en
—
Beworaifd Wald.
3. Bellefonte, Pa., May 31, 1929.
Your Health,
The First Concern.
Pennsylvania has a good record of |
achievement in public health work,
but a comparison of its record with
that of other States indicates that
there is still room for improvement.
In its death rate from all causes
Pennsylvania is usually close to the
average for the entire registration
area. In 1926 in a group of 41 States,
Pennsylvania was in 26th place, that
is, 25 States reported lower rates and
15 higher rates. In 1927 out of 37
States for which reports are avail-
able, Pennsylvania was 22nd with 21
lower and 15 higher. Of the six
States adjoining Pennsylvania, rates
were higher in 1927 in New York,
Maryland and Delaware and lower
in Ohio, New Jersey and West Virgi-
nia.
Pennsylvania’s infant mortality
can be improved. Out of 33 States
for which reports are available for
1926, Pennsylvania was 29th, only
four States having higher rates.
In 1927 its record was a little better
with 27th place among 36 States.
Here also three of its neighbors, New
York, New Jersey and Ohio have bet-
ter records than Pennsylvania and
three, West Virginia, Maryland and
Delaware worse records.
The typhoid fever situation in
Pennsylvania is better than in the
country as a whole. The death rate
from this cause in Pennsylvania in
1926 was 20th from the lowest
among 41 States. Of our immediate
neighbors only New York and New
Jersey had lower rates from this
cause.
The sma.lpox raorality record of
Pennsylvania in the past two vears
could not be better. Our State was
one of 14 which reported no deaths
from smallpox in 1926.
In the 41 States in the list. in the
table below, Pennsvivania in 1926
ranked 29th, in diphtheria, 21st in
tuberculosis, 29th in diarrhea and
enteritis under 2 years, 22nd in puer-
peral septicemia and 20th in other
puerperal causes.
The effect upon the development
of the various diseases caused by the
closing and fumigatine of the schools
was very striking ! The reports of
the various diseases for each of the
involved schools were checked over
in the Department’s files. Some of
the schools which the newspavers an-
nounced had outbreaks of divhtheria
or scarlet fever had reported no dis-
cases whatever !
Another pofential danger in the
fumigation method of fichtine disease
vas shown when a countv school
hoard ordered a janitor to fumicate
n rural school and the janitor him-
~elf was killed by the exposure to
the fumes of formaldehyde gas.
Incomplete reports of conta=ionus
‘iseases were
received from some
schools, but these did not indicate
rleasing effects from the fumiga-
tion. For example, a school in Mont-
~omery countv had five cases of
~carlet fever following their seven
~ay closure and fumigation, none
Tefore. Two months later a neigh-
“oring school, without reporting any
raises, closed for a week and then
had six cases of scarlet fever develop
1 the classrooms. A Susquehanna
~hool reported no cases previous to,
“1t twenty-one cases of measles af-
‘ r closing. A Warren countv school
- as closed for a whole month on ac-
~ount of scarlet fever. yet no cases
gre reported from its vicinity.
Scarlet fever develoned in a riral
~"hool in Butler county. five cases
7 pearing in a week. Without m=k-
‘2 anv attempt to detect which
~ild might be the disturbing ele-
~-ent the school was closed for two
seks and immediately unon oven-
'g two more cases develomed and
*en three more. A haraneh schoo!
i» Blair countv had fifteen rases of
~~~~let fever develoving with onsets
from Webruarv 1st to 17th: the
school was then fumigated and clos-
ed ten davs during vrhich time three
more children who had been expnsed
nreviouslv hecame ill. After opening
the school eight more cases develop-
ed within a week and two more a
month later. In Chester countv a
town school had nine cases of Ger-
man measles, was closed. then oven-
ed without anv insvections of the
children and 52 more cases develop-
ed. A nearby borough school had
twentv-three cases of German meas-
les at the same time. This schoo)
was fumigated but not closed and
forty-four more cases of German
measles promptly develoned. A
Dauphin county borough school had
five cases of scarlet fever. closed for
a week and fumigated and had ten
more cases. Mumps were fought this
way in two schools; one had eleven
cases before and six after closure
but the other school in a borough in
five months reported thirty-two
cases before closure and nine after-
wards.
To sum up: Closing and fumiga-
ting schools does not produce con-
tagious disease. On the other hand.
neither does it have any effect what-
soever in controlling it. The one re-
sult of this practice is to give the
children a chance to spread the dis-
eases into other schools by mingling
with youngsters whom they would
not have met had school been kept
open.
—————— A ti.
—The average man would much
rather have his hands than his face
on a five dollar bill.—The Louisville |
Times.
CARRIES UMBRELLA
ON WORLD JOURNEYS
Congressman Keeps Sam-=
Rain Stick 45 Years.
Washington.—Over the flats of
Singapore and across the sands of the
Sahara, up the valley of the Ganges
and over the peaks about St. Moritz,
by boat down the River of Doubt and
by sleigh through the waist-deep
snows of the Siberian steppes—al-
most anywhere, in fact, except the
Polar regions, a faithful umbrella has
traveled with its owner. It .as been
mended and repaired, of course, but
it still has the same stanch stick and
the same heavy silk covering, though
it has been around the globe more
than a score of times and has gone
into nearly every country.
Congressman Ernest R. Ackerman of
New Jersey. the Republican roll-call
bellwether of the lower branch of
congress, is the owner of the umbrella.
No matter where you see Mr. Acker-
man, if he has his hat on, you see the
umbrella. And when it is not with
him it is in a specially built rack in
his office or his home, with his hat
always upon it, so the one cannot
be remembered without the other.
Purchased 45 Years ago.
Forty-five years ago the umbrella
came into Mr. Ackerman’s possession
by purchase. Mr. Ackerman, who is
one of the cement millionaires of the
country, bought the umbrella at
Bond's, in Piccadilly, London. A close
friend was with him at the time and
bought one like it. Immediately after-
ward the friend bet Mr. Ackerman he
would have his umbrella longer. He
lost his two weeks afterward. Mr.
Ackerman has carried his ever since,
and last year it made its fiftieth trip
abroad.
Scores of trips to Europe, Asia,
Africa and South America—a differ-
ent place each year—have added to
the umbrella mileage. The umbrella
was still good and strong enough to
make a visit with the Ackermans this
year to Italy and the Adriatic.
The handle has been carved, by the
Ackerman hand, with notations as to
where and when the umbrella has
been when important world events
have occurred under the Ackerman
eye. There are little silver plates,
too, noting the dates of special trips
the umbrella has made.
Has Another Fad.
The umbrella fad is not the only
one in which Mr. Ackerman engages.
He is a postage stamp collector, one
of the most assiduous in the worid.
Of course, one hears that King George
of England and King Victor Emman-
uel of Italy are the greatest, but Mr.
Ackerman will tell you this is not so,
as they interest themselves in the
stamps of their own realms only. The
New Jersey congressman makes his
collections general.
Recently Mr. Ackerman has addea
to his collection, at much expense, a
complete set of the pre-revolutionary
stamps. These stamps are very rare.
Stamp collecting has long been a
fancy of famous men, but Mr. Acker-
man has made his efforts a sort of co-
operative venture, which has led him
‘into many associations. He thinks
‘nothing when in London or Rome of
acquainting the palaces and their oc-
cupants of his presence. There has
been much swapping of stamps with
King George and King Victor as a re-
sult. Only recently Mr. Ackerman
traded a rare Pritish African stamp
with King George in return for an-.
other British empire stamp of which
the king had duplicates.
Mr. Ackerman has another hobby,
00. One of his relatives who died
several years ago left him a set of
letters, including one by each of the
I'residents of the United States.
bound and then decided to do a little
collecting of letters himself. His ef-
forts have been fruitful and his as-
sortment of autographs and docu-
ments is highly prized.
{Loss of 700 Reindeer
Blow to Lapland Tribe
Oslo.—A certain tribe of nomadic
f.apps engaged in raising reindeer
was hard hit by misfortune this win-
ter. During the summer the Lapps’
large herd grazed on pastures on an
Arctic island half a mile off the Nor-
wegian mainland, and when cold
weather came on the deer were led
to swim across the strait. When they
were half way over a passing steam-
er caused a panic among the animals
and 150 drowned. Once ashore with
the remainder, the Lapps embarked
on the arduous trek through the Fin-
marken region to make their winter
quarters at Kautokaino. Gales and
snows and various mishaps dealt rav-
aging blows to the herd, and when
finally at Kautokaino the Lapps count-
ed a total loss of 700 reindeer.
Cost Living to Go
Higher for Chinese
Shanghai, China. — Adoption of
China's new tariff schedule has been
seen by both Chinese and foreigners
in China as the signal for the begin-
ning of an era of sharply increased
general living costs. Although there
has not yet been time to determine
accurately the result, increased levies
are generally expected upon virtually
every commodity.
Individual consamption is sharply
affected because of the wide range of
products included in the new sched-
ule. The principal ones are cloth-
plece goods, leather, foodstuffs, met-
als, drugs, lumber, tobacco and motor
cars.
Mr.
Ackerman had the set handsomely,
. Draw on All Sources
for National Music |
National music has to he
discovered and clad in beautiful forms,
just as popular myths and legends are
brought to light and crystallized into
immortal verses by great poets. All
that is required is a good ear, a good
memory, and a faculty for molding
fragments of past generations into au
harmonic whole. A few days ago I
read that Brahms, according to his
own words. took folk-tunes as motives
for his new collection of songs and
arranged them for piano. Liszt in his
rhapsodies did the same, and Schu-
mann in his “Two Grenadiers” used the '
Marseillaise. The Irishman Balfe used
a Hussite choir in his “Bohemian
Girl,” although nobody knows where
he got it from. Thus soonor or later
popular music attracts the attention
of and finds its way into the works
of great composers. I know
that the question whether inspiration
drawn from some stray melody or
folk-song is sufficient to lend higher
musical works a national character
has not yet been solved. Neither is
it certain whether national music as
such deserves priority. 1 for myself
believe firmly that that music which
is the most characteristic of a nation
deserves the greatest recognition.—
Dvorak in a Letter Written From
America.
Dan
ger in Overdoing
Changes in Business
A man who has had great success in
toning up business organizations and
who has accumulated a fortune from
this line of work, has learned some-
thing worth passing on.
“Never picture any new idea, any
dew plan, and new course of action
as terribly important,” he declares.
“And never feed out more of an idea
at one time than the people you are
dealing with can absorb. You must
avoid frightening them. You must
take carefully into account the men-
tality of each man affected by what-
ever you propose to do. Make things
look easy to them. Get them to feel
that they can
selves tu the ores way of doing |
things. Nurture their coafidence. By
using these methods it is astonishing
how smoothly the functioning of aa
organization can be readjusted even
radically.”
That sounds sensible, to avoid ask-
mg ciployees, or anybody else, 10
digest far-reaching, brand new ideas
all at ounce.
we do not expect it to jump from low
speed to high speed; we first put it
inte second.—lorbes Magazine.
Agze and Exercise
Amounts of poysical activity re-
quired by healthy persons at differ-
ent ages, as computed by various au-
thorities, are summarized in an article
on exercise by Dr. James O. Nall.
The program quoted calls for:
Four hours daily at the age of five,
five hours daily from seven to nine
years, six hours daily from nine to
eleven years, five hours daily from
eleven to thirteen years, four hours
daily from thirteen to sixteen years,
three hours daily from sixteen to
eighteen years, two hours daily from
eighteen to twenty years, and one
hour daily for persons over twenty
years of age.
Dutch Bricks as Ballast
Many an ancient house in and about
New York is said to have been built
with imported Dutch bricks.
tle American vessels that traded with
the West found it cheaper to ballast
with Dutch bricks and sell them in
New York for a trifle than to ballast
with stones, a scarce article in Hol-
land anyhow, and dump them in the
harbor. So good Rotterdam bricks
might get into a New York chimney;
as for similar reasons bricks loaded
in London might help rear a Virginia
planter’s stately mansion on the
James, with local brick kilns near.
The “High Hat”
It had always been Sambo’s ambi-
tion to own a fur coat, and after years
of saving he was at last able to buy
it. As one morning he was strutting |
down the street, a friend approachgd
him.
“Mo’nin’, Sambo,”
marked. ‘Pretty col’ day, ain’t she?”
Sam lifted his chin haughtily from
the depths of his fur collar.
“Ah really cain’t tell ’bout
weather,” he replied carelessly.
the
“Ah
| ain’t looked at de paper today.”—Bos-
| ton Globe.
Yukon Territory
The Yukon territory was set up as
such in 1898 by an act of the Cana-
dian parliament and provision made
for its local government by a legisla-
tive council composed of a commis-
sioner and six others. This territory
has an area of about 207,000 square
miles. The Yukon river is navigable
for 2,000 miles in the United States
and Canadian territory and the terri-
tory itself is not only rich in metals
but has much arable land.
Gems From Dr. Johnsing
The Great Lexicographer having
refused to recommend a man for &
position, Boswell said: “Sir, you have
gotten many men positions.
you now take this stand?”
Doctor Johnsing—Why, sir, every
time 1 got a man a position I made |
an enemy of him. Couldn’t afford to |
Had to stop, |
have so many enemies.
sir, had to stop.
readily adapt themwm- '
In driving an automobile '
|
the friend re-
Why do |
CLAIMS WEATHER
SIGNS RELIABLE.
Probably the weather forecast in
the little box on the front page of
the daily newspaper is almost the
first item most of the millions of
newspaper readers scan.
Explaining this, weather bureau
experts say that those who live in
the city want to know, naturally,
whether to carry an umbrella or put
chains on the automobile, while those
who are engaged in agriculture, want
the probable state of the weather for
the day and the prediction for tomor-
row determines what work will be
planned or accomplished.
“With reliable service from the
Weather Bureau it would seem that
the old-time weather proverbs would
soon pass out of use and be forgotten,
even if any of them were depend-
able,” one of the experts said. “Many
indeed, were absurd and misleading,
but not a few are interesting as re-
flecting the accuracy of observation
by those who are ‘out in all weathers,’
and useful when the daily paper is
not at hand to furnish a forecast.”
i According to this expert among the
best of these, perhaps, are the pro-
verbs that have to do with the color
of the sky and the appearances of
the sun, the moon, and the stars, for
all are affected by the state of the
atmosphere.
“Any modified appearance of the
| sun is most conspicuous when it is
‘near the horizon,” the expert said.
| “Hence there are many weather pro-
| verbs about the sun at morning or
‘evening. When the air is heavily
charged with dust particles laden
with moisture we see the sun as a
firey red ball, and predict rain, in
such proverbs as a red sun has water
in his eyes,’ or ‘if red, the sun begins
his race, be sure the rain will fall
apace.” The red sun implies a humia
atmosphere, a condition essential and
favorable to the occurence of rain.
“On the other hand, a red evening
sky usually means that the air con-
tains very little moisture and that
| rain within the next 24 hours is im-
'proable. When the evening sky is
overcast with uniform gray the dust
particles in the atmosphere have evi-
dently become leaded with much
moisture, giving rise to the proverb,
| ‘if the sunset is gray, the next day
will be a rainy day.”
| “A gray morning sky, however, for
, reasons which meteorologists can ex-
plain in connection with the forma-
tion of dew, generally justifies the
expectation of a fair day. ‘Evening
red and morning gray, two sure signs
of one fair day.” “An evening gray
rand a morning red, though, ‘will send
, the shepherd wet to bed.”
THERE IS A PENALTY
| FOR PILFERING SHRUBBERY
| Love of flowers is inherent in al-
most every human and often leads to
| ruthless gathering of the present bou-
'quet, unmindful of the future of the
iplant. We are asked to protect na-
| tive plants and wild flowers from de-
| struction. The serious destruction of
iour native plants is inevitable if wé
cannot teach both adults and children
to enjoy, but not destroy.
Following is the present trespass
law of Pennsylvania:
“Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in
general assembly met, and it is here-
by enacted by the authority of the
same: That if any person not being
the present owner thereof, shall wil-
fully and unlawfully steal, take or
carry away, or be engaged in steals
ing, taking or carrying away any
kind of property whatsoever, growing
or being on the land of another, every
such person so offending shall, upon
i conviction thereof, be guilty of lar-
ceny an be sentenced topay a sum
imprisonment by separate or solitary
confinement at labor not exceeding
three years.” Approved May, A. D.,
1925.
OE i {not exceeding $50, and to undergo |
e -
| BURNING LEFT EAR NOT
SIGN OF MEAN TALK.
Some people believe that if one’s
left ear burns it is a sign that some
one is saying mean things about one
—and that if the right ear burns
something good is being said.
For most of the occasions of life
the right side is believed to be lucki-
er than and superior to the left. Ring
Lardner used to curse an enemy with
the wish that his son would turn out
a left-handed baseball pitcher. In
most of the normal everyday affairs
of life the right hand is used by most
people.
There are innumerable theories of
right-handedness and left-handed-
ness. In primitive times the left
hand was the one always used for
magic; it was the hand that was dif-
ferent, the one that would reverse the
action. In the same way witches
used to repeat the Lord's Prayer
backward.
In connection with this idea there
arose the notion that the way to have
boys was for the mother to sleep on
the right side and for girls on the left
side. The ancient Hindu doctors said
that if the right eye of the mother
was larger than the left the expected
child would be a boy. Similar views
were held by the ancient Jews,
Greeks, and Romans. If the right side
preponderated in size, or in fullness
of any portion, or even in rate of the
pulse, the forthcoming progeny was
anticipated to be male.
Among the Hindus and Mohamme-
dans as well there are strict rules
relative to the use of the right hand
and of the left hand for various sani-
tary purposes. These rules arose no
doubt in ignorance and magic, far in
advance of modern conceptions of
bacterial contamination and the
transmission of disease, yet the ideas
were absolutely sound from the sani-
tary point of view.
Now the reason for burning of the
right ear or the left ear is a change in
the amount of blood flowing through
it temporarily for one reason or an-
other. If an ear gets cold the circu-
lation is diminished. If the ear gets
hot the flow of blood into it increases
and with more blood the ear burns.
Of course, the ancients did not un-
derstand these delicate mechanisms
of human physiology. They put to-
gether their superstitions about right
and left and their ignorance of hu-
man physiology and the result was
the belief handed down through gene-
rations; that if the left ear burns one
is being condemned or will become ill
or have bad luck, and that if the
right ear burns the signs, omens and
portents are favorable.
BOUNTY REMOVED
FROM RED FOX.
Under a bill signed by the Gover-
nor on May 14 the $2.00 bounty here-
tofore awarded for each red fox sub-
mitted to the Game Commission has
been removed, and no further claims
for this species will be honored as of
that date.
It was felt that these creatures,
because of the value placed upon
their fur, will be admirably control-
led without any sort of bounty reg-
ulation.
Then, too, the destructive habits of
the animal are in themselves suffi-
cient inducement for keeping the
creatures in check.
By passing this information along
hunters and trappers will not only
be greatly aiding the Game Commis-
sion but their colleagues as well.
Army Sargeant (to negro just be-
fore a battle) :—Rastus, when you get
where the bullets are flying, zig-zag
and you won't get hit.”
Rastus:—All right, suh.”
After the battle; (in a hospital)
| Sargeant:—*“Well Rastus, how come
you are in here all shot up? Did you
follow advice?” Rastus:—*“Yes suh,
ah did, but, but ah zizzed when ah
oughta zazzed, and zazzed when ah
oughta zizzed.”
fishing reserve. It is ideally
fonte,, Pa. This property is
ty, Pa.
well located.
Bellefonte, Pa. This house is
frame dwelling and restaurant on East Bishop street, Belle-
has been conducted in this property known as the Blackford
Restaurant for 50 years or more.
Estate of Emma E. Cooke, Deceased
Two and one-half frame house and lot with barn and neces-
sary out-buildings, situate in Howard Borough, Centre Coun-
This house has all the modern conveniences and is
Estate of Edward J. Purdue, Deceased
Farm on the top of Purdue Mountain, three miles west of
Bellefonte, situate in Benner Township, Centre County, Pa.,
containing sixty acres more or less, with a house, barn and all
necessary out-buildings. This farm would make a very de-
sirable summer resort and hunting camp.
Estate of Nellie E. Willard, Deceased
Three and one-half story brick house on North Thomas street,
and has all the modern conveniences.
a good, safe, conservative investment.
PLEASE APPLY FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE
TO: :
Bellefonte Trust Company
BEL FFONTE, PA.
| Rea Rtate For Sale!
Estate of Clyde I. Blackford, Deceased
Farm six miles north of Howard, situate in Curtin Township,
Centre County, Pa., containing 295 acres more or less.
farm was purchased with the idea of making a hunting and
This
located. Two and one-half story
centrally located and restaurant
divided into six living apartments
This property would be
State College
. « two weeks
of good light
for the bed-
room .. cost
only the price
of a 15-cent
collar button
WEST
PENN
POWER €O
FOR BETTER LIVING
USE ELECTRICITY
TRYING 101 WAYS
OF COOKING POTATOES.
One hundred and one ways of us-
ing potatoes are now being tested by
experts of the home economics de-
partment of the Pennsylvania State
College, in preparation for the ‘“Po-
tato Exposition” of the Pennsylvania
Potato Growers’ Association at State
College, August 12 to 22. The work
is in charge of Miss Edith Chase,
chairman of the exposition committee
on home economics.
Potato flour used in baked goods,
including quick bread, muffins, yeast
breads, and cakes, will be tested first.
These trials will be followed by va-
rious methods of preparing ‘spuds’
alone and in combination with other
good things to eat.
A large display of institutional and
home equipment, including potato
chip machinery, mashers, peelers,
beaters, slicers and tubes used for
garnishing, is being planned for the
big show. Lectures and demonstra-
tions will take place each morning.
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holes in heels or toe. A new pair
FREE if they fail. Price $1.00,
YEAGER’S TINY BOOT SHOP.
Employers
This Interests You
The Workman’s Compensation
Law went into effect Jan. 1, 1916.
It makes insurance compulsory.
We specialize in placing such in-
surance. We inspect Plants and
recommend Accident Prevention
Safe Guards which Reduce Insur-
ance rates.
It will be to your interest to con-
sult us before placing your Insur-
ance.
JOHN F. GRAY & SON.
Bellefonte
ammmemmmmmn.
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consistent with the class ef werk.
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