179 84 Leaves 091 Minus In our issue of Sept. 4th we made appeal to 775 of our sub- scribers who were in arrears at that time. Since then 48 have respond- ed, and to them we make grate- ful acknowledgment of their promptness in coming to relief of the financial strain we are under. We are still hoping that the remaining 691 are not going to fail us. By the way: If you have any printing jobs. Anything, large or small in the line of com- mercial printing, we would like to do it for you. There is always one cer- tainty about job printing done at this office. It is well done, and at prices no higher than are often paid for work that is not so good. The Democratic Watchman EX-CONVICT _KILLS HIMSELF FOR LOVE Attempt to Regain Lost Happi- ness Is Failure. Pittsburgh, Pa.—The last chapter in an ex-convict's attempt to regain the happiness he once had known was written with the man's suicide in the home of the woman he had loved In vain, Nathan Corna, forty-five, Pitte- home of Mrs. Dora Ritt, a widow. For six weeks Corna had sought to win the love of Mrs, Ritt, she sald. Corna told her of his prison sep tence, Mrs. Ritt said. “If I had loved him, I could have forgotten and forgiven—but without love, it was hopeless,” she sald. As Corna finished his story and was about to leave, he slashed his throat, Mrs. Ritt said. “Corna told me he had gone to De troit from Pittsburgh when a young man and met a former Pittsburgh girl she added. with her. “He said he fell In love dead and Corna was accused of the innocent.” Doctors at Last Solve Harrisburg, Ga.—Doctors of the Harrisburg hospital believe they have correctly diagnosed the mysterious ail- | ders, sixteen, Halifax, Pa., to the hos- pital for more than two months. Enders was admitted last Aprh fighting a forest fire. Ile wss treated for smoke suffocation, and seemed to be a victiin of hemoly- blood dissolve, Other physicians diagnosed his al. broke out at several points and his ¢kin at times flushed red and oozed blood, Blood transfusions were given and for several days thereafter the boy rallied. Later he sank back Into a senii-comatose state, Other diagnoses were made ana other treatments applied. the conclusion that Enders had been bitten by a snake, or a noxious In- sect, . So a form of treatment to arres: such a condition is now being applied, | are on the right track at last. Africans Send Money to Starving Americans | the check came a letter from a Presby- terian missionary, Rev. Albert D. Good. saying: “A month or 80 ago there was a In tle article in the Bulu news sheet, | ‘The Mefoe," telling of the hard times | In America, and indicating that there , did not have enough to eat. This particular item caught the attention of Pastor Eduma Musambi and his son, Musambi, and they decided to give something for the starving people In | America. They quietly told the | church people about it, and, entirely of their own volition, a sum of money was gathered, which I inclose to you.” The Inclosed check was for $3.77 |! Most States Contribute to Forest Service Fund Washington.—Virtually every state and territory contributed last year to | amass almost $7,800,000 for expend! | tures on state forestry, fire control, ex- | tension and reforestation, the forest | service of the Agriculture department | here announced recently after complet: | ing a summary of state and terri | torial expenditures last year. | State forest work has shown a total gain of $4,000,000 In the last two years, forest service officials pointed out, and has been successful In extending fire protection and reforestation to several | million acres of forest lands, In the past year over $2,500,000 | was spent by the states for fire pro | tection and upwards of $1,000,000 for | reforestation projects. During the same time $2,300,000 has been spent for additional purchases and malnte- | nance, | Scotland’s Population Decreases in 10 Years | decreasing. There were 30,043 fewer Scots this | year than there were ten years ago, | according to W. Adamson, secretary | of state for Scotland, The popula | tion of Scotland Is now 4,842,534, a | decrease of 0.8 per cent, compared | with 1921, he sald. | The decline was shared by the | sexes, and there are still more women | than men in Scotland. The number | of males this year Is 2325867 and | women 2,516,687. burgh, paroled last December from | Marquette (Mich.) prison, where he | had been sentenced for killing a wom- | an in Detroit, killed himself in the | who was married and had one child,” | “One day the woman was found | crime. For two years the case was | fought In Michigan courts and he | finally was sentenced to life imprison- | | ment. He begged me to believe him | Puzzle of Bey’s Illness | | ment which has confined Mark Eon- | | when he was found ancouscious while | Hc showed no signs of inprovement | sis, In which the red corpuscles of the | ment as ‘purpura hemorrhagica” | and treated him accordingly, He wus Jelirious at times. Hemorrhages One day a veteran physician reachea | | and the physicians believe that they | New York.—A collection raised by | black natives In the village of Ba- | | tanga, in Cameroun, West Africa, to | “help the starving In America” was | | received by the board of foreign mis sions of the Presbyterian church. With | | were actually people in America who | London.—Scotland’s population is | = indicate many shades of red, and in our own time, it designates mixtures of red and blue In various preportions approaching to crimson on one side, and violet on the other. He who Is “born in the purple” is one of an im- perial or royal family, or by extension, of a noble or wealthy family. The | phrase In purple, used from 1685, des- ignates the scarlet color of the official dress of a prince of the church—e cardinal, Violet, as a purplish blue color re- sembling that of the violet, dates from the time of Sir John de Mandeville, year 1300, and died in the year 1372. Literary references to the plant ante- date this by about a century, for the the Middle ages, the term was used to | who is stated to have been born in the | | violet is referred to in the “Tales of | Arthur and Merlin.,"—Literary Digest. “Wonders” Foreseen by Great Minds Long Ago Roger Bacon, born In 1214, foresaw che coming of the balloon. He thought ' metal and filled with liquid fire, It was actually more than 300 years be- that it would be made of very thin | but the first man to rise Into the air | | fore the first balloon ascent was made, | did so In a fire balloon, | The airship provided with a means | of moving against or across the wind was anticipated in the Eighteenth cen- loon propelled by oars. Even In his | day there were those who foresaw that | fn the future the “oars” would be | worked by some kind of engine. The able accuracy by Leonardo da Vine, ! who, besides being a painter, was a renowned mathematician and engineer. Wireless was foreseen at least 300 years ago. The Italian writer, Strada, | born in 1572, describes an imaginary | machine which enabled two friends, | no matter how far apart, to communi- , cate with one another. | happens in the most modern telewriter or automatic telegraph transmitter, _ Sneezing—God Bless You The custom of uttering a benediction after a sneeze is universal. Its origin is obscure and each country seems to airplane was foreseen with remark- | Strada’s imag- | inary process is almost exactly what gi tury by Lunardi, who invented a bal- | INCUBATED EGGS More than 850 hatcheries and egg opening plants operating in Pennsyl- vania have been advised by the bu- reau of foods and , Penn- sylvania department of agriculture, of the amendment to the pure food laws which requires that all eggs incubated for eight days or more must be labeled “Incubated” when offered for sale. The amendment also provides that all bakery pro- ducts in which incubated eggs are WOMAN IS ELEVATED TO WELFARE POST Elevation of Mrs. Alice F. Liver- cabinet .became known, Mrs. Live.ight was named deputy secretary of welfare 14 after Ey a i ne secretary of property and supplies. The post pays $10,000 a year. used must be labeled Eggs Used.” “Incubated Stand for Prude Do you know that not need? Are you careless with You can save here. en A——————— — BANKS for Careful Looking Ahead hundred people own their own homes? Are you one of the few; or did you sacrifice home for daily indulgence in something you did A little coin, but one saved every day--what a comfortable sum in ajyear! THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK BELLEFONTE, PA. nce, Thrift and only five out of every dimes ? Baney’s Shoe Store WILBUR H. BANEY, Proprietor 80 years in BUSH ARCADE BLOCK BELLEFONTE, PA. have its own particular legend con- /¢ cerning it. Ameng the Romans the § | evil spirits. The sneeze, therefore, was regarded somewhat In the light of a lucky effort on the part of the person to rid his system of evil spirits . [JI | and those present at the time would say, “Good luck to you." There is and then expired. But the patriarch interceded in the behalf of man and obtained a relaxation of this law on condition that a prayer or benediction fer this old legend as an explanation of the modern sneeze benediction “God bless you.” Name Traced to Blunder The designation of a particular va- riety of worsted fabrics as “tweeds” is commonly, but erroneously, associ- ated with the Scottish river of that name. The origin of the word “tweed,” however, has no reference to the River Tweed, but is said to be due to an error on the part of a London clerk, who, in the year 1826, when writing out an invoice for these goods, inad- vertently wrote the word “tweeds” in- stead of “tweels,” the Scottish for twills. Orders were placed for more “Scottish tweeds,” a novel description which immediately won the ponular favor and became firmiy estal!ished in the clothing trade as a braud of quality, What, No Whittlers? whittler, and why his disappearance? A half-century ago almost every man carried a good pocket knife and when | he stopped on any occasion he took his knife from his pocket and began whittling. At that time many men carried In their pocket a stick or block of wood known as a whittling stick. It was some soft wood, soft timber for whittling. The early set- tlers greatly enjoyed whittling for | pastime, and many of them were real artists with a pocket knife. It Is near | a lost art.—Milan Republican. | Beauties of Ceylon For the visitor, Ceylon is an Island amazing in its beauty and interest. | The native streets are thronged with | a gaily-clad multitude. Yellow-robed | priests, plodding bullock carts, make i briillant picture. The Low country is a patchwork of paddy fields and | coconut plantations, splashed with vivid tropical flowers. Kandy, the | eapital, Is on the shores of a glisten- | ing lake, and the gorgeous Peradeniya | gardens (1,600 feet). High in the for- | est-clad hills is Nuwara Eliva (6,200 | feet) amid tumbling waterfalls and mountain streams. belief existed that a sneeze expelled also an old legend that before the Hii time of Jacob men sneezed only once Rj pine and white walnut being favorite. follow every sneeze. Some writers of- | What has become of the old-time | | a BE iti eons —————————————. Ap ———————— i; 7 — wr I, sss Mm Look for tailored in, quality up to them. Our Fall Suits Your money’s worth value and satisfaction. —Fall Top Coats at $20.00 Clothes {i Look for high quality wool- § ens, fully shrunken before {i cutting. | up i nll not pressed in, shape- liness. Unless you're a clothing expert, look for a dependable store—and leave the Then you will get Start at $22.50 or your money back at whatever price you pay. Ry