Deora atdan.
ellefonte, Pa, November 20, 1931.
EDITOR
rom the California Publisher.
‘hen earth's last billboard has vanished
and the landscapes again are in view,
‘hen the radio siren is silenced—the
shopping news in oblivion, too—
‘e shall rest and, faith we shall need
it—lie down for an eon or two,
11 a celestial special edition shall set
us to work anew.
ad those that survive shall be happy;
they shall sit in the editor's chair;
ney shall write without fear of libel
the truth they tracked to its lair.
aey shall find real advertisers waiting
—hanging around in the hall;
sey shall clip coupons for a living and
never be tired at all.
aa only the Master shall praise us and
never the public shall blame; i
nd no one shall write for money and
no one shall write for fame;
at each for the joy of the writing, and
each in his separate star,
jall publish the news as he sees it for
the Reader of things as they are!
— Ce —
ENNSYLVANIA HUNTERS
TELL SOME TALL STORIES.
In response to a request for inter-
iting but true tales of hunting and
ennsylvania's wild life the Game
ommission is discovering, as it ex-
scted, that the State's hunters are
axious to cooperate.
The Commission intends to assem-
e the best of the camp yarns and
ave them printed in booklet form
yr distribution.
Those already received cover a
ide field, but deal particularly with
|g game hunting.
The Commission today made pub-
¢ the following as examples of the
undreds which are being received:
USES KNIFE
“Ben McCollough, P. R. R. engi-
eer of Kittanning, a big, powerful
an, weighing about 260 pounds,
ent out hunting during the second
eek of the hunting season in 1927,
nd shot and wounded a buck. The
eer was lying down but jumped up
hen Mr. McCollough went up to it.
{cCollough dropped his gun and
rabbed the buck by the horns.
hen the fun started. All Ben had
as his hunting knife, he mastered
se buck in about one-half acre of
round and about all his clothing to
o it.” —Sent in by John Overman
f Reynoldsville.
PIPE RUINED
“While hunting deer in Bell town-
nip, Clearfield county, December,
929, Lynn C. Haag, Ralph Shively
nd Herman Shepplar had a very
nusual little thing happen to them.
“Shively was following upon the
rack of a deer; and Haag and Shep-
lar were watching for it. They
rere standing several hundred yards
part and when the deer came
arough and was about to pass be-
ween them Mr. Shepplar fired at
. and missed, but killed it with a
scond shot. He then found that
§s first bullet, a 30 Army or 30-40
rag had passed through a tree and
he bowl of a corn-cob pipe in
laag’'s coat pocket. The bullet had
unched a hole in Haag's pocket and
sined his pipe but remained in his
ocket leaving him none the worse
>r his thrilling experience. Haag
ept this bullet.” Darrell Solida, of
iig Run, Pa.
A POWDER SMOKE
“In October, 1930, I was coming
ff of the mountain near Loysburg,
nd as customary, I emptied the
artridges from my .52 caliber re-
olver in my pocket, and got into my
ar, and started for home. I pull-
4 my pipe from my pocket and fill-
4 it with Velvet, and proceeded to
njoy a smoke.
“I had driven about two miles
then all of a sudden, a bang anda
ash of bright light that was blind-
1g unnerved me for a second. I
topped the car to find out what
appened. I found the stem of
iy pipe in my mouth, but the bowl
ras blown to pieces and bits here
nd there in the car; also an empty
nell. Then I had to smile when
se thought came to me that a car-
ridge fell in the pipe bowl, when I
mptied my revolver.” —John 8.
ittmar, Loysburg, Pa.
DEAF AND DUMB
“In October, 1908, I went bear
unting at the headwaters of Stoney
rook in Wyoming county. Quite
distance from where I was stand-
1g, 1 saw a bear eating beechnuts.
fe was working toward me so I
sited until he was twenty-five
ards from me. I thought I would
hoot him in the head.
“He lifted his head, I took careful
im and as I pulled the trigger he
ropped his head to pick up nuts
nd I missed him slick and clean,
nd he continued to eat nuts, as if
othing had happened!
“So I put another shell in my
un, took careful aim and shot him
arough the neck, killing him in-
tantly. That bear must have been
eaf, as the rifie was a black pow-
er gun, 38-56 single shot Winches-
sr and made a very loud report.” —
harles Ernst, Mehoopany, Pa.
A scotchman went to a dentist’
jith a toothache. The dentist told
im he would only get relief by
aving it out. Then I must have |
as, said the Scotchman.
While the dentist was getting It
cady the Scot began to count his
oney.
The dentist said, somewhat test-
y. You need not pay until the
soth is out. |
I ken that, said the Scotchman,
ut as ye're about to mak’ me un-|
onscious I jist want to see hoo 1
tan.
Mrs. MacPherson (just at meal
me): Sandy, we have guests atthe
oor. |
Sandy: Grab a toothpick, quick! |
| fuls of light oil
HOW
WINDS CAN BRING ABOUT
EXTREMELY HOT WAVES. —
The dreaded hot waves of sum-
mer are caused by the relation
of high and low pressure areas
over the United States. When
an area of high pressure covers
the southeastern states, while a
low pressure area advances from
the west across the northern
states, the stage is all set for a
hot wave.
It will be remembered that
air always flows from an area
of high pressure Into an area
of low pressure, The flow Is
not directly into the low due
to the rotary movement of the
winds which is a result of the
earth's rotation. Consequently
as the “low” moves across the
northern states, heated air 1s
constantly poured In to the
right of the “low” from the
“high” in the south,
The hot wind of summer us-
pally is accompanied by an in-
crease In humidity, The heat
evaporates local molsture and
the winds bring in additional
moisture,
After three or four days of a
hot spell the moisture accumu-
lated is so great that a local
thunderstorm usually results,
The fourth or fifth day usually
sees the end of a hot spell.
This is caused by the arrival
of a “high” which has been
traveling some distance behind
the “low.” The contact of the
cool front of this “high” with
the warm area results in thun-
derstorms of great violence
along what is known as the
“wind-shift line.” This is the
line where the hot winds of the
“low” meet the cool winds of
the “high.”
The windshift line thunder-
storms usually are very violent.
—New York World-Telegram,
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How Group of Papallea
Acts in Human Tongue
In the back part of the tongue near
.hé root is a group of large papallea,
numbering from seven to fifteen, and
arranged in an inverted V fashion. In
these larger papallea the ends of the
nerves lie among groups of cells, called
taste buds, The cells of these buds
are arranged so that they taper, re-
sembling the end of a watermelon,
The ends of the cells do not meet at
a point, but are separated just far
enough to leave a little canal open,
the same as would be present if a
pencil were pushed into the melon
at the end. The cells of the buds are
merely supporting beams for the
nerves, From each nerve a small
hairlike filament protrudes into the
canal, These are extremely sensitive,
and are specialized to transmit the im-
pulse of taste to the brain, In order
to be tasted a substance must be In
solution. Solids not already dissolved
or which cannot be dissolved In the
sallva are tasteless,
How to Save Bearings
One of the most unfortunate mis-
naps of motoring is a burned-out bear-
ing. A Scotch engineer has invented
an ingenious device that will prevent
the excessive overheating of bearings
and, incidentally, the damage caused
thereby,
metal cartridge filled with a special
lubricant, This cartridge is attached
to the bearing, and, in case of failure
on the part of the regular lubricating
system, will flood the bearing with
grease. Instant warning of the trouble
is given by a strong odor thrown off |
by the grease the moment it comes
in contact with the hot bearing. This
emergency lubricator, it is said, should
prove of value particularly to marine
engines,
How “Manna” Is Explained
“The Realm of the Air” says: “It
is not uncommon to find the earth or
pavement under the trees sprinkled
with drops, apparently due to minla- |
ture rainstorms, but actually consist-
ing of honey dew ejected by swarms
of aphids, scale insects or leaf hop-
pers. The stuff is sweet and sticky |
und explains the showers of ‘honey’
recorded in old chronicles. The man-
na of the Bible was thus prodaced by
scale insects, which exude froin thelr
bodies a clear juice that falls to the
ground in drops. These drops harden
into sugary grains, which the Arabs of
the Sinal peninsula still gather for use
as food and medicine.”
How Airplane Collects Water
The water recovery apparatus used
sn airships consists of a condenser
which collects the water of combustion
formed by the combination of the hy- |
drogen in the gasoline with the oxygen
of the air, When ordinary aviation
gasoline is used, about 140 pounds of
water is formed in burning 100 pounds
of fuel. The condensing method sim-
ply cools the engine exhaust gns to
within a few degrees of air tempera-
ture and separates entrained molsture
from the gases as they leave the ap-
paratus,
How to Clean Leather
A solution of soap and water to
dissolved In one cupful of water; then
| add one cupful of alcohol and two cup-
This will not only |
clean the leather, but will help to sup-
ply some of the oll it naturally re-
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It consists principally of a
| which oil and alcohol have been added |
will give a good cleaner for leather. |
To prepare, use one bar of white soap |
‘BANKERS DEVELOP
NEW FINANCE AID
President of American Bankers
Association Describes Plan
and Services of National
Credit Corporation
NEW YORK.—The National Credit
| Corporation, a billio. dollar coopera-
| tive institution, is the method worked
out by bankers to put into practical
| effect the central point in President
Hoover's plan for renewing the com-
mercial and industrial activity of the
pation as proposed in his statement
to the nation of October 7, Harry J.
Haas, president of the American Bank-
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All Money Is Not, tet,
Legal Tender
Legal tender is money which a
debtor may legally require his creditor
to receive in payment of a debt in the
absence of any special agreement in
the contract or obligation itself, says
Pathfinder Magazine. No circulating
medium is lawful money in the United |
States unle~e it has heen given the |
leeal tendo quality by congress. Not |
all Lincs of money possess legal ten- |
der onalities, vet nll kinds circulate |
freclv at nar aad see convertible into |
standard money. Since the gold dollar
| 1s the standard unit of value In the
ers Association stated in a recent inter |
view.
The corporation is strictly coopera
tive in character, he said, to unite the
entire banking system and increase
the effectiveness of the financial ser
vices of banks to their communities in
rural districts as we'l as the cities.
The plan will marshal the banking re
sources of the country, he explained
by creating a national institution
whose funds will be lvaned when nec
essary to banks which have assets in
their portfolios that are thoroughly
sound but are not eligible for loans at
federal reserve banks.
To Benefit Everybody
“There is no citizen in the United
States but will benefit in very practical
ways from the results of the operation
of this forward-looking plan of cooper
ation, which may be regarded as one
of the most constructive steps thal
have been taken toward revival of
sound business activity,” Mr.
declared, adding:
“The National Credit Corporation
represents an instrumentality that
should have far-reaching effect in re
storing the confidence of the public
The plan not only has been formulated
by the country’s leading banking au
thorities, but also will be carried out
locally as well as nationally by bank
ing representatives who have given
their time and thought to this under
taking as a real public service.
“The American Barkers Association
convention was in session at the time
the plan was proposed and unanimous
ly endorsed it in principle. 1 bave ex:
amined the detailed formulation of
the working plans as developed by the
incessant labors of some of the Na
tion's leading bankers who have under
taken to put it into practical operation
Haas
United States, gold coins and gold cer-
tificates are legal tender in payment
of all debts, public and private.
United States notes popularly known
as greenbacks, are full legal tender for
all debts except duties on imports and
interest on the public debt, Treasury
notes of 1890 and standard silver dol-
lars are legal tender for all debts,
public and private, without regard to
the. amount except where otherwise |
expressly stipulated in the contract.
Silver certificates, Federal Reserve
notes, National bank notes and Fed- |
eral Reserve bank notes are not legal
tender. Subsidiary silver coins—half-
dollars, quarters and dimes—are legal
tender for amounts not exceeding $10 |
in any one payment. Minor coins— |
five and one cent pieces—are legal ten-
der for amounts not exceeding 25 cents
in nickels or pennies; it merely means
that a person is not under legal obli-
gations to accept more than that sum
in such coins in single payment,
Why Weather Conditions
Affect Tidal Movements
Contrary to a popular belief, espe-
cially that long cherished by many sea-
men, tides do not exert any influence
on the weather, according to relinble
meteorologists, As a matter of fact,
careful observers have discovered that
certain extreme weather conditions
affect the tides to some extent, Tides
ebb and flow at every point on the
coast with clocklike regularity. Never-
| theless, the weather continues to he
in singleminded cevotion to the na |
tional welfare, and I am able to say |
without reservation that the Nationa!
Credit Corporation as set up by them
constitutes a practical, sound and efi |
cient means for carrying out President |
Hoover's proposal.” .
HARD TIMES RENEW
BANKER’S OPTIMISM
Former Bankers’ Chief Finds
Much in Past Year to Inspire
Confidence in Financial
Reliability
OME C. STEPHENSON, retiring
president of the American Bank
ers Association, declared in an address
on the expiration of his term of office |
| that, in travelling about among the |
banks from one end o. the country to |
the other during the past year, he had |
“come out of it with a renewed faith
| ture and our banking situation, and a
renewed faith particularly in the spirit
and courage of the men in the banks
that have enabled them to rise uncon
in the strength of our banking struc |
are wetted some water will be held.
surface tension.
quered over difficulties such as men |
never had to face before, or to accept |
with fortitude misfortunes that were
beyond human power to prevent.”
When he reflected, he said, that the
“entire human economic structure has
been brought to the verge of ruin un
der the difficulties that have swepl
| move the grease so completely that
over not only the nation but the entire |
world, and that the results of events
of this kind react with particular di |
rectness upon the stability of ous
banks, and yet how few have suc
cumbed, we may well renew our confi
we think also of how many of our
bankers have stood up under the stress
and storms of these tithes and how
relatively few of them have beer
| proved wanting in the series of crises
that have assailed them, we may wel
feel a sincere pride in our fellow bank
ers.” He added:
fair or foul, irrespective of those tides,
On the other hand, conditions of very
low barometer pressure and very
strong winds from favorable directions
cause either unusually low or unusual-
ly high tides as the case may be. This
is the influence of the weather on the |
tides, and the weather is not the re-
sult of any tidal influence. Even when
there 1s a very insignificant outflow
of air from a region into which the
tide is rising, or a corresponding in-
flow of air as the tide subsides, this
does not constitute a significant fea-
ture of the weather,
Why Japanese Are Short
Science has long sought an expla- |
onatlen to the stunted statures and |
bowed legs of Japanese born in Japan. |
| community wood pile will apply
JOBLESS TO GET JOBS
IN LANCASTER COUNTY
Sincerity of men asking for food
this winter will be tested on the
“municipal wood pile” in Lancaster.
The policy of requiring those seek:
ing food to work out the value
the food given them by labor at
of
a
to
the “able-bodied jobless,” the Com-
munity Service Association said.
“The plan is designed to enable
rrr rere
WHY
the conscientious victim of unem-
ployment to preserve his self-re-
spect by actually working for what
he receives,” the an-
nounced. It will also serve to dis-
courage “professional relief seekers.”
Two wood piles, already provided
with 75 cords of wood, are awaiting
those who apply for food relief.
—When you read the Watchman
you are reading a real newspaper.
want.
good sign.
But reports also show a large increase and
steady growth in Savings Bank Deposits; a
Sensible people do not deny themselves
proper comforts, but sensible people also desire
to have an anchor to winward in the shape of a
Savings Account in a good Bank.
TE FIRST NATIONAL BANK |
BELLEFONTE, PA.
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
eports show a large increase in sales of
merchandise, which shows that the Amer-
ican people do not deny themselves what they
$ Soma od Le
£ Baney’s Shoe Store
Ip WILBUR H. BANEY, Proprietor J
hy 80 years in the Business [
Why should native Japanese be short | §
when chHdren of Japanese born and
reared in the United States and the
Hawaiian islands are much taller and
stronger? Climate and food have been
blamed, but now Dr. F. Ishihara, of
the medical school of Tokyo Imperial
university, after a tour of Ameriea,
says these have little to do with the
shortness of the “Japonians.” He
blames the Japanese custom of squat-
ting on the floor Instead of sitting on
chairs, for both crooked legs and the
shortness of stature of his fellow coun-
trymen.
Why Glass Retains Water
Glass is generally more or less com-
pletely covered with a greasy film.
When water drains from it, most of
the surface (where the grease film is)
will become dry, but at the spots that
The water remaining on the glass Is
pulled more or less into drops by the
This formation of
drops Is the most delicate test for
freedom from surface grease, By most
careful cleaning, it Is possible to re-
when water drains from the surface
only a thin uniform layer of water
will remain. This will quickly evapo-
rate if the air is dry.
Why Ivy Can Live in Watcr
The bureau of plunt industry says
that Ivy planted in water gets its sus-
tenance from the air, the water and |
| from the stored-up material In the |
dence in the banks of America; whep
“So I come out of this year of som |
ver experiences not as a pessimist, bul
as an optimist—as ne with a renewed
his fellow men under overwhelming
difficulties. And particularly do I come
out of this year as a banker who is
proud of his fellow bankers for the un
daunted way in which they have mel
their part of the great test through
which the times have put the nation
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plant itself. Ivy planted in water will |
not continue to grow indefinitely. It
will, however, under favorable condi.
tions, thrive for quite a while, the
length of time depending upon how
much plant food there is in the plant §
and in the water.
Why Known as “Corned Beef”
Corned beef is salted beef. It got
its name from an old verb to corn,
| meaning to season, cure or sprinkle |
faith and confidence in the spirit of |
[ believe that this year has brought |
yew honor to our banking traditions
won for the banker new title to the
faith and trust of all classes of his
| fellow citizens.”
Wise Spending
Careful and wise spending will help
| solve our economic problems and will
be of untold benefit to the farmer. Our
troubles are not caused by the spend-
ing of money, but because it was spent
| unwisely.
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and our banking profession and has | the black pepper.
with salt, The verb in turn came
from the noun corn, meaning any
small hard particle such as a grain or |
seed. “Peppercorn” is a survival of
the old noun, Corned beef was so |
called because originally it was pre-
pared with coarse grains of salt,
Why Peppercorn as Rent
A peppercorn is the dried berry of
During the Middle |
ages it was customary to charge a
nominal rent in kind in order to keep
the title of land from passing to the
renter, The most usual nominal rent |
of this kind was a pound of pepper- |
corns to be delivered at stated in-
tervals,
Why Engine’s Many Wheels
Extra wheels are used on locomo-
tives to reduce the weight at any one
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Better Cloth,
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Better Tailoring,
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Buy Now!
Never in all the years that. we have
been selling clothes has there been atime
when so little money would buy so
Better Trimmings.
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Men's Clothes are Better in every way
and prices are as low you enjoyed back
That's why we say: Buy Now! and
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