Bema fitpan.
1929.
Bellefonte, Pa., February 15,
Another remedy which has recent-
ly been found of very high value, is
diathermy. This is applied to the
chest, one electrode on either side,
and ‘a strong current is passed
through the affected lung. The
diathermy is nothing more than an
application of heat, the source of
heat being electric energy. High
tension waves of a character essen-
tially the same as that of the cur-
rents used in radio broadcasting
are used.
If the measures suggested are em-
ployed in connection with proper
feeding and good nourishing in the
very beginning of the disease, the
mortality rate will be exceedingly
low.
According to the Weekly Bulletin
of the California State Board of
Health, “During the month of July,
1927, one hundred and two people
were seriously poisoned, six died fol-
lowing the eating of the large mussel,
Mytilus californianus, Conrad, which
had been freshly gathered at fourteen
different beds on the open shore line
of the Pacific coast in the vicinity
of San Francisco. The origin of the
poison is not definitely established,
but some of the points are discussed
in this article. From the experiences
thus far collected it is quite appar-
ent that the use of mussels on the
California coast during the summer
months is always dangerous.”
All mussels are dangerous and all
the time. The reason is, they are
scavengers and subsist largely on
bacteria’ and the detritus of dead
things in the sea water. The oyster
js now one of the chief sources of
typhoid infection.
DIMMERS.
A big automobile racing over a
smooth concrete highway sends out
from its headlights beams of light
which may be seen for many miles.
A touch of a button or a switch and
the brililant illumination is reduced
to a mere incandescent glow. The
device that does this is a dimmer.
And there are many sorts of dim-
mers. The most brilliant illumina-
tor in the world is the human intelli-
gence. The normal brain sends out
a brilliant light. It blazes up and
sparkles with illuminating ideas and
throws off meteors of thought which
like the pillar of fire which led the
Israelites of old out of Egyptian
bondage, have led the human race
out of the midnight of savagery and
superstition to this day and age of
glorious enlightenment.
And there are brain dimmers, a
Jot of them—means by which the
brain is obfuscated, adumbrated,
flabbergasted as they say in Dixie
Land. And strangely enough, these
brain dimmers are popular. The ex-
planation of this anomaly is found in
the fact that the dimmer, by per-
verting the judgment, creates the
impression that it is an accelerator
instead of a dimmer.
Among the most popular and po-
tent of brain dimmers are alcohol
and tobacco. A man who is weary
takes a glass of grog and feels
stronger. If tested by a dynamo-
meter, however, his strength will be
shown to be less than before the grog
was taken. His muscles are dim-
med by the paralyzing influence of
alcohol. His fatigue center is dim-
med. Its sensibility is lessened and
so the feeling of fatigue is diminish-
ed and he is fooled into thinking that
he is stronger when, in fact, his mys-
cular power, his endurance, his dex-
terity, his accuracy of aim-—all his
physical powers are lessened. If a
man who is cold takes alcohol, he
at once feels warm, but if his temp-
erature is taken with a thermomet-
er it is found to be lowered. There
is nothing more dangerous for a
freezing man than alcohol in any
form. Arctic explorers learned this
long ago and when exposed to great
cold avoid alcohol as a most danger-
ous drug because of its dimming or
depressing effect upon the heart and
other organs concerned in circulat-
ing the blood and keeping the body
warm. A hungry man takes alcohol
and ceases to crave food, not because
he has been fed but because alcohol
has dimmed the hunger center.
The cigar, the cigaret, the pipe—
tobacco in any and all forms are dim-
mers which lessen sensibility of ev-
“ery sort. Many writers smoke un-
der the impression that tobacco stim-
ulates the imagination and so rend-
ers the mind more fertile with ideas.
The fact is pipe dreams do not make
good literature. The late Jacob Riis,
one of the most beloved of popular
writers, felt sure he could not write
without the aid of a cigar; but when
persuaded by the writer to try the
experiment he discovered that he was
able to write much better without the
cigar than with it and renounced the
weed, though unfortunately too late
to avert the consequences of long-
continued smoking to which hundreds
of able writers have fallen victims
while regarding tobacco as a friend
instead of an enemy.
A conspicuous example of the ad-
umbrating effect of tobacco is seen
jn its influence upon the finer quali-
ties of the mind, especially the moral
or ethical sense. Tobacco unques-
tionably benumbs the conscience. A
smoker who finds himself disturbed
by the prickings of conscience lights
a cigaret and is soon entirely comfort-
able. Tolstoy said he never felt a
twinge of conscience after the third
whiff. The rude manners of most
smokers and the utter disregard they
show for non-smokers who have
great repugnance for the odor of to-
bacco or may be highly sensitive to
its toxic effects, are obvious proofs
of the dimming of the moral sense of
the smoker.
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No Known Drug Can Cure “Flu.”
“It is the intention of the Food,’
Drug and Insecticide Administration
to take immediate action under the
food and drugs act against all prep-
arations represented by label or by
circular accompanying the package
as preventives or treatments of in- |
fluenza, la grippe, pneumonia, and !
related diseases,” W. G. Campbell, |
Director of Regulatory Work of the |
United States Department of Agri-
culture, said today.
“There is a widespread and proba-
bly a fully justified public apprehen-
sion about influenza and some manu-
facturers have not hesitated to take |
advantage of this situation by adver- |
tising their preparations in every
available quarter as preventives or |
cures for the disease. Unfortunately,
the food and drugs act does not reach
false advertising statements appear-
ing in press, or in any advertising |
medium, not included with the pack- |
age of the preparation itself. The
food and drug enforcing authorities
are therefore powerless to check such
misleading advertising, serious as the
consequences may be in the case of
those who are led to depend on such
ineffective products and neglect the
hygienic precautions recommended by
the public health authorities such as
isolation, rest, sleep, diet and proper
ventilation.
“It is a fact generally accepted by
medical authorities, based on world-
wide medical experience,” added Mr. |
Campbell ‘that there is no known
drug or combination of drugs which |
will prevent or cure influenza. Pro- |
ducts labeled as effective for this pur-
pose will unhesitatingly be classed as
misbranded within the meaning of
the food and drugs act and treated
accordingly. |
“It may not be amiss to add,” said
Mr. Campbell, “that manufacturers |
are usually cautious about putting’
unwarranted claims upon the labels
of their products, knowing that they |
render themselves liable under the |
food and drugs act, and those who
are inclined to take advertising
claims at face value will frequently
find that the labels themselves, or
circular accompanying the packages
of the drugs, do not repeat these.
claims.” |
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Another Rush Forecast to Obtain
Driver’s Cards.
Renewal of automobile operators’
licenses for the fiscal year beginning
March 1, 1929, reached a total of |
502,546 during the week-end, Benja-
min G. Eynon, registrar of motor
vehicles of the Pennsylvania Depart-
ment of Highways announced, warn-
ing that only four weeks remain in
which 1,500,000 drivers will be
required to get license if they wish !
to drive. i
Bureau clerks issued the first 1929
license on January 8. Since that
time applications have been received
at the rate of 33,000 a day, a slight
increase over last year’s rate. Regis-
trar Eynon feels that motorists
throughout the State should be
prompt in filing applications to avoid
a last minute “rush” similar to the
annual congestion over license tags.
A rate of 44,000 renewals a day
druing the entire month remaining
must be maintained if all drivers are
to receive license, Eynon warns. To-
tal licenses issued for 1928 to date is
1,898,977, leaving nearly a million
and one-half drivers without new
license certificates.
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The Skyscraper Church.
“A church cannot hold its own in
modern conditions unless its material
form is equal to its spiritual great-
ness,” said John D. Rockefeller Jr.,
in New York recently, addressing a
group of business men in the inter-
est of the Broadway Temple.
Mr. Rockefeller described the com-
petition the church faces with mater-
ial interests and cited Trinity Church,
fronting Wall street and dwarfed by
towering business structures, as an
illustration of what ought not to hap-
pen. :
“We do not want the business
world to look down on churches,” he
said. “We do not want the average
man to think that business is indif-
ferent to churches. The old church
spire is a thing of the past. I believe
that a towering building such asis
planned here will draw many to it
that might not otherwise enter the
doors of a church.”
Mr. Rockefeller said he sincerely
hoped he was a Christian before he
was a Baptist. He has already given
$325,000 to Broadway Temple (Meth
odist) and has promised another
$100,000.—Christian Advocate.
ree flee.
Basketball Game is Blamed for Large
Increase of Flat Feet.
Basketball, the major pastime of
high school students of the Middle
West, is responsible for a growing in-
crease in broken arches or “flat feet,”
it was disclosed here by Marine re-
cruiting service officers. ;
Of 192 recruits examined last year
by Dr. E. P. Kunkel, chief medical
examining officer for this district, 110
were rejected and a large majority of
those turned down were former high
school basketball players who had
“flat feet,” according to Dr. Kunkel.
Eighty youths all of whom had
played basketball, were rejected for
“flat feet” by the South Bend, Ind..
recruiting office according to a local
Marine officers. i
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— Use pruning shears and saws to |
train the young tree to the desired
type of framework and to maintain
the framework of the older tree in
condition to produce the maximum |
amount of good quality fruit. Avoid
archard losses resulting from brok-
en trees and low yields due to im-
{ proper shaping and pruning.
There are many reasons
for the ease of steering
the new Ford
THE new Ford is exception-
ally easy to steer because of
the well - proportioned
weight of the car, the steel-
spoke wheels, the co-ordi-
nated design of springs and
shock absorbers, the size
and design of the steering
wheel, and the simple me-
chanical construction of the
steering gear.
The Ford steering gear is
of the worm and sector
type used on high-priced
cars and is three-quarter
irreversible,
Tn simple, non-technical
language, this means that
the car responds easily and
quickly to the steering wheel,
yet there is no danger of the
wheel being jerked from the
hands of the driver by ruts
or bumps in the road. A
light touch guides the car,
yet you always have that
necessary feel-of-the-road so
essential to good driving.
Strength of materials and
careful workmanship give
unusual stability to the Ford
steering gear and housing.
The steering worm, for
instance, is splined to the
steering worm shaft and is
stronger, of course,
than if a single key
were used to hold
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the shaft and worm to-
gether. The steering worm
sector is forged and ma-
chined in the same piece
with its shaft.
The housing of the steer-
ing gear mechanism is made
of three steel forgings, elec-
trically welded together.
This housing is then electri-
cally welded to the steering
column. Such a one-piece
steel unit is naturally much
sturdier than if several parts
were used and bolted or riv-
eted together.
Throughout, the new Ford
steering mechanism is so
simple in design and so care-
fully made that it requires
practically no attention.
The only thing for you to
do is to have the front steer-
ing spindles, spindle con-
necting rods, and drag link
lubricated every 500 miles
and the steering gear lubri-
cated every 2000 miles.
For this work, you will
find it best to consult the
Ford dealer. He has been
specially trained and
equipped to help you get
the greatest possible use
from your car over the long-
est period of time at
a minimum of trou-
ble and expense.
PEDESTRIAN HAS THE
RIGHT OF WAY.
A decision has just been handed
down by the United States District
Court of Appeals, upholding a pedes-
trians’s right-of-way at a crossing
despite traffic signal shifts, according
to the legal department of the Amer-
ican Motorists’ Association.
In effect the court holds that pe-
destrians have the right-of-way not
only at uncontrolled crossings but al-
so when they have entered an inter-
section on a green light and further
holds that the pedestrian has the
right of way until he reaches the op-
posite curb, without regard to the
change of lights during his passage
of the crossing.
The decision is regarded by the as-
sociation’s legal department
and is being called to the attention of
the motoring public in order that the
motorist may have full knowledge of |
his legal responsibility.
“When a pedestrian steps from a
curb to cross the street, having a
green signal with him, he does so by
way of invitation and he cannot he
charged with contributory neglect if
the signal switches when he is in the
street. Caught in this position, the
obligation rests upon the motorists
not only to observe the situation, but
is clear,” |
to wait until the crossing
the decision declares.
“Many automobile drivers,” contin-
ued the court, “seem to imagine that
with the shift of the signal they are
given a clear right-of-way against in-
tersecting traffic. In this belief they
recklessly start their machines re-
gardless of persons who are already
on the intersection. It is the duty of |
drivers of machines to exercise great-
est vigilance and care under such
circumstances and not only to have
their machines under control but to
stop and wait until pedestrians have
had an opportunity to clear the cross-
ing. Failure to observe these pre-
cautions constitutes negligence on
the part of the driver, which, in case
of accident, is chargeable to him.”
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Penn State Offers 350 Summer
Courses.
Three hundred and fifty courses of
study, ranging from the most simple
kindergarten problems to the most
intricate and advanced studies of the
sciences, will be offered at the
twentieth annual summer sessions of
the Pennsylvania State College, it is
announced by Dean W. G. Chambers,
director of the session.
Among the courses to be offered
are art education, dramatics, nature
study, music, physical education,
home economics, vocational educa-
tion, rural school administration, pro-
gressive education, and chemistry
and physics. The English and French
departments will conduct two sep-
arate institutes at which special
courses and lecture study will be of-
fered trough segregated community
life.
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| NEW FORD ENGINE
| MARVEL OF EFFICIENCY.
The engine of the new Model A
Fords represents one of the most re-
markable engineering accomplish-
ments in the history of automotive de-
velopment. While not radically new in
principle or design, it represents a
new combination of engineering
principles which has produced the
| best tested performance features of
the older types of automobile engines
with the most important features of
the newer types.
Without abandoning entirely the
{ principles of the old low-compression,
! low-speed motors in favor of the ex-
type, Ford engineers have developed
‘a medium speed, medium-compres-
sion motor that has proved itself
much better adapted to the needs of
a light car. A wide variety of uses
under all sorts of road conditions and
lin widely varying climates are thus
‘served more satisfactorily than
would be possible with a radically
‘ high-speed, high-compression motor.
{| Its power, smoothnes and flexibil-
lity are remarkable for its size and
| weight. The Model A motor develops
| 40 brake horsepower at 2200 revo-
lutions per minute.
The combination of these features
| has produced a motor that gives un-
usual speed and ' power for its size
and weight and at the same time one
that is long-wearing, economical in
fuel consumption and simple to ope-
rate and maintain. Because of its com-
paratively low speed it does not work
the self-destruction that comes as a
natural result of wear when moving
parts are operated at the higher rate
of speed, and yet it has considerably
more power, speed, smoothness and
flexibility than the low-speed motors.
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Deaf Mutes Prove Best Pennsylvania
Motorists.
Deaf mutes have proven themselves
the nearest “perfect” of all Penn-
sylvania’s motorists, according to
statistics compiled by the Keystone
Automobile club. None of the 177
deaf mutes holding operators’ licens-
es have ever heen involved in an ac-
cident.
“Incapacitated drivers, that is per-
sons with one arm, one leg, one eye
or some form of physical defect also
hold high place in the State’s safety
records. There are 7656 ‘“incapacita-
ted” drivers in the State.
Poultry Judges Place Second.
Penn State's poultry judging team
won second place among six; college
teams at the Madison Square Garden
Poultry Show in New York City.
Ralph R. Minick, a senior whose
home is at Imperial, Pa., had the
highest score on the Nittany team,
which was coached by E. W. Callen-
bach, of the college poultry depart-
ment.
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' BACK-SEAT DRIVER
|
MENACES MOTORIST.
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“If the “back-seat driver does nol
i feel at ease in an automobile with-
out giving instructions to the driver
: he should stay at home or use some
| other means of conveyance,” said S.
Edward Gable, president of the Penn-
sylvania Motor Federation, recently.
| jocular vein about the
{ driver,” continued Mr. Gable,
this type is a serious menace to the
: saftey of a motorcar and its occu-
| pants. The difficulty is that neither
the lawmakers nor the drivers sub-
jected to the annoyance can get at
the root of the evil. Correction of
the condition must come through the
‘ “rear-seat” drivers themselves.”
to the motorcar age, according to Mr.
Gable. He prefers one clear head be-
hind the wheel to two, three or more
trying to control the car from other
points.
“It takes a clear head and strict
attention to the road to operate a car
in a safe and sane way,” he conclud-
ed. “Too frequently passengers at-
operator's mind and distracts his at-
tention. It should he condemned
severely.
“If every driver in every car gives
undivided attention to the task at
and, unmolested by comment from
passengers, there will be fewer acci-
dents.”
CARELESS SMOKERS CAUSE
BIG FIRE LOSSES.
Every year $100,000,000 worth of
property goes up in flames in the
United States because matches burn
too long. That is the conclusion
, drawn from recent experiments by
the United States bureau of stand-
ards. The average time required to
light a pipe or cigarette was found
to be ten seconds. The stick of a
match burns an additional twenty
seconds.
A million matches, says Popular
Science Monthly, are used in the
United States every minute. Many
of these start fires after they are
thrown away. The experimenters
found that special matches with wa-
ter glass coated sticks up to half
an inch of the head, burned only half
as long as ordinary ones. While
proving so effective for lighting pur-
poses, they are generally consumed
before they could set fire to surround-
ing grass or rubbish.
nesses peers een.
Few Bad Driving Habits
i Average Drivers.
Among
When a motor car engine heats
persistently for no apparent reason it
often is due to bad driving practices.
Keeping the foot continually on the
clutch pedal while driving will cause
the clutch to slip and make the en-
gine labor. Keeping a foot on the
brake pedal also makes the car pull
hard and cause overheating.
Some drivers fail to advance the
i spark after starting the engine. This
causes the engine . to overheat. The
spark should be kept as far advanced
as possible. The excessive use of low
: gear when it is not necessary or the
: failure to shift the low gear when the
car is laboring in sand or mud or up
a steep grade, also will cause the en-
gine to overheat.
Overheating reduces the engine's
power and increases the wear. The
cause should be traced and the trou-
ble removed as soon as posible.
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Russians Use Rats to Exterminate
Rats.
Rat-eating rats are being bred in
Leningred. Thirty pairs of rats were
“put in thirty cages, and for a long
| period given no food. In some cases
one member of the pair then ate the
i other. These rat-eating rats were
i then in turn paired, until by process
of elimination several super rat-eat-
{ing rats were developed. Breeding
‘was then begun with these ravenous
monsters as a base. The idea is to
develop a system of self rat extermi-
nation. Rats are a serious problem
in Leningrad, 2,000,000 being there;
and many methods of extermination
are heing tried. The loss to Leningrad
through destruction by rats is estima-
ted at $2,500,000 annually. Rat exter-
mination centers have been formed in
220 co-operative stores, ninety-six
factories, ten storehouses, three mar-
kets and thirty-eight other establish-
ments. And now the rat-eating rat
is to be let loose on his brethren.
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| Tlinois to Use Corn Stalk Paper.
If the Illinois Senate adopts a reso-
| lution offered by Sen. Randolph Boyd
of Galva the solons will pen their cor-
respondence and transact all of their
official business on paper made from
cornstalks.
At present there is a paper plant
at Danville turning out such a pro-
duct. Boyd wishes it encouraged,
for if it meets success other such
plants doubtless will spring up, af-
fording to the farmers of the State
5 market for what formerly was usu-
ally considered as a waste product.
DON’T GET UP NIGHTS
“Danger Ahead If You Do”
R. S. Fessenden, Shrewsbury, Mass.
Says, “I will tell or write my full ex-
perience with Lithiated Buchu (Kel-
ler Formula.) How the irritation was
relieved, that caused getting up 6 to
7 times each night.” It acts on blad-
der as epsom salts do on bowels.
Drives out foreign deposits and les-
sens excessive acidity. This relieves
the irritation that causes getting up
nights. The tablets cost 2 cents each
at all drug stores, Keller Laboratory,
Mechanicsburg, Ohio or locally at C.
M. Parrish’s, Druggist.
{ “Much has been said and written in
“back-seat |
“hut |
The old proverb that “two heads |
are better than one” is not applicable |
tempt to tell the driver what to do. |
Such action naturally diverts the |
|
. . a month of
good light in
your garage
costs as little
as a single
razor blade
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