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Bellefonte, Pa., March 11, 1921.
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HEALTH SGHOOL
Pennsyivania State Departmen!
Questions.
1. What is the Regulation of the
Advisory Board in regard to kitch-
en or laundry water?
2. Before what officer is ¢ case
of infringement brought?
3. What does the State do when
Roards of Health are ineflicient?
THE BOARD OF HEALTH
The Baileys had poured the just of
Morday’s wash water to the drain
whick leads to the itch in the alley
and it was gurgling its soapy way (o
the street gutter, most of it to settls |
‘in dark puddles along the way, the
overflow reuching the intake of tho
storm, sewer on the corner. Mrs. Car-
son across the way was undergoing
her weekly agony at the sight and
wishing she were a man, just for what
purpose the mild mannered Mr. Carson |
could not make out and hesitated to
inquire. “There should be 2 iaw to
prevent people from dumping their
wash water in the street,” exclaimed
the thoroughly irate Mrs. Carson. “I
think there is,” answered Mr. Carson.
“I'll see about it.” That evening he
came home with the information that
the Board of Health had promised to
look into the matter.
Several days later the Ilealth Officer
notified the Baileys to discentinue
(within 10 days) emptying wash water
into the street.
The Baileys paid no attention to the
notice. The Carson’s again reported
to the Board of Health. Then the
Health Officer entered complaint
against Mr. Bailey, who was haled be-
fore a Justice of the Peace.
The Justice cited section 9 of Article
2, The Regulations of the Advisory
‘Board of the State Department of
Health:
“No kitchen or laundry water shall
be allowed to discharge or flow into
‘any gutter, street, roadway or public
place.”
Imposed a fine and ordered the dis-
continuance of the nuisance.
But the Baileys did not stop. The
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Carson’s complained again. The Health
Board appeared to feel that
done its part because, as Mr.
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Jailey
was a man to be reckoned with and |
as they individually expressed them-
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selves (they didn’t want to get into !
trouble), further action ‘vas delayed. |
Mrs. Carson wrote the State Depart- |
ment of Health, setting orth the facts
of the case.
The Commissioner -.f Health ordered
the County Medical Director te make
an official investigation.
That officer reported ine conditions
to be as stated by Mrs. Carson and
further that the Local Board of Health
was not only guilty of neglect in en-
forcing the Health Laws in this par-
ticular instance, but that they were
otherwise dirilect of their duty in per-
mitting similar irregularities to go
uncorrected through ‘ear of acquiring
personal unpopularity.
The Commissioner of Health notified
the town council as to the inefficiency
of its Health Board and offered them
a reasonable time to appoint a Board
which would enforce all Health Regt-
lations with the alternative of having
the State take over che administration
of the Health affairs of the Borougi
and charge all expenses to the Bor-
ough No word having been received
from the Borough Hfficials, the Com-
missioner of Health discharged the
local board and the State Health Offi-
cer proceeded upon his duties.
Mr. Bailey was again notified to re-
move the drain, upon his refusal the
Health Officer, accompanied by work-
men tore out the drain pipes leading
fron. Mr. Bailey’s house to the alley
and relaiag them in the Bailey back
yard so that they exteaded frecm the
kitchen to a cesspool -t the middle
of the lot. Mr. Bailey stormed and
threatened, but it ended by his paying
all of the expenses of the change.
Other Health conditions of the Bor-
ough were corrected .n a business-like
manner; before a month had elapsed
the Borough Officials learned two
things: First. that it is easily possible
to maintain all of ihe Health Laws,
and second, that it could Le done very
much less expensively by home talent
than by # State Oflicer, ill of whose
expenses they were required by law to
pay. :
Now the gutters are dry in B-—ville,
and the Health Board, letermined to
uphold the laws, finds their execution
easy.
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His Opinion.
“Our new cook formerly worked in
an ammunition factory. What do you
think of her?”
“I think she manufactures a very
fair grade of ammunition,” said Mp.
Wampus, as he put down a biscuit
carefully.—Louisville Courier-Journal.
Suspicious Nature.
“Most of the moonshine stills are
now found in the big cities.”
“TI hope,” said Uncle Bill Bottietop,
“that fact hasn’t anything to do with
these census statistics about people re-
fusing to live in the country.”
BANNER “BLUE LAW” CENTURY.
Seventeenth Saw Drastic Rules Made
for the Government of Manners
and Morals.
The Seventeenth century, according
to historians, was the banner for blue
laws. Legislators vied with one an-
other to win either the plaudits of the
people or to provoke the wrath of
the mcbs by thinking up new measures
for the statute becoks. One blue law
in particular which coincides somewhat
with some of the legislation rumored
to be contemplated in this country
is interesting. This was in the form
of an ordinance in a Swiss city, and
it virtually put such stage folk as
jugglers. maskers, jumpers and “such
like” out of business. They were pro-
hibited from plying their profession,
for the reason that “they do things
which God did not intend the human
race to perform.”
Gambling was frowned upon
throughout Europe during this pe-
riod, but the blue laws did not seem
to make much of an impression. It
is to be also noted that a prohibition
movement was alive in that period.
Reformers were engaged at various
times in efforts to stop drinking at
taverns. In a little city in France
the dry wave did not gain much head-
way, as the leaders turned to the al-
ternative of reducing, or trying to re-
duce, drinking to & minimum on Sat-
urday afternoons so that worshipers
might attend evening services with
full possession of their faculties.
SECOND BIRTH FOR JAPANESE
Burial of Nails, Teeth and Hair, and
Change of Name Made Official
Another Person.
The following item from the Japan
Advertiser reveals one of the inter-
-esting peculiarities of national ideas
and customs which continue to lend
variety and interest to world civiliza-
tion. “Burying themselves to escape
death, and then being born again by
the simple process of changing their
names, Baron and Baroness Ban held
full funeral services for themselves at
the Gyokurinsai temple in Nagoya
recently, erecting a fully engraved
tombstone over their nails, teeth and
hair. The baron now calls himself
Mr. Kogogureno Otou.
“When Baron Ban was ‘first’ born
he was far from healthy, and 40 years
was predicted as the extreme limit of
his life. However, he recently cele-
brated his sixty-sixth birthday, which
brought to his mind that his father
lad died at that age, and that he
could probably best avoid his fate at
an early death by bowing to that date
and officially ‘burying’ as much of
himself as possible without interfer-
ing with any of the vital processes.”
Mice Made Robbery Poscible.
“Church mice,” notoriously poverty-
stricken, occasionaily are able to
throw riches in the way of others. A
thief entered St. Ignatius church, Bal-
timore, Md., the other night and stole
valuable jewels from a safe in the
rear of the altar. Inquiry at the rec-
tory developed that to a little band
of playful “church mice,” now dead
and forgotten by their brethren, may
he traced the existence of circum-
stances which made it possible for the
thief to strip the sacred vessels with-
out detection. Many years ago A
hurglar alarm system was installed
in St. Ignatius in anticipation of just
such a visitation as the recent cne.
One night some mice established a
contact with a concealed element of
the alarm system and brought the
priests and the police to the scene
The burglar alarm was disconnected
to prevent a repetition of the false
alarm. The view was taken by the
priests that there was in existence
scarcely a thief degraded enough to
tamper wi'h the consecrated vessels.
Legion Has 10,000 Posts.
The American Legion entered 1821
with virtually 10,000 posts, according
to the estimates based on the latest
figures. During the week ending De-
cember 10, 15 new posts were added
which brought the total to 9,930.
Arkansas led with three pcsts, says
the Stars and Stripes. The Women’s
auxiliary in the same period obtained
27 new units, enlarging its list to 1,586.
Four new units, gained by the New
York department, placed that depart-
ment in the lead for the week. For-
eign posts added recently are at Chu-
quicamata. Chile, and Guatemala City,
Guatemala.
Proposed Pipeline in the North.
The proposed pipeline to convey oil
products from the Mackenzie river
basin in northern Canada to Bering
seq, from whence they would be car-
ried by tankers to the markets of the
world, weuld run from the Mackenzie
river to the Yukon river systems by
way of Rat river and Ball river,
thence by the Porcupine and Yukon
rivers to salt water. It is reported
that sanction for the project will he
sought from parliament. The strike
at Fort Norman is said to he a rich
flow.
Pledged to Use Irish Tongue.
In Ireland many persens are to be
seen wearing a plain brass ring on
their breast. It is known as “The
Fainne.,” which is the Gaelic equiva-
lent for “ring,” and is the badge worn
by those :tudents of Gaelic who have
attaine? u colloquial knowledge of the
tongue which its advocates declare
was for centuries ir. daily use in Ire-
land. The wearer of the badge pledges
himself or herself to speak only Irish
to those whe are acquainted with that
tongue.
LIGHTNING MADE A SNAPSHOT
Picture of Railroad Yards Formed on
Window—Explanation Given
by Photographer.
The recent stories of the picture of
a wreath that appeared on a window
pane in a Columbus residence, and
which glass experts pronounced noth-
ing more than a defect in the glass,
which had been there from the time
it was made, but only noticed after
there had been a death in the resi-
dence, recalls to a prisoner in the
penitentiary a similar case that came
to his attention when he was em-
ployed by the Pennsylvania railroad
at Altoona, Pa. It was traced to an-
other though equally scientific cause.
One night the private car of Presl-
dent Roberts of that railroad was
shunted onto a siding in the yards at
Altoona and before morning there
came a heavy thunderstorm with in-
tensely vivid lightning. Next morn-
ing when tke cleaning crew began
cleaning the car there was found on
one of the window panes a very good
picture of the yards that lay directly
in front of it. It was just like a
fairly well-developed photographic
plate, and there could be no question
but that the scene in the picture was
the yards before it.
A photographer who was called to
look at it, concluded that there had
been a thin film of oil on the window,
which in some way became sensitive
to intense light and a flash of light-
ning had imprinted the scene before
the window on the pane. — Columbus
Dispatch.
CALLED DIRECT GIFT OF GOD
Arabs Have Pretty Legend Concerning
the Origin of Their Famous Breed
of Horses.
Abd-El-Kader, a man of rare intel-
ligence, descendant of Mahomet and
valiant leader of the Algerian tribes
against the French for 15 years, wrote
a book on the Arab horse. A French
general once questioned him regard-
ing the origin of that splendid breed
and received the following reply, says
Our Dumb Animals:
“Know, then, that among us it is
admitted that God created the horse
out of the winds and He created Adam
out of the dust. This cannot be dis-
puted. Many prophets have proclaimed
that when God would create the horse
He said to the south wind: ‘I will
bring forth out of thee a creature; be
thou, therefore, condensed.’
“Then came the angel Gabriel, and,
taking a handful of the matter, pre-
sented it to God, who formed there-
with a brown bay horse and said: ‘I
name thee Horse and create thee
Arab and give thee a bay color. 1
attach blessing to the forelock which
falls between thine eyes; thou shalt
be lord of all the animals. Thou shalt
fly without wings, and from thy back
shall proceed riches. Then marked
He him with a star on the forehead, !
the sign of glory and blessing.”
War's Effect on Domestic Animals.
Even the cats and dogs of Central
Europe have degenerated as a result
of the war, says Prof. Balkanyi, direc-
tor of the veterinary school of Buda-
pest, who is investigating how the
habits of domestic animals have been
influenced by that cause. Most of the
town-bred cats in this part of the
world refuse to drink milk because
it is unknown to them, due to lack of
milk during the war, the professor
asserts.
Both dogs and cats are relapsing to
the savage ways of their untamed an-
cestors,” he says. “The vagrgney of
dogs is startling. Pet dogs elope from
heart-broken mistresses, joining packs
of many village dogs, where they live
in communist equality.”
The same authority says that, be-
sides hydrophobia, nervous diseases
are very frequent among animals. 1
am afraid domestic animals in eastern
Europe are degenerating and that the
stock must be replenished from over-
seas.—Exchange.
“Esq.” Delayed His Mail.
If you want to be sure your letter
will reach its destination without de-
lay don’t write “Esq.” after the name
of the addressee. This proved fatal
in the case of a letter addressed re-
cently to one Henry K. Smith. For
days Smith, empleyed by a large con-
cern, had been expecting this particu-
lar letter and several tymes during the
course of his day's work he glanced
vainly in the “3S” box of the mail
stand.
About four days after the letter had
been delivered to the youthful mail
clerk it came to the hands of Smith
through a fellow employee named
Erickson, who found it in the “E”
cubby hole. The letter had been ad-
dressed to “Henry K. Smith, Esq.”
and the clerk had filed it under “Ii.”
—New York Sun and Herald.
New Street-Car Idea.
The objections to the so-called
“safety carg,” which were introduced
during the last few years, have been
met in Seattle by the invention of
what is called a one-man-two-man
street car. The design of this car per-
mits of its being operated in the
slack hours by one man, while in the
busy hours, with a little rearrange-
ment of the interior, it is changed
to make provision for the addition
of a conductor. This is said to meet
the great criticism of the “safety”
in that so much time was lost in the
stops when the single attendant was
compelled to take the fares, answer
the: questions and attend to the va-
rious other matters, with the entrance
of a group of passengers.
T0 CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST
British Rcysal Geographical Soclety
Said to Be Contemplating Am-
bitious Expedition.
Enormous interest has been aroused
by the announcement that the Ruyal
Geographical society contemplates fit-
ting out an expedition to attempt the
ascent of Mount Everest, in the
Himalayas. For not only is this the
highest mountain on the globe; but it
is also the world’s mystery mountain.
Although it was discovered 70 years
ago, no European has yet succeeded
in getting anywhere nearer than about
fifty miles to it, much less setting fect
on its slopes.
This is because it so happens that it
is situated partly in Nepal and partly
in Tibet, and the governments of both
these countries object to the presence
of European explorers.
Besides this the Nepal base of the
giant mountain is in any case prac-
tically unapproachable, owing to the
dense jungle growth, extending for a
width of 60 or 70 miles all round, and
| Into whose depths ne white man may
| venture and live.
The proposal now is to attempt the
ascent from the Tibetan side. This is
| doubtless possible, but whether the
summit can be reached or not is an-
other matter.
Mest experts say not, and point to
: the fact that the duke of Abruzzi’s
| attempt to scale Mount Godwin-Atis-
tin, Everest’s mighty neighbor,
the second highest peak in the world.
resulted in failure.
He ascended as far 24,648 feet, bat
was then obliged to turn back, owing
to the difficulty of breathing, due to
the extreme rarefaction of the air.
Mount Everest is more than 29,030
feet high.
ANCIENT HARPS OF [RELAND
Two Instruments, Each Having a Dis-
tinct Purpose, Were in Use in
Olden Times.
The ancient Irish harp was of two
kinds—a small instrument used chiefly
for religious purposes, first by the old
Druids in their rites, and later by the
Christian bishops and abbots. The
other harp was large, and was used
in public assemblies and in battles.
The bagpipes were invroduced into
Ireland from Caledcnia. They had
the same use in the Irish armies they
now have in the Highland regiments.
But the Irish made, in the course of
time, an improvement, using bellows
to fill the chanter, instead of the
mouth, and continued improving the
instrument unt® the union-pipes of te
day are the result.
As to early Irish harpers and thelr
music there is little known, but at
Queen Elizabeth's court, Irish tunes
were popular. Of late huge books cf
ancient Irish melodies have been col-
lected and arranged. Petrie has at-
tracted attention to this field by his
thorough investigation of Irish folk
| musie, :
india Ink Really Chinese Ink.
The intensely black inks have vari-
ous sorts of finely divided carbon as
their pigment, and the vehicle in most
instances is some type of oil or var
nish. India ink is the name often ap-
plied to what is in reality Chinese
ink. The best of this variety comes
from the Anhui province and is made
from the lamp black produced when
wood oil is slowly burned in one earth-
enware vessel and the soot or lamp
black produced is collected on the
sides of a second jar placed above the
first. A paste is made with varnish
and pork fat and this is then mixed
with glue. Some ink is made from
the scot of sesame or rapeseed oil,
but in any case the paste is pressed
into molds. There are, of course,
many grades of this ink, the lower
being made from the coarser soot and
glue. In 1918 the Chinese exported
127,000 pounds of this ink.—Scientifie
American Monthly.
Literature of the Czechs.
Czechic literature has voluminous
and impressive accomplishments to
show. Take, for example, Bohemia's
three great writers of the nineteenth
century, Dobrovsky, Jungmann and
Palacky. Jungmann compiled a dic-
tionary of the Czech language in five
volumes, Palacky wrote a work of 20,-
000 pages on Czechic history, and Dob-
rovsky wrote a grammar of Czechic,
The most indefatigable writer, how-
ever, was Jaroslav Vrchlicky. He
translated Dante's “Divine Comedy,”
Ariosto’s “Orlando Furiose,” Calderon,
“Faust,” Walt Whitman, as well as
works from French, Hebrew, Yiddish
and Chinese. No one knows how he
found the time to do it. Amcng the
leading Czech writers of the present,
Frana Sramek, Toman Kodicek, the
Capek brothers and Theer rank high.
—New York Evening Post.
Before and After.
“Before and after pictures,” said
an opera singer at a Philadelphia mu-
sical, “afford some very striking con-
trasts. This is especially true of be-
fore and after pictures of marriage.
“A man sat with pipe and book and
an $18 bottle of hooch before the radi-
ator one night while his wife turned a
three-year-old dress.
“The man laid dewn his book and
tossed off his fifth drink of hooch.
His wife looked up at him calmly, and
said:
“ ‘George, when you propvsed to me
vou sald you were not worthy to undo
the latchets of my shoes.
“George stared at her in amazement.
“Well, what of it?" he snarled.
“ ‘Nothing,’ she answered; ‘only 1
will say for you that whatever else
| you were, you weren't a liar."
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On sale NOW at, Yeager’s Shoe Store
200 Pairs Children’s Shoes
—sizes from 6 to 2. These shoes have
been sold in the last year at prices as
high as $5.00. The lot includes Misses’
good quality Vici Kid and Youths’ High
Top Genuine Elk Shoes, with buckle tops.
They are Real Bargains
and you will miss 1t if you do not get in
on this sale
Yeager's Shoe Store
THE SHOE STORE FOR THE POOR MAN
Bush Arcade Building BELLEFONTE, PA.
58-27
Come to the “Watchman” office for High Class Job work.
Lyon & Co. Lyon & Co.
THE STORE WHERE QUALITY REIGNS SUPREME.
Easter Fashions in Full Swing
We feel we can say with all truthfulness that we can save all
our customers from 30 to 50 per cent. on any Coat or Suit bought
from us. We bought all our new merchandise when they
reached rock bottom.
LaVogue of Cleveland, Ritter Bros. of New York, and other
high class Coat and Suit houses, which mean the perfection of
tailoring, with the finishing touches, lapel, arrow heads, braid-
ings and embroideries that are only found in high class hand-
tailored Suits.
Parisian Dresses
We have a new department, specializing in high class Dresses
for Ladies and Misses. Canton Crepes, Chiffon, Taffetas, Satin
and Fine Serges; exclusive styles, perfect fitting. Selections
that will satisfy the most discriminating taste.
Special Notice
Our Mr. Lyon, who is continually looking up manufacturers
in the East, has made a large purchase in Men’s Neckties.
Among this purchase are ties ranging in values from $1.50 to
$3.50. We have put them on our counter for sale at the low
price 85 cents. The first buyers always get choice.
Easter Over Blouses and Shirt, Waists
We have just received a large line of Georgette Blouses and
Shirt Waists; all new colors, exquisite styles and marvelous
values.
House Cleaning Time Here
We have Rugs, Carpets, Linoleums, Lace Curtains, Draper-
ies and Cretonnes at pre-war prices.
Shoes . . . . Shoes
Our line of Spring Shoes for men, women and children is
here. Ladies’ Oxfords in black and cordovan, at a saving of
two and three dollars per pair.
We Extend a Cordial Invitation to Visit Our Store
Lyon & Co. « Lyon & Co.
THE STORE WHERE QUALITY REIGNS SUPREME