Deworraic ald,
Bellefonte, Pa., February 10, 1928
NEW NUMBERS FOR
STATE ROADS.
Pennsylvania tourists next summer
will find the old state highway route
numbers replaced by United States
highway numbers. The change was
announced by Samuel Eckels, chief
engineer of the Deparment of High-
ways, who made public last week a
description of the principal State
roads which will be marked as United
States highways. The markers will
be enameled shields with black bor-
ders, letters and figures on a back-
ground of white, :
The designation of these highways
and the use of this standard marker
is in accordance with the recom-
mendation of a committee appointed
by the American Association of State
Highway Officials in co-operation with
the Federal bureau of roads. 3
State routes which are not United
States highways will be identified as
traffic routes and will be marked by
keystone signs with black _borders,
letters and numerals on a white back-
ground. a .
A description of the principal high-
way changes follows:
The Roosevelt Highway, Route No.
7, beginning at tthe New York State
line and extending to Erie, will be
U. S. Route No. 6. .
The Susquehanna Trail, Route No.
4, will be U. S. Route No. 111 from
Shrewsburg to Harrisburg; U. S.
Route No. 11, from Harrisburg to
Sunbury, and {from Sunbury north
through Williamsport to the New
York state line, U. S. Route No. 111.
The Lincoln Highway, Route No.
1, will become U. S. Route 80 from
the Ohio State line to Philad=lphia;
from Philadelphia to Morrisville it
will be U. S. No. 1. :
The Lackawanna Trail, Route No.
2, will be U. S. Route No. 611 from
Philadelphia to Scranton, and U. S.
Route No. 11 from Scranton to the
New York State line.
The William Pern Highway, Route
No. 3, will be the U. S. Route No. 22
except between Harrisburg and Am-
ity Hall, where it will be U. S. Route
No. 11.
The Lakes to Sea Highway, Route
No. 5 will be U. S. Route No. 5 from
Waterford to Cambridge Springs; U.
S. Route No. 19 from Cambridge
Springs to Meadville; U. S. Route No.
322 from Meadville to Tyrone, and
from Tyrone to Water street, State
Traffic route No. 55. It will follow
the William Penn Highway to New-
port, where it will be State Traffic
Route No. 5 through New Bloomfield,
Duncannon, Harrisburg, Downing-
town, West Chester and Philadelphia.
The Old Monument trail, Route No. 6
will be U. S. Route 219.
The William Flinn Highway Route
No. 8, will be State Traffic Route No.
8 from Erie to Pittsburgh ard U. S.
Route 19 from Pittsburgh to the West
Virginia state line- -
The Buffalo-Pittsburgh highway
Route No. 10 will be U. S. Route No.
119 from its intersection with the
William Penn Highway east of Blairs-
ville but from DuBois north to the
New York State line it will be U. S.
Route No. 219.
The Benjamin Franklin Highway,
Route No. 17, will be U. S. Route No.
422 to the intersection of the Wil-
liam Penn Highway west of Munday’s
Corners, where it will parallel the
William Penn to Reading and again
become U. S. Route No. 422 to Phil-
adelphia.
The Buchanan Trail, Route No. 44,
from the Maryland line through Mec-
Conpellsburg, will be State Traffic
Route No. 16.
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Contract Hospitals.
World War veterans are registering
a complaint for the manner in which
disabled soldiers are being cared for,
launching the attack against the con-
tract hospitals.
The government allows $2 a day
for the care of soldiers in these hos-
pitals, which contract for the job of
taking care of disabled soldiers. Or-
ganizations which have the interests
of these soldiers at heart, are com-
plaining that the amount is not suffi-
cient to properly care for them, and
there is no doubt but what grievances
of this nature should be investigated.
The government does not have hos-
pitals enough to care for all of the
cases, and in some localities they con-
tract with private institutions to care
for disabled soldiers at the small sum
of $2 per day.
In some of these hcspitals, mental
cases are taken, and a visit to one of
them recently was made by Frank T.
Strayer, commander-in-chief of the
veterans of Foreign Wars, who is pre-
paring a report with which an effort
will be made to provide better hospit-
al service.
“Soldiers with mental cases at the
Elgin, (Ill.) hospital present the most
pathetic scene I have ever encount-
ered,” Strayer said. “Big, strong men
sit there all day staring ahead, their
minds blank, their memory gone, life
a loss,” he said.
There are 25,800 cases in this coun-
try, and if conditions are as bad as
some say they are, this government
is too big and generous to allow any
men to be kept in contract hospitals.
—Exchange.
Rheumatism
While in France with the American
Army I obtained a noted French pre-
scription for the treatment of Rheu-
matism and Neuritis. I have given
this to thousands with wonderful re-
sults. The prescription cost me noth-
ing. I ask nothing for it. I will mail
it if you will send me your address.
A postal will bring it. Write today.
PAUL CASE, Dept. K-218, Brockton, Mass.
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FAUBLE’S
GAS TRAPS BIRDS
IN PARK CAVERNS
Perish in Caves Poisoned
From Below
Yellowstone Fark, Wyo.—Nat—ral
poison gas, g wp through fis
‘sures in the e into caves, is fre-
‘quently the cquse of the death of
birds and small mammals in Yellow-
stone National park, and Park Natu-
ralist E. J. Sawyer is attempting to
find out why the luckless little victims
venture info these deadly traps.
He is disinclined to believe the
theory most egmmonly advanced that
the birds go ate the caves for shel-
= as cold weather comes on in the
all,
Impelled by Restlessness.
“It is my present belief that, in gen-
eral, the bird victims are not par-
tigilarly attracted by anything at al,
but that in the restlessness charactes-
istic of their spring and autumn
movements they venture into all man-
ner of accessible places and are then
overcome by the gas. "I'he species
affected are small perching birds of
various kinds, such as sparrows,
warblers, wrens and thrushes; nor
has it been observed that any species
or group of these pays a toll out of
proportion to ite relative general
abundance.
“That a desivg fox warmth is not
the main attraction seems further in-
dicated by the fact that the Towns-
end solitaire is so frequently found
dead in the caves. This bird, an all-
year resident in the park and appar-
ently unaffected by even the extreme
cold of midwinter, would scarcely be
impelled to seek extraordinary warmt!
in spring and fall
Confined to Smaller Birds.
“One of the most abundant species
of small birds in this region is the
Clark crow, or nutcracker, yet I have
seldom if ever found a Clark crow in
the poison caves, and yet it would
seem a comparatively short step from
his ordinary habits for the nutcracker
to enter one of these shallow caverns
—not so pronounced a departure from
routine as it is in the case of the tree-
loving warblers, which are among the
most frequent victims,
“It is my belief that the nutcracker
does enter the caves, but, owing te
his greater size and greater power of
resistance, emerges with impunity—
though doubtless, in each case, an
older and a wiser bird, Indeed so
far as my frequent observations go,
it is a rare thing to find any bird
larger than the small thrushes that
has succumbed to the gas.”
Relic of Washington's
Found in Old Box
Adderbury West, England—In an
old box of parchments purchased for
a shilling T. J. Bennett ha¢ discovered
the oldest connecting link between the
ancestral family of George Washing:
ton and Sulgrave Manor, the Washing-
ton family home.
This is a deed bearing the signa
.ares in plain handwriting of Lau-
rence Washington and Robert Wash-
ington. Beneath each signature is at-
tached a seal of the Washington
fumily.
The deed is dated 1597 and relates
«0 a transfer of land at Sulgrave. A
deed at Sulgrave Manor house, hith-
erto thought to be the oldest, is
dated 1599. Laurence Washington was
the original Washington owner of Sul-
grave Manor.
The collection of old parchments
oelonged to Bennett's late uncle. The
old deed box was put up with other
odds and ends for sale after the uncle
died, and Bennett secured it for a
shilling. Lord Lee of Fareham has
given Mr. Bennett an opinion that it
is of great value.
iNew Gas Cell Lining
‘Cuts Dirigible Cost
Washington.—A new fabric for lin-
ing the gas cells of dirigibles, as light
and effective but only one-third as
costly as that made with the pre-
cious goldbeater’s skin, has been de
veloped for the Navy department
after years of research in the bureau
of standards. -
“A substitute for goldbeater’s skin
nas been sought by the air powers
of the world since it became appar-
ent in 1910 that the lighter-than-air
ship was destined to be an important
instrument of war and commerce,
Development of a satisfactory substi-
ture, employing cellulose, at this time
is particularly valuable to the United
States in view of the plan to construct
for the navy two $6,000,000 airships
larger than either the Shenandoah or
the Los Angeles.
World-War Children
Held Cold-Blooded
dew York.—The World war made
the children of its day a ‘bloodthirsty
and cold-blooded” present generation,
Fritz Kreisler, violinist, said on his
return from an eight-month tour of
Europe.
He asked reporters what had taken
place in America during his absence.
Among other things, he was told of
the Hickman murder case and other
recent crimes,
“It is those young people who were
children in the war and who heard of
the gigantic sacrifice of life and seem
to have inherited all the bloodshed
end cruelty of war,” he said. “I know.
I see it in their faces and in thelr
actions.”
“Thank God it is not the soldiers,”
<e added. “They came back tired and
weary and settled Jown,”
Took Many Years to
Produce Modern Bed
Included in the world’s long list of
human benefactors is the unknown
man who first invented beds. The
earliest beds — wicker bedsteads.
formed of the midribs of palm leaves
—are found figured in ancient Egyp-
tian paintings. Ages’ ago the Egyp-
tians either slept on their day couches,
which were long and straight, some
times possessing a back made otf
bronze, alabaster, gold, or ivory, and
richly cushioned, or they reposed on
low pallets made of palm boughs, with
wooden pillows hollowed out for the
head,
A recent writer reminds us that the
evolution of beds in England stretches
over a period of 700 years. Through-
out the Thirteenth century even kings’
beds consisted very largely of straw.
In later medieval times people all
but sat up in their beds, so high at
the upper end were the long mat-
tresses lifted on piles of cushions.
After the Twelfth ¢entury beds were
occasionally made of bronze and oth-
er metals, but more often of wood.
carved and encrusted with ornament.
Narrow, at first, they gradually in
creased in size until they reached a
width of four yards.
beds, we are told, “parents, children
and sometimes dogs, were wont to
take their night’s rest.”
History Set Down as
Work of Imagination
All histories that are not mere com-
pilations of dates, records and statis
tics are works of the imagination; for
the testimony of eyewitnesses 1s ex-
tremely fallible, especially when an
event is calamitous or dramatic; and
the report that we have upon the
nature of any person or thing is gov-
erned entirely by the temperament of
the person who gives it. People with
the irresponsible imaginations of chil-
dren will tell you of events in which
they participated and will seem to be
lieve their fictions even when you
know they are fibbing. Also it is the
habit of n.an to englamor his past and
to exalt himself among ‘his fellows
whenever an occasion arises in which
he can dramatize himself before an
audience as the hero of an event, con
cerning the truth of which the audi
ence can have no knowledge.—Burtor
Rascoe in the Bookman,
Cat Mourns Bird
Cats and birds, like dogs and cats.
are rarely friends, but when such
friendships are made they are verv
eal.
Not long ago a black cat lost a
jackdaw which had been its close
companion for five years, and the
bird's death seemed to make life not
worth living for the cat. It refused
to feed, and at last became so ill and
weak that it was taken to the people’s
dispensary for sick animals at Beth
nal Green.
No wonder the cat was fretting over
its loss, for the jackdaw had been its
daily playmate. The two had fed to
gether and their friendly relations
were so good that the jackdaw would
often settle on the sleeping cat's back
and both would doze in comfort.—
Children’s Newspaper, London.
No Worry for Animals
As far as we are aware, animals
have no notion of time in the sense
we have. The future means nothing
to them, and for this they are much
happier than we are. They live for
the present moment only. They have
no fears of what may happen to them
in days to come—no fear, then, ot
death and no yearning after imigor
tality. Neither do We suppose that
they have any clear conception of the
past, although undoubtedly they have
unconscious memory. The formation
of habits depends on this. But they
don’t consciously think over the hap-
py days of youth gone by, nor brood
over the sorrows of old age.—H. Mun
ro Fox in the Forum.
Military Watches
in early Hebrew history, about 8,000
years ago, it was the custom of the
tribes, which then lived in camps
which they moved ‘rom place to
place, to set a watch against surprise
attacks by roving bands of robbers
from the north. They divided their
nights into convenient watches of
about four hours each. It appears
that they adopted the custom from
military practices then prevailing.
Military custom calls for two-hour
watches as being safer because there
is less likelihood that the soldier on
guard will become tired, sleepy or
otherwise indifferent to the importance
of his task.
“Hi-Jacking”
“Hi-jack” is a slang word meaning
to rob by trickery or violence, espe-
cially to rob another robber or a boot-
legger of his illegal wares. Just when
“hi-Jack” and ‘“hi-jacker” originated
fs unknown, It Is supposed that “hi-
jacker” was first applied to a gang of
hobos who preyed on men working
in the harvest fields of the Middle
West. Their practice was, so it is
said, to hail their prospective victims
with “Hi, Jack, what time is it?” The
salutation was followed by a blow on
the head and the victim was then re
lieved of his hard-earned gold.—Path
finder Magazine,
Palestine
To go to Palestine is a great stim
ulation to one’s faith and belief in the
great things which the Iittle land
gave to the rest of the world after
having rejected them for itself.—
American Magazine.
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The Custody of Wills.
f you have made your will, put it in a seal-
ed envelope with your name on it and
deposit it here for safe keeping, without
charge.
It may save your heirs much trouble, for
sometimes wills are put away so carefully
that they are hard to find. we have helped
to make many searches for the missing doc-
ument.
We also can act as Executor or Admin-
istrator which would insure a proper settle-
ment of your estate.
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Marrying for Alimony Has Become a
Profession in This Country.
Marrying for alimony as a profes-
sion, has reached enormous propor-
tions in the United States, if nearly
$1,000,000 paid divorcees last year, in
Cuyhoga county, in which Cleveland,
Ohio, is located, is any indication, Ar-
thur J. Eyring alimony clerk recently
remarked.
The women who make a business of
collecting alimony here have in-
creased 340 per cent in the past 10
years, Eyring revealed. In 1917 only
81 women drew checks from their
former spouses. Today the number is
so great that the divorced women are
often obliged to stand in line.
Local alimonies received $222,923,-
06 in cash in 1927 and nearly $750,
000 in property and money settle-
ments were made, Eyring showed in
his annual report.
Eyring who has paid out alimony
for many years declared that although
many women are deserving in being
supported by their former husbands,
it is unbelievable the number of wom-
en who are receiving checks from two
or maybe three misguided former
husbands. He said these divorcees
have developed a highly skillful tech-
nique of marrying, divorcing and su-
ing for alimony, then remarry some
wealthier man, divorcing and suing
again for alimony.
Where there are children, Eyr-
ing believes it is no more than right
for the former married man to aid
in supporting his former wife and
“kiddies.” It is contended, however,
that the familiar “gold-diggers” far
outnumber all other alimony receiv-
ers.
Most judgesp Eyring declared, re-
gard marriage as a life contract and
think that if the contract is broken
through the fault of the husband or
not, the wife is fully justified in tak-
ing alimony as a fair return for her
investment.
However, it is said, that more mod-
ern justices feel it a great injustice
for a right-minded woman to accept
support from a man she has ceased
to love and live with and are extreme-
ly cautious about alimony rewards.
Eyring believes that the “alimony
business’ will increase almost three-
fold in 1928.
Eighty Graduated at State College
at Mid-Year.
One of the largest mid-year grad-
uation classes in the history of the
Pennsylvania State College, totaling
80 young men and women, received
diplomas from President Ralph D.
Hetzel, on Tuesday night at the fif-
teenth annual mid-year commence-
ment. The group included fourteen
girls, and advanced degrees were
awarded by the graduate school to
ten individuals. One of these, James
E. Snyder, an instructor in the School
of Chemistry and Physics, received
the doctor of philosophy degree.
The commencement speaker was
Dr. Francis W. Shepardson, Judge H.
Walton Mitchell, president of the col-
lege board of trustees, was the pre-
siding officer.
LS a EE A A A AN NT ERA TART R)
The School of engineering had the
largest number of graduates, 24,
closely followed by Liberal Arts with
23; the Schoiol of Education gradu-
ated 16; Agriculture nine; Mines and
Metallurgy, six, and Chemistry and
Physics, two. President and Mrs.
Hetzel tendered the graduates a re-
ception at their home on Tuesday af-
ternoon. The second semester opened
on Monday.
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The Bankrupts.
Though 1927 has generally been
called a year of prosperity, yet plenty
of people are always failing in busi~
ness. During the last fiscal year, 48,-
785 cases of bankruptcy occurred, with
total liabilities of $885,557,006, which
was $80,000,600 more than 10 years
ago.
These losses may seem very big,
yet if they are compared with the
total income of the country, which
was probably as much as $100,000,~
000.000 for 1927, they do not look so
serious. If the American people are
losing considerably less than one per
cent of their income in such failures,
they are doing pretty well. And the
liabilities are not by any means a to-
tal loss, since in a great many cases,
a large part of the whole of these
debts of insolvents was paid back.
But these losses are heavy enough
so they cause distress. Many solvent
firms are pulled down by the failure
of their debtors to pay up. It is a
tragedy when a firm that has tried
hard to make good, finds itself unable
to gc on. Its assets have to be sold
for less than they are worth, its work-
ers have to find employment else-
where, and often they have to have
lean times for months or years until
they can get started again.
People who start in business should
study carefully the causes of bank-
ruptey, and beware of falling into the
pitfalls. Many people will go into
business with the sublime confidence
that if they have a little capital, they
can get up a store, stock it with goods:
and trade and profits will come natur--
ally. But there are certain things:
they need to do to reach satisfacto:
results. They must know enough:
about merchandise so as to please:
and satisfy the public with good val--
ues and reasonable prices, they must
work hard and buy intelligently, and’
they should inform the public of what:
they have through advertising.
rt serene fo et —————
State College is Friend to Agricul-
tural Students in U. S.
Penn State ranks third in agrieul~
tural student enrollment among the
land grant colleges, statistics gath-
ered and compiled by dean R. I.
Watts, of the school of agriculture,
show.
Iowa State College has 786 regular
4-year students, Cornell University
has 651, the Pennsylvania State Col-
lege 590, and Texas A. and M. Col-
lege 566. In freshmen enrollments
Penn State ranks fourth with 202
students. Towa is first with 367,
Mississippi A. and M. College has 248
ahd Texas A. and M. College has