Bellefonte, Pa., ober 4, 1929.
Lx
; our Health,
THE FIRST CONCERN.
would almost
were sufficient
trouble in the world without mak-
ing it necessary to appropriate non-
existent ones, However, there are
—“One
that there
imagine
real
appear to be dis-
satisfied with the real article and
inisst in chasing the clouds,” said
Dr. Theodore B. Appel, Secretary
of Health.
“This type of person, for the lack
of a better name, may be styled a
coddler. He believes that he can't
do this and he can’t do that, he is
unable to eat particular foods, exer-
cise nearly kills him, fresh air gives
him colds, and pills of all sorts and
descriptions are required to keep him
in the world.
“For example, just the other day
a man was complaining about his
wife who never would get into an
automobile as it made her very tired.
And while she thus coddles herself
in this and other respects, she is
actually doing herself definite harm.
Indeed, she is an excellent example
of making something out of nothing
many people who
—a physical wreck of a perfectly
healthy body.
“Possibly if one possessed nine
lives like the proverbial cat, one
might be able to indulge a silly no-
tion in one of them. But when the
body is made to exsit only once it
seems to be a shame that people
should resort to such distorted fan-
cies and in this manner deliberately
deprive themselves of the real joy
of vigorous, zestful and hearty
existence.
“Coddlers insist on eighty degrees
of heat when there is. a zero tem-
perature outside. Coddlers pick at
fancy foods and give the good old
reliable plain provender a snobbish
go-by. Coddlers overload themselves
with clothing. Coddlers fill them-
selves with every type of remedy
for every kind of imaginary ail-
ment. In short, when carried to ex-
tremes, coodlers coddle themselves
to death.
“What is forgotten by this group
of peculiar people is that, barring
the actual presence of diseases, phys-
ical vigor is an attainable condition.
A little less coddling and a great
deal more of fresh air, exercise,
good food, sufficient sleep will add
not only to their pleasure but to
their life as well. Therefora, why
coddle ?”
—Phe grem fiend Is of compar-
atively recent development. He if
is who has generated a complex
and illogically concludes that every-
thing that directly touches him
should be sterilized or be at least
ninety-nine per cent pure. Such a
person forgets that germs are Jmi-
present and that there are good and
bad ones, the former being by far
the most preponderating,” said
Dr. Theodore B. Appel, Secretary
of Health.
“The average person can scarcely
be blamed for a one-sided attitude on
this subject inasmuch as the only
he hears about are those
which create disease. Who has not
heard of the typhoid bacillus,
tetanus (lockjaw) organism, the
bacillus diphtheria and the pneumo-
coccus germ? On the other hand,
who has ever heard of the lactic
acid bacillus, the little fellow that
does so much good for us by chang-
ing milk into buttermilk; the deni-
trifying bacteria that convert the
nitrogen of the vegetable kingdom
to oxygen, and the sulphur bacteria
which attack decaying matter and
oxidize it into the sulphates so es-
sential in nature—veritable armies
of well behaving and well doing
germs. .
“Jt goes without saying that all
people should have a proper respect
for both types. For the former, a
reasonable caution; and for the lat-
ter, gratitude. Caution involves re-
specting the quarantine sign for
communicable diseases and observing
all the rules of personal and public
hygiene. On the other hand, to de-
velop a fear for anything and
everything on the theory that evil
and devastating germs will get one, is
silly and entirely foolish. Don’t
harbor a germ mania.” :
__One of the simplest and most
acceptable methods for removing
deep lines, wrinkles and puffiness
under the eyes is—sleep.
Simple as this wonderful beauty
puilder may be, it is being ignored
or forgotten in this hectic era.
Eight hours of sound, restful sleep
is necessary if all the outward signs
of age are to be curtailed. ‘Then,
too, ample sleep is necessary if the
brain is to be alert and active, and
we all know that unbounded mental
vitality is of major importance to
beauty and charm in these enlight-
ened days. ’
—One of the prevailing causes
of puffiness under the eyes (unless
it is purely organic) is the habit of
sleeping with the bed cover pulled
up over the lower part of the face,
which forces one to breath the same
air over and over again.
Double chins, round shoulders and
deep lines on the throat are often
caused by allowing only the head to
rest on the pillow. The ideal sleep-
ing position is to lie flat on the
back with the pillow drawn down on
an even line with the underarms.
— Fresh, clean linens and only
sufficient covering to keep the body
comfortably warm play an important
part in the all important matter of
sieep.
| PENNSYLVANIA CAVES
TOURIST'S
1own
THE MECCA.
An article on the natural caverns
of Pennsylvania recently oF hand
o the
by R. W. Stone,
‘State Geologist, bears the rather
surprising information that there
are many, many caves in the Com-
monwealth that are now open.
Most of them, probably, have only
come into their own since automo-
biles have come into such general
use. We write only of personal ex-
perience that goes back forty or
fifty years to. the days when our
wn Penn's cave was visited rarely
by anyone. Occasionally parties of
young folks would drive there in
carriages or a big hack for a day’s
picnic. We are sure that there was
nothing about the place or the ap-
pearances of the then owners, the
Longs, to indicate that a cave was
a “gold mine.” Today, however,
when parties travel several hundred
miles in ten hours: and distance
means nothing, Penn’s Cave and all
other such natural formations are
coining money out of the hordes of
motorists who crowd them daily.
As indication of what the auto-
mobile has done by way of making
profitable commercial enterprises
out of these caves one need only
know that it was but a few years
ago that the Campbells bought the
Penn’s Cave property for $12,000.00.
Today ten times that sum might
not induce them to part with it.
In writing of the caves of Penn.
sylvania Mr. Stone says:
The caverns in several nearby
States, are much advertised and
many Pennsylvanians are attracted
thereby. On the first day of Sep-
tember atone of them it seemed as
if “four out of five” of the hundreds
of cars parked bore Pennsylvania
licenses. That means a lot of mo-
ney spent outside the State.
One need not go out of Pennsyl-
vania to experience a trip under-
ground. Probably a score of caves
in Pennsylvania can be entered by
anyone who wishes; nine have been
equipped for comfortable entrance
by the public and a fee is charged
for admission. In order from east
to west they are as follows:
Crystal Cave, located two and a
half miles east of Virginville and
five miles by road west of Kutz-
town, in Berks county. It was dis-
covered in quarrying limestone in
1871 and has been open to the pub-
lic since 1873.
Onyx Cave, also in Berks county,
is two miles southwest of Virgin.
ville and about six miles southeast
of Hamburg. It also is in an old
limestone quarry and was opened to
the public May 20, 1923.
Indian Echo Cave is one mile
south of Hummelstown in Dauphin
county. The large entrance in the
bluff of Swatara Creek was discov-
ered about the time Hummelstown
was founded and for more than a
century all the venturesome boys of
the neighborhood have explored it.
Cleaned out, paved and lighted, it
was opened to the public May 18,
1929.
Seawra Cave, in Mifflin county, at
the foot of Jacks Mountain, four
miles north of Alfarata and 'about
twelve miles from Lewistown, was
discovered by boys on a treasure
hunt in 1925 and was opened to the
public in 1928.
Alexander Caverns, about ten
miles north of Lewistown at Nagi-
ney, are only a few minutes drive
from Reedsville and Milroy. A wet
cave, accessible by boat, has been
known for many years. Explorers
discovered the dry cave in 1926 and
it was opened to the public May 28,
1929, with a boat trip on the under-
ground creek optional.
«Veiled Lady Cavern” in Hidden
Lake Park is located in Brush Val.
ley, in Gregg township, Centre
county, Pennsylvania, sixteen miles
south east of Bellefonte, Pa. The
entrance to the Park and Glen is
about six hundred feet from the
present State highway, route No.
95. G. Edward Haupt of Bellefonte,
Pa., is manager and sole owner.
The history of the “Veiled Lady
Cavern” dates back to the revolu-
tionary times when many Scotch-
Irish families penetrated in Brush
Valley and the Grenoble Village
grew up on the present site of the
“Veiled Lady Cavern” farm. Many
log houses and a log school house
were erected, the present moderniz-
ed log farm house and barn still
standing as relics of the past.
Penn’s Cave, four and one-half
miles northeast of Centre Hall, Cen-
tre county,
ter-course wide
3
open at one end and
has been known since the earliest
settlers entered the region. Before
1885 the owmers charged admission,
which is by boat. An artificial open.
ing to a pond at the far end of the
cave makes the boat ride about
three-quarters of a mile long.
Woodward Cave, two miles from
Woodward, Centre county, has been
accessible in summer when Penn
Creek goes dry, for the creek flow-
ed through the cave until 1925,
when it was diverted by digging
another channel. Making dry paths
and installing lights then made the
cave comfortable to view.
Historic Indian Cave, at Franklin-
vile, Huntingdon county, is about
seven miles north of the William
Penn Hghway at Water street.
was used by Indians as a shelter
before 1700 and by white hunters
and highwaymen in later years. It
was opened for public entertain-
ment June 15, 1929. :
Hipple Cave, at Waterside, Bedford
county, about fifteen miles north of
the Lincoln Highway at Everett, is
a natural opening that has long
been accessible but was commer-
cialized about 1926.
All of the caves here mentioned
are illuminated throughout with
electric lights, except Penn's Cave,
which is shown by an acetylene
headlight on the boat. All have
“formations,” or stalactites and
stalagmites, some abundant, some
not abundant but interesting never-
theless. All are in limestone, and
like most natural caves, were de-
veloped by solution. In limestone,
which is rather soluble, the effect
of solution often is to make a cavi-
fy rather than merely to make the
rock porous. When rock has dis.
solved along joints and bedding
through the on
is an underground wa- |’
planes so that water can circulate
pening, then erosion
by the mechanical action of the wa-
ter moving through the passages
may aid in enla them. Some
parts of the Woodward Cave in par-
ticular look as if they had long been
the course of flowing water.
The deposits of “formations” in
limestone caverns are made of cal-
| cium carbonate or lime deposited
from solution. Water passing
through the soil becomes slightly
acid, and on reaching the roof of a
cavern may evaporate and deposit
some of the lime carbonate around
the edge of the drop. If this pro-
cess continues long enough a stal-
actite is formed, much like the way
icicles form on eaves. Water drip-
ping on the floor also may
lime and build up a stalagmit
has been estimated that it takes
about 120 years for a cubic inch of
lime deposit to form in this way. ing
Some of the deposits are like blank-
ets suspended from the roof, and
many are of such shape that they
have been given fanciful names,
based on their resemblances to com-
mon objects.
All of the caves, except Penn's
which is traveled only by boat,
have clean, hard floors of cement,
crushed stone, or boards, and may
be visited without fear of soiling
one’s clothes. All, however, are
cool, the temperature being below
sixty degrees Fahrenheit, and make
overcoats or extra wraps desirable.
The question as to which is the
largest may be answered by saying
that the trip through the dry and
wet cave at Alexander Caverns is
believed tobe the longest of all un-
derground trips regularly offered to
visitors. The boat trip underground
in Penn’s Cave is said to be about
1550 feet one way, and the course
taken by the guides through Wood-
ward Cave is about 1500 feet. The
other caves are shorter, so far as
developed, but Seawra and Historic
Indian are known to be much more
extensive than the part now shown
to tourists.
Anyone who has never been in a
cave will find much of interest in
any of these in Pennsylvania. Alex-
ander Cavern perhaps hasthe larg-
est number of stalactities and stalag-
mites, and is considered by some to
be the best cavern shown in the
State. Historic Indian Cave, the
latest to be opened, has an added
appeal in the numerous Indian
stone implements and other relics
found in it and on display.
The Department of Internal Af.
fairs, therefore, urges the traveling
public to see Pennsylvania's caverns
first.
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BELLEFONTE COOKS ELECTRICALLY
. . « here is why!
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There's
no waste mn
According to actual practical
tests, there is about twenty per
cent less shrinkage when food is
cooked electrically. The reason
is simple! The electric oven is so
thoroughly sealed that very little
evaporation takes place. All the
nourishing juices are retained in
meats and the valuable mineral
contents in vegetables.
Check over the butcher’s and
er’s bills and see for yourself
how important this saving would
be in your budget. In most cases,
it means that every member of
the family will have an extra
dollar to spend every month.
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SAVING THE WILD.-LIFE :
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Over seven hun thousand
hunters wander over Pennsylvania's
fields and woodlands each fall. Dur-
- 1927 over fourteen thousand
fully antlered white-tailed deer were
shot in Pennsylvania as game; and
last year over 25,000 antlerless deer
were taken. About three million
cottontail rabbits found their way
into the larders of Pennsylvania
housewives. Thousands of plump
ring-neck pheasant, bobwhites, and
ruffed grouse were carried home in
the bulging pockets of healthy hunts-
men who rejoiced over an oppor-
tunity to get away from their of-
fices for a short time during the
most colorful season of the year. A
brief glance at Pennsylvania’s game
bag makes it appear very much as’
though we can “eat our pie” and at
the same time have it too.
A careful study of the history of
this Commonwealth's wildlife con-
servation program shows, however,
that the present supply of game has
meant the expenditure of much mo-
ney, the work of hundreds of men
devoted to a worthy cause, and the
foresight of early conservationists
who realized that early hunting meth-
ods were leading to an extermina-
tion of game.
Forty years ago Pennsylvania
was “shot-out.” Market hunting had
gone on so extensively that deer
were on the verge of extermination.
Forest fires had destroyed birds and
animals and wiped out their cover.
Civilization had driven the wilder
animals and birds into the recesses
of the mountains. After decades of
pursuit by Indians and frontiersmen,
buffalo had receded to the great
plains. Packs of gray wolves and
solitary panthers, which formerly
ranged our woodlands, had disap-
peared. Hordes of passenger pigeons,
which once darkened the sun while
passing in migratory flocks, had all
but disappeared. Only a vestige of
the splendid, pristine assemblage of
wild birds and animals remained.
By 1890, a few men in Pennsyl-
vania realized that drastic measure
would have to be taken if our wild-
life was to be saved. In 1895, by act
of assembly, the Board of Game
Commissioners was established. In
1896 these six men, who were ap-
pointed by the Governor, who were
to serve without any salary, and
who were, therefore,
time, too!
COLDEN
ee from any
Electric cooking saves your
Home economists
figure that the woman who uses
an electric range has at least ten
hours more of leisure time every
month. And ten hours of your
time is worth far more than a
few dollars in money.
Ask any friend who owns an
electric range about how eco-
nomical of time,
money it is. Or let our office tell :
you how you can cook this most |
modern way . ..and save. Cook
electrically for economy.
WEST PENN POWER
JUBILEE-19123)9
first time to discuss a wild-life con-
servation program for Pennsylvania. |
Their first moves were directed to.
ward the stopping of market hunt-
ing. Too long had the Pennsylvania
markets been so glutted that innum-
erable carcasses had to be burned;
too long had freight cars, loaded
with barrels of passenger pigeons,
been leaving the ennsylvania
mountains for Chicago and New
York; too long had infernal cannon-
guns been wiping out flocks of ducks
along the lower Susquehanna and
Delaware rivers. A law passed
June 4,-1897 stopped the chasing of
deer with do At the same time
the first definite attempt to stop the
sale of game was made.
The Board shortly after their in- |
ception, foresaw that if game was
to increase, certain areas in the]
Commonwealth would have to be.
set aside as game refuges. In 1905,
a game refuge law was ead |
the first refuge in a system which
has grown to magnificent propor-
tions was established in Clinton
County. The success of this refuge
reulted not only from the setting
aside of an actual sanctuary where
no hunting whatever was permitted,
but also from the creation of public
hunting grounds completely sur-
rounding the sanctuary area.
As a result of a law passed in
1905, protecting the black bear, this
magnificent animal has become
abundant in° the wilder sections.
Pennsylvania was the first State to
recognize in this creature a relative-
ly harmless and at the same time |
thrilling game animal Pennsyl-
vania is considered today as one of
the leading bear States of the Union.
In protecting bears, steel traps,
dead falls, pits, and snares were de-
clared illegal.
. To be Continued.
LEE FAMILY LOSES
ANCESTRAL HOME.
Stratford, the ancestral home of
the Lees, built by Thomas Lee two
centuries ago, has passed from the
Lee family to private ownership who
will hold it in trust for the Ameri-
can people. The first payment of
$40,000 was made by Mrs, Charles;
D. Lanier, of Greenwich, Conn., for
be Robert E. Lee memorial founda-
on.
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ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
KLINE WOODRING.—Attorney st
Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Practices in all.
courts. Office, room 18 Crider’s Ex-
change. 6l-1y
KENNEDY JOHNSTON.—Attorney-at-
Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Prompt atten-
tion given all legal business entrusted
to his care. Offices—! 5, East High
street. 67-44
M. KEICHLINE.—Attorney-ai-Law and
Justice of the Peace. All profi k
business will receive prompt attention.
Offices on second floor of Temple So.
-No.
G. RUNKLE.— Attorney-at-Law, .
Consultation in English and Ger
man. fice in. Crider’s Exchange, -
Bellefonte, Pa.
PHYSICIANS
S. GLENN, M. D., Physician and *
Surgeon, State College, Centre
county, Pa. Office at his residence.
R. R. L. CAPERS.
OSTEOPATH.
Bellefonte
Crider’s
State Coll
66-11 Holmes Bldg.
D. CASEBEER, Optometrist.—Regis- -
tered and licensed by the State.
Eyes examined, glasses fitted. Sat-
isfaction guaranteed. Frames r placed.
and lenses matched. Casebeer Bldg ag.
| St. Bellefonte, Pa.
by the State Board he ale Coll
every day exce] 8--
fonte, In the Garbrick building opposite
the Court House, Wednesday afternoons:
from 2 to 8 p. m. and Saturdays 9 a. m.
to 4:30 p. m. Bell Phone. 68-40
FEEDS!
We have taken on the line of
Purina Feeds.
We also carry the line of
Wayne Feeds
E™ B. ROAN, Optometrist, Licensed:
em,
Purina Cow Chow, 34% $3.10 per HL.
Purina Cow Chow, 24% 2.80 per H..
Purina Calf Meal 5.00 per HL
Wayne Dairy, 32% - 8.00 per H..
Wayne Dairy, 24% =~ - 2.70 perH.
Wayne Pig Meal, 189 - 3.10 per H.
Wayne Egg Mash - - 3.25 per H.
Wayne All Mash Grower 3.50 per HL
Wayne Calf Meal - 4.25 per H.
Wayne Horse feed - 2.60 per HL.
Wagner's Dairy, 30% - 2.80 per H.
Wagner's Dairy, 229% - 2.50 per H.
Wagner's Dairy, 16% - 2.20 per H.
Wagner's Pig Meal - 2.80 per H.
Wagner's Egg Mash - 2.80 per H.
Cotton Seed Meal - - 2.80perH.
Oil Meal - - =- - 3$20perH.
Gluten Feed - - «= 2.50 per H.
Flax Meal - - = 240perH.
Alfalfa Meal - - 2.25 per H.
Meat Meal, 45% - - 4.00perH.
Tankage, 60% - - 4:35per H.
Oyster Shell - - 1l9porH.
Stock Salt - - 1L10por H.
We have a full line of poi... ' and
stock feeds on hand at all times at
the right prices.
Let us grind your corn and oats
and sell you the high protein feeds
and make up your own mixtures. We
charge nothing for mixing.
We deliver at a charge of $1.00 per
ton extra.
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