Bellefonte, Pa., July 1, 1927.
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THE FOURTH IN INDIA.
“I think the most amusing experi-
ence 1 ever had,” said an American
fireworks man, “was on one of my
trips to India. Big fireworks dis-
plays are often given there, not only
by the British government, but also
by the native princes, who are mostly
wealthy.
“There was one conservative old
maharaja in Rajputana who had never
seen a fireworks display in his life.
Like most Rajput chiefs, he was in-
tensely proud and seldom traveled be-
yond his own domains.
“At last some of his courtiers per-
suaded him that it was due to his dig-
nity to have a pyrotechnic display at
least equal to those given by his broth-
er princes. I was in Calcutta at the
time, attending to a government dis-
play, and the maharaja’s agent in that
city made it worth my while to take
the long, toilsome journey to Rajpu-
tana. 1 reached there on July 4.
«When I arrived at the palace, hot
and dusty, I was conducted to the
marble courtyard, where the mahara-
ja was sitting with several of his
friends and admirers, most of them
old, white bearded fellows like him-
self. Coffee, cigarettes and sherbet
were handed around, and his highness
politely restrained his eagerness to
see the fireworks while he asked me
many courteous questions about my
health, ete.
«But when at last he permitted him-
self to ask for the fireworks and they
were unpacked before him, he was as
pleased and eager as a child. Nothing
would do for him but they must be set
off at once, right there, in the small
marble courtyard.
“I explained: to-him that some of the
pieces were’ very big and explosive,
and the courtyard was very small, and
suggested that we had better go into
a big field where there would be no
danger. But he wouldn’t hear of it.
The nearer they were to the fireworks
the better they would see them, he
argued. The old boy would have liked
to set the pieces off himself—I could
see it in his eye—but luckily he felt
it wouldn’t be consistent with his
princely dignity.
“My interpreter, a Bengali babu,
advised me to let the crowd down
easily, as he heard that not one of
them had ever seen fireworks before.
So I started by sending off a few
harmless rockets, which didn’t make
much noise when they exploded.
“The audience sat around on cush-
ions, with true oriental calm, just like
so many carved images, until they
saw showers of colored stars coming
down from the heavens over their
heads. Then they jumped up and
wanted to bolt, but I managed to quiet
their fears.
“After I had got them broken in, as
I thought, I fished out the gem of my
display—an enormous pinwheel. The
sight of the immense whizzing circle
of fire shooting out balls of colored
flame in every direction was too much
for the nerves of the Rajputs. The
maharaja, though almost scared to
death by what he imagined to be black
magic, scorned to fly. The blood of a
thouasnd ' generations of fighting an-
cestors came to his help, and he stood
his ground like a hero. But the ma-
haraja’s courtiers fled in all direc-
tions, uttering yells of terror.
“I went up to the blazing pinwheel
and stood within a foot or two of it,
just out of range of the sparks. I
knew I was perfectly safe, but the
maharaja didn’t. He must have
thought me either the greatest of he-
roes or the worst of wizards. Then
the interpreter explained to him that
there was no danger; that I could
chain the fires all right, and he watch-
ed the rest of the show as gleefully
as a boy, solemnly exclaiming ‘Wah
wah! at each fine pyrotechnic effort.
But the courtiers wouldn’t come back
and the old boy had the show to him-
self.”—Washington Star.
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' Good Advice to Motorists.
“While a child is taking a single
step, an automobile traveling at the
moderate speed of 20 miles an hour
1s covering the width of a 80-foot
street. The stopping distance of a
car traveling at this rate, provided
the brakes are in proper adjustment,
is 37 feet. What chance has a child
or even an adult, if he steps suddenly
into the path of a motor car, and
what chance has the driver to avoid
killing or injuring walkers if con-
fronted by the impossible task of
stopping in 20 feet when the best his
approved brakes can do is to halt
the machine in 37 feet?”
In its campaign to reduce motor
ear acidents, the Keystone Automo-
bile Club thus points out the hazard
attendant wpon operation of an auto-
mobile. and the necessitv for care on
the part of both pedestrian and mo-
torist,
“If a car can be stopped ‘instantly,’
As many motorists profess to he-
lieve,” savs a. statement by the Cluh.
the anid coverine of eoround would
not ha sn menacing. But it is an
established fact. incornorated in the
les of state highwav denartments.
that rear-wheel hrakes in nerfect
working condition shonld hring a raw
to a ston in 37 feet whan the vehicle
is nraceeding at 20 miles an hour.
“We helieve that if all drivers of
motor rars will oive serione thauoht
to speed in terms of cpeande, it wil]
have a apbarine effect an those who
are inclined ta ha ravalpes ar aver
canfident Af their ahilitv to ston nn-
der anv eirenmeatances,
“The anlv safe mle far anv driver
when childven are in sieht is to slow
down to 1R milag an hour, ar less and
Amive with the oreatest eantinn,
Childhond is jreagnonsihle and echil-
dren nroahghlv alwave will de the 11n-
evnectad. Tharefora, the dntv de-
volves nmon the motorist to he nva.
novad for anv eontingencv, and the
poYer he ean he nrengred ia tn
Aviva Ala] when rhildron arn lay.
22 on sidewalks or in the street.”
wrayer
LIONESS FIGHTS
TO SAVE TAMER
Rescues Man Who Was Xind
to Her Cubs.
Londen.—How a lioness successfully
defended the life of a man who had
administered medical attention to her
sick cubs when he was attacked by
a huge African lion was recounted
in dispatches received here from
Leicester.
Capt. Fred Wombwell, a lion tamer,
with a circus showing at Leicester,
entered the cage of the lioness ani
her cubs after a performance, and
was attending to the sick cubs when
the lion broke through a partition
from an adjoining section of the cage
and sprang on the tamer.
The dafenseless man was pinned in
a corner of the cage, struggling with
the enraged beast, when the mother
lioness savagely sprang upon the back
of the lion, biting and tearing the
beast with her claws. Her efforts
were successful, and after a fierce
and savage struggle she dragged the
lion off Captain Wombwell. His back
and shoulders bleeding profusely from
innumerable wounds, Wombwell suc-
ceeded in dragging himself from the
cage. His strength was practically
gone, but he latched the door befor~
falling unconscious.
In the meantime, the lion turned to
defend himself from the mother of
the cubs, and the two beasts engager
in a flerce fight.
Wombwell was found near the cage
by an attendant who was attracted
to the scene by the noise of the cor
flict.
In connection with the rescue by
the lioness, it Is pointed out that Cap-
tain Wombwell was saved from al-
most certain death under practically
identical circumstances three years
ago.
First “Miss America”
Unearthed in Georgia
Atlanta, Ga.—With hair cropped to
the vanishing point, ear lobes pierced
for whimsical gee-gaws and dress ab-
breviated, Miss America the first or
thereabouts, retains her figure while
secretly numbering her years by cen-
turles and defying any modern mar
to reveal her past.
Blonde or brunette, gentlemen's
preferences matter not a whit with
her, whose heart is of stone. She
thrills archeologists and ethnologists
who gaze on her wild grace and pon-
der over the mystery of her place an”
age in a race long gone in Georgls
Imprisoned for countless moons be-
neath the henna clay of Etowah In-
dian mounds in northwest Georgia, she
was found by a plowman, who straight.
way sent her to the state museum i=
Atlanta to resume her reign.
So famous has she now become, she
already has. made two trips north-
ward, one to New York and the other
to Washington, where she was studled
and replicas made of her for use by
scientists. These now are on display
in New York, Phillips academy, And-
over, Mass.: the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, Washington, and Oglethorpe un!
versity, Atlanta.
Despite the fact archeologists and
others of their kind are “simply
crazy” about her, the idol has large.
lusterless eyes, a defiant mouth, with
a leering tongue slightly protruding
and squatty forehead. She is in a
state of good preservation, although
her left arm is missing. Fifteen and
three-fourths Inches in height, she
weighs 3314 pounds,
“Serve” Dancers to
Women in Berlin
Berlin.—“Waiter, a dancer, please!”
fn this categoric way, women in fash-
ionable dancing places or hotels may
“order” a gentleman dancer hired by
the management, just as they would
order ice cream or a bottle of cham-
pagne, and they usually tip the dancer
just as they would the waiter.
Owing to the daily growing variety
of modern society dances women found
out that it was hard for them to keep
up-to-date. So, some Berlin gayety
places ereated the new profession of
“drill dancer,” for whom a stylish din-
ner jacket, stainless linen, a pair of
patent legther shoes and a monocle
are the in#&spensable requisites. Of
course, good manners are required,
too, and a lot of patience.
Says the Judge
Chelsea, Muss.—A man is justified
in using “reasonable force” to prevent
his wife from taking money from his
pockets, Judge Cutler has ruled.
Oakland Finds June
Bad Month for Cats
Oakland, Calif. — Down-and-
outers of the feline world in
California offer themselves to
the world of hard knocks—and
no food—in greater numbers
during June than in any other
month in the year, if figures
compiled by the Animal Shelter
league here are any indication.
Cats receiving care that month
totaled 488.
Since the inception of the or-
ganization in August, 1923, no
less than 2,883 cats have ob-
talned shelter at the organiza-
tion. Homes were found for
some of these—others are listed
under the suggestive caption:
Cats Dispatcher. These num-
bered 2,778.
Hat Doffing Traced
to Knightly Custom
Sunday promenaders on Fifth ave-
aue see more hat doffing than do the
crowds that move along the sidewalks
on workdays. After church the ave-
nue fills up with neighborhood people,
who at least know many members of
their own congregations. But few
among them, from those wearing infor-
mal fedoras to those in ceremonial
silk hats, probably ever question where
this hat doffing originated.
As a fact, the doffing of the hat was
a common custom long before the mod-
ern types of headgear were fashioned,
In the days of knights in armor, when
a man traveled incognito under all-
enveloping helmets, it was customary
to remove the iron headdress in tha
presence of a lady so that she might
see his face. By this act she would
be assured that her grim {ironclad
visitor was a friend or acquaintance
, As a custom of respect the practice
thus came down from feudal times,
Today not only to the fair lady but
also to persons of dignity, and in
places and situations demanding par-
ticular respect or reverence, men un-
cover their heads.—New York Times
Hid Surplus Coin in
Jars of Baked Clay
One of the most interesting items
fo a coin bank collection is an ancient
“potijuela” or baked clay jar about a
foot high obtained from San Juan,
Porto Rico. It is round in shape and
with an opening of about two or three
inches in diameter. It was brought to
Porto Rico from Seville and Cadiz
during the colonization period of the
island and served for a long time for
the carrying of olive oil. Later, they
were used by families; in the homes
nf the poor to carry water from the
brooklets and rivers, and in the homes
of the rich to store money. When
filied with gold and silver coins, a
cork or wooden stopper was put ip
them and then sealed with sealing
wax. After this they buried the “boti-
juelas” in the ground or hid them in
the ceilings of their homes.
The custom was brought over from
Spain, where money was also buried
in the ground. The use of the “boti-
juela” in Porto Rico started about the
middle of the Sixteenth century, when
the first settlers began to realize prof-
its from their farms and from the sale
of fruits.—Exchange.
Both Wonderea
It is natural for many of us to stand
Jff and wonder how our neighbor can
live as he does. Because he has dif-
ferent standards and doesn’t enjoy
L our kind of games, we wonder how he
can possibly have any fun In life.
* There Is a delightful story which
Jonas Lie, the artist, told. The artisi
was at the seashore working at a
sketch, when he noticed an old fisher
man who seemed to have no luck, but
just constantly fished all day long
rebalting his hook at intervals.
When the day ended, the fisherman
said to the painter: “Hi, neighbor
been watchin’ yer! How has yer the
patience to stand and paint all day?
—Exchange,
Book Buyer Got Bargain
A recent issue of the Boston Heralo
announces the presentation to the Har
yard College library of “A Book fo)
Boys and Girls,” by John Bunyan, and |
published by “Nathaniel Ponder at the
Pa2acock in the Poultrey, London.” Or
dinarily a child’s story book would not
be of great interest to Harvard libra
rians, but this book is different. Per
haps Miss Miller, the former owne!
of the book, can best realize just how
different this book is from the othe:
hooks, for she purchased it from a
peddler for about six cents and only s
few months ago sold it at auction in
London for $10,000.—Market for Ex-
hange.
Easy for This Student
a school inspector in Hampshire,
England, having set the children some
sums to do, and having gathered the
answers for correction, demanded si
lence, during which the class might
write a description of a cricket match.
Looking up a moment later he saw a
boy with folded arms, regarding his
paper with satisfaction. “Well, my
boy,” he said, “surely you can find
something to say about cricket.” “Oh!
I've finished, sir!” was the answer
and the essay was handed up. This is
what the inspector read: “Match post-
poned on account of the wet.”
Nahant’s Town Seal
I'he town seal of Nahant, Mass, is
supposed to depict a white man pur
chasing the peninsula from an Indian
sagamore for a suit of clothes or a
pair of breeches.
This transaction occurred in 1630 and
the white man shown on the seal is
Thomas Dexter.
Dexter's title to Nahant was denied
from the start by the town of Lynn,
and, after a contest lasting 30 years,
Lynn prevailed. The town seal, how-
ever, is based on this transaction.
The Super-Boss
“There,” said Snaggsley at the club
‘there is a magnate . . . 8 leader
umong men; a man who controls 50,
000 jobs. His slightest word is a
command to millions in money. When
he frowns the United States treasury
trembles!”
“Gee!” Harkness exclaimed. “Is he
telephoning now to some bank presi
dent?”
“Naw ; he's phoning his wife for per-
mission to stay downtown for dinner.”
—Brocklon Enterprise.
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When the correct letterw are placed im the white spaces this pussie wifi
opoll words beth lly snd horizontally. The first letter fn oneh word is
imélented by a i oer the definition listed Welow the Jumslt,
Thus Ne. 1 under the eoluma headed defimen a word whieh
SR the white up te the firet black square te the right, and a number
‘ender “ve defines a word which will 211 the while squares te the memt
black one below. No letters go in the blaek spaces. All words used are dies
tionary words, except proper names. Abdrevia slang, initials, techuioni
terms and ehuolete forms are indloated im the definitions.
CROSS-WORD PUZZLE No. 1.
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18 19
23 25 6
7 29 30
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39 i 4 43 4.
Ab 7 4 50 57
52 53 5 35
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60 6/ mM 62 3
64 65 66
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(©. 1928, Western Newspaper Union.)
Horizontal. Vertical,
1—Metal cylinder spirally grooved
8—REssential oll of roses
$1—Justice of the peace
12—Critical moments (pl.)
14—Twofold
16—Reply
19—Rapturous excitement
32—Wrath
33—Male deer 26—Instruct
26—Cut with short strokes of scis-
sors
27—Ovens for burning brick
29—Part of the body
30—Ingenious
31—Compass point
82-—Smallest imaginable portion of
matter 34—Very black
88—Suffix used to form adverbs
37—Any open space
383—Homeless street wanderer
39—1In contact with the upper side of
41—Inland body of water
43—An entrance
44—Lilke
48—Part of the face
50—83hell blown as a horn
52—Qrating of parallel bar
53—Parsonage 56—A roster
56—Atmosphere 5T7—Honest
59—Gift of money to a servant
80—Fastened with a nail
82—Composed of eight
64—South American wooly animal
86—3tick fast
87—Taq live
68—Large garden flower
18—Befors
46—Fray
Solution will appear in next Issue
1—S8hrill, prolonged ory
2—Young bear
3—Vex
4—Construct
5—Personal : pronoun
8—Army corps (abbr.)
T7—Rubbish
8—Very small
9—Beast of burden
10—To wind again
11—Sally of troops
13—Literary composition published
in parts in successive issues of
a periodical
14—Articles of office furniture:
15—Celestial body
17T—Answer 20—F'issure
21—Perfection 24—Knotty
26—Member of legislative body
28—Take feloniously
30—Type of Greek architecture
33—Shade tree
35—Not wholesome or good
39—Large musical instrument
40—Pertaining to the nostrils
41—Brilliant impetuos rush
43—Altar end of a church
44—Agile
46—Outward form
47—Having the vigor of manhood
49—Lineal measure
51—An officer empowered to admin.
ister oaths
53—King of the golden touch
54—Wear away
57—Preflx meaning half
58—Imitate
63—Number
65—Town highway (abbr.)
66—Prefilx meaning “to”
$1—Slack
T— A CE
Real Estate Transfers.
Solution to Last Week’s Puzzle.
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Trim!
Good Elimination Is x ssential to Good
Heal
HE kidneysare the blood filters.
If they fail to function properly"
there is apt to be a retention of toxic
poisons in the blood. A dull, languid
feeling and, sometimes, toxic back-
aches, headaches, and dizziness are
symptoms of this condition. Further
evidence of improper kidney func-
tion is often found in burning or
scanty passage of secretions. Each
year more and more people are learn-
ing the value of Doan’s Pills, &
stimulant diuretic, in this condition.
Scarcely a nook or hamlet anywhere
but has many enthusiastic users,
Ask your neighbor!
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Meats,
Whether they be fresh,
smoked or the cold-ready to
serve—products, are always
the choicest when they are
purchased at our Market.
We buy nothing but prime
stock on the hoof, kill and re-
frigerate it ourselves and we
know it is good because we
have had years of experience
in handling meat products.
Orders by telephone always receive
prompt attention.
Telephone 450
P. L. Beezer Estate
Market on the Diamond
BELLEFONTE, PA.
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FIRE LIFE ACCIDENT
AUTOMOBILE WINDSTORM
BURGLARY PLATE GLASS
LIABILITY OF ALL KINDS
_ Grover C. McCloskey, et ux, to Mer- F|O|0|D MR] EIAITIH| SURETY BONDS EXECUTED
rill B. Gardner, tract in Curtin Twp.; BIEIA TIRE
3/90, HEAR BOA TSIM U
Charles F. Shilling, et ux, to G. D. Ta ] a °
Morrison, et ux, tract in State Col- EARP AR TISERHA |S OQ
lege; $3500. AT a [Tk Al ; Hugh M. uigley
Gardner N. Shaffer, et ux, to C. J. P LIA[TIE 2558
Grenoble, tract in Gregg Twp.; $65. Ol T H I BRIEIRIS Succ id vo
Josh Say et ; to : J. Gren- AWA YET! | [EIRISE K ompe
oble, tract in Miles Twp.; $100. : FI
Pearl B. Gray, etux,to Laura M. TR YF 2 NINLY P A TS Bellefonte, Penna.
| Peters, tract in Half Moon Twp.; $630. E PIN TSHR K 71-33-tf
Emma Asn to Sarah E. Scott, AS He LE aN El | um rr ——————
tract in ilipsburg; $2,800. S IE
Harry Waterbury, et ux, to Chap- TIR[ | [P|OID EH |A|R|D CHICHESTER S PILLS
man E. Underwood, et ux, tract in : LIZ PIANYSD De
State College; $7,400. — ET, Ohl-ches tor 8,00 Gold metallic
E. E. Weiser, et ux, to Anna M. | Supply company, tract in Penn Twp.; i ie
Harter, tract in State College; $8,- | $1. Bragg Aker olf On ren 9
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