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“Bellefonte, P Pa., February 29, 1924.
Queer Dueling Weapons
Used in the Balkans
It doesn't pay to be personal in the
Balkans. The duel is still an institu-
tion there, and the weapons used in
affairs of honor are somsatimes rather
awe-inspiring. For instance, a duel was
fought with sharpened scythes in Ju-
go-Slavia recently, says London Ap
swers.
Stranger still was an “affair” of
some years ago, The combatants quar-
reled over a game of billiards, and de-
cided to fight a duel with a single bil-
liard ball—the red. A coin was tossed
to see who should throw first. The win-
ner hurled the ball with such force
that it struck his opponent’s temple
and killed him.
Another queer duel was settled with
the aid of two pills, one poisoned and
the other harmless. They were put In
a box, shaken up, and picked out by
the “duelists.”
In 1905 lots were drawn by two men
as to which of them should commit
suicide. One of the participants was
physically incapable of fighting an or-
dinary duel, so this unique substitute
was decided on. The loser, who was
engaged, at once wedded his sweet-
heart, and, after the ceremony, the
newly-married couple comitted suicids
together.
Simon Lake’s Concrete
Houses Quickly Built
Utilizing principles that he developed
in designing concrete ships, Simon
Lake, inventor of submarine boats, has
perfected a method of manufacturing
houses of any size and any style of
architecuture that is specified, from
precast concrete slabs of standardized
sizes, which he declares can be put up
like Aladdin's palace, virtually over-
night.
The Lake houses, their inventor
writes in the Popular Science Maga-
zine, may be of any type, from a
small bungalow to a skyscraper, ac-
cording to the architect’s plans. The
exterior finlsh may be brick, stone,
shingles, stucco or whatever else I¢
desired.
The houses are said to be rain-proof,
molsture-proof, cold and heat-proof,
earthquake-proof, and all but inde-
structible, and thelr inventor declares
they can be built for one-half the cost
of brick or frame construction. Small
houses, he says, can be built in a day.
Berlin Is Bicycle City
Berlin is now the leading bicycle
¢ity of the world, having displaced
Copenhagen as the town with the great-
est percentage of cycle users. Every
morning and evening the streets lead-
ing from the suburbs to the business
center of the German capital are filled
with hand workers, clerks and busi-
ness men who have found that bicycles
are cheaper and more dependable than
the street cars and the elevated and
underground railways. The enormous
increases in carfare, coupled with
drastic cuts in the service, have caused
thousands of middle-aged residents of
greater Berlin and nearby cities to ran-
sack their garrets or cellars for the
discarded cycles of their youthful days,
either for their own personal use or
for the purpose of selling them to
eager buyers of second-hand wheels at
from’ $10 to $20 apiece. Makers of
bicycles are reaping a harvest filling
the demand for their output at prices
ranging from $30 to $40.
Women Workers in U. S.
There are today more than 8,500,000
women gainfully employed in the
'nited States, representing an increase
of 474,000 in the last ten years. This
is nearly a quarter of the entire female
population over ten years of age, while
20 years ago the proportion was nearer
a sixth than a fifth,
total increase In spite of the marked
decrease in domestic servants, for in
1900, with a much smaller population,
we had over 2,095,000 servants, while
in 1920 we had but 1,012,060. Women
are leaving not only their own homes,
but other people’s! In factory, store
and office young women find compan-
ionship and freedom out of working
hours which more than compensates
them for the better pay and lighter
labors of housework, and we may ex-
pect this exodus from the older trade
to continue, at least untii private serv-
Ice has been recognized and its status
raised.
A Horrible Dream
Their life had been very happy for a
year. Not a cloud had marred their
perfect felicity. Then, one morning,
"the wife came dowh to breakfast
anorose and wretched.
She was snappish with Ler husband.
‘She would hardly speak to him. And
for a long while she refused to explain
her. unwonted conduct,
Finally, though, the young man in-
sisted that he be told why his wife was
treating him so badly. She looked up
with tears in her eyes and said:
“John Smith, if I dream again that
you kissed another woman, I won't
speak to you again as long as I live.’—
Delineator,
Why She Was Going
2hilippa—I don’t want to go to a |
girls’ school. I'm going to a co-educa-
tional college.
Lucy—But the men there are likely
to he hold and flirtatious.
PLiUppa—That's what the girls af
tell me,
And we get this’
vuungesS Will imporve
Uniform of the Army |
No radical changes have been made
in army uniforms by the order Gen- |
Butterflies Are Bred
in Southern F rance |
What must surely be one of the
most fascinating industries in the
eral Pershing signed before leaving for | world is carried on in southern France,
Europe, but an entirely new policy in
dealing with the uniform of enlisted
men is provided for in the amendments
to the uniform regulations. Uniforms
hereafter will be tailor-made, and com- |
manders will be held responsible for
the fit of the uniforms of the enlisted
men of their organizations.
of the cloth will still be olive drab, but,
a new kind will be substituted for that
now in use. The new material 18 known
as melton, has a smooth finish like
broadcloth, is highly durable and re-
tains the shape longer than the present
cloth. Bronze buttons and devices on
the present uniform will be substituted
by brass or gold ones, and the officer
who desires to make a more flashy ap-
pearance can ornament himself with
the new trappings, if he desires.
The standing collar, which has been
the object of much criticism, is re-
tained, but it is not to exceed two
inches in height, depending upon the
wearer, It is to be held together with
hook and eye. There are specifications
for the standing collar which are de-
signed to make it more comfortable.
The gorge of the coat is to be cut to fit
the base of the neck. The collar is to
be of sufficient size at the top to be
comfortable and to permit a free move-
ment of ‘the head. When a white collar
is worn it should be not to exceed one-
fourth displayed and fastened to the
~ollar of the coat.
What Uraeus Circlet
Meant in Old Egypt
Statues removed recently from the
tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen all show the
ancient uraeus circlet, the snake-
headed band that adorned the brows of
the royalties of Egypt. Its history
reaches back into the dim past of that
great people when the god-kings were
supposed to have ruled over the land.
Both the cobra and the vulture were
sacred head-dresses of the rulers of
ancient Iigypt, but the cobra is more
commonly known. It usually was
worked in gold and worn either on the
bare forehead or over the crown.
The uraeus also was the basilisk of
the Greeks, a fabled lizard-like animal
of the desert whose breath and bite
were fatal. It was supposed to repre-
sent the godliness and divinity of the
Egyptian Pharaoh and was the symbol
of the principle of immortality. The
art of old Egypt employed this sign to
signify royalty and divinity In paint-
ings, sculptures and statues.
Dance Lessons at Lunch
Business men in London have taken
¢0 attending dancing school during
lunch hours, says a special dispatch to
the New York Tribune, but they are
very shy about it, according to a num-
ber of dancing teachers who have
taken studios in the downtown sec-
tions.
“Some demand the utmost secrecy
about their lessons,” said one dancing
mistress, “and one has to fix times
that will prevent others from seeing
them.
“Men in the commercial world seen.
the most bashful. They come with
the strangest excuses, saying the doc-
tor has ordered them to take more ex-
ercise, or that they want to learn
dancing in order to please their wives.
“About the only excuse that is not
put forth is that they want to enjoy
themselves as other people do.”
The teachers agree, however, tha:
once a capfain of industry overcomes
his nervousness he can shake a wicked
hoof.
The Important Part
The hero and heroine had “dried up”
completely in a love scene.
“The moon is up,” whispered the
prompter from his corner, but no no-
tice was taken of hum.
“The moon is up,” he rep2ated. Stil,
che lovers looked around despairingly.
More audibly came the voice, “The
moon is up,” and then, in a loud voice
audible to the audience, “The—moon—
is—up!”
The hero turned savagely to the
prompter. “Yes, I know, I know!” he
shouted. “But wh’ says it?”
Iceland’s Smart Dogs
Icelandic sheep dogs are never al-
towed in the house in Iceland, the lack
of accommodation being acute in that
part of the world.
However, they are said to be excel-
lent house dogs, expert watch dogs, de-
voted te their masters and always
anxious to please.
In Iceland men work these dogs over
the rivers at a great distance by simply
waving their arms. When their mas-
ters sit down the Iceland dogs imme-
diately sit down and lean against them
when permitted.
rifty Years on One Job
John Wallace, seventy-one years old,
of Providence, R. 1., has worked nearly
fifty years on one job in one place. It
has been as watchman or general
handy employee around the now al-
most desolate plant of the Allen Print
works.. He has walked, he estimated,
300,000 miles as a part of his job. In
that time he has taken only one real
vacation and that lasted only one day.
He went to Newport, R. I, the summer
home of rich soclety.
- Heard on Lower Deck
Pat (on shipboard)—And phat ary
sez goin® ter do whin yez git to Amer
ica?
Mike Take i up land,
at ==Indade; an’ ‘ow much?
Mike—Oh, n shovelful at a toime,
The color |
where special butterfly farms have
been established. Here, under scien-
tific guidance, hundreds of beautifu’
specimens are bred.
Cross-breeding has been tried, and
numerous experiments are conducted
to obtain brilliant and original mark- .
ings on the wings of these insects,
which are afterwards sold to collectors
or for the adornment of women’s hats |
and dresses. :
The farms are provided with special
leafy trees and plants on which the
eggs are hatched. Directly the young
appear the branches are cut off and
taken to a specially ventilated room, |
where they are placed In vases of ws
ter,
As soon as the tiny caterpillars have .
eaten up this first supply of leaves
fresh branches are provided. Having
been In an even temperature for about
two weeks thc young caterpillars are
taken out into the open, where they
are placed on plants that are protect |
ed from birds by long nets.
When they have become fully grown
this protective net is removed, and
soon they retire into cocoons or roll
themselves up Into leaves. These are
collected and stored in specially ven-
tilated boxes, where, in a very short
time, buttterflies of wonderful hues are
evolved,
Tantrum Headache May
Easily Become a Habit
There is an explanation that applies
to many individuals, men, women and
children, who complain of mysterious
aches or pains, says Fred C. Kelly in
McNaught’s Monthly. |
If a woman finds that by referring
to a sick headache she can excite sym-
pathy, even momentarily, she is almost
certain to try the experiment again,’
She has not only the satisfaction of ob-
taining sympathy, but also of giving
people to understand that she is an
unusual person who has headaches at
unexpected times and places when an
ordinary individual would not.
It Is by no means uncommon to find
a woman who flies into a tantrum and !
goes to bed with a sick headache when-
ever anything happens that doesn’t suit
her, Such headaches begun as an ex- i
periment sometimes become a habit.
Most of us are willing to suffer a little
to attract attention.
Power Line of 400 Miles
There is in operation in southern
California an electrical power line ap-
proximately 400 miles long. It has its
source high up in the mountains near
the town of Bishop, and extends to El
Centro, in the Imperial valley. The
line is capable of carrying 10,000
horse-power of energy, and a year was
required to built it. For a long time
engineers thought that 200 miles was °
the maximum distance that electricity
could be conveyed over a power line,
and therefore the completion of this
400-mile line and its success have
elicited considerable interest. The
power is employed to supply several
small towns and many ranches in this
fertile valley, but the largest part of .
it is utilized for pumping water on the
desert. It is distributed from four sub-
stations—Banning, Coachella, Calipa-
tria and El Centro. The valley pos-
sesses local power plants, but the rapid
development of the country necessi-
tated an increase of the supply from
some big plant outside.
“Low Down’ on the Lion
Lord Dewar, an enthusiastic big
game hunter, delights to tell the story
of a Manchester business man who
paid a visit to a planter friend in
Uganda who was a keen sportsman.
Not without considerable misgiving, the
visitor allowed himself to be prevailed
upon to go lion hunting. AKHis first
night in the jungle was a sleepless one.
Next morning the two friends start-
ed out early and had gone but a short
distance when they came upon fresh
tracks which the enthusiastic sports-
man identified as being those of a full-
grown lion. “Tell you what we had
better do,” said the Manchester man,
brightly. “You go ahead and see where
he went and I'll go back and see where
he came from !”"—Argonaut.
Rabbit Minus Ears Hears
A rabbit without ears has been born
in the animal house of the state de-
partment of health laboratories at the
University of Pennsylvania.
The new arrival seems normal in
every other respect. John Whalen,
keeper of the house, has tested him
and found that he can hear. Both of
the rabbit's parents have excellent
pairs of ears and veterinarians who
have examined the youngster are un-
able to explain the freak.
The head of the baby resembles &
potato. On the left side of its fore-
head there is a tiny budlike bit of
flesh, which it is belleved may develop
eventually into an ear. There is no
indication of an ear on the other side.
—New York World.
Oldest Christian Church
L. O. Murray, formerly comptroller
of the currency in the United States
Treasury department, who, during and
since the war has been In almost every
land where relief was needed, has re-
cently returned from work" in Pales-
tine and Greece for the Red Cross and
Knights of Columbus, and he says that
the Church of the Nativity, the oldest
| Christian. charch in. the world, is stil}-
in a fine state of preservation. It is’
tie” chief” center of interest mr nh-
Bethlehem.
‘less than the immediate profit.
| over us, but again so that each of us
| it can even more often impose a light
! they made a frightful uproar and or-
i clear, delicate golden color and must |
| the mouth of the cave, and after pro-
| ceeding through a natural tunnel and
' down an Incline for about 200 feet
Traffic Law Really Is ;
Aid to Motor Driver
The traffic law deals with two
classes of drivers. There is the man
who is bent only on beating the game,
who will violate all the laws with a
light heart if he thinks he can get
away with it, or if the penalty seems
The
law must deal with the problem of
catching, restraining and penalizing
this irresponsible driver; and in deal-
ing with him, harshness should be the
keynote.
On the other hand, by far the larger
proportion of motorists come in con-
tact with the law only In what should
be its beneficent aspects. To them,
the law need be only a set of agreed
upon principles for insuring that all
of us drive to the least interference
with any of us. It specifies certain
equipment which we must carry, not
with the view of forcing us to carry
it, but in order that we may have a
convenient and authoritative standard
of reference. It prescribes the man-
ner of our driving, in general and in
particular circumstances, not with the
idea that we need to have a club held
may have a standard by which to fore-
cast the probable conduct of the other
fellow.
In defining and enforcing these and
other necessary standards, the law can
afford to err on the side of lenience,
It can often correct without penalizing,
penalty as a mere jog to the offender’s
memory, it can and should reserve the
display of its teeth for the habitual or
the wanton violator.—Scientific Amer
Jean.
Daylight Saving Is
Not Popular in Italy
Daylight saving is unpopular in Italy
because of the name the government
ascribed to it. At least that is former
Premier Nitti’s laughing explanation.
The new time was called the “legs’
hour.”
With the advent of spring, says Mr.
Kenneth L. Roberts in Europe’s Morn-
ing After, the Italian government or-
dered that all clocks be set back an
hour so that the people might have
the advantage of an extra hour of
daylight. But in Italy, as in other
countries, a large number of people
didn’t like the arrangement, and so
ganized strikes against the “legal
hour.” The street railway employees,
for example, were striking; I asked
one of them his reasons.
“The new hour,” said he, “makes it
necessary for us to get up too early
in the morning. Everything is foggy
and dark.”
I reminded him that the new hour
saved coal for the nation and gave
him an extra hour of daylight wher Bi
his work was done.
“Yes,” he said, “but it Is too fosgy
and dark when we get up.”
“Qur mistake,” declared Nitti, ath
in calling it ‘the legal hour.’ We
should have known that no true Ital-
ian would have endured it. We should
have called it ‘the illegal hour.’ Then
every Italian would have been unanl-
mously in favor of it!”
Materials in Straw Hats
In the United States straw hats are
made from braid that is chiefly im-
ported from Italy, China and Japan,
says the Detroit News. Of the vari-
ous materials which go into the fab-
rication of plaited hatgear the most
important is wheaten straw. The
straw must have a length of “pipe” |
between the knots and must possess a
not be brittle. The most valuable |
straw ‘is from Tuscany, and from the
Tuscan plaits the leghorn hats are:
made. Many substances besides
straw are used in braids for hats and
bonnets. Among these may be no- |
ticed willow and cane, as well as
palm.
The famous panama hats are made
from the leaves of the screw pine,
Nearly Killed by Bats
Attacked by what he declares was a
swarm of a thousand bats, Joseph Mo-
rasky, Southern Pacific station agent
at Imlay, relates a weird story of a
recent trip he made through a cave in
a mountain six miles east of Imlay. .
Morasky says he lowered himself into
came into a large chamber. This
chamber was the home of the bats,
and he says they began an infuriated
attack upon him, and declares that he
owes his life to the fact that he wore
a very heavy cap, coat and gloves.
His clothes were badly torn when he
finally emerged from the cave.—Reno
News in Sacramento Bee.
Value of Egyptian Irrigatior.
Irrigation work, including the Assu-
«n dam in Egypt, has cost to date
about $53,000,000, but the increase in
the value of land in middle and lower
Egypt and in the Fayum province has
been from $955,000,000 to $2,440,000,
000 and the total rent from this area
of land has risen from $82,000,000 to |
$190,000,000. This is what the irriga-
tion engineer has done for Egypt in.
two decades.
Dynamiting the Mosquito
Man has begun to use high explo
sives In his war against insects. Dy-
namite, which we usually think of in
connection with the destruction of big
things, is now being employed against
little mosquitoes. It is used to blast
these dangerous: digease-carrying pests
out of existence by digging ditches
which ‘drain the mo¥quito grounds.
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The Ball Teams are in Training
for First Place in their Leagues
and we are in Training
for First, Place in your Logic!
February is supposed to be a quiet mens clothing
month—it is too late for Furs, too early for Fans—
but not too soon for us to tell you that we have one
eye on the ball and the other on your Spring
business.
Yes, Men—when you say “Play Ball” we'll be ready
to go; we’ll have the stars in merchandise; we'll
have the heavy-hitting style hits—and our admiss-
ions will admit the Greatest Values you have ever
received.
Yes, we're in training—and every train is bringing
in new goods.
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