Belefurts, Pa., September 12, 1924.
Tying Cast Iron Into
~~ Knots I's Now Possible
Tying gray or white cest iron In
knots is now made possible by a new
process invented by Alex. K. Schlaap.
The process is very simple, consisting
in heating the cast irom to a tempera-
ture shortly above the critical tem-
perature of 1,600 Fahrenheit, while pro-
tecting it in a muffle surrounded by
a gas flame and open at the top. As
soon “as the gray cast iron reaches the
preper temperature the muffle and its
contents are removed from the furnace
and allowed te cool im the open alr.
Fhe whole operation requires about:
45 minutes, starting from cold cast
iron.
The method has been in continuous
use for a year, chiefly for the pur-
pose of softening gray iron castings
for machining purposes, and especial-
ly for making automobile piston rings.
The most noteworthy characteristic
is the combination of pliability, duc-
tility, malleability, and resiliency. In
its resiliency the heat-treated metal
most resembles steel, since it shows
this property both before and after
distortion. For example, a thin bar
might be coiled up Into a spiral and
used as a spring, although, of course,
not nearly as strong and resilient as a
tempered steel spring, It is worthy
of note that this annealed cast iron
does not warp on standing. Samples
of annealed iron have stood for sev-
eral months without changing shape
by as much as one thousandth of an
inch, as compared with unannealed
castings of the same metal and pat-
tern, which have warped.—Iron Age
Lip Reader Says New
Yorkers Talk to Selves
New Yorkers talk to themselves
more than residents of any other city,
according to an observer who is' a
lip reader. The habit is due, he holds,
to the terrific nervous strain under |
which New Yorkers live.
Loneliness plays 4 part also; there
being no acquaintances with which to
talk, the unfortunate is forced to hold
conversation with himself,
“The subway is my favorite hunt-
ing ground,” said the observer. “Those
who talk to themselves think they are
safe there, it being impossible to be
overheard because of the noise. Also
they have a few minutes of forced
activity. Being able to read lips is
most diverting. Recently, I discov-
ered that oné man whose lips were
moving silently but steadily was add-
ing up a long column of figures. A
sour-faced man was swearing. Anoth-
er was telling his wife what he
thought of her demonstration of in-
feriority complex as he was alone.
“But a serene-faced grandmother
was my greatest surprise. She was
repeating a long formula which re-
vealed a complete knowledge of the
processes of distillation."—New York
Letter to the Detroit News.
Radiator Plays Lullaby
They recently installed their new
paby in a room in their apartment
which formerly had been the guest
chamber and so far they are delight-
ed with a hitherto unrealized attrac-
tion wkich the room possessed, says
the New York Sun and Globe. Every
night about 10:80, just after the baby
has been fed and should settle down
for the night, the radiator commences
to beat out a fattoo that has had the
effect of acting as a lullaby to the
- baby. Before it ceases he has fallen
asleep, but their joy Is tempered some-
what by the fear that some night,
more wakeful than usual, he will not
have lapsed imto unconsciousness be-
fore the radiator stops its tune and
the problem will then be what sub-
stitute to give him,
Lost Diamonds From Teeth
His dentist “misappropriated” three
atamonds get in the bridgework of his
teeth which he had worn for thirteen
years, Tom Cheek, negro politician df
West Oakland, testified In his suit to
recover the cost of the jewels from a
dentist,
‘Cheek said he had the dentist re
Move the dridgework containing the
three stones and left it with the den-
tist to be repaired. When he returned
to the dentist's office to get the bridge,
Cheek said, the diamends had heen
removed.’ The dentist asserted there
were no dlamonds in the bridgework
left with him —San Francisco Chron-
icle.
Milkmaid of the Arctic
- Teckla, a girl just over from north.
ern Burope, who is being Americanized
by. the Bomestic service route, 18 hav-
ing a rough passage in her first few
weeks in a kitchen of one of the Bos-
ton suburbs, says the Boston Globe.
She cannot cook and she is not used
to. American methods of housekeeping.
When finaily her mistress asked in ex-
asperation the other day:
“Teckla, Is there anything you can
do?
“Yas, issn” she replied, in all
sweetness and assurance, “I can milk
a reindeer.”
Lacked Harmony
Wife—Henry, I'm afraid we'll have
to have the drawing room done over.
Hob—What? -
‘Wife—I've just found ont that the
paper does not harmonize with
color of the gown I'm going to
wear whén we entertain next Thurs
day. — Transcript.
“grail that"will eure, not diseases of
name describes
Human Machine Rusts
if Change Is Denied
‘When one's bodily health is below
par there is nothing of greater bene-
fit than “to go away for a change" —
of air, scenery, surroundings, people.
Not many, however, realize that if
they “changed” at home they would
not require to “go away” fer a change.
The latter might be impossible on ac-
count of the expense, or inconvenient
in other ways.
_ With a few exceptions we would all
be infinitely better in mind and body
if we changed our environment at least
once a year. Our “work health,” the
capacity to do what we have to do
easily and without undue strain, is af-
fected by. our environment. There are
critics of the “week-end habit,” but
the latter is really nothing more than
an escape from the dulling sameness
of * Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday! ; :
“One business man, whose success or
failure depends on whether or not his
mind is fresh or stale, changes his of-
fice once a year, says London Answers.
He has realized that, after a time, the
sameness of his surroundings affects
him adversely. So he makes a move—
goes to a different station, walks along
different streets—and is all the bette=
for the change.
It was on the same principle that a
certain well-known author, in the days
when houses were plentiful, was al-
ways on the move. He'd take a cot-
tage near the sea, “usc up” the in-
spiration of his new environment, and
then pass on!
“The above changes may not be pos
sible to all, But what of smaller ones?
We get-in the habit of clothing our-
selves, say, in sober hues. Change to
something brighter! Our method of
life may be an unchanging routine.
Change it! We associate with the
same people year in and year out. Step
off the track and get into touch with
others.
A groove holds no inspiraticn what-
ever. We want a change, and the shak-
ing-up of ourselves that changes in-
volve would do us a world of good.
Holiday time is coming, but don’t wait
until then. Start having your change
now.
The Holy Grail
Archeologists believe that the inner
cup in the recently discovered “chalice
of Antioch” is the true holy grail, the
vessel from which Jesus drank at the
last supper, and which is believed to
have the power of curing bodily die
ease,
If this is s0, a search that has lasted
for nearly 2,000 years will be ended.
Every generation has had its own ex-
pedition in search of this miraculous
cup. The quest 1s as old as Christi-
anity itself.
But there is another quest older stil.
—a quest that has been common to all :
races of mankind as long as mankind
has been on earth.
And that is the universal quest fo; oF.
o |
body, but diseases of the soul.
All the progress of humanity |
throughout the ages has been impelled !
by this instinctive craving for higher |
and better things.
Hvery man who ever lived on earth
has been a pilgrim in search of the’
holy grail. And although the physical
grail may be discovered, humanity will
continue to better itself so long as the
spiritual grail hovers just within tha
reach of man’s imagination, but just
beyond the reach of his hands.
Forest's Name Changed
President Coolidge on March 1
shanged the name of the Battlement
national forest in Colorade to the
Grand Mesa national forest, announces
the forest service, United States De.
partment of Agriculture. ‘The new
the principal tope-
graphic feature of not only a part of
the national forest but ‘the entire
mountain section of that region.
Grand Mesa proper comprises the
very important southwestern arm of
the national forest upom which
principal irrigation water. of the
farming region surrounding it is inm
pounded in artificial reservoirs and
discharged during the periods when
needed for egriculture, It is also §
most attractive recreation and fishing
grounds for the porulation of the sen
rounding valleys as well as the traw
eling Population from more distani
points.
Remember Sainted King
The populace of Bavaria will cele
prate. during the summer the nine hun,
dredth anniversary of the. death. of
Heinrich II, founder of ‘the episcopat{
of ‘Bamberg. The main ceremony will
take place in the Bamberg catl
where Bmperor Heinrich and’
Kunigunde are buried. Helarfch ral
over central Europe as king of
Holy Roman empire, and during Bi
lifetime made wars on Italy, Poland
and Bohemia, as well 28 pon man)
rival princes. He was made a saini
by. Pope Eugene III, in 1146. A mom
ument was erected to Helnrieh and his
wife in the Bamberg cathedral.
The Fond Father '.
~ d'red Rakemann, former head of thy
mdustrial department of the Indianay
olis chamber of commerce, 1s new thy
proud father of a baby daughter, Bar
bara Brock Rakemann, Fred boasts
much of the baby; but it took a spins
ter to ‘call him down right about her.
The spinster met him the ether
morning. “How is the baby?” sh¢
asked. ;
Fred grinned. “On, it is just fine,
he returned. euthusiastically.
“Mp, Rakemann,” she looked at bia
saverely, “don’t you think. it is time
to call that baby she?’—Indianapolis
News,
Drawback to Affection
Inspired by a Horse
I am not, as I say, sentimental about
horses; I have never yet seen a man a
horse liked as well as a nice bundle of
hay, writes Guy Struthers Burt in the
Saturday Evening Post. But on the
other hand, if you have ridden one
horse a lot and know all his little ways
and he knows all yours, and if you
have ridden many lonely and some-
times dark miles with him, after a
while you begin to cherish an affectiop
for him against your better sense.
There's a sweet, warm, companion-
able feeling to the rippling muscles of
his neck when you put your bare hand
against them on a pitch-black deserted
trail, almost, although not quite so
much company as you get out of a dog
in camp.
the trail in the dark and fry to turn
off it he will do his best to buck with
you.
There's one thing about being with
such short-lived things as horses and
dogs that isn’t pleasant. You under-
stand what age Is too soon. Here is
Joe getting old—and he’s sixteen. You
get too much an impression of the
flight of ttme. A wise man should
keep an elephant and always feel
young.
Timidity Has No Place
Among Arabs of Desert
Bravery is the great outstanding
characteristic of the Arab. His judg-
ment of what constitutes cowardice is
relentless and terrible, As soch as a
man is proved a coward the tribal
poet laureate makes a song about him
magnifying his fault and ridiculing
him. If the vietim is unmarried no
woman will consider him, as the song
of his cowardice endures forever in
the tribe. If he is already magried his
wife or wives are permitted by tribal
law (not by Mohammedanism) to re-
turn to their fathers. The men, too,
cease to Wssociate with the coward
and he becomes an outcast and a
pariah. To no other tribe can he turn
for shelter, and almost Invariably sul-
cide is his lot.
Above everything the Arab must
prove bravery in the eyes of his wom-
en folk. An Arab man’s arms are in-
variably covered with circular scars.
These are relics of his childhood and
are the result of his proving his worthi-
ness to some childhood sweetheart, his
Juethod being to stand in front of the
object of his adoration and smile, the
whilé he allows pieces of red-hot char-
coal to burn him,
The Homing Instinct
Do you know those distressing peo
ple who, as soon as they start on a
holiday, begin to worry about coming
home?
1 met one in the train the other day.
She was being “seen off” by a friend,
i and this was the burden of her con-
versation.
“] suppose I can't reserve my seat
| on coming home? What a bother!
But I shall send my luggage in ad-
vance.
“I shall wear my blue serge costume
for coming home in. I hope it will be |"
a fine day; I hate coming home in the
rain.
“lI mustn't Tose the return half oi
iay ticket; and I'll esk about the time
of the train for coming back as soon
as I arrive, to make sure.”
“Well, goodby for the present, dear.
{fm quite looking forward to commg
back.”—Windsor Magazine.
Saved by Mother’s Spirit
One evening, a short time after my
nother died, I was walking along a
lonely road near our home when =a
young man approached and asked the
way to a certain street. As we were
both going the same way we walked
along together until we came to the
crossroads. I stopped to give him
further directions. Suddenly he seized
me and tried to force me into the tall
bushes which bordered the road. I
struggled frantically, but he pulled me
to the ground and was dragging me
backward. Suddenly I felt my moth-
er's presence beside me, although I
saw nothing. Just then my assailant
looked up. Without a word he dropped
me and ran down the road and out of
sight as fast as he could go.—Chicago
Journal.
Right and Left Hands
It is a fact not generally known that
the fingers of the right hand move
much more quickly than those of the
left. They are also much more ae-
curate, says London Tit-Bits.
Recent experiments have also proved
that the ring finger of the left hand
can work more quickly if it is moving
in conjunction with the right-hand
forefinger. Any two fingers working
together, indeed, move considerably
faster than one finger working by it-
gelf.
The more a person uses his or her
fingers, the more adept they become. A
planist or typist will find that, in time,
the left hand becomes almost as skill
ful as the right.
Use of Canvas Modern
It was not until 1520 that artists be-
gan to use canvas. The masters pre-
vious to that time worked in ceramics
or painted. on wood and walls, then on
canvas stretched fo a frame,
Many of the great painters ground
the pigments and mixed thelr own col-
ors, ‘says the Detroit News.
American supplies of art and indus.
trial paint. are dependent on a large va-
riety of foreign raw materials, We im-
port Windsor and Newton, and still in
the opinion of artists do not make
colors that give the appearance of age
And as for Joe, If you miss.
Scotland Made Game of
. Golf National Pastime |
Three months before the Pilgrim Fa-
thers left Deftshaven James VI ap-
proved the contract for the first ma-
nicipal golf links at St. Andrews, 8cot-
land. Golf may have started in Hol-
land, where a game called “kolf,” a
cross between golf, hockey and bowl-
ing, was played on the ice, within cov-
ered courts and even in churchyards.
If the Scotch did import the sport they
changed it greatly. “Links” for exam-
ple is the Scotch term referring to
rolling close-cropped shore fields which
have become the model fer all golf
courses. “Bunkers” are really cut
banks such as are found along a
graded country road. Such banks with
sand pits are natural to the Scotch
shore. St. Andrew's cut banks are now
artificlally created on golf links wher-
ever golf is played. For many years
the original Scotch course consisted of
11 holes, a match being two rounds, or
22 holes, but in 1764 it was decided to
eliminate twe holes, so today the
standard course is in multiples of nine.
-National Geographic Society.
Early Navigators Dared
Perils of Every Sort
It is a little more than 400 years ago
since man made his first-known trip
around the globe, The first voyage
took three years, and they were years
of great privation and discomfort. The
early suceessful navigator was J. 8.
del Gano, a Spaniard. He returned to
port on September 6, 15622. The expe-
dition numbered five vessels, and of
the 280 pioneers who set sail only 81
returned—ragged and broken. One of
the objects of the adventure was to
test the theory that the earth was
round, and the ships took a westward
course to discover a passage to the In-
dies, Ferdinando Magellan, a Portu-
guese, after whom the straiis are
named, was a leading spirit in the ex-
pedition. When the task was almost
accomplished he and 40 others were
killed by natives in the Philippine Is-
lands. Only one ship, the Vittoria,
under del Cano, completed the journey
Modest Maiden
“John, I want to say, something to
you!”
“Say on, my dear,” replied John, as
"ne looked fondly at the golden head
that was pillowed on his manly bosom.
“This is the year when proposing is
done by the women.”
“Yes.”
“I hope you don’t expect me to pro-
pose to you?”
* “Well, Mary, I have never given the
.oatter a thought. To tell the truth,
I've only know you for—that is to
say—"
“] am glad you don’t expect me to
propose. I'm not that kind, I hope.
No, John, I couldn’t be so immodest. I
am going to let you do the proposing
:| yourself in the old-fashioned way. The
'| old-fashioned way is good enough for
me.”
The girl gave her lover a beaming
smile, and the youth rejoiced that be
had found such a treasure of modesty.
Poisonous Flower Bulbs
Daffodil bulbs, which superficially
resemble onions, have sometimes been
eaten for them by mistake and have
caused serious poisoning. A case was
reported not long ago in Edinburgh,
where a eook took a daffodil bulb for
an onion and used it to flavor a stew
subsequently eaten by five persons.
All were made acutely sick before the |;
end of the meal. All recovered In a
few heurs and apparently suffered no
after effects of the dose. The poison-
ing is supposed to be due to a prin-
ciple known as “narcissine,” found in.
the bulbs of daffodils and jonquils.
Persons keeping daffodil bulbs in the
house should take care that they are
not confused with onions,
Beginnings of Music
The beginnings of music-making, as
it is practiced by uncivilized people,
offer curious reading. Among savage
tribes, it is sald, the earliest aequired
musical phrase is derived quite dis-
tinctly from a simple howl, the notes
gliding down or up a scale by semi-
tones. And savages repeat over and
over again one phrase, their satisfac-
tion in having mastered which is child-
like, As the people rise in the scale
of intelligence, their favorite musical
phrases grow larger and become more
elaborate until a systematized making
of music can be clearly discerned.
Famous London House
Carlton house was a famous man-
sion in London, which formerly stood
in Waterloo place, near Pall Mall, It
was erected in 17090 by Lord Carlton,
and was afterward the residence suc-
vely of Frederick, prince of Wales
(father of George III) and of George
IV when prince of Wales. The build-
ing was removed in 1826. Carlton club,
the famous Conservative club, was
founded by the Mike of Wellington, in
1881. It occupies a position near the
site of Carlton house, whence the
name.
Al That Survives One
To be rich to be famous? Do these
profit a year hence, when other names
seem louder than yours, when you le
hidden away under ground along with
the idle titles engraven on your coffin}
But only true love lives after you, fol-
lows your memory. with secret bless-
ings or defends you and intercedes
for you.. Non omnis. moriar; if dying,
I yet live in a tender heart or twe;
nor. am lost and hopeless, living, ff a
sainted departed soul still loves and
prays for me.~Thackeray.
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