his passport, Turn to Pharmacy Madrid.—The feminist invasion of masculine professions has been sud- denly turned toward pharmacy. Dur- ing the last year 250 women received licenses to operate drug stores in Madrid alone. Church Parade in London Comes Back London.—The Sunday church ## parade has come back to Hyde x park. For a time it appeared ¥ that the important event of old- % en days, which tourists included ¥ in their itinerary along with % the Tower of London and West- ¥ minster abbey, had become an % obsolete function. But the show X has returned in all its old-time % glory and current styles in x feminine dress have made fit more colorful than at any other period. X Fifteen or twenty years ago % nearly every one who wanted to X be somebody took a place in the park on Sunday morning, imme- x diately after church services, sharing in the procession of life x and fashion. But during the it war the big parade fell off tre- mendously, and it never became % its real old self until this sum- % mer. ¥ Time has changed the cus- toms. The best-dressed people do less promenading than for- merly, and are content to oc- Xx cupy a back seat or a bench p¢ under a tree, watching the oth- er half of the world go by for an hour or so. Manikins wearing all the lat- ¥ est Paris fashions have added % zest to the parade, as have girls # with Edwerdian frocks. Some § are trailed by dogs selected to ¢ match their costuvves to the dot. 3 POH waters 20 minutes ‘and hope of ‘his rescue alive began ito ebb.” ‘| Aristotle Cleverin Evading Royal Wrath Alexander the Great met defeat when he tried to obtain ownership and exclusive control of the writings of Aristotle. During the philosopher's second sojourn in Athens he gave in- struction to the youthful world con- querer and prepared a number of com- positions especially for his royal pu- pil's instruction. A little later Alex- ander wrote the following letter to Aristotle: “You have not treated me fairly in including with your published works the papers prepared for my instruc- tion. For if the scholarly writings by which I was educated become the common property of the world, in what manner shall I be distinguished above ordinary mortals? I would rather be noteworthy through possession of the highest knowledge than by means of the power in my possession.” To which Aristotle ingeniously re- plied: “It is true that through zeal of ad- miring friends these lectures, orig- inally prepared for thy instruction, have been given out to the world, but in the full sense of the term they have not been published. For in their present form they can only be under- stood when accompanied by the inter- pretation of the author and such in- terpretation has been given only to vou."—Kansas City Star. Lightning Thought to Drill Hole in Glass It any resder should find one of his window panes perforated by a perfect- ly round hole, without apparent cause, the first question he should ask fis, Has there been a thunderstorm in this neighborhood recently? If the answer is in the affirmative, he may conclude that Jupiter Tonans, the lord of the thunderbolts, in playful mood has sent one of them through the glass. In ordinary English, the pane has beer struck by lightning. That is what probably happened to the plate-glass window of a New York building recently. A minute hole ap- peared mysteriously in the glass. Three employees were at work inside the window, and all three heard a dis- tinct report. Particles of glass fell on one of them. Search failed to re- veal any bullet or other object that might have caused the hole. It seems to have been due to one of the mys- terious pranks of lightning. Disraeli’s Birthplace The late Lord Beaconsfield was al- ways very vague in his mind as to where he had been born, but at one time he firmly believed it to be the house at the southwest corner of Bloomsbury: square and Hart street. Actually, says Mr. Charles G. Harper “in “A Literary Man's London,” he Mid not go to live in that house until he was some twelve years of age, and today a bronze tablet on the house testifies to that. Yet when he was the prime minister he visited this Bloomsbury square house, and sat pon- dering “in the room in which he was born!" Another anecdote Mr. Harper has to tell is of Disraeli when he was nearing his end. When his sovereign wished to call and bid him farewell, he refused, because he said, “She only wants me to give a message to the Prince Consort!” Motors Lift Bridge Most railroad bridges of the lift type in the United States are operated by electric motors served by a power sys- tem. However, the Pennsylvania rail- road has a bridge across the Chesa- peake and Delaware canal that has no sasy access to central station power, 30 a gasoline engine generator set was installed to supply the lift motors with energy. A 110-kilowatt gas engine set- ; serves the two 120 horse-power mo- tors. The lift span of the bridge, car- rying two tracks, weighs 700 tons and Is raised to a level that clears the wa- ter by 90 feet. If a boat approaches | the bridge can be lifted to its top posi: tion in 90 seconds. lguana’s Accomplishments In northern Australia ,the iguana is seen quite often. This is a very versatile reptile that “can run like a horse, can swim and dive, shin up a tree, digs its burrow, and, when necessary, can fight like a demon.” The iguana may go down its hole to sleep for months, it can go foodless for weeks; at other times it will eat or swallow anything. Mr. Terry says that snakes, old socks, or even an un- opened tin of jam are alike to it, when its throat can gulp down such tasty morsels. Love Story “You love me, don’t you?” he said, ooking into her beautiful face. A ‘loving look was in her eyes as she snuggled her head on his shoulder, He slipped his hand into his pocket and drew out a little box. Opening it, he withdrew a sparkling cube of sugar. He slipped it iAto her awali- ing mouth, and with a low whinny she galloped off to the pasture.—Path- finder. Voiced Her Desire ¥ne day while four-year-old Heler and her father were out walking, he took her into an ice cream parlor, He thought she had decided to have a chocolate soda; so, when the waitress appeared, he said: “Helen, tell the lady what you want.” Imagine his surprise when Helen in nocently replied: “A baby brother.” ot at Why Not Do Business With Us? e have been in business for seventy-one years, little by little acquiring the strength and experience necessary to sound banking. We Offer our Patrons First—Security. A surplus fund of more than two and one-half times our capital. In round figures $308,000. Second— Resources of $2,700,000. Large enough to give consideration to all applications for proper loans. Third—Experience. Not only in the simpler forms of banking, but in the broader field of investment and finance. 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