Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, January 17, 1930, Image 7
"ON PRINTED FORM Mail to be withdrawn from the ost office may be secured only ac- ording to the postal regulation hich prescribes a card to be filled ut for each piece of mail desired. This precaution is taken in order o safeguard the mails. The card jentifies the person requesting mail 7ithdrawal, and establishes au- hority. In some cases a deposit is sked, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW S KLINE WOODRING.— . 3 KLINE WOODRING.—Attorney 8 Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Practices > ie Office, room 18 Crider's Bp. hange. ¥ A KENNEDY JOHNSTON.—ALt! -at- Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Prompt tion given all legal business entrusted » his care. Offices—No. 5, East High treet. 5-44 M. KEICHLINE.—Attorney-at-Law and [ Justice of the Peace. All professional business will receive prompt attention. fices on second floor of Temple Court. Consultation in 49-6-1y H G. RUNKLE.— Attorney-at-L.a w, N Office in Crider’ Exchange : man. er's ellefonte, Pa. PHYSICIANS S. GLENN, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, State College, Centre county, Pa. Office at his residence. R. R. L. CAPERS. ) OSTEOPATH. ellefonte State Crider’s Ex. 66-11 Sennes BIE. ~ D. CASEBEER, Optometrist.—Regis- o tered and licensed by the State. Eyes , glasses fitted. Sat- faction guaranteed. Frames placed 1d lenses matched. Casebeer Bic: . High t., Bellefonte, Pa. 1-23 NVA B. ROAN, Optometrist, Licensed {, by the State Board. State College, nte on Lar building oppoeite e Court House, Wednesday afternoons om 2 to 8 p. m. and Saturdays 9 a. m. . 4:30 p. m. Bell Phone. a8-40 FEEDS! We have taken on the line of Purina Feeds We also carry the line of Wayne Feeds arina Cow Chow, 349, $3.10 per H arina Cow Chow, 249, 2.80 per H ‘ayne Dairy, 32% . 800perH ‘ayne Dairy, 24% - 2.75 per H ‘ayne horse feed - 2.60 per H 'ayne Egg mash - 8.25 per H ‘ayne Calf meal - 4.25 per H ‘ayme all mash Chick Starter - 4.00 per H ‘agmer’s All Mash Grower 8.40 per H 'agner’s Dairy, $29, 2.i5perH 'agner’s. Dairy, 2657 - 2.45 per H 'agner’s Dairy, 169%, - 2.60 per H ‘agner’s Pig meal - 280perH 'agner’s Egg mash with buttermilk. - : 3:00 per H 'agner’s Scratch feed 2.40 per H 'agner’s Standard Chop 2.20 per H 'agner’'s Winter Bran - 1.90 per H 'agner’s Winter Middlings 2.10 per H 'agner’s Pure Corn Chop 2.30 per H '‘agmer’s Cracked Corn 2.80 per H il Meal “ - 8.20 per H otton Seed meal . 280perH luten Feed - - 2.50perH luten Meal - - 8.25 per y ine ground Alfalfa 2.80 per eat meal - . 400perH ankage, 60% - 4.25 per H anamar Fish meal 6.00 per H rbico Mineral and Bone Meal - . 2.75 per H tock Salt - - 1.10 per H | yster Shell -ii ov 1.10 per H L#t us grind your corn and oats 1d make up your Dairy Feeds with stton Seed Meal, Oil Meal, Alfalfa, luten Feed and Bran Molasses, We will make delivery of two ton ts. No charge. When You Want Good Bread or “OUR BEST” ie GOLD COIN” FLOUR Y. Wagner & Co. be J1-1yr. ‘BELLEFONTE, PA. Caldwell & Son Plumbing and Heating Vapor....Steam By Hot Water Pipeless Furnaces PII AAI ull Line of Pipe and Fit- tings and Mill Supplies All Sizes of Terra Cotta Pipe and Fittings ESTIMATES seerfully snd Promptly Furnished 08-10-t1. Car Scientific Breeding . Produce Men of Genius? Muman geniuses must be bred as gace horses by. combining “carefully selected “pedigreed ‘ stock,” the presi- dent of the Eugenics Research assocl- ation said at a meeting of the organi- zation in New York. Whether that 1s true of the future or not no one knows It has not been true in the past. Physical development may be SO in- fluenced, and morons may be the de- scendants of morons. But genius and leadership appears in so many unex- pected places and persons that we are unable to draw any diagram or ar range a plun whereby we can piot their creation. One genius may come out of a family which prodnces others of no account. Yet the brilliant iv- tellect and the lazy nit-wit possessed the same parents. Eugenists may prove that certain families over several generations have produced only mental defectives, while other families have given society a high grade of superior intelligence. But there are often exceptions to up- hold or break the rule. Bui genius is hard to trace. We do not know why one man becomes a great leader or a wonderful engineer. It may be heredity, or environment, or education, or what? That man must continue to advance through eve lution and better breeding is undoubt- edly true, but that we can create a genius by planning is yet to ve proven No age has seen so many geniuses us the present, and eugenics had nothing whatever to do with the manufacture of this wealth of brains.—Miami Her- ald, - Nigerian Women Hold ‘ and Exercise Powers In Yorubaland, Nigeria, women wield great power, having a veiy pel- fect franchise. In every village, aldi- tional to the head ~hief and his coun- cil, is the head woman, or iyalodi, who also has her council of titled women. In her hands lies the respon- sibility for issuing the native admin istration orders to the women. The potters, who are all women. have a guild, and it is their preroga tive to be buried in their witery. ‘The religions of this essentially happy people consist to a degree of ancestor worship, although they are primarily nature worshipers, revering a supreme Creator, accessible through such subordinate gods as those of thunder, of lightning, or iron, and agri- culture. Worth Remembering There are loyal hearts, there are spirits brave, there are souls that ave pure and true. Then give to the world the hest you have and the best will come hack to you; give love, and love to your heart: wili: flow; a strength ‘in your uttermost need, have faith and a score of “hearts will show their faith in your word and deed; give truth and your gift shall be paid in kind, and honor will honor meet; and a smile that is sweet will surely tind a smile that is just as sweet; for life iS a mirror of king and slave, tis just what we are and do, so give to the world the best you have and the best will some back to you.—Author Not Known. Europe's Longest River The word Volga is the nawe of the longest river in Europe. It rises on the Valdai Plateau, south eof Lenin- srad, former capital of Russia, and it flows in a southeasterly direction and then south across Russia. and empties into the northern part of the Caspian sea at Astrakban. lis total length is 2,310 miles, and it Jdrains an area of H85,000 square. miles. It pos- sesses only a slight and gradual fail, and this is excellently adapted for pavigation. In spring floods the wa- ters at certain parts are from ten to . thirteen niles across. The river is ice- free from 193 to 260 days each year. Scottish Kilt The kilt is part of the characteris tie and ancient dress of the natives of the highlands of Scotland. The word means that which is girded or tucked up. It is of Scandinavian ori- gin, The Danish word kilte, in use to- day, means to tuck up. The: kilt of the highlander is short but has a very full skirt, belted in at the waist. and reaching to about the knees. The early kilt was not a separate garment, but merely the lower part of the plaid in which the Highlander wrapped him- self, hanging down in folds below the seit. Letter Oddly Addressed Every post office employee has ex- perienced troubles with performing the work of delivering letters owing to the obscure or insufficient directions in- scribed upon missives passing threugh their hands. The postmaster of South- ampton, England, was confronted with this one recently: “To the Chemical Cleaners who are Dyeing an Overcoat for Arthur Lewis, Near the bridge same street as the Market is in, near top of St. James Road, Southport.” The letter was delivered, Rabbit Was Traveler The driver of a motor car in Switz: erland tells the story of the astonish- ing speed and long-sustained effort which a rabbit is capable of. He hap pened to start one, which on its flight kept to the road. In order to keep up with the rabbit, the man had to speed up to 34 miles an hour, and the sturdy little creature held out for over a league before it finally jumped into a ditch by the roadside. . ——— Temper Shortens When . ©. Age of 40 Is Reached Are you approaching forty? Beware ! Becween the ages of forty “and sixty ones “pet peeves” are “at peak.” Sa vauts of the international congress of psychorogy announce that the child, and the young man and woman, are fairiy broad-minded about annoyances. Having survived such trivialities until forty, one is inclined to let go, and it is from that time until one is sixty that you should guard against becon:- ing slave to your dislikes, A better plan would be to remove one’s self from the scenes of templa- tion. If one dislikes mosquitoes, he should try to find a place where there aren't any. If a man, and it irks you to dunce with stout ladies, crash the high school dances and sub-deb parties. If, now in the thirties, you develop murderous tendencies when the saxo phone player next door tunes up, move away before forty, unless you wish to give your murder complex play. This may be bad psychology, but it’s good advice. Humble Cow Looked On as Evidence of Wealth In the early centuries the cow was looked upon as a source of wealth as well as food. One of the first words for money was “pecunia,” from the Greek word “pecus,” meaning caitle or herd, and the first coins made iu Greece and Rome were stamped with the cow’s head. Another interesting connection be tween cattle and gold is found in the story of the discovery of gold in Cali fornia. People came overland by pack train, around the isthmus of Pana, and in sailing vessels around the Horn. More people meant more cows and to meet the growing demand, large num bers of cows were brought from Ken tucky and England. In the early min ing days these sold for $300 to $Hw a head—so a cow was almost as good as a gold mine.—Kansas City Times When Sails Beat Steam When the steamer Enterprise, con manded by Capt. James Henry John- ston, English pionees navigator, reached the Cape of Good Hope on October 13, 1825, it is recorded that “3 great crowd gathered on the fore shore to admire the wondrous object that could move at will without regard to the direction of the wind and to the accompaniment, it must be ‘said. of a ‘mighty pufting and volume of smoke,” The Enterprise, which bad left Fal- mouth, England, on August 16 for Cui- cutta took so long (113 days) to reach her destination that every one, in- cluding her captain, was disappointed, for under favorable conditions the great sailing” ships, at less expense, could make the voyage to Calcutta in 90 days, AR a : - Probably’ Feryent ‘Wish On a shore-bound train recently the Stroller sat behind a fussy old lady. The seat! in: front of the: woman was occupied by a gentleman who had bie window open, “] wish that man would shut his window, my hair is blowing around something awful,” she remarked to a woman in the seat beside her. The gentleman of the open window naving heard the indirect request, turned, and with the woman's fea- tures mirrored in his barren dome. swilingly said: “I wish the wind would blow my hair!’—Philadelphia Public Ledger. Cleaning Plaster Statues When plaster statues have become dingy and dusty first give a thorough brushing and dusting. Take a good quality of white or cream colored paint and make it thin with turpen- tine. Apply this to the statue with great care so that no paint settles in’ the crevices to impair the modeling. The statue can then be kept clean by wiping carefully with a wet cloth. Many statues in the Corcoran Art gal- lery, Washington, are treated in this way. Wind Sways Skyscrapers Strong gusts of wind against tah steel buildings cause the structures to sway and vibrate, tests have shown. According to reports, two of the tall est buildings in New York city bend as much as six inches at the top of their towers, three inches in either di- rection from the neutral fixed position, says Popular Mechanics Magazine, Designers of a tall building soon to be built in Chicago allowed for a sway of two inches in either direction. Language Peculiarities English has twenty-six alphabet let- ters, twenty-one for consonants and five for vowels. English has soma forty-four sounds, twenty-four conso- nantal and twenty vocalic. To repre- sent these forty-four sounds in speli- ing, English has well over 400 separate orthographic combinations, making an average of ten possible spellings per sound. What can you do with lan- guage like that? And yet there is a charm about it.—Janet Rankin Aiken, in the Bookman. Makes Healthy Plants Charles Darwin began a long series of experiments in 1861 which preved conclusively a fact stated as long ago ag 1799, says Nature Magazine. that a better, healthier plant comes from seed produced when pollen is hreught from another flower. Two of natures “pollen carriers are inseéts and wind. . for Presiding Officer - suggest the idea of the post office. was, always: putting big foot in it. A bachelor, who is the best maker of decoy ducks on the south shore of Boston, is also the. presiding officer of the board of trustees of his church. When a street widening demanded a strip off the front edge of the church property, a meeting of the trustees was veld to consider it. “Well, made a sale, did ye?’ next day asked one of those curious citie zens who want to know. “Well, I don’t know,” churchman. ; “Why, they going to take the land, anyway?” “I'm not exactly sure.” “Held a meeting last pight, didn’t ye?’ : “Oh, yes—held a meeting, all right” “Warn’t you there?” “Yes, I was.” “Well, then—"" “I'll tell you,” said the decoy maker, “I took the chair, and opened the weeting, and then I got a chance to ride home, so I left, and [ don’t really know just what they did do.” said the Romance From Missives in Cavern Post Office In Wind Cave National park, south of Custer, 8S, D,, is a cavern serving § unique purvose, Some 200 feet under ground, the cavern ig called the post office. Here tourists and sightseers leave mementos, usually their ames and addresses scribbled on the back of an envelope or some other piece of paper, and stuffed into one of hundreds of box-like formations on the rock walls These natural crystalline formations A perusal of the “mail” reveals some interesting things. One finds names and addresses from every state in the Union and from foreign countries. It is permissible to take these, and many a miss or youth has visioned his or her future love as a half dozen or more names were selected. Much Bacon on This Hog The fossil skeleton of a giant hog witich stood seven feet tall is mounted in Morrell hall at the University: of Nebraska. The terrible pig in his pra- historic day was as high as the tallest modern motor car and had a wheel base of about 40 inches. The fossil was dug up in Sioux coun- ty. Nebraska, Only two of the giams have ever been discovered, the other being smaller than the university's specimen. ‘The pig, scientifically termed Dinohyus hollandi, lived dur- ing the late Oligocene or the early Miocene age, which would give him an antiquity of some 12,000,000 years.— Kansas City Star's Science: Service, of - Better Left Uneaid ie Sanders weant well, but somehow he | Our Trust Department HILE the Trust Department of this bank is separate from the commercial department, all the resources of the institution, amounting to more than two and one-half million dollars, safeguard those who intrust such business to us. As Executor, Administrator or Trustee, we can assure proper service, acting always under competent legal advice; which, joined with our long experience, makes us feel confi- dent of the proper administration of any Trust business given us. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK . BELLEFONTE, PA. | Z br ” E "3Eal Z A z = Fl ra EF “ ~ Z z / el F F 4 e ER TERE Tet NRO Financial ~ Stability IDENT HOOVER said: “By economy in expenditures, wise taxation, and sound fiscal finance, the Government can relieve the burdens upon sound business and promote financial stability.” It pleases us to render the very best service to all. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK STATE COLLEGE, PA. MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 0 pro RS A REA id TUCEUTT OATTETT 0 TLIC © SAN Me AM BRA SER SAC UIs To TS NCTA AARNE NASI MAAN] ‘At a dance herwas’ presented (0 a [To young woman whose proportions were anything but meager. her for a dance. : ; “I can only spare you a one-step,” she replied, “and I can’t actually guar- antee that, because I'm afraid my friends will be leaving before it takes place.” “Oh, how empty the room will seem when you're gone,” gurgled Sanders. Unearth Ancient Whale The enormous skeleton of a 5,000- year-old Greenland whale was found at Kistinge, near Halmstad, Sweden, by workmen digging a ditch near the geashore. A monstrous jawbone meus- uring about thirteen feet in length was unearthed. On account of its size it was first taken by the workmen fo be a part of the hull of an ancient vessel. The bone has been examined Sanders asked Ni by archeologists, . who estimate - the | fie ‘whale to have lived-at the end of ‘the fg fee age, about five thousand years ago. | gf Where Criminale Hung - The little triangular garden at Ken- sington gate, London, was once known as Dead Man's green and bas a sowe-. what gruesome history. Tradition avers that Dead Man's green, as it used to be called, was the site of the Surrey gallows, where many a high- wayman and less romantic scoundrel | J met his doom in the Eighteenth cen tury. Here, too, some of the Scottish followers of Prince Charlie were “hanged, drawn, and quartered” aficr the rebellion of 1745. That's the Spirit! Several women were being sent from the Home for the Aged to Yo- semite for a vacation treat, One who had no godmother to pay her way sent the following note to her under- taker: “Dear Sir: Sometime ago I depos ited with you a sum of money for the cremation of my body when I die. Please return it to -me so I can go to Yosemite this summer. I believe it will do me more good.’—FPathfinder Magazine. i : Opal Superstition The opal has not always been re- garded as an unlucky stone. The superstition regarding its bad luck he- gan in the Fourteenth century at the time of the Black death, particularly in Venice. At that time the opal was a favorite of the Italian jewelers, hut it was said that opals worn by those stricken with the disease became sud- denly brilliant and that their lusiee departed upon the death of the owner. 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