Beworralit atc Bellefonte, Pa., June 25, 1920. SEA WORM SAMOAN DELICA®) its Infrequent Arrival Always M the Occasion for the Holding of. a Great Festival. Palolo. the most prized of all gusta tory delicacies in Samoa, declared bj Americans who have tried it to be su perior to the lobster, 1s a marine worm, being rather mysterious in that it is never seen save on two or three nights in the entire year. Its uppear- ance seems to be regulated by the moon. The palolo chooses the time for its first appearance on the night when the October moon changes. When the moon rises the sea is seen to be alive with wriggling green and brown worms, some of them a yard or more in length. The natives make a festival of the occasion, going out with dip nets among the reefs and scooping up the worms by the bushel. They pad- dle around in every available boat with lighted torches waiting for the moon, and then the scene becomes one of great and joyous excitement. The palolo comes once again when the November moon quarters, and is not seen again until the following year. It is said to live in crannies of the corai reefs, coming to the surface to spawn at these lunar periods. Some of the worms are eaten as they wiggle, but the bulk of the catch is reserved for a big feast on the following day, when they are wrapped in banana leaves and baked. YEAR ONCE BEGAN IN MARCH Change in Style May Be Said to Date From 1752—Great Militant Events in Month. Few people know, or, if they do, have forgotten, that March, and not January, at one time was the first month of the year, remarks the Chi- cago Journal. For commencing the year with March there seems to be sufficient reason in the fact that it is the first season after the “dead year.” in which decided symptoms of growth take place. The name is derived from the Ro- mans, among whom it was at an early period the first month of the year, and continued to be in several countries to a comparatively late period, the legal year beginning, even in England. on March 26, until the change of styie in 1752. For the Romans to dedicate their first month to Mars and call it Martius seems equally natural. con- sidering the importance they attached to war and the use they made of it. In the history of our own country April appears to carry off the palm for the month in which great militant events occurred, yet in the world war a number of epoch-making incidents took place in March; for instance, the revolution in Russia in 1917, when Czar Nicholas abdicated on March 15. The big drive on the 50-mile front from Arras to La Feu began on the 21st, and Paris was in that month bom- barded by “Big Bertha.” - Strong Caps of Paper. Astonishing strong paper caps, capa- ble of withstanding powerful blows, though extremely light in weight, have been invented by a shipyard employee, and are intended to be worn by work- men whose duties expose them to dan- ger from falling objects, says Popular Mechanics’ Magazine. The process by which the novel head- gear is produced has not been divulged, but it is known that chemicals are em- ployed to harden the material, without adding to its weight. Several styles have been made, the lightest weighing about seven ounces, and others slightly more. In a recent test, a 1-pound bolt was dropped on one of them from a height of forty feet, with the result that a barely perceptible dent was made in the paper. The novel head coverings are proof against water and acids, and are nonconductors of elec- tricity. Heat for Alaska. The Pacific has its own “Gulf stream,” which is called the Japan current, and it is formed in the same way. The trade winds, blowing from the tropics, bank up the warmed ocean waters in the Yellow sea (correspond- ing to our Gulf of Mexico), and thence they pour out between Japan and For- mosa, the stream thus formed passing south of the Aleutian chain, along the | southern coast of Alaska, and down the west coast of North America. Hence it comes about that the whole southern coast of Alaska has a tem- perate climate. It is warmed by the Japan current. What Really Keeps Time. As a measurer of time the pendu- lum ranks today as the most perfect of our instruments, says the Scientific American. It is the part of a clock that keeps time. All the rest of the mechanism is simply for the purpose of keeping up its vibration or to point on a dial the number of vibrations it has made. It swings back and forth in a complete arc 30 times each min- ute, but allows the escape-wheel to | move a cog at each vibration, thus checking off on the dial, by means of PLEASANT GAP paign. planks for their platform. session. have a decided advantage. Republican column to succeed. ite sons. right to which they are entitled. Who is our neighbor? we are personally neighbor is the guy who borrows the wire stretcher, and lawn mower and doesn’t seem to be able to remember where he borrowed it. Our neighbors the Noll Bros. purchased four wire stretchers in the past three years; and today they are minus all their stretch- ers, simply because they loaned them to “Tom, Dick and Harry,” without keeping a record, hence they were swindled out of what justly belonged to them. The honesty of some people is questioned. Should MeAdoo be nominated at San Francisco, Republican campaign orators can use a great deal of the material which Senator Lodge embod- ied in his opening address at the Chi- cago convention. McAdoo as Wil- son’s son-in-law, will have to carry the sins of the present Administration if he runs for President. But a good many thoughtful members of the party think there is something more in Republicanism than opposition to a Democratic President. Is it a politi- cal strategy to attack Wilson. But his administration is about the only issue that has thus far been injected into the campaign. General Pershing is seeking a big- ger job, his request from active duty in the army is not surprising. The duties incumbent on him were the sup- ervision of the army reorganization and when that is done his active mili- tary career will be finished. He spent thirty-eight years in the army; and such service might have been expected to unfit him for any other career. But present employment seem, by com- One thing that will be settled at i San Francisco is just how much the | Reds were worth to Palmer's cam- The Republican delegates at Chi- cago evidently thought they were dry enough without sawing out any dry Political conventions come high, but we have the .consolation of know- ing that the country’s saving money every day that Congress is not in When it came to nominating Presi- dential candidates the doubtful States Pennsyl- vania is too strongly entrenched in the If the alcoholic content at Chicago was as low during the convention week, as some correspondents report, it must have been a dry proposition to pump out the prolonged cheers that had to be manufactured for the favor- In America we want the women to get the vote in time to share in the Presidential election, though they will divide on party lines just as the men do. Women are people, though they are not a peculiar people; and if we are fo have government by the people we cannot deny half of them the So far as concerned, our parison, hardly worth while for a man who still looks forward for many years of activity. He wants more work. It is no reflection upon the peace-time Army, and it is distinctly to the credit of the General, that Pershing is not retiring for a rest but is retiring for a larger chance to work. He is looking forward to a life of more activity than he is at present enjoying. BOALSBURG. Henry Hosterman built a new gar- age last week. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Meyer spent Friday in Williamsport. Mr. and Mrs. James Reed transact- ed business in Centre Hall last week. Misses Beulah Fortney and Rosalie McCormick are visiting relatives in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. John Garbrick, of Bellefonte, were callers in town on Sunday. G. E. Meyer is building an addition to his home on the corner of Church and Pine streets. Dr. Miller, of Philipsburg, conducted services in the Presbyterian church on Sunday afternoon. Miss Mollie Hoffer, of State College, is spending some time at the home of Leonidas Mothersbaugh. Miss Edith Sankey, of Potters Mills, called on friends in town while her brother, M. A. Sankey, transact- ed business. Mrs. Susan Keller, of Rockview, visited friends in town last week. Quite a number of people from over the county attended the Sunday school conference in the Lutheran church on Wednesday. Mrs. Johnson and daughter, Miss Mary J., of Crafton, are guests of Mrs. Irvin Johnson, at the home of Mrs. M. A. Woods. William Rockey is building a con- crete and tile garage, and also im- proving the appearance of his home by laying concrete walks. The first organized class of the Re- formed Sunday school will have a strawberry festival on the church lawn on Saturday evening. The Modern Woodmen of State Col- lege, decorated the graves of their de- parted members in the Boalsburg cemetery on Sunday afternoon. Lieut. Pierre Boal and family, of Washington, D. C., arrived in town last week and for the present will live at the Boal home west of town. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Tussey and son returned to their home in Sinking Valley on Monday, after a pleasant visit among friends in this vicinity. Charles Hosterman and Russell Ish- ler, students at Penn State, went to Washington county last week, where they expect to be employed during the summer vacation. i for ten Dollars $10.00 Before you make an error and pay $3 to $5 more for ladies’ Pumps, Oxfords and Ties look over our line and see just what we can give you in value for Ten Dollars. Shoes. Shoes. SNRs ASN oH The Very Best 2 i RSS eile =n SASH [LJ] EEF! 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