Beworralic Wat,
Bellefonte, Pa., February 1, 1929.
‘Tides of Puget Sound
Enormous in Volume
Puget sound, the many-branched n
Jet of the Pacific ocean. is one of the
{most picturesque bodies of water in
| this country. Its shores, once densely
have been denuded for the
rwooded,
{most part by the lumberman’s ax, but
ithe neighboring mountains offset this
|loss and afford a wonderful back
| ground to the scene. Although the
natural beauties are many, the treach-
jerous waters of the Narrows, a con-
{tracted part of the sound which opens
!farther south into quiet bays and the
ports of Olympia and Shelton, are
'feared by all who are acquainted with
{that locality. The tides are extreme
.and their ebb and flow causes a rus’
of water through the Narrows.
Twenty-five or thirty miles above
She Narrows, in the upper reaches of
{the sound, the tides attain a height of
twenty feet or more, Viewed fron
the shore, which is generally pre:
cipitous, the surging of the water as
the tide sets in is magnificent, but this
‘is the scene of many tragedies which
occur each year. Tremendous whirl
‘pools are formed in the slender pas-
‘sage and rarely have rowboats and
such small craft escaped when gripped
in the swirling water. Even large
steamboats creak and groan under the
strain of breasting these twisting cur-
rents. The roar of the tides when run-
ning at full resembles the distant
boom of the surf.
Standard of English
Speech Not Possible
A recognized authority on English
words and speech recently said: “Not
long ago a conference was held in
London for the purpose of arriving at
2 universal standard for English
‘speech. At one time I believed that
‘it was impossible,
“Later, the subject was brought to
Any attention by prominent educators.
Under the stress of arguments pre-
sented to me I weakened in my judg- |
ment, and was willing to go on record
as saying that it might be possible to
standardize English speech, but after
two years of close study of the whole
gubject 1 feel that my first judgment
‘was right.
It Is as impossible to standardize
the sounds in American and English
‘speech with the hope of having the
standardization accepted throughout
the English-speaking world as it is to
stem the tide of the sea.”
Singer’s “Parlor Car”
Although it seems reasonable that
a wotnan should have a finger in any-
thing connected with a parlor, yet it
1s perhaps not generally known that
Jenny lind, the famous singer, was
in a large degree responsible for the
wodern “parlor car.” When she cae
to America with P. T. Barnum, the
engagements of her tour obliged her
to spend much of her time traveling
from place to place on the wretched
railroads of the period. To ease the
discomtorts of the trip, she had the
peuts removed from an ordinary car,
and replaced with chairs, tables
FRENCH DEED PLOT
FOR YANK’S GRAVE
Village Where Hero Died
Ends Controversy.
washington.—Through the gift of
the French village of Moyenmoutier
of the ground occupied by the grave
of Lieut. Thomas R. Plummer of New
Bedford, Mass, a controversy of tep
years comes to an end.
Unlike most American families
whose sons fell in France, the Plum-
mers strongly desired that lieutenant
Plummer’s body be left in the little
French cemetery where it was buried
two days before the armistice was
signed and a few days before the
Croix de Guerre awarded him by the
Trench government was received.
This caused the unwinding of much
red tape. Lieutenant Plummer, &l-
though fifty years of age when the
war broke out, enlisted in the Amer-
ican Red Cross and was assigned to
the French village of Moyenmoutier,
just behind the French lines. There
he did such valiant work that he was
beloved by the entire population of the
village. They buried him with highest
honors in their own village cemetery.
His death was the result of unselfish
devotion to sick and wounded French
soldiers.
When the work of removing Amer-
ican soldiers’ bodies to government
cemeteries in this country and France
pegan Lieutenant Plummer's grave
was one of the few isolated ones
marked “Do not disturb.”
The government could not leave
soldier's bodies without definite title
to the land or without assurance that
graves would be properly carved for
however. :
After much interchange of corre-
spondence between the town council
of Moyenmoutier, the cemetery divi-
sion of the quartermaster corps of the
United States army and the family of
Lieutenant Plummer, the problem
was solved with receipt of the title
to the ground occupied by the grave.
65-Mile View Unfolds
to Plane Passengers
Wushington. — Airplane passengers
who get “a bird's-eye view” of the
country as they fly from city to city
really get more than a real bird's-eye
view.
Passengers in the air liner flying
at a height of 2,500 feet, an average
altitude for safe flying of big planes,
see the horizon 65 miles distant on a
clear day and have an area of 7.000
square miles within their vision.
Within an angle of 40 degrees
straight down, air passengers with
fair vision ean survey an area of
about 10,000.00 square feet.
Traveling at the usual nmail-passen:
ger plune speed of 100 miles an hour.
the aerial traveler has less than a
minute to decipher signs which have
| an area of 500 to 2400 square feet,
The billboard promoters of the fu
| ure will have to provide giant letters
couches and such pieces of furniture |
as might be found in an ordinary
parlor. She called it jokingly ner
“parlor car,” and out of her ides
grew the present pullman chair car.
What Would You Do?
“] have only been married four
months and sure got an ideal hus-
band. We have an acre of land and
are real happy, except that my hus-
band makes me so nervous by walk-
ing in his sleep and he tries to get
out of the window. Last night he
carried all the clothes on the front
porch. I can't understand this. It
geems to he a dream. Is there any
way to overcome this awful thing?
When he does this [I can hardly
breathe,
a voung wife inquires.—Los Angeles
Express.
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Liberia
The population of Liberia is entire-
ly of the African race; about 100,000
of the dwellers along the coast may
be considered civilized. The number
of American negroes is estimated at
20.000. Liberia was founded in 1822,
when a settlement was made at Mon-
rovia by negro freedmen from the
United States with the assistance of
American colonization societies, It
was declared a free and independent
republic on July 26, 1847. Its consti-
tution is modeled on that of the
United States.
negro blood and owners of land.
Yale's Football Song
It is a Yale tradition that “Boola-
Boola,” the football song of that uni-
versity, was introduced to the class
of 1901 by Albert Hunt Marckwald
after he had heard it sung in the
South Sea islands. As a native ditty
it had been sung there for centuries.
and Marckwald started the class sing-
ing it simply as a folksong. Another
student, Allan Mortimer Hirsh, took
it up as a group song, then as a foot-
ball air, finally having it set to music
as a popular song.—Detroit News.
Loyalty Supreme Test
Loyalty is one of the finest virtues
a man can acquire. It is a hall-mark
of character. Loyalty, to yourself, to
your friends, to your job stamps you
as one who ig faithful in one of the
greatest tests that can come to man.
—Grit.
Electors must be of !
on the roofs of buildings if they ex-
pect to “hide America hehind the na-
tion's billboards.” A six-foot letter is
legible at 5.000 feet and a 15-foot let-
ter at 13,000 feet.
“Old Timer” Found Who
Was Not With Custer
Arrowhead Springs, Calif.— Although
‘here may be no appreciable diminish-
ing in the number of picturesque old |
claimants to being the “sole white sur-
vivor of the Custer massacre,” there
is at least one prominent figure of
frontier days whose bid for fame in-
eludes the boast he was not with Cus-
ter.
“Gld Bill” Bachtell, veteran of the
Jonfederate army at Antietam and
Gettysburg, explains further that his
longevity is due, not to the years he
has spent in the open air, but to the
fact that he deserted the Custer com-
! mand.
Please tell me what to do.” |
“] came West for excitement,” Back
cell relutes, “and joined Custer, bur
everything was so quiet that one night
I packed my horse and left. Just a
week later Sitting Bull and his wur-
riors wiped out the entire command.”
Born in Virginia, “Old Bil” after
the Civil war prospected for oil with
Grand Duke Alexis, uncle of the late
czar: rode with “Buffalo Bill” Cody,
and hunted gold with Collis P. Hunt-
ington.
Sense of Humor Intact
Orange, N. J.—Sidney M. Colgate,
soap magnate, is in a hospital with a
leg fracture and his sense of humor.
He sent his friends cards bearing a
picture of a rocking horse and rider
and the words: “A horse is a vain
thing for safety.” Mr. Colgate was
thrown from his mount two months
ago.
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in the history of the New York
Traffic court, a motorist was
brought before the magistrate on
a charge of driving his car too x
slowly. The automobilist is Mor- *
timer N. Perkerin, who, Patrol- 3
man Quinn of traffic C said, was oe
driving so slowly that his car ;
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ing every day, he searched in
vain for a statute covering a
“creeping” case, and finally dis-
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Great Queen of Song
Attempted Too Much
The failure of many artistes who
remain unknown comes from the fact
that they do not know in what direc-
tion their power lies. The failures
of great artistes nearly always come
from their lack of knowledge of their
own limitations. Kew can, indeed, go
on for long years with a record like
that of Madame Adelina Patti, of
whom it is said that she had but one
real failure in her artistic life. She
was over fifty years old and had been
a leading opera singer for over thir-
ty years when, attracted by the op-
portunities which the role of Carmen
gives, she undertook to sing it at
Cevent Garden, London. ith her
voice still beautiful, her stage tech-
nique at its strongest and her im-
mense popularity, even she could not
adapt herself to a role that was con-
ceived for a different type of voice
and a different type of person. She.
the greatest singer of tne century.
failed to do what scores of lesser
artistes were doing well, and what had
proved the inspiration of some of
those who were nearest to her in
greatness.
“Break” Too Apparent
Even for Englishman
This has been held back for obvious
reasons but it’s too good to keep. It
seems that one of an English party
who were recent visitors in Los Ai-
geles, was quite taken with a movie
¢irl, who pretended to be a star but
wasn’t. Nevertheless, she was very
pretty, too pretty, in fact, for a de-
voted admirer to question.
She had him hooked, too, and then
made one of those dumb slips which
even an Englishman gets.
“Are you sure you love
| demanded, after they had held hands
all through a talkie.
“My dear, you can bank on it,” was
| the answer,
“Oh, goodie! Which bank, dearest?”
she cried and it was all over but the
regrets.
World’s Finest Opals
What is claimed to be the finest
specimen of Australia’s own particu-
lair gem, the opal, has just been dis-
covered near Walgett, New South
Wales. It is a wonderful stone, and
when roughly dressed measured six
and one-half inches by two inches.
and weighed 790 carats.
Some of the world’s most magnifi-
cent opals have come from the fields
of New South Wales, and of all
dressed stones perhaps the choicest
is the “Flame Queen” which meas
ures more than two inches by nearly
two and one-half inches and weighs
203 carats.
led, green, orange, blue, gold. ana
every known color are blended in the
newly discovered gem, which is val-
ued at more than $10,000.— Vancouver
I'rovince.
Home of Heroine Sold
Kingsbury, the home of Flora Mac-
donald, rescuer of Bonnie Prince
Charlie, was recently sold, the man-
sion house and grounds bringing ouly
$7.800. Boswell, in his immortal jour-
nal, tells of the visit which he and
Dr. Samuel Johnson paid on Septem-
ber 13. 1773, to the then famous house
at Flodigarry. Scotland. Doctor John-
son, in describing the visit, wrote:
“We were entertained with the usual
hospitality of Mr. Macdonald and
his lady, Flora Macdonald, a name
that will be mentioned in history, and
if courage and fidelity be virtues,
mentioned with honor.” Doctor John-
son slept in the bed which Prince
Charlie had occupied on the flight.
Hemaris Diffinis
The adults of this genus of hum-
ming-bird moths have wings from
whicl. part of the scales rub off so
early that they are almost never seen
and those portions of the wings are
therefore described as transparent.
These adults have the unmothlike
habit of flying in the bright sunlight
and when hovering at flowers, they
closely resemble humming birds. When
Hying it suggests a bumble bee. The
larvae feed on relatives of the honey-
suckle such as snowberry and vibur-
num. They usually pupate in fallen
leuves and generally make a queer
i sort of cocoon.
“Caracul’’ Fur
A dictionary of fur names says:
“Caracul—also known as astrakhan.
Sheep family. Habitat: Tashkent,
and some of the provinces of southern
Russia which are also called ‘Russian
Caracul.” The Tashkent caraculs
have the highest luster and the finest
moire markings. Russian caraculs
vary in color as brown, black, brown
and black, or brown and white, and
occasionally white, Caraculs are bred
to some extent in the United States
and Canada. They are also found in
China and Mongolia. These are gen-
erally white, are heavier and have a
looser curl.”
Truly Hospitable
A former college president was in-
vited to lunch at the home of one of
his alumni. The five-year-old daugh-
ter of the house was delighted to show
the distinguisk.ed guest up to wash his
hands. Opening the door of the bath-
room, which was duly fitted out with
the best embroidered linens in honor
of the occasion, Sally sald:
“Just make yourself at home, and”
—with a royal gesture—“you may use
any of the towels.”—Indianapolis
News.
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WIFE AND EX-WIFE
SHARE HAPPY HOME
Both Mother Child in Strange
Kansas Family.
Wichita, Kan.—George Dooley of
Wichita is the head of a peaceful
household consisting of his wife, his
former wife, and his five-year ol¢
iaughter, Katherine.
When Mrs. Daisy Dooley received
her divorce from Dooley the court
ruled Katherine should be in the cus
tody of her mother three days out of
each five, and with the father the re-
mainder of the time. Dooley remar-
ried, and now all live in the same
house.
The two Mrs. Dooleys declare they
are not in the least jealous of each
other. Katherine receives the loving
attentions of both her mother and
her stepmother, who co-operated ir
giving her a merry Christmas day
When asked which of her mothers
she loved most, Katherine replied: i
love both of them. 1 love my mamma
and I love Neva, and I love my dad
dy lots and lots.”
Dooley, who is United States quar
antine inspector for this district, said
he was very happy over the success
of his unusual arrangement.
“You know some people have run
ny ideas about marriage,” he said
*“I'hey can’t see how a scheme like
this will work.
“For five months I was on the Chi
cazo police force and both my present
and ex-wife were with me. All of the
boys used to wonder how I could man-
age it. Some declared ‘I can't even
get along with one woman, how ¢an
you live with two? But I really ar
happy and so are they.”
The present Mrs. Dooley (Neva) ex
pigined the situation this way:
“Last October [ lost my only child,
a little hoy. Kitty is taking his place
in my life and at the same time fill-
ing her mother's heart with joy.”
Town Refuses to Move
“Column With a Curse”
Augusta, Ga.—Sentiment which for
46 years has allowed “the column
with a curse” to stand in the middle
of a sidewalk, won out recently when
a paving program made practicable
the removal of the queer relic of a
tornado’s fury.
The column, once the pillar of the
city market house, has stood at
Broad and Center streets ever since
a tornado hit Augusta in 1878. Old
citizens say that an itinerant min-
ister, claiming the gift of prophecy.
predicted that the old market house
would he destroyed the day after his
sermon. He declared that but one of
the big pillars supporting the market
heuse would be left standing and de
elared that any attempt to move the
‘pillar would be fatal; that the per
son who tried it would be struck by
fightning.
As it happened, a tornado hit this
;own the next day and only one pill
of the market house was left stand
ing. Some years ago city officials
said the pillar would have to he de-
stroyed to permit certain street re
pairs. A large number of workmen
carried the pillar about 50 feet. There
was an explosion and they dropped it
And today the pillar stands where
the workmen dropped it when some
practical joker exploded a firecracker
Art Is Used by Pastor
to Stress His Sermons
Springdale, Pa.—Rev. Charles W
Baker, Jr., pastor of St. Mark’s Lu
theran church here, illustrates his ser
mons with charts and sketches he has
mude himself. In Sunday school and
church assemblies he gives chalk
talks.
At the altar is a huge mural o
Christ in the garden of Gethsemane,
copy of the Michelangelo mural in the
Vatican, which the minister has paint
ed. In his church and parsonage Mr.
Baker has hung numerous other of
his paintings and sketches.
While attending college and the
i.utheran seminary at Gettysburg, Pa.
Mr. Baker had an advertising sign
shop which provided him with funds
for his education.
Man Both Grandfather,
Great-Grandsire in Day
Danville, N. Y.—Becoming a grand
father and great grandfather in a day
was the good fortune of C. E. Green
of this village.
The grandson is Jacob Albert Green
son of George H. Green of New York
city, while the great-granddaughter is
Miss Barbara Jane McNeil, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. McNeil of
San Diego, Calif.
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Child Pasteur Saved
Became His Watchman
Paris.—The first child Pasteur
succeeded in curing of hydro
phobia in 1885 now is principal
gatekeeper at the Pasteur Insti-
tute laboratories. He is Joseph
Meister, an Alsatian.
Meister has grown older and
stouter, but he is still known as
Little Meister, “le petit Meis-
ter,” to every one at the insti-
tute. He keeps watch at the
gate just opposite the building
which houses the vault and last
resting place of the great scien-
tist who saved his life, the first
of so many others. K
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