Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, March 16, 1923, Image 7
Bellefonte, Pa., March 16, 1923. WILL INVESTIGATE OLD CITY American Archeologists to Delve ints . Site of Ancient Punic Strong- hold of Carthage. While the world is waiting with bated breath for the complete reveisa- tion promised by Lord caurnarvon’s discovery in the sands of Egypt, it learns of the intention of a number of American supporters of archeo- logical excavation to expend a sub- stantial annual sum for ten years on the investigation of the ancient Punic city of Carthage. Half historical and half mythical, Tyrlan Carthage— which must not be confused with the later ‘and flourishing Roman city of the African fathers, of the Donatists, and of Belisarlus—stands as no city of ‘sweetness and light, but rather as a type ‘of the commercial and, for all the’ splendors which poetry and art have woven about its fabric, of the commonplace and the banausic. Arche- ology, however, may correct this Im- pression, though, when the spade has performed its task, it may be ques- tioned whether, after all, Carthage as seen through the eyes of Virgil, Tur- ner and Flaubert does not yet present the more entrancing spectacle. Despite Schleimann, the Scean gate is still nearer to us in Homer than in the ground plan of Hissarlik, and Aga- memnon's palace is still rather to be sought in the pages of Aeschylus than on the modern site of excavated My- cenae. But we would not underrate the spadework of scholars, or its re- snlts, . What was Crete, with Laby- rinth and Minotaur, but a myth a short time ago? What is it now if not, Plato's Atlantis regained ?—New York Tribune. GUTENBERG BIBLE FOR SALE Sald to Be Finest Example Left of First. Book Printed by Me- chanical Means. Yrom Leipzig comes word that the copy. of the famous Gutenberg Bible, which is said to be the finest example extant of the first book printed by me- chanical means; is on the market, to be sold to the highest bidder. The Bible for years has reposed in the Lelpzig museum of books. Its sale at this time is forced because the mu- seum is unable to continue its exist- ence without new funds to cover Its cost of maintenance. This copy of the Gutenberg Bible was presented to the state of Saxony by a Dresden collector. The state, in turn, vested the title in the Leipzig museum, and this institution, at the present, is prepared to pass on the heritage to the highest bidder. Artists of Germany, including Max | Liebermann, Louis Corinth, and others, are attempting to raise funds to cover the deficit and save the book for Ger- many. The value of the Leipzig Bible i8 practically beyond appraisal. One copy, in bad condition, was sold in 1911 for $500,000. All other examples known -are damaged. This Leipzig Bible alone is a perfect specimen, and, for that reason, is most highly valued of all these examples of the early printing art. Another Use for X-Ray. The French investigators, who are among the most ingenious, have dis- covered that the X-ray furnishes 8 very ready means to detect stony im- purities in coal. Now, carbon is very arent to the Roentgen rays, while silicia is opaque to them. Con- sequently the silicates, which form slag whén coal is burned, can be seen like a skeleton when the shadow of the coal is projected upon a florescent screen, It is reported that this meth- od 1s much in vogue in France.— Washington Star. His Opinion. “] was reading in the paper last night,” remarked Gabe Giggery, “thst over there in Rooshy you can beg a divorce as easy as buying a sack of peanuts, and then get married in five minutes, if you want to.” ““Well, I'll tell you,” replied Gsp Johnson of Rumpus Ridge. “Judging from the pictures I've seed of them there Rooshian ladies, if I got a di vorce from one of ‘em I shore wouldn't want to marry another'n for sev’ral days.”—Kansas City Star. Had Assistance. In the recent drive to raise money for the Radcliffe endowment fund &n alumna of that college employed two small boys to sell soap. “Why are you selling the soap?” inquired a lady at a house on Johnnie's beat. “To raise $3, for Radcliffe,” was the prompt reply. “Three mollion dollars!” the lady exclaimed, amused at the youngster’s seriousness. “And are you going to raise it all by yourself?" “No, ma'am,” sald Johnnié, “there's another little boy helping me.” Yes, Quite Fair! According to the New York Morning Telegraph, Mr, John Barrymore, strell- ing aimlessly through the Plaza receet- ly, was encountered by an old friend. “Why, Jack!” exclaimed the old friend. “It's been such a long time since I've seen you. How are you, anyway?’ Mr, Barrymore announced that he was perfectly splendid, or sometihng to the game effect. “But look here! Aren” you opening in ‘Hamlet’ tonight? What about it? “Well,” he remarked in a noncommittal tome, “it’s a good part.” SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER Physician's Small Daughter Feit Called Upon to Point Out Wher: Daddy Had Erred. The secretary to a prominent physi cian and the Woman were out riding. “Any interesting patients this week?” the Woman asked. “No. They were all really ill this week,” said the secretary, “but Myra is more interesting than ever.” “Myra?” “Oh, yes. I thought I'd told you about her. She's the doctor's five- year-old daughter, and she’s as pretty as a picture and has an angelic dispo- sition. She's simply mad about her baby brother, who's not quite six months old. This morning the baby was having a terrible crying spell, and the doctor left his office to go upstairs to see what the trouble was. I heard Myra at the foot of the stairs saying: * ‘Daddy, brother's hungry, very hungry. : “A few minutes later the crying ceased, and I heard the doctor com- ing down the stairs. Myra must have been waiting for him, for again I heard her little piping voice: “ ‘Daddy, did you give him some- thing to eat? ‘“ ‘Sure,’ laughed the doctor. him a ham sandwich.’ “Oh, daddy, you shouldn't,’ shrieked the child. ‘Don’t you know the mustard will burn him? ’—Chi- cago Journal, REUNITED BY LONG DRESSES Girl Friends Had Become “Incompatl- ble” During the Time That Short Skirts Had Reigned. ‘I gave ——1 “Have you and Grace had a row?” asked Stella's friend while the bass was in a conference and work was slack, “No,” replied Stella. you ask?” “I noticed you never go to lunch with her, and if you are in a party with her you never walk with her. You used to be such chums, too.” “Oh, we are still chums. She comes up to my house often. Grace is aft right.” “Sure, she’s all right. But why do you avoid her on the street? “IIL. tell you. My legs are a trifle too plump and Grace's are a trifle tov thin. ‘We each suffer by contrast, Then my legs bow out and Grace's bow in. This makes the deviation from the straight line more pro- nounced when they are side by side. My brother told us we looked funny walking down the street. We got in front of a big mirror and saw that he was right. Until we begin wear- ing long skirts Grace and I agreed to avoid walking side by side. We feel we have given New York enough smiles already.”—New York Sun. “What makes Huge Sums Spent on Love Nest. Many thousands of dollars were spent during the last few weeks =» make a beautiful love nest for Hur old ¥. McCormick and his bride. Ganna Walska, before they returned to New York. Mme. Walska’s mansion on Eas: Ninety-fourth street has been deco rated from top to bottom, each of the 43 rooms being entirely renovated, : beautiful Japanese garden has been built in the entrance hall, six van loads of costly furniture have been trundled in and the mansion has been given a new coat of battleship gray paint. The whole lower floor of the man- slon is a dazzling display of luxurious red and sea blue draperies ane throughout the mansion are scattered ! beautiful and priceless gifts of the former husband's and admirers of her beauty and of her voice. Sandy Loams Fight Frost. The truck farmer who selects soil in which there is a sandy component, is in less danger of damaging frosts than if he has loam or clay soil, according to the United States weather burean. Moreover, if he keeps his land weir drained of surplus moisture and free from weeds, he is less liable to the damaging effects of severe tempera- tures. Experiments show there is a reiy- tion between the temperature of soit and the minimum temperature of the air, in that sandy soils store up muen heat during the day and give this oir at night, raising the temperature of the air above it.—Popular Sclence Monthly. Transparent Rubber, Some British inventors have sue- ceeded In obtaining a preparation of rubber which ix as trunsparent as glass and sufficiently elastic to be non- breakable. Struck by a ball, for in- stance, the rubber yields slightly and returns to its former condition. Of course, a heavy missile of jagged shape will tear the sheet, but it then has the advantage that it will not splinter as glass does. It is also said to make an excellent lining for garments where if is desired to have them waterproof. The material will be also made up in- to bathing caps. To Open 6,500-Mile Tour. The official opening of the Banff- Windermere motor highway through the Canadian Rockies has been set for June 30, when the last link in the 5,600-mile scenic tour through west- ern Canada and the United States will be thrown open to traffic. . The road 93 miles long, passes through tke heart of the rockies and virgin moun. tain and forest country. The average cost was $7,000 per mile, but in the rock cuts the cost reached $27,000 per mile, VOICE MUST BE CULTIVATED Toacher Asserts That Every Persor Has Ability to Be More or Less : a Good Singer. It has been stated by a leading sing | ing teacher that we all would have & | good voice if it were cultivated, but still some voices would be better than others. There is a reason why we dc not all have really fine voices. The “sound box,” as it were, of our body is the larynx, or as most people call It, the “Adam’s Apple.” Across this stretch our two vocal chords, like the strings of a violin, thick for a bass, thin for a tenor, and so on. The “bow” that strikes these chords is, of course, our own breath, and the different notes | are produced by the moving of certain | muscles at the base of the larynx. Just as the tone of a violin depends | largely upon the. body of the instru | ment, so even perfect vocal chords are of little use unless our body contains a sufficient space, properly laced, for their tone to echo in; resonating cavl- ties, we call them. We therefore need for the best voice a perfect sound box and perfect chords, plus fully devel oped “resonating cavities,” and good muscles to work the larynx. Added to this, our mouth and tongue must be placed in precisely the best position for our particular notes. Per- fect health is needed for the breath that is our “bow,” a perfect ear to dis- tinguish the slightest variation of tone, and finally a long and expensive train | ing to enable us to work every part of our sound-machine to the best advan: tage. Given all these factors, we have the perfect singer. Short in any one of them, we have a less perfect singer! —Exchange, REVEAL LIFE OF PAST AGES Relics Gathered in Collection in Pales: tine Museum Are of Interest to All Civilization. During the two years that have elapsed since the department of an- tiquities was founded at the instance of the high commissioner, 7,223 ob jects have been catalogued, of which a selection has been displayed, with due regard to date and provenance, and the Palestine museum In Jerusa- lem is now open dally to the public. The present accommodation is not al- together suitable, nor is it convenient for visitors; but the beginning has been made. The total value of antiquities ex- ported under license during this pe- riod amounts only to a few thousand dollars, says a Palestine letter to the New York Morning Telegraph. As the national collection becomes more complete, the proportion of antiqui- ties released for export to foreign mu- seums will automatically increase. In the province of the inspectors 1,467 historical sites and monuments have, been formally registered, and meas- ures have been taken to protect them, | with the collahoration of the police and ‘gendarmerie, To Restore Izaak Walton's Home. Fisherman and sportsmen, both in the United States and England, are co- operating to restore the cottage of Izaak Walton, prince of anglers, as a shrine for followers of the rod and ree! the world over. The cottage is at Shallowford, England, six miles from Stafford. The American leaders In the project are relatives and friends of the late Julien Tappan Davies, attorney and trustee of the Mutual Life Insurance company. Mr. Davis was widely known as a fisherman and sportsman. Roma EE meeerrra INFANTS ~ Bd ; a - ee ALO TLE ol d 33 Doses AGL s -4QCEN Exact Copy of Wrapper. mustard Bears the Ma). T. A. Dunn and other officials | of Stafford, the birthplace of Walton, are carrying on the drive in England for an endowment fund for the little cottage, which, under the terms of Wal- ton’s will, was left to the town for philanthropic uses.—New York Sun. War Against Pine Beetle. A crusade against the pine beetle that has been causing so much destrue- tion in the yellow-pine districts of the Northwest, as to alarm several gov- ernment agencies and a number of private interests, is reported to have reduced the infestation about 50 per cent during 1922, This work, which is under the supervision of the bureau of entomology, consists of locating and felling all infested trees, and it is ex- pected to result in the saving of over | $87,000 worth of lumber during the next three years, over and above the cost of the work. On a million acres as yet untreated, the loss from this pest is now $300,000 a year.—Popular Mechanics Magazine. Museum Shows Ancient Customs. One of the recent attractions added to the historic city of Lourdes, which has been the scene of many pilgrim- nges for the cure of physical ills, is a museuin to illustrate the old customs of the natives in that region of France. Six halls in the museum are reserved for a permanent exhibition of the fur- niture and costumes of the Pyreneean people, the equipment of their artisans (weavers, potmakers, shepherds, hunt- ers, fishers, etc.) and their characteris- tic footwear. In other rooms are dis- played botanical, geological and ento- mological collections, also painting, sculpture and applied arts of the re- sion. Pen Picture of Popular Author. H. G. Wells is described by a con- temporary journalist as being almost shrilly voutbful, with a high-pitched voice and vehement temperament, He is a stocky little man with a bristling mustache and a bristling attitude. He is further said to be incredibly indus tricus, fond of friendship, and a per- fect host. An Alarming Mistake. After a whole day of golfing and an evening of motoring Ruth's skin was irritated from the combined ef- fects of sun and wind; so she liberally applied “cold cream” to her face and settled herself for a good night's rest. In a short time, however, her face began to feel stiff and drawn. “At last,” Ruth thought, “my end has come. I have paralysis!” Her nervousness increased when her fingers became unmanageable, and her skin began to crack and snap. She hastily turned on the light and found her face alarmingly waxy and shiny. What could be the cause? Finally she rushed for the tube of cold cream. It was labeled “Library Paste.” i. » - weap Electric Dogs. The electric dog that will follow a luatern in the dark—the mechanical i curio constructed by John Hays Ham- . mond, Jr.—has a rival in French elec- ivi dog that will jump out of its ken- vel when a whistle sounds. The Hammond dog is centrolled by selenium cells. The amount of elec- tricity that will pass through selenium varies with the amount of light shin- ing on the metal. With a selenium cell for each eye of the dog and a simail electric gear inside the toy the dog will steer its course so as to have an equal amount of light on each eye, which means that it will keep its head toward any light. Storage batteries and a motor, or clockwork, may be weed for moving the dog. For Infants and Children. { Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Thirty Years SCASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY, de intr 1 IR ur HH SAE Hele Now Going On SORE 4 dbl - a Clean-Up Sale of Men's and Women's Sfoes and Oxfords 8 These are not old style shoes—but new, up-to-date footwear, as well as good sizes i and widths. Shoes that sold from $8 =i to $12 per pair—and you can Ue Have Your Pick at $4 & Yeager’s Shoe Store g oll THE SHOE STORE FOR THE POOR MAN ~ fg S0 Bush Arcade Building 58-27 BELLEFONTE, PA. : 1 LEER SES EE EE Ee EEUU RRR Come to the “Watchman” office for High Class Job work. EE ———— Lyon & Co. Special for March 50 doz. Children’s Black Hose, 7 to 9 4. Title | isa Tegulay 25 cent quality—sale 1 price 15 cents. 25 doz. Silk Hose (Ladies’ Black), regular $1.50 quality— sale price 98 cents. 10 doz. Ladies’ Black Cotton Hose, while they last, 3 pairs for 50 cents. ——— WE ARE Sole Agents for Silver Star Hosiery Cotton, from 25 cents up. Silk, from g8 cents up. Apron Ginghams, only 15 cents New Spring Goods Sport Silks in all the new colors—Crepe Knit, Cantons, Satin Crepe, Tricolette, New Baronet Silk Pasleys, in all colors. Spring Coats and Suits Our line of new Coats and Suits are here for your inspec- Tweed Suits, with or without Knickerbockers. 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