Sri er gunk THE OE ————— ee THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1008, —————————————————— TI Garis-Harshbarger. Sheridan W. Garis, of Centre Hall, and Elsie May Harshbarger, of Potters Mills, were married at the Reformed parsonage, Thursday evening of last week, by Rev, Daniel Grese. S———— — ———————— Nittany Furnace Banked, Last week the fires at the Nittany Iron Company’s plant were banked, and all the pig iron and material on hand is posted as the property of the Cincinnati Building and Warehouse Company. It is thought the furnace bas not shut down permanently, al- though the action is due to lack of orders. - Bl in Mall by Rall to Loganton, The White Deer and Loganton Rail road Cowapany has closed a contract with the United States Postoffice De- partment for the carrying of mail be- tween White Deer and Loganton, Clinton county, and from Loganton to White Deer, and intermediate points. Loganton has never enjoyed the bene fits of getting mail by train, depend- ing heretofore on the overland stage. Gingerich Farm Sold, Report has it that the George Gingerich farm, now tenanted by Mr. Ginogerich’s son-in-law, John E. Rish- el, was sold by Amos Kaufman tor $6000 to Witmer Grove. The farm is located east of Centre Hall, and con- tains eighty-one acres. Since Mr Rishel did not receive notice to quit, it is presumed that he will be permit. ted to remain on the farm for at least another year. ——— — PP ———. What 4 Cows and 75 Hens Did. R. C. Palmer, of Linden Hall, gives the readers the results of four well kept cows and seventy-five hens. Here is his own statement : Enclosed find income of our four cows and seventy-five hens during the past year from January 1st, 1907 to January 1st, 1908: Cows, $22026; hens, $186.25. This does not include what butter and milk or eggs we used in our home. We have just given what we have sold. —————— A — Wallace 5. W ite Injared, Saturday afternoon while Wallace 8. White and John 8. Dale were driv- ing in the vicinity of the chain works, near Milesburg, the horse they were driving frighte- ed at an approaching wagon. The harness broke and there was a general smash-up, Mr. White receiving a cut on the head and lower jaw, and other injuries, The gash on the jaw required several stitches before it could ve properly dressed. He was pretty badly shaken up, and as a result is suffering considerable pain. Mr. Dale was but slightly hurt. The Moon and Venus, There was a pretty sight in the south- western sky between 5:30 and 6 o'clock Bunday evening. The new moon, showing as s boat-shaped crescent of silver, seemed to be sailing northwest- ward toward a silver star of extraor- dinary magnitude and beauty. The purity of the atmosphere made the effected earth-light show dimly on the dark part of the moon like golden powder dusted upon black. As the moon neared the horizon ite silver be- came gold, and the effect was as of a golden cance moving toward a star and almost touching it. Aaronsburg. E. R. Wolf, of Wolfs Store, was the guest of Mrs, Effie Weaver Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, Fred Limbert, of Al toona, are visiting the former's parents. Mr. Frain, of Howard, spent a few days at the home of Jonathan Krape. Mrs. Caroline Mayes is paying a visit to her daughter, Mrs, Margaret Eby, of Lewistown. Mr. and Mrs, C. W. Boyder, of Mil- ton, are visiting the latter's grand- mother, Mrs. Bower. : Frank Rupp, of Connecticut, was home a few days to see his mother, whoee health is failing. John Rupp, sccompanied by his sons, of Biate College, visited his mother a few days last week, Mrs. H. E. Crouse snd daughter Mabel visited the former's parents, at Winfleld, for a few days. Mr. and Mrs, Luther Wert are on a vieit to friends at Osceolasnd Altoona, They expect to be gone about ten days. Prof. C. E. Edmunds, of Fieeland, spent part of his vacation with hie mother and other acquaintances here, Mr. and Mm. E. G. Mingle spent part of the Babbath with their dsugh- ter, Mrs. Herbert Hosterman, at Woodward. George Wolf and family, of Bpring Mills, spent a day Inst week at the home of Mrs, Woil's mother, Mra, Stambach, Among those from a distance who sttended the funeral of Mis Julia Kreamer were Dr, Hosterman, of De troit, Mich. ; Mr. and sre, J. Frank Bmith, of Centre Hall ; Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Hosterman and Alfred Host erman, of Centre Hill, The following officers were elected in the Evangelical Sunday school for the ensuing year : Supt., J. P. Condo Stump ; tress, H. E. Crouse; librar- Career of the First American Submarine Vessel. IT WAS A MOST UNIQUE CRAFT Launched tn 1775, It Made Several Frantic Efforts to Blow Up British Warships and Nearly Succeeded-——Iits Untimely Fate. The first submarine craft which real- ly navigated under serious conditions was the Invention of an American, Daniel Bushnell of Saybrook, Conn, Bushnell was graduated from Yale in 1775 and In that same year come pleted the submarine vessel op which he had been at work since 1771. He does not seem to have named the boat himself, but it has come to be known as the Turtle because of its shape. The entrance to the vessel corre sponded to the opening made by the swells of a turtle shell at its head. The boat was about seven and a half feet long and six feet deep, large enough to contain the operator and sufficient atr to last him half an hour. It was ballasted chiefly with perma- nent lead ballast, In addition to this, a mass of lead 200 pounds in weight could be let down forty or fifty feet below the vessel, enabling the operator to anchor-or to rise quickly to the sur- face in case of accident, A water gauge illuthinated by means of a cork with phosphorus on it, which floated on the water within the gauge, registered the deptie of the Turtle. By means of a compass, also illuminated with phosphorus, the operator was able to direct the course of his vessel. An oar formed on the principle of an old fashioned screw was fixed In the forward part of the Turtle. The operator by turning it In one direction could prope! the vessel forward or in the other could propel it backward, Another oar, placed near the top of the Turtle, worked on the same prin- ciple. By means of the latter the operator, after having established the equilibrium of the vessel, could move it either upward or downward. A rud- der in the after part of the Turtle could be used for sculling. The entrance to the boat was elliptic al and so small as to barely admit one person. It was surrounded by a broad elliptical tron baud, the lower edge of which was let into the wood. Above the upper edge of this fron band wid a crown resembling a hat It ¢hut water tight upon the fron band, to which it was hung with hinges, turning over sideways when opened. In the crown were three round doors, one directly in front and one on each side. and large enough to put the hand through. These, when opened, admit. ted fresh alr. Their shutters were ground perfectly tight and were hung with hinges. There were several glass windows In the crown for the admis. afon of light and two alr pipes. A ventilator drew fresh alr through one of the pipes and discharged it at the bottom of the vessel. The impure air escaped through the other pipe. These, of course, were used only when the Turtle was floating on the surface of the water. The valves opened au- tomatically when they came out of the water and closed as soon as they en. tered It. When the operator wished to de scend he placed his foot on the lever of the valve, by which means he open. od a large aperture in the bottom of the vessel, thereby allowing the water to enter the tank. When a sufficient quantity had been obtained to cause the vessel to descend very gradually fie closed the valve. The aperture un. der this valve was covered by a per forated plate The water could be discharged from the tank by the brass force pump. Whe: the vessel leaked the blige coud le prmped out by a similar pump. Everrthing in the Turtle was Lrovzht zo near the operator that he cotid £nl in the dark what he wished and wi out turning either to the right or th the left. A firm plece of wood tras framed parallel to the short dlam- elor of the vessel to prevent the sides from ylelding. This also served as a goat for the operator. In the fore part of the brim of the brass crown was a socket with an iron tube passing through it. At the top of the tule wis a wood screw fixed by means of a rod which passed through the tube. When the wood screw had been made fast to some ob- ject it could be cast off by unscrewing the rod. Behind the vessel and above the rudder was attached a magazine coripoced of two blocks of oak wood, hollowed out so as to hold 150 pounds of powder. This wastfired by a percus- sion device, timed by means of clock- work. A rope extended from the mag- azine to the wood screw. To destroy a ship the operator was to submerge the Turtle, navigate it un- til it was underneath the ship that was to be destroyed, screw the wood screw futo Ler bottom, cast off the magazine and move away. The magazine, being oyant, would Immediately rise against the bottom of the ship. The clockwork which fired it was started by the casting off of the magazine and gave the operator time to retire to a safe distance, Bushnell made many trials of the Turtle before sending it against a Brit in bs 8 I - water without having a strong piece of rigging made fast to it until I found him well acquainted with the opera. tions necessary for his safety. “After that I made him descend and continue at particule ghlepths without rising or sinking, row by the compass, approach a vessel, go under her and fix the wood screw Into her bottom un- til I thought him sufficlently expert to put my design into operation. “1 found, agreeable to my expecta- tions, that it required many trials to make a person of conftnon ingenuity a skiliful operator. The first L employed was very Ingenlobs, but was taken sick in the campaign of 1776 at New York before he had an opportunity to make use of his skill and never recovered his health sufficiently afterward.” In the summer of 1776, when Adml- ral Howe lay with a formidable British fleet In New York bay, a little below the Narrows, Bushuell attempted to destroy one of his ships, the Eagle, of gixty-four guns. The operator whom the inventor selected to make the ex- periment was Sergeant Ezra Leo, He had had little experience with the Turtle and was therefore inexpert. Lee, however, successfully navigated the Turtle under the Eagle. He at- tempted to fix the wooden serew into her bottom, but struck, as he supposed, a bar of iron which passed from the rudder hinge and was spiked under the ship's quarter. Bushnell sald that bad Lee “moved a few inches, which he might have done without rowing, 1 have no doubt but he would have found wood where he might have fixed the screw, or if the ship were sheathed with copper he might easily have plerced it; but, not being well skilled in x management of the vessel, In attem{iting to move to another place he lost the ship, After seeking for some time be rowed some distance and rose to the surface of the water, but found ‘daylight had ad- vanced so far that be durst not renew the attempt.” On his return from the Eagle, Lee passed near Governors island, which was then occupled by the British, Be- ing in haste and thinking he was dis- covered by the enemy, he cast off the magazine, supposing that it retarded his movement. After an hour, the time the mechanism was set to run, the magazine exploded with great violence, to the consternation of the enemy. Two subsequent attempts were made with the Turtle against the British shipping. In one of these the operator suceeded in getting his vessel under- neath a British ship, but the tide ran $0 strong the Turtle was swept away. Finally the British sunk an American boat which had the Turtle on board. The inventor afterward recovered his vessel, but did nothing further with it His health was poor, and he was un: able to obtain money and sssistance with which to prosecute his exper i- ments. — Navy. He Wanted Company. Shortly after 2 o'clock one bitter winter morning a physician drove four miles in answer to a telephone call. On his arrival the man who had sum- moned him sald: “Doctor, | ain't in any particular pain, but somehow or other I've got & feeling that death is nigh” The doctor felt the man's pulse and listened to his heart “Have you made your will?" he ask- ed finally. The man turned pale. “Why, no, doctor. At my age—oh, doc, it ain't true, Is It? It can't be true” — “Who's your lawyer?” “Higginbotham, but"-— “Then you'd better send for him at once.” The patient, white and trembling, went to the phone. “Who's your pastor?’ continued the doctor. “The Rev. Kellogg M. Brown,” mum- bled the patient. “But, doctor, do you think" “Send for him immediately. Your father, too, should be summoned; also your” “Say, doctor, do you really think I'm going to die? The man began to blubber softly. The doctor looked at him hard. “No, 1 don't” he replied grimly. “There's nothing at all the matter with you, but I'd hate to be the only man you've made a fool of on a night like this." Everybody's. The College Girl's Rescue. “1 believe in a college education for girls,” sald a professor, “but the girl who comes out of college thinking that she knows a great deal has not profited by her four years' course, for, after all, it is but a smattering that a college education gives us, “Most girls know this. Many do not. The latter sort carry themselves superciliously, use big words, correct ignorant persons’ grammar and fall to make a good marriage. In fact, they create a bad Impression every- where, “Thus there was a girl-a Vassar Our new room is about completed, which affords a better opportunity to display our goods, Call to see us in mid-winter, and we will convince you that we are doing business at all seasons of the year. Rearick’s FurnitureStore Centre Hall, Pa. Ee ,-. wm so ——— © E ———————————— S11 po EERE Se We are now ready to supply your needs in Footwear for school gents and ladies, boys and girls, and for the little omnes. There will also be some left for the older ones to make you comfortable and happy. sy sm me - C. A. Krape Li i - = = Pa. S0N00R00000 0000050000000 : Thanking you for last year's Trade we ask you to come again : We have a special Showing of Cordoroy Trousers In light and dark. Different Styles And Prices. A Full Line of Ladies and Children's Leggins, A lot of Embroidery ata Bargain. M you see them you must think of Buying. H. F. ROSSMAN Sale ... . 100 Boys’ Suits 100 Men's Suits ONE-HALF OFF at... 1-2 Price 1-2 Price at... a Wanted Lard, Side Meat, Onions, Chickens, Fresh Eggs. Highest Cash prices paid for same deliver- ed to Creamery. Howard Creamery Corp. CENTRE HALL, PA. SALE REGISTER, JANUARY #0, THURSDAY, one o'cleck, 212 miles west of Bellefonte on the Furst farm, by Joba H. Williams : Homes, oattie, hogs, im- plements, etc MARCH 12, THURSDAY, ten o'clock, on Wm. Suiver farm, near Pollers Mills, by Rbheule : 8 horses, colt, § cows, 5 young oaitle, 2 bogs, farm implements, and house Tuesday, ten o'clock, Olid Fort-large number of farm implements, eto. TURDAY, at Oak Hall, by 8 , HOPeEs, COWS, young SANS, hogs, farin implements. Wm, A. Be MONDAY, near Farmers Mula, ; Farm swek and fall line Ww. ROH 24, Tuesday ten o'clock, two miles east of Centre Hail, w. M. Grove ; Farm sek and implements and househv goods, . a ler, auctioneer, MARCH John H. Breon, near Oentre Hall farm stock and implemen, MARCH % THURSDAY, ten o'clock, ode mile west of Tosseyville, H. A, MoCieuan : Kleven horses and coits, 5 “16 yousg calle 10 1 sheep : also brood sows, 20 shomis, MARCH 27, FRIDAY James B, Strobm, at Centre Hill : ik 200 implements, implements, JE AT ERT Sa ERs we BOVE Ae uw Why hae Does 1: “ It isu't often that I have fai refund the money if it does not cure Iam gls to sell Dr. Howard's specific for ti “ The Howard Co., in order to get suUthoriy f and although I havesold a ot of sud gumianteed every package, 1 one has been brought back a« upsat factory. “ There are sixty doses in a v that can be carried in the vest pocket or purse, and every oue has mors medicinal power than a big pill tablet or a Lu wbier of mineral water, “I am still selling the specific half-price, although I cannot tell how long I shall doso. Any person who is subject to constipation, sick head ache, dizzivess, liver trouble, indige - tion, or a general played out condi- tion, ought to take advantage of this opportunity.” —— I A OA Alinifn for Chickens, Choice alfalfa, in bales of from 80 (» 100 pounds, is offered to poultrymen » one cent per pound, f o, b. Centre Hall station. . This is the third ‘cutting, and was stored in October, It is ss green §inae, and is readily eaten by fowls, e poultryman acquainted with his business knows the value of aifalfa us an egg producer, Terms spot cash. W. #amirh, Centre Hall, TEVENS 5 $i best thing for towing Learning to bel : sogquiring qualities of SELF-CONTROL, DECISION, MANLINESS i are sll due bo STEVENS FIREARMS EDUCATION, sk your f i GLE i hw £ 1 Jin ing Jom HE oe Pi i
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