Bellefonte, Pa., July 12, 1929.
Your Health,
The First Concern.
—The mushroom growth of camps
amd free camp sites has presented a
definite sanitary problem to health
officials throughout th: country.
Many states have efficiently solved
3%, including Pennsylvania.” said Dr.
Theodore B. Appel, Secretary of
Health.
Nevertheless, a warning must be
given to the thousands who, in re-
oe to the ‘call of the wild’ and
e back to nature’ urge.
It is not enough to arrive some-
where at the end of the day erect
tents for the night’s stay, and as-
sume that the Health Department
fis fully protected you. On the main
dghways, and even on the more
tPaveled side roads, such is likely to
Wé: the case. In camps of this charac-
f@r; the water supply will carry the
f@milar yellow sign—SAFE DRINK-
ING WATER, the sanitary facilities
will be adequate, and the cleanliness
of the surroundings evident.
Blowever thre s a surprising
aumber of camp sites that are to be
found in more remote sections, many
af which, even if the road has been
eovered by the samtary engineer,
Eave come into existence after the
survey has been made and conse-
guently have - been missed. It is at
spots like these that care and cir-
eumspection must be exercised.
The lure of such a camp is strong.
The seclusion of a wooded tract ‘far
from the maddening crowd” some-
times overcomes all consideration of
personal health. 'Thz motorisi is so
often taken with the scenery and
aloofness that he fails to give any
thought to the water supply—the
source of that disease which, by rea-
gon of its seasonal incidence, is now
khown as vacation typhoid.
Deep in the mountains, spring wa-
fr is likely to be entirely safe, but
when using such a source. investi-
gate the immediate neighborhood for
possibilities of infection. It may
Knock a bit of romance and poetry
out of the situation, hut what is the
ack of a little of that compared
with the typhoid bacillus which may
B® awaiting a chance to infect you?
The following rules are for the
guidance of those more adventurous
spirits who spurn established camps
or the approved camp site:
1. Always investigate the source
of your water supply. If a spring,
see that contaminating factors are
absent; if a stream. then invariably
Boil the water. A drop of tincture of
iodine may be added to every pint
of water in lieu of boiling. Others
may have polluted it—and contrary
a’ popular notion, water does not
purify itself in every eignt miles.
2.” Do not throw any garbage or
vefuse~into a stream, open well or
spring —bury or burn it.
3 " Bury body eliminations.
4." Avoid swampy or mosquito in-
fested areas.
5. Leave the camp site in neat
and sanitary condition. There are
others who will likely follow you.
Make sure that all fires are out.
Back to nature is a splendid idea.
@bserve the rules and live to énjoy
such an outing again next year.
“AS this is the season of recrea-
ion it is most natural to turn one’s
attention in that direction. Fishing,
bathing, camping, motoring, hiking
and’ golf, all are justly popular pro-
vided’ that due regard for one’s
Bealth is given when indulging in
fem. However, there is one type of
recreation to which thousands are
given, not only in the summer time,
but all the time. And it is a per-
fectly useless one. namely, symptom
hunting,” said Dr. Theodore B. Ap-
pel, Secretary of Health.
“It is positively surprising the
aumber of people who apparently un-
der a misguided notion of enjoyment
develop and maintain a fear complex
in relation to their well-being. A
ease of ordinary indigestion immedi-
ately suggests cancer, a muscle pain
on the left side is exultingly conszid-
ered to be the forerunner of a fatal
heart condition, a slight pain on the
Tower right side is promptly self-
diagnosed as appendicitis, a back-
ache is interpreted to indicate kidney
trouble and a cough is thought to be
the first sign of tuberculosis.
“Of course it is only wise to have
a proner regard for physical mani-
festations that are out of the usual
order. But it is decidedlv one matter
to define every slight indisposition as
a fore-runner of serious illness or
death and ouite another to assume a
sensible attitude regarding common
conditions which are merely tempo-
rarv manifestations.
“However fine and wonderful
present day life may be, there is yet
a sufficient amount of legitimate
trouble and worrv meted out to all
of us without adding imaginary ones
to them.
“It mav be a fine sport in the es-
timation of manv suveregoists to re-
gale members of their families and
their friends with their personal sus-
picions: of this and that disease. but
it certainlv is not good sense nor is
it good vsvchologv. The onlv net
result is to create an unhealthy
backfire in one’s mental nrocesses
and to develop one's self into a
chronic nuisance where one's ac-
auaintances are concerned. If vou
really think there is something
wrong with vou see vour doctor.
Have him allav vour suspicions and
then stop talking about it.
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(© by D. J. Walsh.)
ELLY WARD pinned on her
N simple black hat that Kate
Collins, her longtime milliner,
had ' fashioned for her and
peeped into the glass with a ecrit-
ical frown upon her gentle brow. Did
she look nice enough? She patted down
her coat collar, brushed a bit of lint
from her skirt and took up the small |
bag purchased a few days previous
at Johnson’s store. From top to toe
she looked neat, quiet, ladylike. She
loved that word—ladylike. All her
life she had tried to conform to its
suggestion as her mother and grand-
mother had done before her. In that
way, as in many others, she was ar
old fashioned as they.
Her husband was waiting for her in
the newest car—a black, long-nosed
brute built for climbing the moun-
tain between their village and the
large adjoining town where his busi-
ness interests were located. He was
a stout, elderly man with a square
chin, quick gray eyes, the most force-
ful type of the successful go-getter.
As she climbed in beside him Nelly
looked back at her home with its
look of plain, practical comfort.
Against the spring green of grass and
foliage it looked as white as snow.
She ‘admired any white house; she
loved her own, and she sighed at leav-
ing it because she might be about
to leave it forever.
From windows and doorways hei
neighbors waved her farewell. Mrs.
Iickert flapped her check apron, Mrs.
Cowan flirted a dust-rag, Letty Dim-
mick signaled with a handkerchief
crisp and scented, as Nelly Ward
knew, with rose leaves. A little child
shouted to her and old Tim Green,
limping toward the grocery for news,
swung his battered hat at her. She
responded cheerfully, but her lips
trembled. :
The great car ate up the road. Ho-
sea did not talk much; he was re-
viewing the speech he was to make at
the big dinner that was to follow ; Nel-
ly sat holding the bag, thinking deep.
crave thoughts.
Over the mountain they went ana
down the other side into the spar-
kling town where Hosea’s big factory
belched black smoke. Yet, in spite of
the smoke, Weston was a beautiful
place with its fine residences, smooth
streets and glittering business sec
tion.
There was a flock of cars before
the Weston house, and Hosea ma-
neuvered the black brute into its place
among them. His manager was there
and his directors, the president of the
bank. prominent club men and wom-
en. representatives of all the big
firms in town, all’ gathered to do
Hosea honor—an honor in which nis
wife was to share. a
Nelly knew only two persons be
sides her husband, and during the
splendid ‘banquet that followed she
felt lonely and a little shy. The
food, too, puzzled her. She liked
simple home cooking, and these ex-
travagances of food aroused in her a
taint distrust. Although she was es-
sentially healthy, she wondered if
such a mixture as lobster, alligator
pears and strawberry ice could pos-
sibly set well.
The banquet lasted for hours, and
Nelly was heartily glad when it was
over. Hosea's speech had made her
more nervous than it had him. A good
man, Hosea, her husband for thirty-
five years and the father of six chil
dren, who were all either married or
away from home with affairs of their
own,
“Well, Nelly,” Hosea said as he
nelped her into the black car. “That’s
that. Now ['m going to show you the
house I've picked out for you.”
It was a splendid house, vast, tow
aring, set in the midst of beautifu!
grounds. A millionaire had built it
and only a millionaire could live in
it. It had garage room for Hosea's
four cars, a rose pergola, a fountain
and a drawing room that could hold
seventy people.
“If you want this house it’s yours.
Nelly,” Hosea said proudly. “And you
can go the {limit in buying stuff for
it.”
“It’s grand, dear,” Nelly said. “Bu
~—what’s that building on the right?”
“That’s the Weston Memorial li
orary. A beauty, eh?”
“And this place on the left—who
owns it?”
“Summer people. It's opened fo:
only two or three months during the
year.”
She got into the black car and the)
-eturned homeward. Hosea talking
gayly all the way of his vast new
plans. Nelly silent and self-abnega-
tive.
A smell of food greeted them as
chey entered the house. Sarah, middle-
aged and beaming, for many years
more of a housemate than a servant
to Nelly Ward, stuck her head in at
the door.
“Supper’s ready when you are,” she
said.
In the pretty dining room, lightea
with sunset gold, they sat down to
homemade bread, green onions, thin
slices of corned beef, sponge cake and
tart plum preserves in a stemmed
glass dish. Tulips filled an old fash-
ioned blue bowl that had belonged to
Nelly’s mother.
“l didn’t think 1 could eat any.
ching,” Hosea remarked as they left
the table. “1 will say for Sarah that
she knows how to assemble food.”
Nelly cleared her throat.
“{f we move to. Weston Sarah won
go with us.” she said.
“Why not?” Hosea struck a msteh
on the heel of his shoe and lit hie
after-supper cigar.
“She won't leave her daughter and
grandchildren. I don't blame her. But
—1 wouldn't know how to keep house
. without Sarah.”
They sat down on the porch, Hosea
smoked and Nelly crocheted. A ecat-
bird poured out his native imitations
from a nearby syringa. :
“Say, you'll miss all this when we
get to Weston,” Hosea said. He
turned and looked at his wife. Her
face was averted, but she put up he-
hand to her cheek. 3
“Nelly! If you don't want to ge
tell me so,” he said tenderly.
“It isn’t a question of what 1 want,
dear, it's a question of how I ear
help you most,” she replied.
They sat in long silence. Suddenly
Hosea slapped the arms of his chai
with his palms. .
“l see how it is. You've lived here
all your life,” he said.
Her hands trembled as she attempt-
ed to take a stitch with her crochet-
needle. He did understand more than
she had ever dreamed he could—tha?
it would be tearing her heart out tr
‘eave her home, her old neighbors.
Mrs Eckert came running across
the lawn with an offering of flowers.
‘lI want you to have some of my
black tulips, Nelly,” she said. Then
anxiously stating the real errand:
“Did you decide today about going te
Weston to live?”
Nelly didn't answer, but Hosea did.
“She's going to stay here,” he said.
“I'm going to stay here, too, all the
time I don’t have to be attending te
business in Weston.”
“I'm go glad!” Mrs. Eckert replied.
“I’ve been just about sick all day for
fear Nelly would go.”
“Hosea is giving in to me,” Nelly
said, shakily. “I hate to say it, Helen,
but even if I am Hosea Ward's wife
I'm just a village woman who loves
her neighbors—" she could get no far
ther.
For Hosea had quietly risen, gone
to her and kissed her.
Immense Variety of
Colors in the Stars
Poets write of the silver moon, but
as a rule the moon's light is as nearly
white as it can be.
There was a scare at Bombay when
the moon appeared a Cambridge blue
color, and later turned vivid green
This freakish color was not due to
anything in the moon itself, but to
moisture in the atmosphere previous
to the breaking of the monsoon or
~ainy season.
Sometimes at sunset in winter,
when it is quite clear and freezing
hard, the western sky opposite the
sunset will show a beautiful pale
green instead of blue. When you see
this you can be sure the frost will
break within twenty-four hours and
ne followed by heavy rain.
The sun seen through a fog often
appears a dull crimson hue. In the
Arctic region a halo is sometimes seen
around the sun, with three or four
mock suns in the halo. This phenom:
enon has been noticed even in Eng °
land, and was seen by observers at
Tonbridge one winter day twenty-six
years ago. Over one mock sun was
an inverted rainbow, while all three
mock suns were of an intense white.
The real color of the sun is blue.
Our atmosphere makes it appear yel-
low or golden. If you could rise
above the earth’s atmosphere the sky
would appear black and the sun »
blazing blue.
Few people except
have ever noticed the amazing vari
ety of colors in the stars. Most of
us are aware that Mars is red—it may
be that the vegetation of the planet
is of that color—but there are other
stars much redder. One of the con-
stellation Cepheus has been called the
Garnet star, and is almost the color
of a ruby.
While the majority of stars shine
with a pure white light, there are no
fewer than eighty-five of those vis-
ible to the naked eye which have
tints of red, blue and even lilac.—
London Tit-Bits.
Saws Without Teeth
Many persons unfamiliar with in-
dustrial advance will be unable to un-
derstand that there is such a thing as
a toothless saw, but nevertheless
smooth-edged metal disks are used ex-
tensively for cutting materials which
could not be severed by the usual
toothed saw. These saws are coming
into greater use every day, being made
possible by the high speeds which are
attained by the use of electricity. One
of these saws, revolving at a low rate
of speed, would be shattered instantly
when applied to a piece of hard metal,
but revolving at a very high speed it
cuts through steel like a kitchen knife
going through a piece of cheese.
Herbal Remedies
Some people still use old herbal
remedies. I was talking to a field
worker whom 1 knew very well,
writes “Looker-On” in the London
Daily Chronicle. He said his liver
was inclined to be sluggish. “I know
what to do,” he said. “I shall dig up
a root of burdock, scrape it, add a
leaf or two of coltsfoot, and put the
lot into a cup of tea. That's never
failed me yet.” “Burdock is often
called “dock.” It grows everywhere.
Coltsfoot, too. As my friend says,
“It’s cheaper than doctor's stuff.”
Renovating.
His Wife—We ought to have a new
car. This one looks disreputable.
Hardy Upton—Can’t afford it. Rut
Cll fix up this old bus—wash it up and
put a fresh mortgage on it,
ASLTONOMErS | «tones are coming from the state dig-
SEEK COMPENSATION
FOR PRISON YEARS
Friends Move to Aid Man
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Wrongfully Jailed.
Madison, Wis.—An effort is under
way here to obtain legislative compen-
sation for John A. Johnson, sixty-five,
who served ten years in prison for a
crime it now generally is believed he
did not commit,
Although Johnson confessed in 1911
to the murder of seven-year-old Annie
Lemberger, he repudiated his confes-
sion just before he entered the gates
of Waupun prison.
In 1922 he was pardoned by Gov.
E. L. Philipp, who had been con-
vinced the man confessed hecause of
a morbid fear of mob violence.
There are more than 3,000 Madi-
son citizens who now are certain so-
ciety “robbed” Johnson of ten work-
ing years of his life and who have
signed petitions asking the legislature
to compensate him, as far as possible,
for that which was taken.
Crime Committed in 1911.
Johnson, an employee of the city,
nas aged rapidly and is in none too
| good health, He still works, but his
| earning power is small and he and
! the wife who trusted him during his
years of imprisonment are not enjoy-
ing the comforts they might have had.
Annie Lemberger, daughter of Mar-
tin Lemberger, was put to bed by her
! mother about nine o'clock the night
| of September 5, 1911. Several days
| later her body was found floating in
| Monona bay. She had been beaten
to death.
| Johnson was arrested three days
fater and was questioned by a detec-
tive. For hours he maintained that
" he was innocent—until the detective
' struck the vulnerable spot.
The officer, failing in all other ef-
forts to make Johnsen confess, told
him that a mob was outside clamoring
for his life.
Saw Man Lynched.
Johnson once had seen a man
1ynched at Darlington anJ the moment
' he heard that he was in danger of
! meeting a similar fate he became a
| eringing, terrified wreck. He con-
fessed, begged protection, and when
i arraigned in court pleaded guilty, with
the additional plea that he be hurried
to prison and saved from the mob.
Despite the fact that Mrs. Johnson
and two daughters, Stella and Bertha,
testified that Johnson had gone to bed
about nine o'clock the night of the
murder and never left the house dur-
ing the night, the man’s plea of guilty
was accepted and he was sentenced
to Waupun for life.
Use X-Ray on Diggers
"to Halt Diamond Thefts
Cape Town, South Africa.—Obser-
vation posts with searchlights and
special X-ray apparatus are stated to
be among the means which the South’
African government is adopting to end
the diamond smuggling in Namaqua-
land, in which women are said to be
largely employed.
No stones have been produced from
che state diggings since last February
and the work is not proceeding until
all the precautions against illicit dia-
mond smuggling are completed.
The X-ray apparatus is said to be
such as to make it possible to detect
diamonds on or in a man passing an
observer. While smuggling is admit-
ted, the government denies that the
gings.
Sweeping of Jewelry
Shop Floor Yields Gold
Cincinnati, Ohio.—An effort will be
made to recover several hundred and
probably thousands of dollars’ worth
of gold and other precious metals be-
lieved to have accumulated under a
floor of a jewelry manufacturing firm
here during the last quarter century.
The firm will move into a new loca-
tion soon and officials are going to
make sure they remove all their be-
longings, even to the tiny bits of
metals in floor cracks and other in-
conspicuous parts of the shop.
Employees wash their hands in a
sink that has no outlet and about
$1,000 worth of precious metals is re-
covered this way each year. Sweep-
ings from the floor yield about $200
worth a month,
Monks Work to Divert
Traffic From Monastery
Cumberland, R. I.—The strange at-
mosphere which pervades the Cister-
cian monastery will become even more
pronounced with the completion of a
new stretch of highway under con-
struction here.
Without outside aid, the Trappist
monks of the monastery are building
a new road, three-quarters of a mile
long, to divert traffic from the main
highway which now runs close to their
retreat.
In carrying out this novel project,
the monks are following the example
of Henry Ford, who had a similar
road constructed to divert traffic from
his Wayside inn at Sudbury, Mass.
Will Dress Statue
Kovno, Lithuania.—Kovno's statue
of the Greek god, Apollo, will be of-
ficially clad in a bathing suit hence-
forth. When a group of women pro-
tested against the statue's compara-
tive nudity, the town council refused
to remove the work of art. A compro-
mise to dress the statue in a bathing
guilt finally was reached.
Eskimo Children Have
Toys of Rare Beauty
lskimo youngsters possess tiny
spears and fish hooks cut from walrus
bones, small crossbows with ivory-
tipped arrows, beautiful little kayaks
about a foot long, cleverly fashioned
from skins and manned with carved
ivory hunters. Each one holds a pad-
dle of bone, a bone harpoon, a wee
float of seal skin and delicate hide
lariats.
Little sleds of ivory, only a few
inches long, yet perfectly formed, with
several ivory dogs hitched with rein-
deer hide harness, are treasured pos-
sessions of Eskimo boys. Deer, whales,
bears, seals—all sorts of queer fish
and birds—are carved from pure ivory
and given to the children at Yuletide.
Beautiful little ivory birds of the Far
North, penguin and the murre, are
cut so delicately from ivory as te
astonish the examiner.
There are ivory thimbles for the
girls, tiny ivory pins for their coarse,
black hair, toggles or clasps for fur
belts, shopping bags of white fur fron
the Arctice hare.
Some boys have a marvelous drum
made of a thin strip of whalebone
bent to form a circle. Both sides are
covered with tightly stretched shark
skin. Two little walrus bones are
drum sticks and no snow igloo can
contain the noise that radiates from
the instrument.
Many of these toys reach American
cities but are sold in curio shops and
are far too expensive for Santa Claus
to distribute.—Boston Herald.
Investment in Pearls
Brought Rich Return
Some years ago a woman received
as one of her Christmas presents a
pearl necklace from her husband. Not
being in opulent circumstances, he
was unable to spend more than $25
for them, but their luster pleased his
wife, however, and for some years
she wore them many, many times un-
til recently the string broke and she
carried them to the same jewelers
to be restrung.
She had hardly reached her home
when she received a telephone call
from the senior partner of the firm,
who asked her to call the next morn-
ing. To her amazement, she found
that what she thought were excellent
imitations were the real thing and
valued at about $5,000. They had
been sold by an inexperienced sales-
man, it appeared.
Leaving the jewels she returnea
nome and several days later was the
recipient of a letter from the jewel-
ers containing a check for $1,000 and
a box containing another string of
pearls worth three or four times as
much as the original price paid for
her first necklace.—Springfield Union.
First English Bible
John Wycliffe, first man to translate
the Bible into English, was sixty
years old when he finished his task.
The work belongs to the final period
of his life, that time during which
he was greatly persecuted by both
the church and state. The Wycliffe
version was addressed to the entire
English people, high and low, rich
and poor. This is proved by the char-
acter of the copies that have survived.
About thirty of these remain and
some are large folio volumes, hand-
somely written and illustrated in the
best style of the period. Others are
plain copies of ordinary size for pri-
vate persons or monastic libraries.—
Detroit News.
Beryllium
The bureau of mines says that
beryllium is a rare metal and is found
in considerable quantity only in one
mineral—beryl, which contains only
at the most about 5 per cent of ber-
yllium. The process of extracting the
metal is expensive and difficult. At
present it is quoted at about $200 per
pound. There is no market except
for experimental purposes. If there
were a definite market it is possible
that it could be made for $15 or less
per pound. It is not magnetic. It is
a fair conductor of electricity, and is
not stronger than good steel, As it is
easily oxidized by heat, it would be
difficult to cast.
Modern Methods
Muddlecombe was one of the very
latest model villages, and all the
houses were brand new.
A prospective resident was being
shown over a small “Old-world cot-
tage” she hoped to buy by a very
enthusiastic estate agent.
“But where is the kitchen?” asked
the woman, after making a tour of
the place.
The estate agent consulted his plan
of the first floor. Then he looked up
quickly.
“Oh, you provide that yourself!” he
answered blandly. “Any really good
shop will sell you a combination
kitchenette and dining table.”
Ambergris Loses in Value
While ambergris is still quite val-
uable, it does not possess the value
it did years ago. There is not the
demand now for it that there used to
be. Ambergris was chiefly used in the
perfume-making industry, some of the
most fragrant odors being produced
from the evil-smelling stuff; but the
advances of synthetic chemistry in re-
cent years have not only made it pos-
sible for chemists to imitate exactly
the composition of the compound, but
also to produce artificially other and
better aromas at the one hundredth
part of the cost of ambergris.
..three even-
ings’ light
for the front
porch costs
as little as
a two-cent
stamp.
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Used Electric Ranges
We have traded in, for new Gas
Ranges, a number of electric
ranges, many in good condi-
tion. These are for sale to
those in the outlying districts,
not reached by gas. Many of
these ranges originally sold for
$220 to $275.
Your Choice at $60.00 Each.
Central Penna. Gas Co.
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consistent with the class eof werk.
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