Bellefonte, Pa., January 15, 1926.
Hair’s Change Never
Explained by Science
To a recent number of T. P.'s and
«Cassell’'s Weekly, Prof. J. Arthur
‘Thomson—who is a kind of self-
appointed British pope of popular
-gelence, and a very good one, too—
elucidates the causes that make pe~
ple’s hair turn gray.
The subject was dealt with very suc-
cessfully a number of years ago by
Professor Poulton, the Oxford entomol-
.ogist, in his book, “Animal Coloura-
tion,” on which Professor Thomson is
~evidently basing his own ideas.
The story of the responsible bankers
‘whose hair turned gray in a single
week during times of crisis like the
‘World war is probably quite true. Such
cases are not uncommon in history.
Marie Antoinette’s hair, for example, is
said to have turned white in a very
short time as a result of emotional dis-
tress; and similar instances are re-
corded by a number of medievs’
writers.
The sudden change of color is due
to the intrusion of little bubbles of gas
into the substance of the hair, which
reflects the light and prevents the pig-
ment, which is still present, fron: show-
ing. When hair goes gray more slowly,
it is—or so Metchnikoff believed—due
‘to the officious activity of white cor-
puscles which have got into the bad
habit of prowling up into the hair and
devouring the pigment.
Many fur-bearing animals change
.color with the weather, and the
mechanism involved in these changes
appears to be very much like that
“which affects human hair.
British Expert Sees
Addition to Wealth
Experiments in producing oil from
.cou}, in which various science depart-
ments at Birmingham (England) unl-
‘versity have been collaborating for
‘three years, have shown that 61 per
.cent of liquid can be extracted from
Lancashire coal by powdering it and
‘subjecting it to very high pressures
of hydrogen gas. Professor Nash, who
has taken a leading part in research,
when asked as to the significance of
the discoveries from the standpoint of
industrial utilization of British coal
resources, sald he was only able to
announce that the laboratory tests
had demonstrated ofl could be got
from coal. The commercial exploita-
tion he was not competent to dis-
cuss. The liquid products have not
been investigated in detail, but apart
from small proportions of unidentified
substances they consist of hydro-car-
bons which are basis of all fuel oils.
South Staffordshire’ coal gave 387 per
cent of liquid, while a South Wales
coal gave 26 per cent.
Modern Fowls Mere
Amateur Egg Layers
The ostrich lays the biggest thing
in the egg line at the present age in
the world’s history. Hard boiled, it
welghs three pounds, and would make
a good breakfast for a large family.
The kiwi, a New Zealand bird, which
itself weighs only about four pounds,
lays an egg weighing 14 ounces. But
the egg of the extinct aepyornis, which
may be found in museums, is as large
as 150 average hens’ eggs. It was a
Madagascan bird that disappeared en-
tirely some centuries ago.
Among volcanic sand in New Eng-
land an explorer discovered a partial-
ly burnt egg that was even bigger.
A derby hat would hardly serve as an
egg cup for it. The bird that laid it
was called the dinoris, and its height
is imagined to have been something
like 14 feet.
The Modern Hostess
She was preparing for an elaborate
dinner party at which the guest of
honor was to be a distinguished Japa-
nese visitor to San Francisce. To get
the desired effects she had called in an
interior decorator, a son of Nippon, and
ordered him to design a flower scheme
for the table. “What kind would you
like?’ he asked. “Oh, anything so long
as there are plenty of cherry blossoms,
whether you paint them or make them
out of paper.” “Excuse me to the re-
mark, lady, that cherry blossoms
would never do, because this is not
the cherry blossom time.” “Oh, no
body will notice that.” “You, madame,
might not notice it, but what if your
guests should do so? At least one of
them will smile from the inside of his
face, and that will make him sad and
spoil his dinner.” “Oh, anything you
like as long as the guests that don’t
know better will know that it ie
Japanese.”
Two Spinster Immortals
Maria Edgeworth is regarded as
the inventor of the novel with a pur-
pose, of which kind “Castle Rackrent,”
which sent her name into immediate
fame in 1800, is a typical example.
Miss Edgeworth’s influence was enor-
mous. Her success with her Irish
novel had much to do with turning
Sir Walter Scott to the writing of
prose fiction.
Her society was courted by “every-
body who was anybody.” Byron ad-
mired her, and Macaulay was among
her enthusiastic worshipers.
is no doubt she is worth reading to-
day, if only for the naturalness and
vivacity and character-revealing na-
ture of her dialogue. In this respect
she is comparable with Jane Austen,
another of the spinster immortals.
There
High Living C oe
of Nervous “Break”
“Nervous breakdowns,” Sir William
Bennett announces in England, are in-
creasing greatly. Thirty years ago, he
says, there was no such thing recog-
nized by the medical profession or the
public. Now the number of cases is
astonishing.
There is the same situation in this
country. If anything, it is worse here,
One hears talk nowadays of friends
and acquaintances suffering from
“nervous breakdowns” just as com-
monly as one heard of appendicitis
cases when that disease was in its
heyday. The term used is sometimes
a euphemism to cover a downright at-
tack of insanity. Usually it signifies
a case of combined physical weakness
and disordered nerves, making the vic-
tim unable to work effectively and a
burden to himself and others.
What is the cause? Apparently the
high speed of living. Too much activ-
ity of body and mind. Covering too
much ground. Not necessarily too
much exertion—too much exhausting
of energy. And no doubt physical
causes play a big part, particularly
diet. Possibly half the breakdown
cases could be traced to digestive dis-
orders.
If there is one remedy, it is simpler
living. This does not mean neces-
sarily retiring from the world or ceas-
ing to do what the world does. It is
not so much a question of more poise.
The top is most steady when whirling
most rapidly. That is a good exam-
ple of poise.
People live too emotionally, living
in their feelings, letting themselves
be hauled this way and that, when
they might keep calm minds in the
midst of action, like the steady driver
at the wheel of a speeding car.
The man in calm control of his own
mind and spirit doesn’t break down.
And simple, plain, nourishing food,
adapted to the eater’s real needs, helps
immensely by freeing him from the
internal toxins which destroy mental
poise and power.— Waterbury Demo-
crat.
Turns From Bloody Career
Felix Dzerjinsky, the Communistic
Torquemada, the “saintly executioner,”
the head of the Russian “Cheka” since
the Bolshevik advent, has changed his
character and become a constructive
business man, according to advices
from the land of the Soviets. Two
years ago Dzerjinsky was appointed
chairman of the economic council, and
it is due to his efforts, it is sald, that
reforms have been initiated that give
private Industry and business the
greatest freedom that they have en-
joyed since the Revolution. Dzerjin-
sky has become the dictator of all
things economic and industrial, and
is said to be encouraging and co-oper-
ating with private business. He is de-
scribed . ag. being, next to Stalin, the
most influential man in present-day
Russia, and has the reputation of be-
ing a great organizer.
Duke Wields Trowel
fhe duke of Argyll, hereditary mas.
cer of the royal household in Scotland
and chief of the Campbell clan, is de-
voting much time to work as a stone-
mason on a tower that is being con-
structed near Inverary castle. With
only two other masons, the duke is
erecting a tower after an old Italian
model, wherein will hang a peal of
bells. It will add an artistic touch to
the home of the chief of the Campbells,
which is already noted for its beauty
and the splendor of its art treasures.
Its art gallery contains the most fa-
mous collection of Gainsboroughs in
Great Britain.
Queer Combat
“I saw a mighty queer fight in town
chis afternoon,” related Farmer Fum-
blegate, upon his return from the coun-
ty seat. “A fat young feller and a
thin old one fit mighty near all around
the public square, tumbling down, roll-
ing around, getting up and whacking
away at each other some more, and
soon” 7
“Mercy sakes!” ejaculated his wife.
“What was the fight about?”
“That was the funny part. Both
sald they weren't fighting for the prin-
ciple of the thing, but b’cuz one had
cheated the other out of $2.—Kansas
City Star.
Early Sign of Winter
One of the first trees to warn us ot
the approach of winter is the red
maple of the eastern states, says the
American Tree Association of Wash-
ington, which for a stamp sends free
tree-planting suggestions. The light
green of its small leaves turn to reds
and yellows, some with red outstand-
ing, others with yellow. The poplars
are also early chroniclers of fall, their
leaves turning yellow early, but drop-
ping quickly.
Printing Industry Big
From 1923, establishments in the
United States engaged primarily in
printing and publishing newspaper,
and periodicals reported a total out-
put valued at $1,268,501,566, an in-
crease of 12.9 per cent as compared
with 1921, the last preceding census
year. Exactly 10,267 establishments
reported.
Odd Coincidence
Three women—all strangers—met
in a Portland (Maine) hotel elevator
by chance, and they all wore dresses
exactly alike. They became curious
and an exchange of questions and
answers developed the fact that one
gown was bought in California, an-
other in Kansas City and the third in
Boston.
World Prowler Keeps
Habits Under Control
The world traveler has just come in.
Most of his life is spent in prowling
around unfrequented parts of the globe
for the government, discovering new
plants and fruits and what not. Be-
tween times he is apt to go traveling
on his own, for he is forever hearing
about something in which the govern-
ment is not interested but is for the
moment the one great thing in life for
him, “J. P.” writes in the Kansas City
Times.
“Must be sort of—er—upsetting,” I
said clumsily, What I was trying to
say was that he did not live the nice,
rule-ordered, all-bound-round-with-a-
woolen-string kind of a life the rest
of us do. “Don’t you get kind of—er—
hungry for the comforts of civilization
now and then?”
He said that in the first place bar-
barism had as many comforts as civili-
zation, if only one knows how to get
and handle them. In the second place
he never permitted himself to want
something he could not get. So say-
ing he produced a cigarette case
stamped in gold by an artisan back of
the beyond and handed out a cigarette
that was a sheik’s dream of heaven.
“How about cigarettes?” I said.
“And coffee? And such things?”
The world traveler said that was all
right. He enjoyed tobacco and coffee
and all the rest of what he considered
the world’s luxuries. But he never
perimtted himself to form a habit. He
smoked cigarettes for a week or So
and then a pipe. Or he would stop
smoking for a time. After having
black coffee in the morning for a time
he would change to tea and then to
coffee with hot milk and then to hot
water.
“Try it,” he sald. “One handicaps
one's self by permitting a habit to take
command. I have traveled with men
who were miserable when their ciga-
rettes were exhausted. I never think
of them when they are gone.”
It’s worth trying—to form the habit
of defying habit. One is something of
a chump, after all, to let one's appe-
tite get out of control.
Too Much Talk
Charles M. Schwab, at a banquet
m Loretto, was cornered by a young
man of great loquacity. This young
man evidently believed that his chance
in life was now come, and he talked
away at Mr. Schwab for more than
half an hour. At last he said mean-
ingly:
“You are a good judge of character,
Mr. Schwab. What quality do I most
need in order to succeed?”
“Well, young man,” the steel mag-
nate answered, “I’ve listened to you
for some time now, and it seems to me
that you need what is on that door
over there.”
“Ha, ha, ha! Push, eh? Pull, eh?
Ha, ha, ha! Very clever! Push and
pull! Is that what you think I need,
Mr. Schwab?”
“No,” said Mr. Schwab; “I think
you need a device to make you shut
up.”
Good Home Brew
fn these days of prohibition it is
always nice to have a recipe on hand
for making a home drink with a kick.
One of our Peoria (Ill) readers sent
us a recipe for a home brew which,
although it has a strong kick, comes
within the law. The recipe is as fol-
lows: Chase a frog three miles and
gather up its hops, to the hops add
ten gallons of tan bark, half a gallon
of shellac and a large bucket of soft
homemade soap. Boil this mixture 40
hours, then strain through an I. W. W.
proclamation to keep it working. Final-
ly, bottle in pint bottles and add a
grasshopper to each pint to give it a
kick.—Pathfinder Magazine.
Hunter’s Odd Bedfellow
HAenry D. Ross, on a camping trip
with his son in the woods north of
Clifton, Ariz.,, had a bear for a bed-
fellow one night, and this after fail-
ure to find bears in several days of
hunting. He sleepily resented the in-
vasion of his blankets and pushed:
the intruder away. His explanation
of the affair is that it was only a
poor little cub, seeking companion-
ship and warmth, and that he is too
much of a sportsman to shoot a cub.
Horse’s Remarkable Feat
During a recent running race in
Australia, Roseben, a famous turf
horse, easily carried a rider weigh-
ing 210 pounds and won his race,
much to the astonishment of race
track followers. It is the first time
this animal had ever won a race
carrying more than 147 pounds of
vider. The race was for five furlongs
and the weight vas considered stag-
gering by most horsemen.
Consolation
A story about Sinclair Lewis, the
aovelist, is going the rounds of Green-
wich village.
It seems that Mr. Lewis said to a
zirl at a Greenwich village tea:
“Some folks tell me that my last
pook failed because it's too long. Do
you think it’s too long?”
“Indeed I don’t,” said the girl poet.
“I think it only seems too long.”
Moors Honor Frenchman
Marshal Lyautey, who is resigning
as military governor of those Moroc-
can sections at war with France, is
greatly beloved by the tribesmen.
When his life was despaired of two |
years ago he was prayed for in all
the mosques of Morocco, this be-
ing the first time in the history of
Islam that the name of an infidel was
pronounced in public ritual.
Find Climate Has Effect on Suicide.
Berlin.—One of the most remark-
able statistical surveys ever made, de-
voted to all phases of the subject
of suicide, was made public here. The
survey embraces all of Europe and
is characteristically exhaustive and
detailed.
The German investigators estab-
lish scientifically that climate and
suicide are mathematically related—-
that countries with variable climate
produce the most suicides, and that
these countries are found between 47
and 57 degrees east longitude and 20
and 34 degrees north latitude, which
embraces central Europe.
There are more suicides in flat
countries than in mountainous. For
central Europe, May and June are
the most productive of self-destruc-
tion and the favorite days are Mon-
day and Tuesday for men and Sun-
day for women. One-third of the
suicides are committed at night, the
rest in the forenoon and afternoon,
with a very few in the early hours of
the morning.
Twice as many Protestants in Eu-
rope ended their lives as did Catho-
lice. Among the Jews suicide is on
the increase, espically among those
who are not orthodox, for in eastern
Europe, among the pious Jews, practi-
cally no suicides at all are reported.
Four men commit suicide in Ger-
many for every woman, but more
women between the ages of twenty
and thirty kill themselves than men.
Divorce plays a big role in suicide in
the rich, for there are ten men di-
vorced who commit suicide to one
married man, and five divorced women
to one married woman.
It is established that women prefer
drowning as a means of death, while
men evince no marked partiality for
any particular method.
The investigators insist that the
movies influence suicides. They ana-
lyze 250 pictures and found there
were 97 murders, 51 divorces, 19
rapes, 45 suicides and 176 thefts. The
investigators conclude from this that
the movies have a harmful effect on
those predisposed to self-destruction.
Germany has the highest record for
child suicide, ten boys under sixteen
and three girls for every million pop-
ulation, while France has three boys
and one girl for the same number.
Political Calendar is Announced for
the Year’s Campaign.
The spring primaries this year will
be held May 18, the election calendar
announced by chief Thorne, of Elec-
tion Bureau, shows. Party nomina-
tions to be made at these primaries
include those for United States Sen-
ator, the National House of Repre-
sentatives, Governor, Lieutenant Gov-
ernor, Secretary of Internal Affairs,
25 State Senators and 208 members
of the State House of Representa-
tives. At the primaries both: State
and county committeemen will be
elected.
The first day on which signatures
may be obtained to nominating peti-
| tions to be filed with the Election Bur-
eau is February 17 and the first day
for obtaining signatures to petitions
filed with County Commissioners is
March 11. The last day for filing
petitions with the Secretary of the
Commonwealth for the primary,
March 29, and for filing petitions
Hh County Commissioners is April
Duchess of Fontanges
Marie Angelique, duchess of Fon-
tanges, was the successor to Mme.
Montespan in the favor of Louis XIV,
“She was beautiful as an angel, but
silly as a goose,” said Abbe Choisi of
her. She, nevertheless, captivated the
affections of Louis XIV, who was tired
of Mme. de Montespan.
As soon as she had discovered the
passion she had Inspired in the king,
she became haughty and extravagant,
spending at times as much as 100,000
crowns a month. She became the gen-
eral dispenser of the king’s favors and
the model of fashion. She was made
.a duchess by the king, but did not long
enjoy the rank, since she dled at the
age of twenty, in the abbey of Port
Royal, at Paris.—Chlcago Journal.
Present and Absent
A curious instance of Israel Zang-
will’s absent-mindedness came to my
notice the other day. He was rehears-
Ing one of his plays at the Scala, and
arrived punctual to the minute on the |
stage. Taking up his position he
opened the prompt copy and addressed
an empty stage as follows: “I am here
to the minute. Why is it that no mem-
ber of my company can be as punctu-
al?” At that moment his stage man-
ager, who had been searching for him,
put in an appearance, and gently re-
minded him that the rehearsal was in
the foyer, where the entire company
was already waiting for him !—Londen
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24 Men; Lays 85 Rails an Hour.
A machine that lays from sixty to
eighty-five steel rails in an hour and
displaces a railroad gang of twenty-
four men is at work on the Bethle-
hem branch of the Reading Railway,
comments the Pennsylvania Public
Service Information Committee.
The machine, commercially known
as the “Burro,” is mounted on a
standard gauge truck and is self-
propelling to a speed of fifteen miles
per hour. It is driven by a gasoline
engine which also operates the boom
and cables. The crew consists of a
craneman and three laborers.
Other features, except the rail-lay-
ing, are identical with the ordinary
hand methods. Following the re-
moval of the worn rail from the
track all spike holes are plugged and
new tie plates applied. The rail is
put into place and the machine then
proceéds over the rail just laid to
the next open joint on the opposite
side, after which the operation is re-
peated.
Four flange wheels arranged trans-
versely under the truck are used to
remove the machine from the track.
Preparatory to moving, the clamp on
the end of the cable running over
the boom is attached to the track
ahead and the machine is lifted as
the cable is taken in. Short rail
sections are then placed under the
transverse wheels, the machine is
lowered and pushed from the track,
the whole operation requiring only
eight minutes.
Roll Collars for Army.
The much complained of high stand-
ing collar on U. S. army uniforms is
now a thing of the past. It has gone
into discard along with the “Teddy”
Roosevelt hat, the laced leggins, the
spiked helmet of the Indian wars,
and the flat cap of Civil war days.
It was abolished when Secretary
Davis signed the formal order mak-
ing the roll collar compulsory for un-
iforms of all men in the service, re-
gardless of rank or branch. Amer-
ican soldiers had long known that the
high collar was uncomfortable but it
remained for the World war to show
how detrimental it was in an emerg-
ency. Gen. Pershing was the first
high officer to suggest that the U. S.
army adopt the soft collar style of
the British, French, Belgian and other
European armies.
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MEDICAL.
Is Your Health Slowly
Slipping Away?
Bellefonte People Advise You to Act
in Time.
Is failing health making you uneasy
and unhappy? Are you tired, weak
and dispirited? Suffer daily back-
ache and stabbing, rheumatic twing-
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kidneys are the blood filters. Once
they weaken, the whole system is up-
set. You have dizzy spells, head-
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You feel all worn-out. Use Doan’s
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Here is Bellefonte proof:
Mrs. Ernest Benner, 34 Bishop St.,
says: “Sometimes the ache across
my kidneys became intense. My kid-
neys didn’t act right, for at times they
acted too frequently and again not of-
ten enough. Dizzy spells came on,
too, and I actually reeled. My ener-
gy left and I felt so tired and worn-
out I could hardly do anything. I
used Doan’s Pills and they rid me of
all symptoms of kidney trouble and I
felt much better.’
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If you are fond of ham—
the standard, well cured
brands— buy one whole—
there are so many splendid
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