—_— te ————— Bellefonte, Pau July 26, 1929. Your Health, The First Concern. Perhaps you are bothered with in the region of the appendix al times and naturally wonder if you Mave “chronic appendicitis.” Mow it is just possible that you! Save appendicitis, but most of the min in the abdomen comes from that is the fermentation or pu- 2wefaction of food that has been eat- an” . Dx. Albert S. Welch, Kansas City. “Nia, tells us that under ordinary cir- ‘gmsmstances the usual articles of diet, smch as cooked potatoes and tender mmeat, are acted upon by juices in fe stomach and small intestine, spend 2 sufficient time here for prop- @#r digestion, and after about two furs the material that has not been alworfied into the blood, passes into ‘He Jarge intestine. Amuit is still in a liquid state a lit- ie ahsorption into the blood takes miitce;, 2nd the hard covering of the starch granules that did not get Teroken up in the small intestine, get | Biofken:down by the organisms in the intestine. Taye this starchy material may get Elrough the small intestine unbroken amid therefore not digested, because We fbod is “hurried along on its way. ‘Sometimes also because the diges- #@#e: juices in the small intestine are mit’ strong enough to break down the HBrd or ‘“‘cellulose” coverings of the mBarchy food, this starchy food ‘meaches the large intestine undigest- asi. New the natural organisms in he Iarge intestine are just waiting #dr something like this to happen, and they immediately seize on this starchy food, break down the cover- gs. and thus allow the escape of smnsiderable gas. Dried beans and coarse vegetables mre examples. Others are lettuce, #elery, cabbage, radishes, and spin- ach, "all of which, Dr. Welch points “amit, Tead to fermentation in the large Jmfestine. Now" this does not mean that the @love articles should not be eaten, Because the foods in themselves are mwarishing; and also these coverings of rough material are of help in rub- Wing or scraping the sides of the large imfestine; thus stimulating movement and preventing constipation. It does mean, However, that these foods alould be well chewed and mixed with the saliva, for the digestive jmice in the mouth, because a good diea¥ of preparation for absorption by £8 small intestine can thus be done. I these foods are not well chewed, amd pass’ through the stomach and matestine without much change, it means that they will cause gas dis- @nsion in the large intestine. So sliew your food. I you were asked ' what was the most important advance in medicine wirthe last few years, you would prob- ably’ say that it was Banting’s dis- @overy of insulin, which not only Tures diabetes in young folks, but preserves the lives of older folks and emables them to live a normal life. However, if you were asked what was he-most important advance in sur- gery you might beat alossto give an Wpimion. That our ancestrs were observant = proven time after time if we care fo “investigate the matter. One of fhe’ things they noted was that folks that ate plenty of fish anneared to Be free from enlargement of the thv- void eland of the neck—goitre. as itis ealed. Thev noted also that the use of “medicines made with seaweed an- Jeary to reduce the size of the goi- on that came iodine and. we Know now what an important factor # is yn nreventine'goitre in communi- ffes that formlerlv™ had verv manv eases. But nerhansg one of the ereat- oz% Blessings has been ite effect on advanced cases of onitre where there is the extrema nervousness, tremor of #e ‘hodv. very rapid heart, and bulg- me-evas, yoo That on rmeration for remnval of mart of the thvraid gland wonld cor- rect these symnfoms to a large ex- fent” wag praven wears agen. hut the emarafion was for manv vears ouite danoarous® a Waoweaver Mr, Walter FR. Sistriink, Raorheatar Minn, tells ne that the mare af indine in nranaring natiente +4 mmdpveon the nnaratinn haa derreacaed Pha doath rata lacganad tha avmn.- Pama lessenad ‘alen tha exnenea #n natianfr and "made the nameratinn paaiav tn narfAivm TE navmita na. fants a veonima! their duties mane rmamthe aavliar thar waa naesihle ho. fara thin method of prenaratinn wae ond, Pheon nlaacine reanlte hava talrom awa tha Aread af anevatinna that FArmorly avictad in tha minda nf nar. Fas ratianta +8: nenront thamaelves minh eannar, Nw Siafriinle saya farthar 4T £231 Fat ha viaa Af Iadina far anma tira nreavinna ta Aanaration mov he Jana d ad. and hava ranaad tham far aneratinn arr na Raine the wnat irmnavkant wanna that haa hean mada in Bvanrh nf enroerv since ita introdne- Pin= in 1099, ” Tha Tacdan far na ia elear anv AAThila fadine mav nat ha indicated in avarw dantar rq mavawihelage If vane wranfae van tn nae “Aodina ag a Nraven. #50 AF onitre, or to lassen tha avmn. van ean nan fama hafare anara; fon, ama hie rasan therefor. orn that manv / sAvere races Ha will “$all have #asn an imnraved that an Speration Became unnecessary. Incubators in Use in Egypt Ancient Models The incubator for hatching chickens is probably as old as history, which in the Mediterranean region runs back more than 4,500 years. There were, doubtless, incubators in Egypt before Moses was born, and to this day in that country they are just what they were in the lifetime of the great He brew leader. The art of hatching chickens fis handed down from generation to gen- eration, from father to son, a secret craft. Baby chicks are an important article of trade, and they are produce’ by mililons for rearing. The typical Egyptian incubator is a rude and cumbersome affair when compared with the modern device. It is a building of considerable size, of sundried brick. Through it run one or more passages, and on both sides of each passage are ovens (so to call them) in two tiers. The oven at the ground level has a small door; the one directly above it is entered from beneath through a manhole. The ovens are arranged in pairs, one be- low and the other above. The eggs are placed in the lower oven, and a fire is lighted on the floor of the oven overhead, to furnish the warmth req- visite for hatching.—San Francisco Chronicle. Moon and the Weather in No Way Connected Curiously persistent are the various superstitions relating to the effect of the moon on the weather or on the farm crops. One of the most unrea- sonable of these beliefs, says the weather bureau of the United States Department of Agriculture, is that if the horns of the new crescent moon tip downward, it is a “wet” moor vortending rain. As a matter of fact, on any given date the position of the crescent moon is always the same in places having the same latitude, so the same kind of weather would necessarily prevail, were this sign. of any value, through- out a belt of latitude extending around the globe. Again, near the equator, in a part of the world notorious for its heavy rainfall, the young moon is generally in an almost horizontal position. or, according to the proverb, it is almost always a “dry” moon. If the moon could be viewed from the North or South pole, on the other hand, its position would be, for the superstitious, indicative of “wet” weather, but these regions are char- acterized by so little rainfall and snow that they rank among the arid parts of the globe. Phrase Often Misapplied Probably the majority of people who use the phrase “of that ilk” are ig- norant of the real meaning of “ilk.” It does not properly mean kind, set, family or race, as often supposed. “Nk” is from the Anglo-Saxon “ile” and means identical or same. In Scotch “of that ilk” denotes that a person’s surname is the same as the name of his estate “Knockwinnock of that ilk” means simply ‘“Knockwin- nock of Knockwinnock,” the name-of proprietor and property being Iiden- tical. The improper usage of “ilk” to mean kind or sort probably brig- inated as a joke and has been per- petuated through ignorance of the true meaning.—Exchange. Hens as Barometer If Cayenne pepper is added to the diet of white hens which have been hatched from carefully selected eggs, their feathers become pale rose in color, and they flush to a brilliant red when the weather is damp, and in- creasing humidity indicates the coming of a storm. These hens thus be- come veritable living barometers, and the progression of color from pale to brilliant is so exact that a scarlet hen stalking about the barnyard is regard- ed as certain prophecy of a storm that may be expected within 12 hours.— The Tycos, Rochester. His Objection It had been a tiring case for every- body ccncerned. The plaintiff and the defendant were both slow-witted, and everything had had to be explained 10 them at least twice. me “Do 1 understand, my man,” alo the magistrate at one point, “that ‘the defendant hurled invectives at you?” The plaintiff scratched his head wildly. Then a look of understanding dawned in his eyes as he replied: “No, sir, to tell the truth, it was only bricks he threw at me; but what I complain about was the terrible way he swore at me when they missed!” Beauty Made by Dust Dust and sand contribute to the peauty of the skies. The infinitesimal- ly short waves of sunlight your pour down merely as white light but for the diminutive dust motes that get in the way and sift out the component colors, from=~ violet to red. And even when the eolors are brought into existence’. they would stream on through, the at--, mosphere ‘and Into space if the all but invisible water droplets did not hud- ge together and hold them for the world to see.—National Geographic Society Bulletin. The Limit Judge—1If, as you admit, you were three miles away digging potatoes when this man was arrested for speeding, how can you testify that the car was going at the- most vuly 20 miles an hour? Sambo—Jedge, Ah used oy ‘own dav tab! FRAN ¥ EXPEDITION WILL EMBALM GORILLAS Complete Specimens to Be Brought Back to U. S. New York.—Four scientists sailed from New York on the Aquitania for the highlands of tropical Africa, there to kill adult gorillas, embalm them and bring them home complete for anatomatical study. The new speci- mens will give first opportunity for detailed comparison of the gorilla with man. Columbia university, which will finance the expedition, announced its plans. The College of Physicians and Surgeons is co-operating with the American Museum of Natural History. Henry Craven, who has explored in Borneo, Celebes, Africa, Australia and Greenland, heads the expedition. He is associate curator of compara- time anatomy at the museum. With him are Dr. William K. Greg- ory, professor of vertebrate paleon- tology at the university and curator of comparative anatomy at the mu- seum; Dr. J. H. MeGregor, professor of zoology at the university and re- search associate in human anatomy at the museum, and Dr. E. T. Engle, associate professor of anatomy at Columbia. They also will make special studies and photographs of the feet of the unshod natives who carry their equip- ment through the thickly grown high- lands north of Lake Tanganyike. Dr. Dudley J. Morton, head of the com- mittee in charge of the expedition, wants the data for his studies of the evolution of human foot and its dis- orders. The native feet are unde- formed by shoes and will be com- pared with American feet. The expedition will return nest January. Tired of Life, Blinded War Bride Kills Self Clarksburg, W. Va.—Tired of a life of darkness and misery, Mrs. Fred A. Fratto, thirty, German war bride of Frank Fratto, thirty, ex-service man and coal miner, fatally shot herself through the right temple at their home at Shinnston. Mrs. Fratto was a pretty little Ger- man girl in the picturesque city of Coblenz when the American army of occupation came there in 1917. There she met Frank, member of the Ameri- can forces, and a romance blossomed rapidly. They were married and when the army left she and Frank settled at Shinnston. There they lived happily until 1926 when the young woman developed a serious tumor infection of the brain. At a Richmond, Va., hospital where two tumors were removed, a surgeon's knife severed the optical nerve render- ing her blind. Despondent because of her blindness, an infection that affect- ed her mind and crippled her spine so she was an invalid, she decided she was better off dead and so decided on suicide, several previous attempts at which were frustrated. Joan d’Arc Features Bring Movie Fame Paris.—Only because she had the features of St. Joan, eighteen-year-old Simone Genevoix has risen from the mass of unknown French women to become one of the most popular of French moving picture actresses. Madamoiselle Genevoix had never ‘acted until a few weeks ago, and she was known only to her fellow towns- folk as a quiet and demure young girl who some day would make a good wife for one of the town's beaux. But French producers discovered she re- sembled Joan of Arc even in manner- isms and today she is among the most praised of French actresses, Mademoiselle Genevoix is appearing in the new French film, “The Wonder- ful Life of Joan of Arc,” which pur- ports to be an authentic reproduction of the Maid of Orleans’ life, and histo- rians and critics have acclaimed her interpretation as superb. Payroll Dropped From Airplane Is Scattered Hurchingon, Kan.—Picking up $10, 000. in silver and gold strewn over an area of 75 yards was the experience of William Carr, former guard for the payroll agent located in the Tampico oil fields of Mexico. The money, wages for oil workers, ‘was dropped by airplane from sacks in absence of a landing field. One day when the plane flew higher than usual, “three” sacks hit the ground, burst open, and scattered their golden contents over the surrounding area. Only $94 was missing when the guard had finished picking up the money. Ea ‘Oklahoma Blind Man i in Commerce Group | Edmond, Okla.—For the first time in the history of Oklahoma, and perhaps for the first time in the” country, a blind man’ Hag been elected president of a chamber of commerce. Philip C. Slack, blind since birth, was elected unanimously to the Edmond group. twenty: § to Edmond more than twenty. eight years ago, Slack has estab- lished one of the largest book shops in the state. He is a graduate of the Janesville (Wis,) high school for blind and the college for blind at Vinton; Towa. ARERR RFANRN ARAN AR BRAN at th —— EER ERERRAAREERERRLR or a — —— Opportunity Seized by Men of Small Caliber Let this fact sink into your mind— it is the non-commissioned officers of life who hurt, and against whom re- sentment is felt. The foremen and the petty overseers; the small men with near horizons and no vision bhe- yond; the little go-betweens who have acquired the habit of tyranny—these form the habit of tyranny—these form the grit of the machinery of industry. Sometimes they ‘are for the bosses and make life hell for the men under them. Sometimes they stand for re- hellion against the higher direction, hut invariably their objective is power. They are ready to adopt the shihbo- leths of either side so long as ther gain authority thereby. If they learn the trick of oratory they become leaders on one side or the other, not because they possess the intrinsic qualities of leadership, but because they are pleasingly vocal. Nor is this phenomenon peculiar to any class. Oratory has passed for statesmanship in every phase and every period of our political his: tory, and many a man has risen to the governance of state with no other qualifications than his aptitude for epi- grams and sonorous peroration.—Ed- gar Wallace in “People.” Nature Has Hung Out Traffic Sign for Dees Highly specialized flowers often have lines on their petals to show in- sects the way to the glands forming their larder. In these nectar is stored —to be turned by bees into honey. Honey guides are strongly markea on the upper pair of the nasturtium’s five petals. They converge to show the way to the deep spur filled with what children call honey. when they hite the spur to taste the sweet stuff. On the three lower petals. which have no honey guides, will be seen formidable barricades, blocking the en- trance to the tube by the way of these petals. This remarkable fence of bristles stretches right across the faces of the lower petals. They keep at bay such climbing in- sects as ants, which might try to steal the honey, but would be of no serv- ice to the flower. Famous Old Canal The original canal connecting St. Marys falls and rapids was a crude affair made by trappers and traders in 1797-98 to connect with the North- west country in order to permit them to compete in the transportation of furs with the Hudson's Bay company. This work was practically destroyed by United States troops in 1814 dur- ing the war with Great Britain, and in 1853 a system of canals was hegun by the state of Michigan within the United States borders to connect Lakes Superior and Huron. This cost $1,000,000 and had two locks. It was enlarged in 1870 in co-operation with the United States government, and in 1882 Michigan relinquished control te the federal government. Theatrical “Snow” Few who shiver through a “bliz- zard” on the moving-picture screen know that the “snow” is cornflakes driven along by blowers. A mill in Chicago and another in Omaha make this “snow” out of white corn. This corn is first made into pearly hominy, then flaked, cooked and finally baked, when it is ready to be a “snowstorm.” Breakfast cornflakes are made the same way except that malt and sugar are added, which gives them the brownish color. Flakes used in movie blizzards weigh only five ounces to the gallon. After a scene they may be swept up and used again. “Standing Pat” Pat is an adjective, probably from the French “pat,” meaning that which suits the purpose of the occasion or meaning exactly suitable. The ex- pression is used in poker to refer to a hand so satisfactory that its holdef does not care to exercise the privilege of discarding and drawing cards. Hence the expression “stand pat.” This came to mean opposition to a change of any kind, especially in United States politics. The phrase in this sense was first used to express the attitude of leaders of the Repub- lican party by Senator Hanna in 1902. Henpecked Men When a man is henpecked, he gen- erally indicates in his conversation that other men should be; he is like the fabled fox which, losing his tail in a trap, goes about declaring it is a new style other foxes should adopt, although actually keenly realizing the loss of his own tail. . . . There is actually no more reason why a man should be too much ruled by women than that he should be too much ruled by agents ‘or politiclans.—E. Ww. Howe's Monthly. Ample Proof “Isn't your price for this parrot very high?” «But it was brought up in one ot the most fashionable families.” “How do you know?” “It always talks when anyone be- gins to sing.” The Reason Bobby (who's been to the zoo)— Why do elephants have such big trunks? Betty (aged nine)—Because they have to come all the way from In. * dia.~Bombay Times, Rube:“What do you think about this here Evolution?” Yokel: “It’s a good idea—but can they enforce it ?”—Life. FIRE INSURANCE At a Reduced Rate, 20% 73-36 J. M. 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