Tom Bellefonte, P., January 20, 1928. Your Health, The First Concern. gE — SUFFICIENT SLEEP ESSENTIAL. “This is the ‘open season’ for ra- dio,” said Dr. Theodore B. Appel, Secretary of Health. The amount of amusement and information for which this marvelous invention is daily responsible is practically incal- culable. However, like all other good things, it is possible to overdo it. “Sleep is one of the fundamental requirements of the human body and it is one of the most abused. Dis- tractions are more numerous than ev- er before in the history of man; and they are likewise more appealing. It follows that the American public to some extent is permitting the attrac- tions of its leisure periods to rob it of many hours of peaceful and health- glying slumber. The result is harm- ul. “The necessity of sleep and the un- changing law of nature that accom- panies it were made long before ra- dio, mid-night revues and all-night entertainments. But this is often en- tirely ignored by thousands of pleas- ure seeking people. “Nature made the night for restor- ing the nerve cells and body tissues through the miraculous processes in- volved in sleep. When this fact is habitually ignored something is bound to break. It is as inevitable as is any other fixed law. “One scarcely needs to be reminded that ‘burning the candle at both ends’ exhausts it much sooner than was or- iginally contemplated by its manu- facturer. And in a measure the pen- alty for deliberately creating and maintaining habits that result in -sleep-starvation amount practically to the same thing. Of course. it is ex- ceedingly fascinating between 1 and 2 a. m. to hunt and ‘get’ California on the radio, but the price paid for ‘the fun is likely to be high, especial- ty if the lure of the thing keeps one at it night after night. ‘Getting’ :sleep would be more sensible and much more healthful. “And what is applicable to the wee ‘hour radio habit applies equally to other distractions that sap energy and life through loss of sleep. “The pace that kills’ is more lit- eral than many people suspect until it is too late. Eight hours sleep each night are required by the average mature person. There is nothing complex in this law. One either gets ‘it or does not. . “A New Year's resolution that would involve the readjustment of .one’s nightly habits to include the necessary amount of sleep in every 4wenty-four hours would be a wise, life-sustaining and life-prolonging «one to make and keep. “Present day life is fascinating but don’t become a victim of it. Whatever else you get cut of life will not be worth much unless you get sleep—and plenty of it.” INFANT MORTALITY. Infant mortality no longer attains a “Summer peak,” but instead, dis- tinct increase of deaths in winter in children under 1 year of age is ob- served, according to the Berlin cor- respondent of the Jouranl of the American Medical association. “This marked change,” he says, as Prof. Schlossman of Dusseldorf has recently brought out in the Klinische Wochenschrift, is becoming constant- ‘ly more apparent. In 1925, in the government district of Dusseldorf, there were 163 fewer infant deaths ‘per 10,000 than in 1913; but for chil- «dren under 1 year of age, in 1925, ‘relatively more died than in 1913. “In 1913 only a third of all infant .deaths occurred during the first “month; in 1925, however, almost half. ‘With the second month of life, the mortality of 1925 dropped so rapidly, -as compared with 1913, that the mor- ‘tality for the year as a whole fell below that of 1913, In 1925, in spite of the fact that there were 30,499 fewer children born and that 4,725 fewer died, 28 more children died on the first day of life. Also the second and the third day showed a greater number of deaths than in 1918. Whereas the mortality of the first day of life in 1913 was much lower in the rural districts than in the ur- ban centers, in 1925 the reverse was true. The reason for this lay chief- ly in the fact that the care of ille- _gitimate children was less efficient. There is no convincing explanation .of the increase in mortality of infants during the first days of life. Schloss- mann thinks that medical care can accomplish relatively little, since, during the first few days, the life of the child depends mainly on the mid- wife. Medical care at childbirth plays an essential part, as we are . coming to realize how important the whole birth process is for the fate of the child. Extension of home care ‘by visiting nurses and the improve- ment of children’s centers at mater- nity hospitals through the introduc- tion of more skilled medical person- nel for the care of the new-born, are . some of the measures that must be . consistently carried out. Finally Schlossmann calls atten- ‘tion to the fact that in Germany, where hundreds of thousands of men and women are out of work and therefore must receive assistance, about 5 per cent of all the women who give birth to children work up to within a few days of their confine- ment, and many up to the actual day. A law has, however, been recently passed that will doubtless do away -with this condition.” . em———————— A ————————— —Subscribe for the Watchman. 14 AMMENDMENTS UP FOR DECISION NEXT NOVEMBER. Pennsylvania voters next Novem- ber will have the opportunity to vote for or against fourteen proposed con- stitutional amendments. New York last November believed that the nine amendments its voters passed upon were too many for a single election. This State has rather run wild on the question of submitting constitu- tional amendments to e people. Five of the proposed amendments would increase the bonded indebted- ness of Pennsylvania from $100,000,- 000 by $138,000,000 more. The last Legislature prevented fthis possible increase from being double, for a de- fect was found to exist in the $35, 000,000 item for soldiers’ bonus pur- poses after the 1925 Legislature had passed the necessary legislation. The 1927 session also failed to pass for a second time on a proposed loan of $100,000,000 for the completion of the Capitol buildings and the State Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Bridge at Harrisburg. It is generally believed that not all of the proposed amendments will go through. There may be organized opposition to some of them. he fact that motor-license fees bring in $26,000,000 a year and that the gasoline tax has been increased to 3 cents will be used against the $50,000,000 road bond issue, the third of the series. Persons interested in other loans will work for them at the expense of others. These loans include $8,000,- 000 for State College, $25,000,000 for State forestry work, $5,000,000 for State armories and $50,000,000 for State institutions. The proposed amendments will ap- pear on the ballot in the following order: First. Permitting the State to con- duct its own printing plant. . Second. Eight-million-dollar bond issue for State College. Third. Twenty-five million dollars for reforestation. Fourth. Five million dollars for National Guard armories. Fifth. Exempting from taxation certain public institutions. Sixth. Extending the power of courts to change boundaries of elec- tion districts. Seventh. Empowering Pittsburgh to levy assessments on abutting and nonabutting property following im- provements. Eighth. Prohibiting debt of cities of the second class above 10 per cent of assessed valuation without consent of electors. b Ninth. Increasing the road bond indebtedness from $100,000,000 to $150,000,000. Tenth. Fifty-million-dollar bond is- sue for State-owned institutions, pe- nal, corrective, etc. Eleventh. Increasing the debt of Philadelphia. : Twelfth. Providing the tax laws may grant exemptions to estates of residents of other States. Thirteenth. Permitting the Legis- lature to enact laws for the use of voting machines in districts that de- sire them. Fourteenth. Making Allegheny and Pittsburgh co-extensive. Grange Declares for a New Method of Helping the Farmer. The ‘Grange has opened up a new channel of agricultural thinking so far as surplus farm products is con- cerned in setting going an agitation for extensive research work to be started at Washington, with a view to finding new uses for farm products other than food for man and beast. The Grange is calling attention to the fact that the laboratory in recent years has discovered that a great number of products of universal need can be produced from the products of the soil, and the convention of the or- ganization at Cleveland put itself squarely on record in favor of liberal appropriations by Congress for such advance research work to start at the earlist date. Attention is called to the fact that the demand for food will always lim- it the consumption of farm products to the capacity of the stomachs of the race, while the demand for manu- factured products is limited only by the world’s purchasing power. Con- sequently the Grange argues that ev- ery time a new outlet for food pro- ducts, using the latter as raw mater- ial for essential industries, can be op- ened up, a distinct service has been rendered to agriculture and to the na- tion, and a long forward step taken in disposing of the troublesome farm surplus which has caused so much ag- itation in Congress and elsewhere in recent years. The legislative energies of the Na- tional Grange will be exerted during the coming year in behalf of appro- priations by Congress to encourage every possible line of research that may afford new uses for farm pro- ducts; while all privately supported agricultural agencies will be urged by the Grange to join in this new cam- paign. Subordinate branches of the organization are taking up the sub- ject for widespread discussion, with the likelihood that it will become one of the most interesting topics of the new year throughout the country. Will Increase Seating Capacity of Yankee Stadium. The seating capacity of the Yankee stadium for football purposes next year will be increased to 85,000, it was announced by Ed Darrow, bus- iness manager of the Yankees. The additions to the permanent stands will be finished in time for the opening baseball game of 1928, while the enlargement of [the temporary football stands will be ready befcre the first gridiron contest next fall. The additional seats will be erected on the left field side of the park. The mezzanine upper stand will be ex- tended seven sections, while the tem- porary stands for football will be in- creased by more than 2,600. The right-field boxes will be removed to permit 3,000 additional seats, making ‘a total of 15,000 extra seats. eee — re —————— ~The Watchman gives all the news while it is news. NEXT FOURTEEN YEARS TO BE “FAT” YEARS. LONDON,—The Bruckner Theory, ja theory of definite 35 year weather | cycles, tells that 1927’s raininess is "to be followed by a year of modera- tion and sunshine. The theory of the late Professor Bruckner has been gaining in scientific support year af- ter year as more close observations are continually being made. The weather for 1928, according to the theory, will repeat the weather of 1893; every 35 years the weather in temperate zones is repeated. 1927 is supposed to have been similar to 1892, 1926 to 1891, ete. Thirty-five year weather cycles were casually observed hundreds of years ago. The ancient philosopher Bacon wrote: “Every five and thirty years the same kind and sorts of years and weather comes about again.” More observation has added weight to the idea of these weather cycles. Professor Bruckner goes further than merely noticing the cycle’s ex- istence. He puts it on a scientific basis; points to definite meteorologic- al forces and natural phenomena which brings it about. He takes the theory from the lap-robe of the as- trologers, those mysterious readers of the stars, and he clothes the theory in i the respectable mantle of science. | Predictions of 1928’s brightness | came from observations of recent i weather history. In recent times “periods of rain have started in 1836, 11871 and 1906. Each rain period has lasted approximately fourteen years. i Then has followed a seven year per- 'jod of mediocre weather, and follow- ing this a fourteen year period of pleasantness and sunshine. At the end of this period the thirty-five cy- fle begins again with the rainy per- iod. The last fourteen-year rainy per- iod is supposed to have begun in 1906. The years from 1906 to 1920 weather- men label as having been “moderate- ly rainy.” The next seven years, of which 1927 is the last have been “moderate” for the average. The year 1921 instead of being the normal “moderate” year was sublime in its sunshinyness. 1927, at the other end of the seven year group has with its nastiness kept the average of the group at the “moderate” point. 1928 begins the fourteen ‘‘fat years”; just as 1893 began 35 years ago another period of fourteen fat years. Today scientists stress the essen- tial truth of the Bruckner theory. There are meteorological forces, they say, which brings ahout a 35 year cy- cle. But the scientist does not stop there. He warns that there are many meteorological torces which do not run in 35 year cycles, but which also have a marked effect on the weather. Bad Luck to Stumble. The idea that is it bad luck to stumble when starting out upon any new enterprise is a very old super- stition easily explainéd by psychol- ogy. It is one of which there are a great number—which arises from natural symbolism. Stumbling is the natural symbol of poorly directed ac- tion and the word is so employed in popular speech as: “He stumbler into a hornet’s nest,” to signify blunder- ing into trouble; or “He stumbled in- to a good thing,” to signify that he succeeded only by accident. And fall- ing is the natural symbol of failure— as witness the popular slang. “He fell down on his job.” The primitive mind, still active in man, no matter how civilized he may be, and natural superstitions, make the analogy instinctive, and hence the superstition. If a man stumbles on the threshold of a new enterprise the outcome of the enterprise is doubt- ful; if he stumbles and falls it is doomed to failure. The story is well known of how William the Conqueror, mindful of superstition when he stumbled and fell upon leaping ashore in England, answered the cry that went up from his soldiers that it was a bad omen by grabbing the sand and crying out “I have taken seize of this land with both hands.” There is a similar story of the landing of Ceasar in Africa. But Caesar and William scorned this hoary superstition. Sir Walter Scott did not. When Mungo Park, previous to his last and fatal expedition to Africa, was taking leave of Sir Wal- ter his horse stumbled. “A bad sign,” said Scott, “I shall never see him again.” And he didn’t. Of course, given a sufficient number of stum- blings, the superstition is bound to work out sometimes. And then peo- ple say, “There! I told you so!” Country’s Duty To Its Ex- Presidents. Sending gifts to the President has long been a popular pastime in Amer- ica. Nearly every President receives books, home-made medicines, rabbits’ feet, soft cushions, luckstones, table covers, cigars, firearms, and books. This slightly miscellaneous collec- tion of treasures suggests an answer to the question, “What shall we do with our ex-Presidents?” “Let them set up a general store in the hay re- gions, or a gift shop in the suburbs.” THat question found a different an- swer in President Cleveland’s case. It was raised by a hostile editor, whose answer was, “Take him out into a five-acre lot and shoot him.” Cleve- land’s reply to this was: “That pro- posal has never had my support. In the first place, a five-acre lot seems needlessly large; and, in the second place, an ex-President has already suffered enough.” Must Supoprt Your Poor Relatives, Says Judge. Chicago.—If there is a child, an aged person or a cripple in your fam- ily, you may find yourself compelled by law to support him. That was announced by County Judge Edmund XK. Jarecki, before whom all cases of indigent persons are brought for commitment to char- itable institutions. And the order in which relatives are liable for the support of poor rel- atives is: HOW TO SOLVE A CROSS-WORD PUZZLE When the correct letters are placed im the white spaces this pussle will sped words beth vertically and herisenmtally. to the defimitiom list indicated by 2 number, which reddrs Thus No. 1 under the column headed “horizontal” the white spaces up to the first black square to Gyertical” defines a word which will fill the in the black spaces. All below. Neo letters go except proper names. Abbreviations, lete forms are indicated im the definitions, CROSS-WORD PUZZLE No. 1. rr 3S E15 1 | 12 The first letter in each werd is ed below the pussle. defines a word which will all the right, and a number under white squares te the riext black ome words used are dictionary words, slang, initials, technical terms and obuo~ ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW KLINE WOODRING.—Attorney-at Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Practices in all courts. Office, room 18 Crider’s Exchange. b51-1y KENNEDY JOHNSTON.—Attorney-at- Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Promp 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. All pro= fessional business will receive prompt attention. Offices on second floor of Temple Court. 49-5-1y G. RUNKLE.—Attorney-at-Law, Con- sultation in English and German. Office in Crider’s Exchange, Belle- fonte, Pa. 58-5 13 I 14 ETE @ | J ln 15° HA 17 18 19 Fe) oOo 1 PHYSICIANS R. R. L. CAPERS. OSTEOPATH. Bellefonte State College Crider’s Ex. 66-11 Holmes Bldg. 8S. GLENN, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, State College, . Centre county, Pa. Office at his residence. 24 26 28 30 33 35 J6 lit>2 41 | 42 (©, 1926, Western Newspaper Union.) Horizontal. 1—On time 6—A slip. as of the tongue (pl.) 11—Women’s quarters in a Turkish house 12—Talks wildly 13—First man, according to Rible 14—Jungle animal 15—Greek letter 17—Stage extra (slang) 18—Companion 19—Preposition 20—Scarcer 21—To avoid, or shun, does 22—South American ungulate 23—Salary 24—Border 26—To fondle 283—Wild plant 29—Tool for handling ice 30—Magician’s stick 31—Hurry 33—Skill 35—Projection on a fish 36—Note of scale 37—Rise and fall of water level in ocean 38—Small body of water 39—Explosive devices left in water 40—Stove 41—Pieces of paper 42—Horse's pace 16—Nothing as a horse 32—That man 34—Stops Vertical. 1—A ghost 2—Wireless telegraph 3—Word of mouth 4—Memento (abbr.) 5—Postmeridian (abbr.) 6—Kind of beer 7—To state 8—Prefix meaning through 9—Steamship (abbr.) 10—To lurk 12—More mature 14—City in Italy 15—Men ; 18—Parts of a book 20—Stormed 21—Large flat boat 22—River in England 23—Desires 25—Cognizant 26—Prices 29—S8tories 11—Savory 27—Thin 30—Hoats 31—The lower regions : 32—Piece of door hardware 34—A suggestion 35—A set of type 37—To bind 39—This person 40—Sun god $8—Cooking dish Solution will appear im next issue. I ——— - First, the father must support a child. If he is unable, then the grandfather; third, the mother, and then the grandmother. In the case of aged or infirm men or women, their children, if they have | any, must pay for their keep. If not, a brother must foot the bills, and, if they are without brothers, their sis- ters are responsible, providing the are unmarried. If they are married and have no separate property, then —and then only—are the coffers of Cooks county open to them for food and shelter. “Hereafter when a person applies to this court for charity we shall call every relative he has to determine whether they can take care of him,” Judge Jarecki said. And in accordance with his new regulation he ordered a grandfather and a brother to support two persons applying for charity. E AR|O NiS|U Pl O o 2) oO ol=[HoPO[n[>[® readable paper published. Try it. 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