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Bellefonte, Pa., June 23, 1922.
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COLDS MORE CONTAGIOUS
THAN SCARLET FEVER.
From State Health Department.
Reports of the Bureau of Vital Sta-
tistics, State Department of Health,
show that of the 11,738 deaths in
Pennsylvania during March, 1922,
1019 were due to influenza and 2015
to pneumonia.
“These figures are sufficient proof
that the so-called ‘spring colds’ are
dangerous and should not be looked up-
on as mere sniffles—a something that
will take care of itself,” said the State
Health Commissioner in commenting
on this report.
“Colds are more contagious than
scarlet fever,” he continued, “and they
ultimately kill more people than do
all the eruptive diseases leading as
they do to pneumonia and its sequels.
Colds are transmitted from the nose
or throat by tiny droplets coughed,
sneezed or laughed into the air, partie-
ularly in a closed and overheated
room; they are also transmitted by
the hands and probably by means of
eating utensils. This transmission
could be prevented if the person suf-
fering with a cold were isolated as is
a scarlet fever patient. If the patient
be not isolated, he should be masked
and should wear gloves as a reminder
not to shake hands or touch food uten-
sils used by others. Even this would
not prevent the spreading of a cold
from one person to the entire family
or office force.”
Other diseases which largely affect
the death rate of Pennsylvania are
Bright's disease, from which 925 per-
sons died in March; tuberculosis with
a death toll of 812, and cancer which
caused 669 deaths. 821 children, less
than two years old, died during the
month.” |
In spite of this mortality record,
the stork is still ahead of the grim
reaper, 19,721 births being recorded in
March, 1922. There were 10,540
deaths in March, 1921, and 21,333
births.
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Real Estate Transfers.
Robert M. Lloyd’s heirs to Wasyl
Kozak, tract in Philipsburg; $125.
C. W. Furst, et al, to Paul H. Mc-
Garvey, tract in Bellefonte; $1.
F. H. Koons, et ux, to Wr. A. Ga-
ger, tract in College township; $850.
Robert Lowry, et ux, to Hugh M.
Moore, tract in Rush township; $325.
James E. Pomeroy, et ux, to Evan
G. Jones, tract in Philipsburg; $1.
James Bechtol’'s Admr.,, to Wm.
Sie tract in Liberty township;
10.
W. W. Laird to Perry Reese, tract
in Port Matilda; $75.
P. E. Womelsdorf, et al, to Sophia
Hauratt, tract in Philipsburg; $700.
Robert L. Brown, et ux, to J. Clyde
Thomas, tract in Taylor township; $1.
Minnie M. Study to J. C. Thomas,
tract in Taylor township; $300.
Adam H. Krumrine, et ux, to N. A.
Hausem, tract in State College; $450.
David Chambers, treasurer, to Har-
ry Lutz, tract in Spring township;
$12.47.
Annie T. H. Henszey, et bar, to A.
A. Borland, tract in College township;
$900.
R. L. Watts, et ux, to A. A. Bor-
land, et ux, tract in State College;
$1,375.
E. M. Huyett, et al, to A. R. McNitt,
tract in Walker, Spring and Marion
townships; $1.
K. E. Lamey to Robert W. Colyer,
et al, tract in Millheim; $1. .
1. G. Gordon Foster, et al, to F. A.
Miller, tract in State College; $500.
Edna A. Dinger to Esther M. Gil-
bert, tract in Philipsburg; $5,600.
Wm. Barner, et ux, to Maude Ben-
ner, tract in Spring township; $1,000.
Emanuel Cronemiller, Admr., to R.
B. Hosterman, tract in Aaronsburg;
$525.
David M. Stover, Exr., to Robert G.
Hosterman, tract in Haines township;
$109.25.
G. William Wolfe, et ux, to Sarah
Hosterman, tract in Haines township;
$2,200.
John Guisewhite, et ux, to Robert
Hosterman, tract in Haines township;
$7,828.
Thomas G. Wolfe, et al, to Robert
Hosterman, tract in Haines township;
$50.
David Chambers, treasurer, to W.
M. Grove, tract in Potter township;
$8.32.
Andrew Lytle, et ux, to P. E. Sow-
ers, tract in College township; $275.
David Love's heirs to John A. Love,
et ux, tract in Spring township; $850.
A. P. Wodward, et bar, to John M.
Robb, tract in Howard; $1,200.
Charles W. Smith, Exr., to William
H. Thompson, tract in Howard; $10.
John M. Coxy, et ux, to H. D. Wea-
ver, tract in Milesburg; $150.
Charles W. Smith, Exr., to John
Lyon, tract in Liberty township; $100.
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Marriage Licenses.
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Samuel C. Hoy, Centre Hall, and
Emma M. Yearick, Howard.
Louis A. Dzwileski, State College,
and Katherine E. Gronka, Glen Iron.
Herman J. Hazel and Helen Grove,
Bellefonte.
Gilbert M. Boyer and Ann M. Labe,
Bellefonte.
Clair F. Burns and Blanche A.
Rossman, Pennsylvania Furnace.
Harper S. Springer, Philadelphia,
and Virda M. Hendrickson, Danville.
Malcolm B. Weaver, Bellefonte, and
Dorothy M. Lucas, Boalsburg.
Gilbert S. Aikey and Ida K. Ging-
her, Curtin.
Wm. J. Carroll and Margaret C.
Rosenhoover, Bellefonte.
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PUT BIBLE ABOVE ALL ELSL
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Writer's Poetic Description of Kirg
David's Love of the Scriptures
of His Day. >
In the days of King David the Bible
was a scanty book; yet he loved it
well, and found daily wonders in it.
Genesis, with its sublime narration of
how God made the worlds, with its
glimpses of patriarchal piety, and
dark disclosures of gigantic sin;
Exodus, with its glorious marchings
through that great wilderness, its
thrilling memorials of Jehovah's out-
stretched arm, and the volume of the
written law ; Leviticus, through whose
flickering vistas David's eye discerned
the shadows of better things to come;
Numbers, with its natural history of
the heart of man; Deuteronomy, with
its vindication of the ways of God ;
Joshua and Judges, with their chap-
ters of providence, their stirring inci-
dents, and peaceful episodes; the
memoir of Job, so fraught with spirit-
ual experience; and the domestic an-
nals of Ruth, which told to her grand-
son such a tale of divine foreknowl-
edge and love and care, all converging
on himself, or rather on David's son
and David’s Lord; these were David's
Bible, and he desired it beyond all his
riches.
But you have yet an ampler HBible—
a Bible with psalms and prophets in
it—a Bible with gospels and epistles.
—James Hamilton.
UNPLEASANT LADY TO MEET
In Greek Mythology, Mere Sight of
Medusa Turned the Beholder
Into Stone.
The Gorgons were three monstrous
females who figure to some extent
in Greek mythology, particularly the
Gorgon Medusa, who was slain by the
great hero Perseus. She was original-
ly a beautiful girl whose hair was her
principal charm, but she dared to vie
in beauty with Minerva, and the re-
sentful goddess changed her form in
revenge. She had enormous swine-like
teeth, sharp claws and, instead of
hair, a head of live serpents. Her as-
pect was So frightful that the sight
of her turned beholders to stone, and
her cave was surrounded by the petri-
fied forms of men and animals which
had chanced to catch sight of her.
Perseus was sent to destroy her
by King Polydectes of Seriphus. As
he enjoyed the favor of Minerva and
Mercury, these two deities aided him
in his enterprise, Minerva lending him
her shield and Mercury his winged
sandals. He approached the Gorgon
while she slept and, taking care not
to look directly at her, but guided
by her image reflected in the polished
shield, cut off her head and gave it
to Minerva.
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Eskimo Ivory Carving.
One of the most widely followed pro-
fessions in the Far North is that of the
ivory carver, and it is not only an in-
dustry but a pastime as well, filling
many of the long evenings of the
lengthy Arctic winter. The Eskimos
have never attained the perfection of
the Chinese artisans, due partly to the
greater crudity of their methods and
partly to the fact that they use the
ivory of the walrus instead of that of
the elephant, but some of their prod-
ucts show nevertheless a great meas-
ure of artistry.
The stock articles which the Eski-
mos manufacture are beads, cribbage
boards, napkin rings and crochet
needles. They are made, usually, from
the outer portion of the walrus tusk,
as the interior is a bony substance,
mottled in appearance. The most
prized articles are furnished from wal-
rus ivory dug up from where it has
lain for ages and become semi-fossil-
ized. .
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Kerasund, City of Romance.
Kerasund (in Anatolia on the Black
sea) is known as the loveliest city on
the Turkish side of the Black sea.
No one knows how ancient it is.
The Greeks say that the name means
«Land of Cherries,” and that the Em-
peror Caligula sent here all the way
from Rome to get cherries for his
flamingoes.
On a tiny island near the shore
there is a ruined castle where one
of the daughters of King Mithridates
was imprisoned for displeasing her
royal parent. And there is a pile of
stones that is said to have been an
altar erected to Mars, who once visited
the island. Jason, according to leg-
end, rested there, too, when he was
going through this country in search
of the golden fleece. :
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“He Bibles” in Demand.
When the first English Bible was
being published, after the King James
translation in 1611, a typographical
error crept into a verse of the third
chapter of Ruth, verse 15, so that it
read, “and he went into the city.”
Quite a number of copies of the pon-
derous volume had been issued before
the error was ‘discovered and the
missing “s” prefixed to make “he” into
“she.” Comparatively few of the first
edition Bibles are now. in existence,
for most of them were chained in the
churches and literally read to shreds.
Of those that are left, the “he Bibles”
are naturally in greatest demand by
collectors, says the Detroit News.
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Different Line of Thought.
“Why don't we have grand orations
such as the old-time statesmen used
to make?”
«] am afraid,” replied Senator Sor-
ghum, “that conditions don’t favor
eloquence in governmental affairs.
What the people are interested in are
facts and figures. Arithmetic has
taken the place of rhetoric.”
RED HEADED GIRLS.
By L. A. Miller.
I was asked recently by a young
friend, if it would be advisable for
him to marry a red-headed girl. He
said he was very favorably impressed
with a certain young red-head, she ap-
pealed to him most favorably, so much
so that he had about come to the con-
clusion that he might as well change
from single blessedness to a married
state. There was a time when red-
heads were taboed, but a change is
apparent. It is claimed now that red
hair is slightly above par; and is the
coming style. Why not? The red-
headed girl has been held in the back-
ground long enough, and the red-
headed man has had to struggle along
in single blessedness and die a bache-
lor until red hair has come to be re-
garded as a calamity. It is said to be
a long lane that has no turn. The
red-headed lane seems to have reach-
ed the place at last.
The turn was made in recent years
at the Jersey coast and Asbury Park.
At these pleasure resorts there is a
greater yearning for red hair now
than there formerly was for blondes.
He thinks the red will be more diffi-
cult to get than any other color, be-
cause there is no known dye that will
change a darker colored hair to red;
the blondes and tow-heads will not be
at such a disadvantage; yet it will be
no easy task for them to get a bright,
clear red.
Red hair is considered a reliable
sign of ill-temper. It is not, however,
a popular belief to the contrary, not-
withstanding. Some of the best na-
tured people in the world are red-
headed and some of the most active
brains are nestled beneath hirsuites
of deepest auburn tints. The impres-
sion that red hair is indicative of ill-
temper probably arises from the fact
that most red-haired people are more
sensitive than those with black or
brown hair, but their sensitiveness is
not necessarily ill-conditional. They
flash up quickly, and if ill-natured, as
some are, they get angry in a minute,
but their anger is of the flashy sort—
hot while it lasts, but cools rapidly.
It leaves but few dregs behind; spite-
fulness or bitterness. If the hair hap-
pens to be kinky, as well as red, the
owner is likely to be a spitfire. In
such instances young man, beware, be
on your guard!
This, however, applies to other
shades as well as red. Red hair is sig-
nificant of warmth; not merely be-
cause it is the color of hot coals,
scorching blazes and red hot iron, but
because it takes its color from blood
rather than from an opaque pigment
secreted by the hair follicle. It is al-
so significant of a warm, responsive
heart, deep sympathy and active gen-
erosity. The possessor of a red head
is rarely of a mean or niggardly dis-
position. It has been said that red-
haired persons rarely grow rich, yet
they are seldom poor. Such is prob-
ably the case, as they are generally
industrious, frugal, temperate, and
withal generous and liberal. They
live well themselves and like to see
others do the same. Men of this type
rarely become wealthy in this world’s
goods, because they find so many
places to put their money where it
will yield more satisfaction than in
\ houses, lands or bonds.
Those in charge of charitable insti-
tutions say they have calls for assist-
ance from a larger percentage of red-
haired women than of any other color,
except gray. The latter, however, is
not taken into account, as it is com-
mon to all colors and belongs to the
stage of decrepitude. The reason that
more red-haired young women have to
seek for assistance is probably be-
cause more of them marry rakes and
scalawags than their darker sisters.
They love quickly, and too often al-
low their ardent, impetuous natures to
blind judgment. Instead of asking
what kind of a fellow he is, they
merely satisfy themselves that they
love him. His faults almost become
virtues in their eyes. They lose sight
of self and live only for him. Even
when he has shown his unworthiness
by neglect, abuse, and coldness, they
still cling to him, returning as often
as he may open his arms. They for-
give and forget, and forget while life
lasts, and die forgiving and forget-
ting the wrongs that have been done
them.
The complexion that goes with red
hair is certainly the most delicate and
beautiful of all others. Clear, trans-
parent, fresh and bright, it is ever the
admiration or envy of those of darker
tinge. The bronze of the Indian, the
duskiness of the Spaniard, no matter
how delicate, is course beside it. The
peculiarly fine quality of this complex-
ion is largely due to the thinness and
transparency of the skin.
_ This condition may exist in connec-
tion with other than sanguine temper-
aments, and produce striking effects,
yet it lacks that shell-like tint which
is so much admired, and which no
powder or lotion has ever yet produc-
ed. It is the color of life reflected di-
rectly from the life currents as they
bound and ripple along their devious
and varied courses. As the brightest
skies are often flecked with murky
clouds, so the clearest and freshest
complexions are apt to be marred by
freckles.
The red-headed girl, no doubt often
wishes her skin was as free from
blotches as that of her dusky sister.
Were she to examine the skin of the
brunette with a magnifying glass she
would find it more freckled and
blotched than her own, the only differ-
ence being that the defects do mot
show so distinctly. It may not be
generally known, yet it is true, that
dull complexions are mainly due to
fine freckles located under a thick ep-
idermis, or outer skin.
If freckles deaden the complexion
it can be brightened up by the judi-
cious application of a little paint or
powder. Of course, the girls are
about all cognizant of this fact. The
brunette and blonde have had a long,
uninterrupted sway. They ruled anc
reigned in court and circles of fashion
for ages, laughing at the feeble ef-
forts of sanguine curls or silvered
tresses to gain a footing. Who knows
but the craze that had its origin on
the red coast of Jersey, may spread
and spread until it includes the entire
world of fashion?
If only the red-haired daughters of
| royalty will stand up for their rights
and parade their bright tresses to the
best advantage they may yet have it
to say, in the parlance of the day, that
they have painted the fashionable
world red. This is the first chance
they have had in a long time and they
had better make good use of it, be-
cause, judging from the past, the red-
head cycle is either a long one or re-
volves very slowly. History, perhaps,
will afford the names of many noted
women whose tresses were more than
auburn.
It is claimed that Adam and Eve
were both of sanguine temperament,
and, therefore, red-headed. The name
—Adam—signifies red, which gives
color to the claim. The Hebrew race
is considerably off color if that be
true; however, they only claim direct
descent from Abraham. The activity
of the red-headed has a tendency to
shorten their lives. Their pulse is
quicker, their blood flows faster and
their tongues wag faster, their tears
flow more freely and dry sooner, than
those who have more time to talk,
laugh and weep.
THE FOOD OF FISHES.
Within the last few years there has
been gathered much interesting infor-
mation with respect to the wonderful
and invisible supply accorded by na-
ture for the feeding of the millions up-
on millions of fishes going to make up
her oceanic population.
The most minute examination of
shallow waters near the shore will not
throw much light upon the question of
what food the fishes find when out in
the open seas. The conditions in the
two cases differ widely. Indeed, the
sea in its own domain, far from the
shallow water fringe along the shore,
is said to be void of vegetable life,
and contains no growth of weeds or
plants to harbor swarms of possible
food creatures, except in limited
spaces, as for instance, in the case of
ihe floating weeds of the Sargasso
ea.
A receptacle filled with water drawn
from the Atlantic Ocean is to the eye
simply so much transparent brine, un-
fouled with weeds, void of fish, and, in
most cases, not visibly infested with
any form of floating marine organism.
Still, at any moment, shoals of fish
numbering perhaps millions may elect
to enter this foodless waste.
The herring shoals disappear into the
deep Atlantic and return in good con-
dition, oily and exuberant. The ques-
tion naturally arises, upon what have
they lived in the meantime? Not, it
is certain, on smaller fishes caught in
the chase, for, even were these pres-
ent in sufficient quantities, the her-
ring travel in a serried shoal a mile
square and perhaps thirty feet deep,
crowding one another too closely to
admit a free quest for food.
The answer to the question is the
universal presence of those microscop-
ic creatures that in some parts of the
ocean are so thickly massed in the
water as to discolor its surface and
afford abundant food for the whale.
These are not known to pervade every
drop of surface water in rniumbers
comparable to the motes in the air.
For the purposes, herefor, of the her-
ring, the pilchard, and countless other
vertebrate fish, shell-fish and zoo-
phytes, the upper waters of the ocean
are, in fact, a kind of soup, highly nu-
tritious and exactly suited to their
needs.
These microscopic forms of life are
the basis of all the life of the oceans.
Some are water-fleas, others occupy
shells like miniature bivalves, others
again are in the form of the one-eyed
microscopic monsters of the pools, the
cyclops. They multiply at an amaz-
ing rate, increasing from one to more
than 400,000 in a year.
It has has been pointed out that the
existence of these creatures is one of
the greatest economic triumphs of na-
ture. It is by them that the refuse of
the sea is disposed of and the waters
are kept sweet. Dead animal and veg-
etable matter feeds them, and they in
turn are converted into the food fishes
of the world.
Didn’t Recognize Himself.
A rather foolish young man went to
the doctor and told him he had seen
a ghost. “Piffle,” said the doctor.
“Where did you see it, and what was
it like?”
“Well, I was walking through a
churchyard last night,” blurted out
the trembling fellow, and right beside
the wall I saw the ghost.”
“What was this delusion like?”
asked the doctor a little more inter-
ested.
“Tt had long ears and looked like a
donkey.”
“Go home,” advised the doctor.
“You have been frightened by your
own shadow.”
— Tt doesn’t matter much what
kind of “pants” Ambassador Harvey
wears, but a fool’s cap is necessary to
decorate him properly.
MEDICAL.
Plenty of Proof
From People You Know—From Belle-
fonte Citizens.
The greatest skeptic can hardly fail
to be convinced by evidence like this.
It is impossible to produce better
proof of merit than the testimony of
residents of Bellefonte, of people who
can be seen at any time. Read the
following case of it: :
Charles Nighthart, 331 E. Bishop
St., Bellefonte, says: “I became run
down with kidney trouble and felt
tired and worn out in the morning. I
could hardly get to work. There was
a steady, dull ache across my back
and when I stooped or lifted, sharp
catches took me just over my kidneys.
I also had dizzy spells and the action
of my kidneys was irregular. I heard
of Doan’s Kidney Pills helping others
and I bought some at the Mott Drug
Co. They strengthened my back and
kidneys.”
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mr. Nighthart had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. 67-25
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