Demon fan Bellefonte, Pa., August 12, 1927. ‘SHADOWY HAND DISTURBS TOWN Appears on Wall Near Picture of Dead Man. Aosta, Italy.—Priests and spiritual- ists, using respectively exorcisms and mediums, are seeking to probe the mystery of a shadowy hand, which for some weeks now has been disturbing the family peace of a modest workman, Giuseppe Della Villa, who lives hers with his wife and four children. Some months ago, a brother of Della Villa, who lived in the house, died, and a few weeks ago, the family hung up a photographic enlargement of the de- ceased in the room in which he slept. The first signs of the psychic phenomenon were noted by Della Villa and his wife one night about ten o'clock. The clearly defined shadow of a hand appeared on the wall close to the photograph, and the fingers opened and closed as if trying te grass something. ey The neighbors were called in, and the phenomenon was repeated in the presence of half a dozen people. The dead hand was shadowed on the wall near the photograph on several other occasions, always at night time, and the parish priest was called in to pre aounce an exorcism. This seems to have produced no ef- fect on the shadowy hand, which con- tinued to show up every other night about bedtime. Some local spiritualists then inter- ested themselves, and brought a me- dium to the house. According to the medium, the hand is a spirit mani- festation from the dead brother, who is trying to convey a message to the family, What this message is, the wedium does not pretend to know. Plan to Strengthen Plane Wings Found Washington.—Patient work at the bureau of standards is gradually evolv- ing a solution for the problem of aluminum corrosion which may great ly increase the utility of aircraft. Airplane wings constructed of “doped” cloth stretched over wooden frames are fragile things. To the lay- man it has long seemed that the strength and durability of the wings would be greater if the frames were made of steel or some aluminum al- doy. The possibilities of metal wings, .aowever, have been greatly restricted by the disposition of the complex al- loys to corrode and ruin the expensive fabrics even more rapidly than the conditions of operation have worn out the cloth and wooden structures. The bureau workers, aided by in .dustrial laboratory experts and equip- ment, have been seeking a solution of the metal difficulties for some time. They ‘have determined that, if du- raluminum, one of the aluminum alloys of sufficient lightness and strength for plane ‘wings, is coated with pure aluminum by a metal spray process, it can stand even salt water exposure for a year without deterioration. Some experts are hopeful that by adding a corrosion resistant to the material through special treatment of the alloy during preparation it will be possible to produce all-metal aircraft that will be fireproof and durable. £xhume Shakespeare for Science, Demand London. — The body of William Shakespeare may at last be unearthed in the interest of science, For 300 years his grave has been protected by the awe-inspiring verse which says: Good Frend for Jesvs Sake Forebeare To Digg the Dvst Enclosed Heare, :Blest be ye Man yt Spares Thes Stones, And Cyrst be he yt Moves my Bones. But now a movement is on foot to ask for a “reverent and scientific offi- cial examination” of the poet's grave and a measurement of his skull. A British scientific journal, the Antiquarian, calls attention to the fact ‘that while the remains of Ben Jonson, ‘Milton and ‘Cromwell were subjected to indignities, on the other hand, a number of famous men’s bones have ‘been disinterred in a manner which made the ceremony a tribute to their sgreatness. ‘New Problem .#ashington.—A new problem for .officials in ¢ities with a celored light- -ing system for traffic control has de- veloped—color blindness of automo- bile drivers. "Watermelon a Vegetable ‘The Department of Agriculture says ‘that while the watermelon is botan: ‘feally regarded as a fruit, the horti: cultural and legal aspects of the case classify it as a vegetable, so that it would be known as a vegetable. It is .grown as a vegetable and marketed as a vegetable, and the court decisions have been that it shall be considered a vegetable. Bonus for Babies ‘In Australia every child born en- titles the mother, regardless of wealth or station, to a sum of £5, or $25, from public funds, toward the cost of the child’s birth, The government of France gives to every mother who nurses her own child a monthly pen- sion during the first years of the «child's life.—School Life, SMALLEST MOTOR TALL AS A DIME Maker Spent Three Years in Manufacture. Lincoln, Neb.—What its modeler in- sists is the smallest electric motor ever made is in the possession of E. Kahm, who has put in most of his spare mo- ments for the last three years cutting out its parts and putting them to- gether. It is now complete and run- ping. The machinery run by the mo- tor and the motor itself are mounted on a block of wood that is two and a half inches long and an inch and a haif wide. The “belt” is made up of strands from No. 60 cotton thread. I’ makes 400 revolutions a minute. The motor has 58 parts, made of gold, silver, copper, brass and iron and is on the conventional lines of standard motors. It is held together by 19 screws, the smallest of which has 260 threads and the largest 220 threads. Many of the parts, especially eight fiber washers and the binding posts, Aare so small that they cannot be seen by the naked eye. Kahm used a jeweler’s glass while making the parts. , The motor is half as high as a 10- cent piece and weighs 100 grains. . It took five feet of wire to wind the armature and three feet for each elec- tric field, making a total of eleven feet. Kahm is a garage man and an expert electrician. This is the second miniature motor he has made, the first one being twice the size of this one. It was stolen during a fire, and was never recovered. Kahm said that if he had charged for day labor at the customary price, the labor cost alone would have been $150. Finds Music Best Means of Training Children Philadelphia —Music is the best means of gaining the understanding of children in all campaigns for Amer- icanization, believes Mrs, Mary Louise Curtis Bok, who has spent many years working among the residents of Phila- delphia’s foreign quarters. “We find music the best way tc seach out for the sympathy of these young people,” says Mrs. Bok. “While visiting the settlements I saw how many talented young musicians were compelled to give up a promising ca- reer because of poverty.” Her work in the music settlement schools of the city inspired Mrs. Bok to give a permanent endowment of $12,500,000 to the Curtis Institute of Music, founded three years ago to aid in the development of musical talent in America. This fund is ene of the largest ever devoted to this purpose. Josef Hof- mann is the director. Funds are available for living expenses of needy students. ‘ Tuition, use of musical in- struments and tickets for concerts and operas are offered, without cost. The institute also meets the cost of launch- ing students upen their professional careers, Among the teachers engaged by rs, Bok are Mme. Marcella Sem- brich and Emilio de Gogorza, voice; Josef Hofmann and Moriz Rosenthal, piano, and Carl Flesch, violin. Says Earth Will Cease to Rotate Eventually fondon.—The earth eventually will cease to rotate and will become a sta- tionary object, one-half with sunshine and the other half with eternal dark- ness, according to Dr. Andrew Crom melin, formerly assistant astronomer at the Royal observatory, who recently retired after 36 years of service. Doctor Crommelin declared here re cently that at the present rate of “slowing” in its rotation the earth would cease to rotate in some “fev millions of years.” He attributed the “slowing” to friction of the tides. “The world is safe enough, how: ever,” he said, ‘so far as everyone who is on it now is concerned.” Referring to life on other planets and heavenly bodies, Doctor Cromme- lin declared so far as science knows at the present there is no life on the moon. “Life on the moon,” he said, “would be impossible unless there is some animal there that can live with- out air.” Rat-Killing Record Jardiff, Wales.—Claims to having gilled 2,500 rats in eighteen months are laid by Charles Rees, an official at the Llanhilleth House colliery, near here. He used a Seaiyham, a fox ter- rior and a ferret in his work. CEH HEHE Giant Magnet Clears Roadway of Nail Perils Olympia, Wash.—New equip- ment for removing nails and metal matter from highways has just been perfected by the en- gineering department of the State College of Agriculture, at Pullman. It consists of a spe- cially designed magnet built es pecially for road work. Each magnet is strong enough to pick up a loose nail a distance of six inches or more and in operation the magnet is carried about two inches off the road. It has in demonstration picked out nails buried two inches in the gravel or mashed into the tar divisions of the concrete. The equipment has four four-foot magnets sweeping a strip eight feet wide, HEHEHE Her Own Fault It is said there never was a woman philosopher. The saying got a start, probably, because women believe all the gallant things men say about them; in all the idealism they read about. Men are philosophers because they discount such things as idealism, gallantry, patriotism; it was a man who said patriotism is the first resort of a scoundrel. — BE. W. Howe's Mcnthly. All Diamonds Cut Alike A local jeweler says the cut of dia monds is standardized, and ther should be no difference in appearance between an American cut and Kuro pean cut diamond of the same typi and size. Regulations for a good dia mond cut are one-third above the girdle (edge of stone) and two-thirds below.—Washington Star. Oyster Not a Scavenger Oysters when feeding open their shells. In shallow creeks where the water is very clear it is often pos- sible to see oysters with their shells open. When oysters are artificially propagated they are fed with minute organisms such as they are accus- tomed to feeding on in nature. Oysters are not scavengers. Spreads as It Flows The Mississippi river commission says that according to the latest sur- vey the widest point on the Mississip- pi river at bankful stage was found 77 miles below Cairo, Ill, where the river was 14,420 feet acress. It is nar- rowest near its source, being less than 50 feet between I.ake Iiasca and Min- neapolis. Tactics and Stratezy Tactics is that branch of military science which deals with the move- ments of troops when they are face to face with the enemy or actually engaged in battle. It must be distin- guished from strategy, which deals with the general conduct of a cam- paign. In the Dialect A negro passenger in the steerage, who was very seasick, was bantered by his friend as being a landlubber. “Dat’s correct,” said the mal-de-mer victim weakly, “Dey ain't no ahgy- ment dere. Ah's a landlubber an Ah’s jes’ findin’ out how much Ah lubs it.” Road to Salesmanship Think right. Acquire knowledge of your wares, talk tactfully, persevere. Be confident and sincere. Keep alert, practice system and develop personal- ity. In these are the winning qual- ities of successful salesmanship.—Psy- chology Magazine, £asy to See Saturn’s Rings The Naval observatory says that the rings of Saturn and the satellites of Jupiter can be detected with a good opera glass in favorable weather, and appear quite plainly in a small field glass with magnifying power of five to ten diameters. To Remove Musty Odor fn order to remove the musty odor which lingers in the drawers of old furniture, take them out into the sun- light, if possible, wiping out all traces of mold. After the wood has thor- oughly dried, paint with a coat of orange shellac. Getting Down to Cases After reading learned disquisitions upon optimism and pessimism we are still of the opinion that the differences between them are mainly a question of how the digestive apparatus is work- ing.—Shoe and Leather Reporter. Yet a Mystery The reason why a chicken crosses the street has been discovered. It is the same reason ag that which makes a driver try to beat the train to the crossing.—Minneapolis Journal. The High Hatter it's all right to be dignified, but don’t go through life on stilts. The unbending chap bangs his head against the tunnels that other folks duck.—Farm and Fireside. Generous Bank Wife (with her first checking ac count)—Oh, Johm, the bank has sent me back all the checks I drew last month, so I haven't spent anything.— Boston Transcript. Full-Blooded Negroes The only real African negroes, un: mixed with any other race, are in the northern Congo and the Guinea coast, says a well-known anthropologist. One Point of View To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached is not in my na- ture. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart. Hear! Hear! It must be tough to be hard of hear- fng and not have your ear trumpet handy when opportunity knocks.— Farm nd Fireside. Information Needed “Yes, the dear old class! Are you tiving up to our class motto?” “I hope so. What was it?'—Louisville Courier-Journal. Easily Satisfied ‘The man who is proud of small things shows that small things are great to him.—Exchange. | FIND AUDUBON BIRD "PAINTINGS ON WALL Priceless Art Treasures May Be Lost. New York. —Hitherto undiscovered paintings of bird life by John James Audubon, world famous ornithologist and artist, who died in 1851, are be- leved to lie concealed beneath paint and dingy wall paper on the plaster walls of his old studio in the Audubon mansion at One Hundred and Fiftieth street and the Hudson river, it was learned recently. James McGrath, a railroad worker, who occupies the first floor of the now rickety frame house and uses the for- mer studio for a kitchen, uncovered the paintings several years ago. Hav- ing no idea of their origin or their value he covered them over and per- haps obliterated them forever with lead paint and wall paper. McGrath, who has lived with his family in the old Audubon house for seventeen years, cheerfully admitted that he had painted out the scores ot bird pictures and sketches which had adorned his kitchen walls. Calls Them Right Pretty. “Sure,” he said, “I remember them well. Soon after we moved here 1 took off the dirty old wall paper in the kitchen—several layers of it—and underneath on the plaster were all kinds of bird pictures. Every sort of bird I ever saw and a whole lot I never saw, painted in all kinds of col- ors. There was a whole bunch of them and a bowl of fruit painted right there over the sink. They were right pretty. “About two years ago, though, 1 got tired of looking at them, so I got a can of good lead paint with a little linseed mixed in and put a nice coat of paint all over the walls. A little later I got tired of the paint and put up that green wall paper. Those birds are dead now all right—flown away for good.” Alexander A. Kelly, an expert on the restoration of paintings, made an ex- amination of the walls of the studio a few days ago. From such study of * the plaster as he could make, where the wall paper was peeled or abraded, he concluded that the paint used by McGrath had aged to such a point that its removal might at the same time remove or deface the paintings be- neath. Whether any recovery Or res- toration is possible cannot be learned without a thorough examination. Reginald Bolton Pelham, whose grandfather was a close friend of Au- dubon, and who himself is a historian and an authority on Audubon’s life, was questioned about the paintings. “McGrath's statement checks exact: iy with what I have heard from my grandfather and with rumors which from time to time have come to me,” Mr. Bolton said. “Audubon was fond, nly grandfather said, of covering the walls of his studio with bird sketches, often as well executed as his best work. And I have heard that at the time of his death, through some un- pardonable oversight, these sketches were papered over. “I have often thought of trying to confirm the report, but have been un- able to obtain further information. McGrath's own statement in the mat- ter seems conclusive. If the pictures cannot be restored it is a tragedy.” Mansion to Be Destroyed. The memory of Audubon is revered oy thousands of bird lovers and natu- ralists throughout this country and abroad. The Audubon societies, the junior department of which alone is said to have several hundred thou- sand members, was organized in his honor in 1886. His drawings of birds in a complete series of life-sized col- ored figures, published in his “Birds in America” in 1838, marked an epoch in ornithology. Original copies of this work, in good condition, bring today thousands of dollars. The Audubon mansion, nearly a cen cry old, is doomed to destruction within a few months by the straight- ening of Riverside drive at One Hun- dred and Fifty-seventh street. Audu- bon park and “Garage Village” will be eliminated, and a series of modern apartment houses will rise upon the site. Justice of King’s Bench Ranks High in Dignity London.—There are few positions of greater dignity in England than that of justice of the king's bench. When on circuit the justice is treated with the ceremony usually accorded to royalty. He is deemed the first man in the county, and the bells of the circuit tower ring and a bugle an- nounces the opening of his assize court. Yet the justice’s salary has been it the same figure for nearly two cen- turies. When it was first set in the Eighteenth century at £5,000 a year, it was deemed a princely recompense, but with the decrease in the value of money and the present British income tax it is considered not so generous. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. PRESIDENT JUDGE. We are authorized to announce that W. Harrison Walker, of Bellefonte, is a can- didate for nomination on the Democratic ticket for the office of President Judge of the courts of Centre county; subject to the decision of the voters of the county as ex- pressed at the primaries to be held on September 20th, 1927. To Democratic Voters of Centre County: — I am a candidate for the office of judge of your courts, subject to your decision at the primaries September 20, 1927. rely yours, W.D. Z rin, FOR SHERIFF. We are authorized to announce that Harry E. (Dep.) Dunlap, of Bellefonte, will be a candidate for the nomination on the Demo- cratic ticket for the office Sheriff of Centre county, subject to the decision of the Cen- tre county voters as expressed at the pri- Siaries to be held on Tuesday, September We are outhorized to announce that Elmer Breon, of Bellefonte borough, will be a candidate for the nomination on the Democratic ticket for the office of Sheriff of Centre county, subject to the decision of the Centre county voters as expressed at the primaries to be held on Tuesday, September 20, 1927. FOR PROTHONOTARY. We are authorized to announce that Claude Herr, of Bellefonte, will be a candidate for the nomination on the Demo- cratic ticket for the office of Prothonotary of Centre county, subject to the decision of the Democratic voters as expressed at the Dury te be held Tuesday, September 20, FOR TREASURER. We are authorized to announce that Ly- man L. Smith, of Centre Hall, will be a candidate for the nomination for County Treasurer subject to the decision of the Democratic voters of the county as ex- pressed at the primary to be held Septem- ber 20, 1927. We are authorized to announce that D. T. Pearce, of State College Boro., will be a candidate for the nomination for County Treasurer subject to the decision of the Democratic voters of the county as ex- pressed at the primary to be held Septem- ber 20, 1927. FOR RECORDER. We are authorized to announce that Sinie H. Hoy, of Bellefonte, is a candidate for nomination on the Democratic ticket for the office of Recorder of Centre county, subject to the decision of the voters of the county as expressed at the primary to be held Tuesday, September 20, 1927. We are authorized to announce that D. Wagner Geiss, of Bellefonte, Pa., is a can- didate for nomination on the Democratic ticket for the office of Recorder of Centre county, subject to the decision of the voters of the county as expressed at the primary to be held Tuesday, September 20th, 1927. * We are authorized to announce that D. A. McDowell, of Spring township, will be a candidate on the Democratic ticket for the office of Recorder of deeds of Centre county, subject to the decision of the Democratic voters as expressed at the primary on Tuesday, September 20, 1927. COUNTY COMMISSIONER We are authorized to announce that John 8S. Spearly will be a candidate for the nomination for County Commissioner on the Democratic ticket subject to the deecis- ion of the voters of the party as expressed at the primaries on September 20th, 1927. We are authorized to announce that John W. Yearick, of Marion township, will be a candidate for the nomination of Coun- ty Commissioner, subject to the decision of the Democratic voters as expressed at the primaries to be held September 20, 1927. eee fees. Republican Ticket. PRESIDENT JUDGE We are authorized to announce that M. Ward Fleming, of Philipsburg, Pa. is a candidate for nomination for President Judge of the Courts of Centre county sub- ject to the decision of the Republican voters of the county as expressed at the primary to be held September, 20, 1927. We are authorized to announce that James C. Furst, of Bellefonte, Pa., is a candidate for nomination. on the Republi- can ticket for the office of President Judge of the Courts of Centre county; subject to the decision of the Republican voters of the county as expressed at the primary to be held September 20, 1927. We are authorized to announce that Arthur C. Dale, of Bellefonte, Pa., is a candidate for the nomination on the Re- publican ticket for the office of President Judge of the courts of Centre county, sub- ject to the decision of the Republican voters of the county as expressed at the primary to be held September 20, 1927. TREASURER. I hereby announce that I am a candi- date for nomination as the Republican candidate for Treasurer of Centre County, subject to the decision of the voters of the party as eXlTessed at the primaries to be £] held Bent, 1927. Your influence and support is earnestly solicited. JOHN T. HARNISH Boggs Township. PROTHONOTARY. We are authorized to announce that Roy Wilkinson, of Bellefonte, Pa., will be a candidate for the nominaton on the Re- publcan ticket for the office of Prothono- tary of Centre county, subject to the de- cision of thee Republican voters as ex- pressed at the primary to be held Tues- day, Septmber 20, 1927. / " ~ THREE to FIVE MINUTES — -\, to FORTY THEATRES 23 - RNY N RN TIMES SQUARE A NEW YORK CITY Much F avored by wome AA PU 45m Se aveling withou n er a t escort, X ——— = i Rooms $2 50 : G with Bath $3.00" By: 3. up oS \ - " ] { Send Postal For Rates > = _- and Booklet -, ~ W. JOHNSON QUINN, President w fon, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW KLINE WOODRING.—Attorney-at Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Practices in all courts. Office, room 18 Crider’s Exchange. 51-1y KENNEDY JOHNSTON.—Attorney-at«, Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Prompt at- tention given all legal business en- trusteed to hiis care. Offices—No. 5, East High street. 57-44 M. KEICHLINE. — Attorney-at-Law and Justice of the Peace. 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