——————————————— Bellefonte, Pa., July 16, 1926. New Insurance Law on War Risk Policies. Answering a flood of inquiries from local World War Veterans produced by conflicting rumors of new insur- ance legislation, H. J. Crosson, Phila- delphia Regional Manager of the U. S. Veterans Bureau, announced re- cently, that the bill signed by Presi- dent Coolidge has extended for one year the final date upon which War Risk Insurance policies could be rein- stated and converted to permanent form. The final date therefore be- comes July 2, 1927. The necessity »f this extension in order to avoid an in- justice to all concerned is demonstrat- ed by the results of Mr. Crosson’s educational campaign on government insurance during the past six months. During this period $9,250,000 in gov- ernment policies were placed among ex-service men in the Philadelphia metropolitan area as against only $2,- 250,000 in the six months immediate- ly preceding. In addition over 4,000 men thus aroused received full in- formation as a result of personal ap- plication. Mr. Crosson said he was advised by the Assistant Director in charge of Insurance at the Veterans Bureau at Washington, that the new law also authorizes a five-year level-premium term policy, exchangeable within the five year period for other forms of level-premium life or endowment pol- icies. This was an entirely novel feature, he said, and was designed to offer complete protection to the low- est possible cost to the veteran and at the same time eliminate the unde- sirable annual increase in premium found in the original War Risk policy. He promised to broadcast detailed in- formation about its provisions at an early dite, “after the considerable amount of necessary preliminary work by government actuaries in is- suing it was completed. Municipal Light Plants in 269 Cities Shut Down or Sold During Past Year. In the last year a total of 269 cities in the United States closed down or sold their municipal lighting plants to private companies; according to a power survey just completed by the National Electric Light Association, says the Pennsylvania Public Servic Information Committee. . It was found that the chief reason for failure of the city-owned plants was the enormous advance in the craft of manufacturing electricity made in the industry as a whole. While municipal plants stood still, private plants installed new equip- ment that enabled them to get from their coal three times as many kilo- watts of electricity as the average municipal plant obtained. Development of super-power was another factor. It was often possible for 'a municipality to contract for power from a large central station at lower rates than the cost of pro- duction in its small isolated plant. Employes of private plants, whose interest was centered on their busi- ness of producing electricity, -were found to be three times as efficient as politically-appointed employees who often watched politics more closely than their electric power output. The abandonment of the 269 plants, referred to above, brings the total of abandoned municipal plants up to 1,129 during a period of a little more than five years. Poultry Mites Reduce Egg Production Many poultrymen in Centre county believe that culling the laying flock is the only way to keep up egg pro- duction during the summer. An inspection of a number of poul- try houses in the county has shown that poultry mites are a cause of low egg production, states county agent R. C. Blaney. These poultry mites are found on the wunder-side of the roosts and in cracks and crevices around the dropping boards. Early in the morning the mites, which are about the size of the head of a pin, can be seen full of blood sucked from the hens during the night. It is sur- prising how quickly mites can lower the vitality of a laying hen, and in this way decrease egg production. All poultry houses should be given a careful inspection he urges. If poultry mites are present the roosts and dropping boards should be paint- ed with carboloneum or crank case oil to eliminate the poultry mites. — Ce Pennsylvania Fairs. The State Department of Agricul- ture has announced the following dates for fairs to be held this year. Clearfield, Sept. 14, 15, 16, 17. Ford City, August 18, 22. Dayton, September 14, 19. Butler, August 24, 27. Ebensburg, September 6, 11. «Clarion, August 31 to Sept. 3. Erie, August 9, 14. Indiana, September 7, 10. Brookville, Sept. 21, 24. New Castle, Sept. 28 to Oct. 1. Stoneboro, Sept. 4, 8. Mercer, Sept. 14, 16. Warren, Sept. 6, 10. Hunters’ Licenses to be Ready August 15. The resident hunters’ licenses for 1926 will be in the hands of county treasurers for issuance throughout the State by August 15th. Persons may use their 1925 hunters’ license and tags to hunt unprotected birds and animals or any kind of game that may be in season until the 1926 li- censes are available. If the 1925 li- cense and tag have been mislaid or destroyed, a receipt from the county treasurer showing that the fee has been paid for a 1926 license will be recognized by game protectors. —Subscribe for the “Watchman.’ FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. THE OLD FLAG. Off with your hat as the flag goes by And let the heart have its say! You're man enough for a tear in your eye That you will not wipe away. You're man enough for a thrill that goes To your very finger tips. Aye, the lump just then in your throat Spoke more than your parted lips. —Henry C. Bunner. DAINTIES FOR PICNIC BASKETS. It is at this time of the year that mothers are thinking of good things with which to fill the picnic baskets. A splendid way to serve salad at a family picnic is in tomato shells. Scald smooth, round tomatoes by pouring boiling water over them, turn the hot water off and let the fruit stand in cold water while you are removing the skins. Cut off a slice at the stein end of each tomato, scoop out the core and seeds, invert, and leave in the refrigerator until time to pack the lunch basket. The following salads are delicious served in these shells: Put canned pimentos through the food-chopper and blend them with three times the quantity of pineapple cut into small dice. Mayonnaise dressing diluted with whipped cream is used to hold the ingredients togeth- er. and beat them into cream cheese. If Mince fine a small bottle of pirnentos you can not get the stuffed olives use plain ones, pitted, with the canned pimentos. Equal parts of Roquefort and Neuf- chatel cheese blended with” mayon- naise is another dainty that is great- ly appreciated in summer and lends itself well to this method of serving. When time to pack the lunch, fill the shells with the .salad, wrap each tomato in a piece of oiled paper and pack them where they will keep as cool as possible. A jelly-glass full of mayonnaise dressing diluted with whipped cream to be poured over the tomatoes just before eating, helps to make the salad even more appetizing. A variety of sandwiches is always appreciated. In making these there are a number of things to be remem- bered if one is to have them the best poscible. The first essential is bread that is at least 24 hours old, for unless it has been made that length of time it is almost impossible to slice it properly. Cut the pieces thin, keeping them in pairs unless you intend to shape the sandwiches after they are put togeth- er. In packing, wrap each sandwich in paraffin paper or else put a number neatly together and wrap in a clean white cloth that has been wrung cut of cold water. Equal parts of chicken, and ham minced fine and moistened with heavy cream is delicious when spread be- tween thin slices of white bread. A novel way to serve this filling or plain minced chicken is in tiny rolls out of which the centers have been scooped and the tops replaced before wrap- ping. j Stuffed-eggs should fird a place in every picnic basket, so well liked are they in hot weather. Hot baked beans are liked ‘by most men at a picnic. If the dish is re- moved from the oven before starting and while piping hot, covered, then wrapped in several thicknesses of newspaper, the’ beans will be just right for serving at noon. 3 Lemon tarts are a treat to adults as well as children. Lemonade, of course, is the old standby for a picnic drink. Cold tea, with slices of lemon is liked quite as well by some of the older people. If you are going to have a fire, put cheese sandwiches into the picnic bas- ket for the young people to toast. Radishes, small bottles of pickles, fruit and salt and pepper shakers should all find a place in the picnic basket. It is an interesting speculation as to just why certain flowers should be set apart for certain months in the year, peculiarly their own, so to speak. The origin of the custom is, indeed, long back and associated with pecu- liar superstitions of the people from whom they came. As the inheritance has come down to the present gener- ation it is as follows: ; The precious stone: Jaunary, gar- net; February, amethyst; March, bloodstone; April, diamond; May, em- erald; June, agate; July, ruby; Au- gust, sardonyx; September, sapphire; October, opal; November, topaz; De- cember, turquoise. The flowers are: January, the snow- drop; February, the primrose; March, the violet; April, the daisy; May, the hawthorn; June the honeysuckle; July, waterlily; August, the poppy; September, the moring-glory; Octo- ber, the hops; November, the chrys- anthemum; December, the holly. GET A HOBBY. No matter whether you live in the heart of the country or in a town. don’t allow yourself to get mopy and morbid and uninterested in things. Read when you get the chance. Talk over what is happening in the world with anyone who will talk with you, and if you have not many duties to fill your time and give you an in- terest in life, start some hobby. There is nothing like a hobby for keeping young and happy. Loss of milk to careless refrigera- tion has led to the introduction of jackets to insure the proper tempera- ture. It follows the principle of the fireless cooker. A layer of chemical- ly-treated felt about one inch thick is placed between the inner and outer canvas covers of the jacket. This re- duces the heat radiation and keeps the contents of the can from souring. Holes through the jacket allow the handles of the ean to protrude and aid in handling the can. RUSSIAN VEGETABLE SALAD. Cook some carrots and turnips in boiling water, adding a little butter when nearly done. Have one or two beets boiled until tender, then peeled. With a vegetable scoop cut the vege- tables into round, olive-shaped and sized balls=—about a cupful of each. Sy .---" Blnck one below. tionary words, except proper names. HOW TO SOLVE A CROSS-WORD PUZZLE When the correct letters are placed in the white spaces this pussle will spell words both vertically and horisomtally. The first letter in each word is indicated by a number, which refers to the definition listed below the pussle. Thus No. 1 under the column headed “horizontal” defines a word which will fll the white spaces up to the first black square to the right, and a number under “vertical” defines a word which will fill the white squares to the mext No letters go in the black spaces. All words used are dic- Abbreviations, slang, initials, technical terms and obsolete forms are indicated im the defimitioms. | CROSS-WORD PUZZLE No. 4. 12—Bone 14—Head rests on a bed 16—To exist IT—Thing 19—Dens 20—Everything 21—Fresh information t3—Humans 24—To poke e5—Island in Pacific 27T—A sudden dash 29—Meadow 30—Period of time 31—Apartments 33—One who acts for another 35—Opening into a room 36—Heavy weight 38—Self (pl.) 40—PFight 41—Flat boat 43—Young lamb t4—Commercial announcement 46—Deters 47T—North America (abbr.) 48—Obey 19—Kind of soil b1—Native of Switzerland b2—Bridges Have also the same amount aspara- gus points and string beans. Cut in- to small pieces two dozen stoned ol- ives and a tablespoonful each cap- ers and minced pickle. Add to the vegetables, together with a teaspoon- ful-each ‘chives, tarragon and chervil. Toss lightly together; heap in a salad bowl aud cover with mayonnaise. Garnish with olives, pickles and hard- boiled eggs. State Keeps Close Tab on Sale of Soft ‘ Drink. Dispensers of soft drinks at fair grounds, carnivals, circus grounds, parks and resorts are being closely watched by State food agents this summer to make sure that they keep the drinks properly cooled. The law specifically prohibits the addition of ice to the drink itself, states James W. Kellogg, director of the Bureau of Foods and Chemistry, Pennsylvania Department of Agricul- ture. The reason for prohibiting the use of ice in the drink is to avoid con- tamination by using ice made in an unsanitary manner as well as to pre- vent dilution of the drink to such an extent that it would be largely ice water instead of what it was original- ly purported to be. Heretofore when ice was used in fruit juice drinks at the end of the day the drink dispensed was more likely to be composed al- most entirely of melted ice and only a small percentage of fruit juice. The new beverage law prevents this form of misrepresentation. The only proper way for soft drixks to be sold is from closed containers which are cooled by means of a circu- lating or cooling medium or ice which does not come in direct contact with the drink itself. Persons, therefore, who do not co-operate with the de- partment in dispensing soft drinks in a lawfu! and sanitary manner and will be prosecuted, Dr. Kellogg as- serts. 3100 Teachers Graduated. Thirty-one hundred trained school teachers were graduated recently from the fourteen State and two city normal schools of Pennsylvania, the State Department of Public Instruc- tion has announced. This is the largest number of nor- mal school graduates in one year in the history of the State. The department points out that all entered the normal schools with four years’ high school training or its equivalent. Nine hundred more teachers are ex- pected to receive diplomas during the summer school sessions which have already opened. The number of male graduates of normal schools shows an increase, and of the 3100 teachers graduated 90 per cent. are prepared to teach element- ary schools.—From the Huntingdon Monitor. Don’t Follow the Leader. Driving behind another car when crossing a railroad track is bad pol- icy. He may not have looked where he was going, or may have planned to get over just in time. The next driver is the sufferer. —The “Watchman” gives all the news when it is news. 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Daily requests for one or two tech- nical vocational guidance booklets published by the Pennsylvania State College are being received at the col- lege from boys just graduated from high school and who are in doubt as to which one of the many industrial Professions they should take up at col- ege. For the past month about 75 copies of “Engineering,” the vocational booklet published by the School of En- gineering, have been sent each week to boys requesting it through their high school prinepals. The book tells of the various engineering courses, qualifications necessary to enroll, and what opportunities are open to grad- uates. : The same idea is followed in a book- let on “Preparation for the Industrial Professions,” published jointly by the School of Chemistry and Physics and the School Mines and Metallurgy. the dean of the respective school. —Despite the late, cool season there is already room in many gard- ens for second plantings, where ear- ly radishes, lettuce, spinach, and scal- lions have been removed. Make use of the garden space by planting suc- cession crops of suitable vegetables. I | KEEPING WELL ==An NR Tablet (a vegetable aperient) taken at night will help keep you well, by toning and strengthening your di- gestion and elimination. ~ lis PrrR TABLETS - NS NR JUNIORS~—Little NRs One-third the regular dose. Made of the same ingredients, then candy coated, For children and adults. 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New Tourist Automobile Rate—$7.50 and up. Fare to Cleveland $5.50; to Cedar Point $6.50 The Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company Wharves, So. Michigan Ave. Bridge, Buffalo, New York Four C & B Steamers in Daily Ea
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