Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, November 04, 1927, Image 7

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    "Bellefonte, Pa, November 4. 1927,
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Rulers Believed in
L Early Working Hours
, The old Emperor Francis Joseph of
Austria used fo leave his bed every
morning at four o'clock, sometimes
even at 3:30. Clad In an old worn
out general's cloak, and on his head
the only correct regulation officer's
‘cap in the entire Austrian army, he
worked until six. He went to bed
every night at eight,
Frederick the Great always began
his day at five, and during the last
few months prior to his death hig
privy councillors had to bring him
their reports at four in the morning.
He consoled them with the remark
that “it would not last much longer.”
Emperor William 1 was at his
desk every morning at seven; whilg
his grandson, the ex-kaiser, when he
came to the throne, always rose be
fore seven. This was a severe tria’
to Prince Bismarck, who hated tq
have to attend in conference on the
sovereign at eight in the morning.
Up till midnight the iron chancellor
generally had a gathering of friendly
politicians about him, then he worked
till four, and slept till ten the fol-
lowing morning.
F lint Axes of Stone
Age Found in Sweden
The 4,500-year-old-stock-in-trade of
a Stone age peddler in flint axes has
béen found by some workmen In a
gravel pit in the Swedish province of
Soedermanland. The peddler’s hoard
consisted of a number of light-gray
flint axes of exquisite shape and work-
manship, evidently hidden in the
ground by the trader, who seems to
have wandered a long way from the
south of Sweden to barter his axes for
the precious furs of the hunters of the
Soendermanland forests. The poor
peddler seems to have met his death,
for he never returned for his axes
that now are said to be the best find
of its kind ever made in that part of
Sweden. vik tree sg
* Almost every week new important
discoveries of treasures hidden thou.
sands of years ago, runic stones, grave
Juounds, and wall drawings, ‘are re.
ported from different parts of Swe.
den, .the ‘soil of which ‘has turned out
to be ‘a vast treasure house for arche
ologists.—Kansas City Star, _.=
VARIA eens cede
; Couldn’t Hang Murderer
John Lee, the Babbacombe murder-
er, murdered Miss Keyse on Novem-
ber 12, 1884. He was to be exe:
cuted at eight. o'clock February 23,
. 1885, at Exeter gaol. At the first at-
tempt to hang Lee the drop in the
scaffold would not work. The pris-
oner was removed to the prison and
the official tried to remedy the defect.
A second and a third attempt were
made to hang him, but each time the
apparatus would not work. The sheriff
then ordered the execution stopped
pending communication with the home
secretary. It was found later that
rain onthe preceding days had caused
the planks of the drop to swell. At
the time there was much public inter-
est in this case, many ignorant and
superstitious persons claiming that
there had been an intervention by su-
pernatural powers. John Lee was sub-
sequently reprieved ang imprisoned.—
London Mail.
How Youth Studies
The average, or even somewhat bet-
ter than average, male student’s be-
havior when at work on ga thesis is
something like this: A leisurely stroll
to the library, a chat with the girl at
the reserve deésk, an’ apologetic re-
quest for a philosophy book, a few
minutes spent in settling down in the
most comfortable position possible in
a library chair, the counting of the
pages in a chapter, a half-hearted ef-
fort to read three or four pages, a
yawn—and for the remainder of the
aftermoon a semi-whispered conversa.
tion with the girl in the nearest chair.
—From the Bookman,
Nerves Give Off Heat
New researches at Cornell univer
“wity seem to show that an impulse
traveling along a nerve is g high-
speed chemical reaction. It was the
old belief, based on the fact that stim
ulated nerves had never been found to
give off heat, that the nerve impulse
was a sort of electric current. By
using an electric heat-measuring de-
vice capable of recording a tempera-
ture change of one twenty-millionth
of a degree, it was found that a nerve
gives off a minute quantity of heat
when it reacts.
Costliest Toy
The costliest toy known is a brok-
en-nosed wooden hobby-horse, with ap
Intrinsic value of less than 50 cents,
but which brought several bundred
dollars at auction because it once be-
longed to the boy Bonaparte,
Records of Patriots
There are no complete records of
all soldiers who served in the Amer
Ican Revolution. However, the adju-
tant general's office, War department,
Washington, has the most complete
records which exist.
First Hotel Elevator
The Fifth Avenue hotel in" New
York city installed the first elevator
in 1859. This figured in selecting it as
the hostelry at which the prince of
Wales was entertained in 1860.
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Figures on Longevity |.
Many and widespread are the dis-
parities in the longevity of animals,
birds and fishes. Scientists are un-
able to say why some specles live |
many times as long as others, They
have no explanation, for instance, of
the fact that a tiger, a lion or a hip-
popotamus will die of old age long be-
Lore an elephant has reached his
Prime. [vag une Me Citi | mei
An elephant might live to be two
hundred years old. A tiger is old at
twenty years, a lion at twenty-five
years, a hippopotamus at forty years
and a bear at fifty years. A swan can
survive for one hundred years and an
elder duck or a parrot for more than
two hundred years. A tortoise migh?
tive to be three hundred years old.
Insects usually have short lives, but
Some ants have lived in captivity for
fifteen years, Queen bees live from
four to five years, but the bee work-
€rs succumb in six weeks, Carp and
pike sometimes live to be one hundred
and fifty years of age.
Diseases, adverse weather, lack of
‘food and enemies affect nearly all
forms of wild life, so that few ani-
mals die of old age, and the scientist
experiences difficulty in assembling
data as to the natural span of their
Hves.
Take Horrible Risk
in Pursuit of Sport
Savages are as fond of sport as are
civilized peoples, but many of their
games appear to be unduly risky. One
such game is “clam baiting.” played
on the Coral sea. The procedure is
for a man to swim directly over a
giant elam—which may weigh several
hundred pounds—as it lies wide open
on the bottom, waiting to entrap fish
and other food, and drop a stone into
it. This causes the clam to bring its
tremendous serrated “lips” together
with terrific speed, and the danger
lies in the rush of water caused by
this sudden movement sweeping the
man .into the creature's grip, from
which there would be no getting
away. There have been many narrow
escapes and some cases In which the
baltér was caught. But the natives
think it great fun and talk delight-
edly of how they had made the clam
“think he got something to eat when
he only got a stone.”—London Daily
News.
aon Tl . Pee - Ne ow .
Didn’t Lose His Religion
On the first day of school recently,
Junior, age five, proudly started to
kindergarten. Junior is usually a
rather talkative little chap and his
proud mother was a little surprised
that he had so little to say when he
returned on his first school day.
“Did everything go off all right,
Junior?” she asked, hoping he would
tell her of his experience,
“I got into just a little trouble,”
he answered. “I got into one of the
grownups’ rooms by mistake. Some
one asked me if I was a primary, but
I told them no, I was a Methodist.” — |
Indianapolis News.
The Old Sugar Bowl
In the days when candy was a rare
treat, children clamored for sugar on |!
their bread. A slice of home-made
bread, generously buttered, with a lays
er of sugar on top, would fill every |
longing for sweets.
The sugar bowl, to meet its occa- ;
sions, was tall, with a roundness that i
suggested the girth of an alderman, |
Always filled, it occupied a place of
honor on the table, Behold the sugar
bowl of today—a thing no larger than
e& baby's fist. The candy shop has
Swept away the large old-fashioned
container.
STEER
Pity the Woman Artist
Good artists are treated very badly.
If one is a good artist and a woman.
it is even worse; and if one is a good
artist and a good woman, it is, if you
will ‘pardon ‘me ‘saying $0, absolute
{ hell. ' There are moments when I long
to be a member of the leper colony of
Sumatra. These unfortunate people
| are at least regarded as objects of ro-
mantic interest, whereas artists, or at
any rate good artists, are not. It {s
‘hardly respectable to be good nowa-
| days.—Edith Sitwell,
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Made Name Famous
At first Napoleon was known by his
full name, just the same as any other
citizen or soldier of France. Later,
when he became emperor, he assumed
the name of Napoleon L It is cus
{ tomary for kings and emperors to
| have but one name, as Wilhelm [If
{ of Germany, Nicholas II of Russia.
| ete. They also had family names.
such as Hohenzollern and Romanoft,
but these names are seldom used in
! referring to them.
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Horizontal. Vertical.
1-10 boast 1—Courageous
4—Hurts 2—Linear measure
$—Poverty stricken 8—Land measure
10-4 portion 4—To break in pieces
11—Frigid 8—Quite a few
12—Anglo-Saxon free attendant on a §—Part of “to be”
lord 7—Note of scale ‘
18—Father 8—A slight superficial knowledge
‘14—Aged (pl)
15—Loot $—Game played on horseback
16—Occupied a chair 10—S8hallow place in water
17—Negative 11—8elses by public authority
18—Fold of cloth 12—Pedal digit
-19—To give forth 13—American writer
20—Pastry 16=—To mix
21—Like & lion 16—To ‘strike
23—Body of ‘land surrounded by 18—S8tringed instrument
t,o. ater : 19—To go in
24 cad 20—Flat dish
37—Defamation 22—Exuded
$9—8ee (obsolete variant) 24—Black writing surface
$0—Roman statesman 26—Lowers in rank
81—Grass cutter 28—Manipulated a small boat
$3—Preposition :81A—To marry
$8—Consumed 84—Bent the body 82—To eject
35—Insect ~~ 86—Tellurium (abbr,) .34—To make a cake
| 87=—Deducted _88—~Manager ‘86—Same as 1 ‘vertical
'89—Combed up leaves from a lawn $7—F9 prohibit
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41—Shows meFdy to 42—Bound | —Sun god 40—Jumbled type
TO Solution will appear In mext lssue,
q tor Solution to Last Week’s Puzzle.
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Hénest Preference
“I don’t pretend to know much about
art,” said the lady who remembers
something and thinks she originated
it, “but I know what I like.” -
“I'm that way, too,” said Miss .
Cayenne. “And I'm frank enough to
say that at an artistic reception the
things I really like are chicken salad,
ice cream and fudge.” :
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From Now 'Til Spring
right sort of a shoe
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to wear during the Winter.
cold, damp feet, the certain road to colds andfother ills.
shoes that we know are Winter proof.
A shoe built for the warm days of Summer is not the
Thin soles tend to
Here are
A Plain Bank Statement
Condensed from Report to Comptroller of Currency, October 10, 1927
teerseseeerrnsssnnenendl 061 101 98"
i notes........ 100 000 00
money borrowed to in- 200 » ’
100
rs 2 261 191 98
power .....
TOTAL DEBT. ix. vue wins vrvnnnnsvnr ny
To pay this debt we own— :
Cash in vault and balances in other banks . . indie hen
United States bonds and due from Treasurer of the
Geese vecsvssenenae
seen
$257 457 90
United States Vad dV a vat JUTE ST anus 282 000 00
Cheeks uc... 0. cele dmnle nina. EVEL veoh 12 245 62
Notes of individuals, firms & corporations all loan
ALHOME sou vi cis nnn ier innnnener... cesseceeas. 1 264 706 54
Railroad & other corporation bonds ................. 813 188 00
Real estate, banking house ....... Sum Sins Faieie hws 80 000 00
Ea ey A 2 709 598 06
Surplus over debts"... 05... 00, 0, onan am $448 406 08
CAPIAL +oieryerrs ve matress or tse os Uo oh Ih 125 000.00
Surplus. ,........ Stesseeesn Attia eesnnencsees snes 323 406 00
As a large part of deposits are payable on demand, properly
managed banks always are prepared to meet any probable demand.
To this end we have,—
Cash and bank balances ................. bate igis vrs $257 457 90
*United States Bonds ........ ¥eoesws as ness snes ss 177 000 00
Other bonds that may be sold in one day... 5 0 813 188 00
Total QUICK ASSES oresanroreensio ss. ir. iii oS 1 247 645 90
*($100,000 U. S. Bonds held for circulating notes, not included.)
The First, National Bank
BELLEFONTE, PA.
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