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AMERICAN LEGION RAISING $5,
000,000 ENDOWMENT.
The American Legion is making a
country-wide drive for a five-million
dollar endowment fund, the income
from which will be used for rehabili-
tation work and in the care of the
orphans and families of veterans of
the world war. The quota for Wy-
oming County is $1,800, and for
Tunkhannock, $820. Of this latter
sum, over one-third—$307, to be ex-
act—has been given by ex-service
men of the town.
During the first six years of recon-
struction which have followed the
world war the very large responsi-
bility for the disabled and the orphans
has not been met by the Legion with-
out assistance from other Americans.
It could not have been met without
help, and it should not. The duty is
one shared by every citizen, and
claimed as the direct privilege of the
Legion because the comrades of those
who gave most to their country are
peculiarly equipped to perform this
service.
In realization of this fact, as shown
by experience, the American Legion
is raising, during the early part of
1925, an endowment fund of $5,000,-
000, of which the income (estimated
at $225,000 yearly) will guarantee a
solid financial basis in perpetuity for
the programs of disabled men’s re-
habilitation and child welfare.
The Legion is asking this endow-
ment fund from its own members and
the American public jointly. The Le-
gion asks it confidently in the knowl-
edge that it will be given, and that it
will be the backbone of the most im-
portant public service confronting the
American people today. Each dolar
accepted in this trust means a vital
responsibility to the Legion, and a
permanent commitment of the Legion
to this service, and tc other unselfish
and public service. The sum total of
the absolutely necessary financial en-
dowment is relatively small. The ex-
tent of the spiritual endowment which
goes with it is unlimited.
The providing of an American
home for the orphan of every man
who fell in the nation’s service is so
obviously right that it needs no -dis-
cussion. These children are plainly
entitled to the same chance in life
which they would have received had
their father not given his life to
America. That is very minimum. “A
home for every homeless child of a
veteran” is the basis of the American
Legion’s child welfare program.
The constantly growing casualty
list, as men die by the thousands each
year from wound and disease incur-
red in the world war, accentuates this
need. The accumulating discoviry of
these children in almshouses, in un-
happy and unfit homes of distant rela-
tives unable or unwilling to give prop-
er care, in the very streets and alleys
sometimes, has wrung the heart of
the Legion. It is determined that
every homeless child of a veteran
shall have a fair and square chance at
life, an honest, happy American home;
a proper education.
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Water Softening Based on Taste of
Consumer Rather Than on Health.
The problem of water softening
seems to be a question of consumer
taste rather than of physiology or
health, acording to Ross A. Thuma,
chemist and bacteriologist, of St.
Paul, Minnesota.
Figures of the United States Geo-
logical Survey indicate that there ave
more than twenty-three million peo-
ple in the United States who drink
water under a certain degree of hard-
ness with apparently no ill effects.
There are more than sixteen million
people who drink water over that de-
gree of hardness with no ill effects.
From this it is deduced that hard-
ness of water has no noticeable effect
on the health of consumers. Water
softening removes from water two
elements, calcium and magnesium,
says Mr. Thuma. But since the aver-
age diet includes thirteen of the fif-
teen elements needed by the human
bedy, it is believed that the two
elements removed from water may
also be found in food.
Removing water from the food list,
therefore, leaves only the taste of the
consumer to be considered.
characteristic is important from the
consumers’ point of view. Because
of this it is believed that water com-
panies would secure a distinct ad-
vantage by supplying water of a uni-
form hardness. -
Rubbers to Cover Shoes First Used
Century Age.
Just a hundred years ago Thomas
“C. Wales, a Yankee boot and shoe
merchant of Boston, bought from a
wandering sailor a number of crudely
made shoes fashioned from “India
rubber” by South American natives.
The sailor had picked them up in Pars,
Brazil, as curiosities. All he wanted
of them was to obtain a few dollars to
purchase the creature comforts that
.sailors loved.
Mr. Wales, however, saw in them
what Dr. Johnson once called “the
potentiality of wealth beyond the
«dreams of avarice.” He conceived the
idea of shaping rubber shoes over the
standard lasts so that they might be
worn over shoes to protect them from
the weather. His plan was so suc-
cessful and the rubber shoes had such
a ready sale that a country-wide mar-
ket, which shortly became world-wide,
was developed.
It was not until 1858 that Mr. Wales
patented the waterproof and cold-
proof overshoe made of cloth and rub-
ber together. He called that inven-
tion “Wales’ Patent Arctic Gaiter,”
and from this name rose the familiar
appelation of “arctics” for overshoes
that is heard even to this day from
the lips of the elder generation.—
Minneapolis Journal.
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FACE FAILURE WHEN
FETTERED BY FEAR
Lack of Confidence Great
Handicap in Life.
“I'm afraid I can’t,” said one man,
when asked to do something unusual,
and a trifle difficult. He tried—and
failed.
A domestic servant asked to carry a
tray of ornaments downstairs, mur-
mured: “I'm afraid I'll drop them"
And she did.
Said a young man, also asked to do
something a little out of the ordinary:
“T fear I can’t manage it.” He tried—
and failed.
Look at those three statements—
quite ordinary ones—and then split
them in halves.
I'm afraid—I can’t.
I'm afraid—I'll drop them.
I fear—Il can’t manage it.
Do you see the startling significance?
On the right hand are the results, self-
stated. They sprang from the left-
band cause. Fear, with its self-hyp-
notizing and demoralizing effect on
mind and muscle, had made failure cer-
tain,
Insert a “so” between the split sen-
tences (“I'm afraid, so I can't”; “I'm
afraid, so I'll drop them”; “I fear. so
I can’t manage it”) and the signifi-
cance becomes quite clear. [Failure is
practically asked for. Of a hundred
tasks, how many would be accom-
plished if “I’m afraid” prefaced each”
The other day a professor of indus-
trial psychology said, and with truth,
that amongst servants it was the fear
of breakage that led to breakage. The
fear affected the nerves, and they In
turn spoilt the grip and made the mue
cles useless.
Have you ever noticed the curious
“deadening effect of your legs and feet
when, hurrying for a train, you've mut-
tered to yourself: “I'm afraid I'll miss
it”? That's the muscular result of
mental fear.
The moral is obvious. We shall do
nothing worth doing—no deed that
may bring fame, honor, money, posi-
tion, or advancement—if we put our-
selves into a state of fear with that
fatal “I'm afraid.”
Find Rare Maori Relics
A Maori burial cave of great an-
tiquity and Importance has been
found in wild mountainous country
in Auckland province, Australia. It
contained many hundreds of skeletons
in an excellent state of preservation.
The discoverers were lowered into the
cave by ropes. They were met by an
eerie sight as the candlelight flick-
ered on the grinning skulls of the
dead warriors of many generations.
The most noticeable find was the
mummified body of a chieftainess of
high rank, indicating that the pres-
ervation of the dead was a skilled art
among even the very ancient Maoris.
Rare relics were also found in the
cave. A noticeable point was the
fact that the teeth in skulls hundreds
of years old were remarkably well
preserved.
The Cubist Portrait
Joseph E. Widener, noted connois-
seur, said at a luncheon in Philadel-
phia:
“John Sargent hadn’t a very high
opinion of cubist art. He told me
one day in his Chelsea studio how a
rich young Englishman had had his
portrait painted by a cubist, and how
he took it home and showed it to his
valet.
“What do you think of that, Jor-
kins? he said.
“Oh, sir, it’s divine,’ said Jorkins.
(t's heavenly. It's grand.’
“¢Of course, Jorkins, you know who
it is?
“Of course, sir. said Jorkins. ‘Of
course it's you or your respected ma,
sir”
Fe
Gentle Hint
Auddy Cohen recently acquired «
prand new fishing pole and to cele-
brate the event landed the biggest
fish caught off the Redondo pier the
next Sunday. But even the most ex-
pert angler gets hungry and though
Buddy had been told not to ask for
anything to eat, it was a case of sat-
isfy his stomach or pass out of the
picture.
at this moment a young lady camg
along, wearing some flowers, and
Buddy was equal to the opportunity.
“Daddy,” he said, “do you like the
smell of flowers?”
Max admitted that he did.
“But,” said Buddy, “I like the smekl
of cookies better, don’t you?’—Les
Angeles Times.
Demolish House of Berlioz
Lovers of old Paris are lamenting
the demolition of a house in Montmar-
tre in which Berlioz lived and where
he composed “The Damnation of
Faust,” his masterpiece. During the
demolition, which is to be replaced by
an up-to-date hotel, a party of admir-
ers of the celebrated musician visited
it and made a demonstration of re-
gret. Berlioz, who introduced sev-
eral novel instrumental effects, occu-
pied a place among the great French
composers.
Texas Fig Industry
fhe fig industry in southeastern
fexas is growing rapidly and pessi-
bly not more than half of the trees
have yet come into bearing. Thou-
sands of acres have been planted
during the last two years, and sev-
eral large plantings will be put in
this winter, according to locel re-
ports. This seems to be the crop best
adapted to the fertile, level, coastal-
plain country of Texas.—Washington
Star.
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black one below.
dictionary words, except proper names.
CROSS-WORD
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HOW TO SOLVE A CROSS-WORD PUZZLE
When the correct letters are placed in the white spaces this puzzle will
spell words both vertically and horizontally.
indicated by a number, which refers to the definition listed below the puzzle.
The first letter in each word is
“horizontal” defines a word which will
fill the white spaces up to the first black square to the right, and a number
will fill the white squares to the next
All swords used are
Abbreviations, slang, initials, technical
terms and obsolete forms are indicated in the definitions.
PUZZLE No. 1.
l—Armed stronghold
§—Strand of hair
12—Drama with music
15—River (Spanish)
16—To come back
18—To stop again
20—Highest point, as of perfection
(pl.) 22—Talks wildly
23-—Cook in oven
9—Vehicle
25—Church seat 27-—Tablet
28—To prevaricate 29—To try
32—Conjunction
33—African antelope
34—To utter 35—Father
36—The union of three persons in
one Godhead (theol.)
38—Immature flower 39—To court
40—Before (poetic) 41—Silent
42—Antitoxin 44—Mistake
46—Rug
48—Any aggregation of people hav-
ing same customs, laws, etc.
$1—Combining form meaning bird
62—Conjunction
54—Ancient Scottish landholder
56—Vermilion
66—To distribute 57—Klilled
HORRORS OF NEXT WAR
ALMOST BEYOND BELIEY.
hundred per cent. efficient, according
to General Nollet, of the French Gen-
eral Staff. Just what this means may
be gathered from a glance at the me-
chanical perfection of the death-
dealing instruments that would be
utilized in the event of such an awful
holocaust.
Instead of liquid fire, we have now
Lewisite gas, which is invisible, sinks
and would search out every dug-out
and cellar, while it also attacks the
skin and almost always kills, having
a spread fifty times greater than that
of any other poison gas. A dozen of
these Lewisite air bombs will practi-
cally eliminate the population of such
cities as Berlin or Paris. The planes
carrying these missiles will be direct-
ed by wireless, so that the airplane be-
comes the super-gun. A great me-
tropolis teeming with life one evening
wu be a huge graveyard at break of
ay.
Formal declarations of war will be-
come obsolete. There will be no warn-
ing. Tanks will be used like super-
dreadnaughts, for this is the verdict
reached at the recent British army
maneuvers, They will crush whole
villages in their crawling annihila-
tion.
Poison gases will even destroy the
productivity of the soil for many years
| to come, as was the case in some in-
| stances in France during the last con-
| flict. The contemplation of the hor-
| rors and the chaos in life that must
| inevitably follow such a cataclysm
would overshadow any disaster the
world has ever witnessed, including
the black plague of the Middle Ages,
or even the flood of Noah’s days. The
{ very terror and unparalleled ruthless-
ness of such a war may well prove the
saan
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Horizontal. Vertical.
1—Preposition 2—Open (poetic)
3—To handle again 4—Armistice
6—That thing 7—Man’'s title
8—An equal
9—Kind of necktie
10—Affected with pain
11—Decays 13—Limb
17—The god of the waters
19—Joyous 21—To fix
23—To soak up 24—Atmosphere
26—Pertaining to a point of the
compass
29—Blackbird of cuckoo family
30—Spring month
31—Constructed
33—A body of people
35—To place
37—Anger
39—To make cloth
41—Butterflies
42—Mark of a wound
86—Parched
43—To repair
47—Pedal digit 49—Unity
50—Of recent origin 53—Sun god
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| strongest weapon ever devised against
! war, for it would mean the suicide of
| the human race.—Exchange.
Fined for Taking Trees from Mont
Alto Forest.
In a hearing before justice of the
Peace Andrew S. Stover, of Chambers-
burg, A. H. Shields, of Gettysburg,
pleaded guilty to removing four trees
from the Mont Alto State Forest. He
was fined $100 and the costs, amount-
ing to more than $9,00.
After careful investigation by forest
officers, the place where the trees
were removed was definitely located.
An examination of the trees recently
planted on Mr. Shields’ premises near
Gettysburg showed some of them to
be Sitka spruce, a forest tree native
to the Pacific coast. The only place
this tree has been planted in south-
central Pennsylvania is near the State
Forest School at Mont Alto. The
finding of these rare trees on Mr.
Shields’ premises and the established
fact that they grew only on the Mont
Alto state forest provided important
evidence for the case.
This was the first penalty imposed
under the new act passed by the last
Legislature for the removal of trees
from the State Forests. Forest offi-
cials feel that this act will be very
helpful in stopping the theft of trees
from the State Forests and in reduc-
ing damage to young growing trees
on State owned land, many of which
were planted during the last 25 years
for forestry purposes. A new law
also makes it unlawful to remove
trees from privately owned land with-
out permission of the owner and car-
ries a penalty of $25 for each tree re-
moved.—Exchange.
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Real Estate Transfers.
Fred L. Decker to Samuel P. Zerby,
et ux, tract in Bellefonte; $3,000.
Chauncey M. Depew, et ux, to Sav-
ings and Trust company of Indiana,
tract in Snow Shoe Twp.; $1.
Prudence Burkholder, et al, to C. H.
Bressler, tract in Penn Twp.; $1,200.
Louise A. Connery, et bar, to Mary
Ellen Payne, tract in Bellefonte, $500.
Charles M. Thompson, et ux, to
George W. R. Williams, et ux, tract
in College Twp.; $300.
John Sicks, et ux, to H. E. Meese,
tract in South Philipsburg; $10.
Mahlon E. Meese to Rosié Sicks,
tract in South Philipsburg; $10.
Bessie J. Foster, et bar, to Ida R.
Kissinger, et bar, tract in Haines
Twp.; $900.
Danie! McKinley, et ux, to William
Grafmyer, tract in Milesburg; $250.
Linus Greek, et ux, to John B.
Leathers, tract in Howard Twp.; $100.
Julia E. Ebert, et bar, to Charles
E. Ebert, trustees, tract in Gregg
Twp.; $600.
George W. Hosterman, et al, to L.
C. Stover, tract in Haines Twp.; $50.
Alice S. Miller to Hannah Stover,
tract in Ferguson Twp.; $1.
Moilie S. Neese, et bar, to W. D.
Zerby, tract in Spring Twp.; $1,000.
W. D. Zerby, et ux, to John W.
| Neese, et ux, tract in Spring Twp.;
| $1,000.
| _ Edith Berwind, et al, to Girard Life
Ins. Co., trustees, tract in Centre
county, et al.; $1.
Guy A. Shuey, et al, to Oran 8S.
i Houtz, tract in Ferguson Twp.; $325.
Lewisburg Trust and Safe Deposit
Co., trustees, to Harry F. Shirk, et
ux, tract in Potter Twp.; $7,750.
Harold M. Musser, et ux, to Harry
F. Shirk, et ux, tract in Potter Twp.;
$7,750. ’
M. Gregg Keatley, et al, to Nellie
K. McIntyre, tract in State College;
$8,000.
Pennsylvania Company for Insur-
sm
ance on Lines and Granting Annuities,
to Keystone Power Corporation, tract
in Spring Twp.; .
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