——————————————— ee ————— FRENCH BORDER TO HAVE STEEL WALL Republic Unworried by Arms Cut Discussions. Paris.—Whatever ars cuts may, or may not, be decided upon at Geneva, France is taking it for granted that her present vast scheme of frontier fortification will not be effected and is pushing ahead the building of the sountry's great steel wall, Stretching from the English chan- nel to the Mediterranean, the chain of modernized forts and pill-boxes is due for completion in two years, at a cost of $100,000000, The father of the extensive defense chain was the late M. Andre Maginot, minister of var. The great Hadrian wall in England, dating from the time of the Romans, the great wall of China, even the World war Hindenburg line, were mere straw defenses compared with the bar- | rier France has set up as her protec | tion from foreign foes, One of the mightiest forts in the chain, at Hack- enberg, facing Germany, has been de acribed as a man-made Gibraltar, Underground Arsenal. Deep down in the eurth, the engi deers of ike french army have dug out an underground arsenal, fitted with mechanical appliances, whereby shot and shell can be rushed by a system of underground railroad to any of the smaller, subsidiary posts in the scheme of defense. The Hackenberg defends the great indusiriai area of Metz, There are other big mountains o. steel like the Hackenberg fort, but some of them are above ground, like the Hocwald, These and half a dozen other bi, forts keep guard over the 220 miles of frontier from the edge of the tiny territory of Luxembourg down fo the Swiss border. Linked with the big forts are numerous smaller pill boxes, or machine-gun posts, some sunk even in the marshes of the Rhine. Mounds of Steel. Going along northern France b; cond, the traveler passes at regula intervals these mounds of steel, small or large, peeping from the earth, each with its gun, or guns, ready. Cross-fire between the forts woul. cesult in the creation of what, the French general staff believe, would be an Impenetrable barrier in which no human thing could live, From the English channel down te Luxembourg, the defenses are not so important, being composed mainly of machine-gun nests, Spanish Royal Palace Is Now Open to Public Madrid.~The former royal palace at sfadrid, one Jf the finest of its kind in the world, has been thrown open to the public as the “Museum of the Re pubiic.” Vigitarg are allowed to see tho dirone room, sitting rooms, banquet halls, the famous “Hall of Columns,” | where so many functions—including t of foot-washing on Good Fri- on the bank book would be given for took place, but so far they are | not permitted to visit the private apartments and bedrooms formerly oc- cupied by the king, queen and the in- | fantes, During the days of the monarci, <he palace was not open to the pub lle, but it was nevertheless possible to gain admittance through a letter from one's embassy, provided the royal family was not in residence at that time. Judge's English Bad, but His Law Is Good Bridgeport, . Conu.—Superior Court Foster gave himself zero in English, but marked himself 100 in law. Counsel sought to have his judy ments in two civil actions set aside because he used faulty language, say- ing “an ordinarily reasonable and pru- dent person.” Foster declining to set aside the judgments sald: “This group of words constitute ~ vived from India and was properly ap and as a natural consequence he re- ANiward, slug) aud |mperiest Eas In place of these words there should be substituted ‘reasonably pru- dent person.’ But the only power the court has to disturb the verdict is based on some error of law by the Judge or jury.” Expedition Discovers Old Assyrian Tablets Philadelphia. — A highly colored anematite figurine of a bull, decorated with gold trappings, has been found by the University of Pennsylvania archeological expedition at Tell Billa in Mesopotamia. Word of the find was sent to the aniversity museum by Dr. BE. A, Spei- ser, field director of the expedition. “In addition to the figure of the pull,” Doctor Speiser reported, “we have unearthed a number of Assyrian tablets, a gold carving and a beauti- fully carved small ivory plaque more than 4,000 years old.” Texas English Teacher Has Remarkable Record Austin, Texas.—Dr. Morgan Calla #ay, Jr., of the University of Texas ranks second in the nation In the length of service as a college English teacher, according to the English Jour nal, a publication for teachers. Doctor Cullaway has been teachins for 51 years, the last 41 at the univer: sity here. 1iis record is exceeded only by that of James Main Dixon, at the University of Southern California. l { ! WHY Special Weave of Blanket Makes for Warmth | Blankets, contrary to a popular be- lief, are not heat-producing like a hot- | water bottle. No blanket ever created heat. It can merely hold in body warmth, and its heat-retaining quali- ‘les are brought about by napping. The warmth value of a blanket, as explained in Dupont’s Magazine, de pends more upon its construction than upon the materials from which it is made. Some people believe they would freeze if they used a cotton blanket in the winter time. But a double-wov- en cotton blanket can be superior to 2 poorly napped wool blanket in retain ug heat, For example, take nature's method of covering an animal during winter. As cold weather approaches, a thick undercoating of fur—called pelage— grows close to the animal's body, Mil- lions of air spaces between the fine hairs in this undercoating hold in the natural body heat and keep out cold air. Extra napping on blankets in- sures extra layers of air spaces similar ‘0 those in animals’ fur, Napping means simply this: Afte. a blanket has been woven, the fibers of | the yarn are pricked up by wire brushes, so that millions of tiny air spaces or air cells are produced, The dead air trapped in these spaces pre- vents the conduction of heat from the body. The thicker and loftier the nap, the “warmer” the blanket.— Louisville Courier-Journal, Why Dahlias Were First Imported Into America Unusual questions are common Mace in the mail of the United States Department of Agriculture. Often the answers provided by the specialists in the various bureaus of the depart- ment bring to light facts of a sort not anticipated in the request for ine formation, An interesting example occurred re cently. The editor of an agricultural paper in the South could not answer when a subseriber inquired whether | dahlia roots could be used for hog feed, He passed the question along to the press service of the depart- ment. The press service could not | answer. A specialist in the feeding of swine had never heard of dahlia roots as a part of a menu for porkers. | But Mr. David Grifliths, bulb cul: ! ure specialist, was able to answer the question, Dirhlia roots have some | nutritive value and would not be pol- | sonous to swine, He added that the | original importations of dahlias into | this comntry were made with the in- tention of using the roots for human | food, a bit of information of interest to dahlia fanciers, Why .Gold Is Weighed In the case of a small deposit a bank | arobably would accept. for instance a | $10 or $20 deposit in gold coin on the | basis of the sum stamped on its face, | In any considerable sum, however, the | bank would weigh the gold coins. Gold | weirs off easily. If a $100 deposit in gold coin weighed a little light, credit oo only 808 or R07, or whatever the suh- traction through wear might show. This is not necessary in accepting de- | posits of silver or paper, because the | government guarantees the value of | these. Gold must stand on ita own weight and fineness and, therefore, is | the standard, Why Known as "ndians Indian is an adjective originally de plled to the people of that country. It was transferred to the native peo ples of Amerien through a geographi enl and historical mistake. When Christopher Columbus began his first Journey of exploration in 1492 his pur- pose was to sail to India. When two months later he sighted land he be- lleved he had reached that country. ferred to the natives as Indians, Since that time the misnomer has heen ap- plied to the races of the New world, with the exception of the Eskimos. Why Coin Is “Dime” “Dime” is derived from the Latin “decem” meaning 10, or “decimus.” one- tenth. In the Fourteenth and Fifteenth centuries “dime” was applied in Eng- land to the tithe or tenth part of one's Income paid to the church. According to the King James version of the Bible, the last part of Genesis 14:20 reads, “He gave him tithes of all,” John Wyelif translated thig pas- sage, “He gave him dymes of alle thingis.” The American 10-cent piece was called a dime because it repre- sents the tenth part of a dollar, the national monetary unit, Why Teeth Decay Calcium, in combination with phos. | phorus and oxygen, is an important | constituent of the bones and teeth, | A lack of this element In the diet, par- | ticularly of the growing child, should | be avolded. There are of course vari | ous reasons for tooth decay, apart | from wrong diet. Why Spokes in Flywheel Weight in a flywheel is most effec | tive In the rim, and the metal Is placed where it will do the most good. Like wise, a solld wheel, unless it were a | very small one, would be difficult to cast. Why Mirage Is Seen | A mirage is due to the unequal heat. | ing of the different parts of the at- | mosphere, which bends the light rays and so produces distorted images, BOY AND GIRL TO MAKE LOVE TES? | i ! | 1 Seek to Prove Wiles of Cupid Are Lasting. Kansas City, Mo.—To prove that his wiles are lasting, Dan Cupid is about | to be entered in a long contest with time, with the announcement of the vinner to be made In tive or six years, The little fellow must stand by and wateh the annulment of the marriage of Kathleen Stewart, fifteen, suid to he a granddaughter of Col. Robert WW. Stewart, chairman of the hoard of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, and Paul T. Lange, Jr. eighteen, son of » sansas City druggist, Proceedings for the annulment were made at the direction of the brides’ mother, Mrs. Robert Anderson. Cupid may hover as close to his vie- tims as he chooses while the girl pur- sues her studies at the exclusive Bar stow School for Girls here and the boy attends college, These are the terms of an agreement reached by the Yride, bridegroom and their parents If, at the end of the school year Cupid is the master of the situation Paul and Kathleen again may becom engaged, But then looms another separatio. ccording to Paul I. Lange, father of the bridegroom. Robert GG, Stewart of New York, father of Kathleen, has promised to send her to Vassar college for four years and Paul will begin a two-year course at the University of Kansas, After that the winner of the contes, setween Cupid and time will be an nounced, and if the principals in the 1931 holiday romance still are as much in love they may be remarried with their parents’ blessings, The couple eloped to Merriam, Kar, ad were married without the consent of their parents. Both gave their ages as over eighteen, to eliminate the necessity of obtaining their par ents’ permission. Stillwater Vets Form a New Last Man’s Club Stillwater, Minn, — Another “Last Man's elub” composed of veterans of the World war is being formed here, The original “Last Man's club,” com- gosed of Civil war soldiers, held its last meeting and dishanded two years ago, with Charles M. Lockwood of | Chamberlain, 8. D., the last survivor. The new club, to be known as the Bully Beef club,” is made up of 285 American Legion men identified with the Stillwater post, although all are not residents here, Instead of the famous bottle of Bu. qundy wine that graced the annual | banquet table of the original club, a can of “bully beef” brought back from France by Doctor Frissell of Brown. town, Minn, will be the trophy of the new club. [It is to be opened by the last survivor, probably 50 years from now, Jobless, Gets $1,000 for Finding $25,000 Gems New York.—Charies Kane, forty- senr-old jobless farmhand, shuffled | along the Bronx river parkway near | Hartsdale and stumbled on a valise | containing jewels valued at $25,000. He was “broke.” So he “flaggea | potorists with his thumb, begged aickels until he had 13 cents and | called a telephone number he found in the valise, The valise belonged to ' Mrs. Robert T. Stone of New York. It had bounced out of a car driven by her sister, Miss Edyth McCoon, In- surance agents for Mrs, Stone paid | Kane $1,000. Soviet Ex-Stammerers Speak at Convention Moscow.—A conference of ex-stan- | .uerers took place here in which ev- ery delegate proved his right to at- tend by ing a speech. Address | ing the conference of former stammer- ers, Professor Vsevelod Kostchenko said that there are 2,000,000 persons with speech defects in the country and | | that practically all are curable. “Trac- | tor” and “piatiletka” (five year plan) | | are amoung the most difficult wor for stammerers to pronounce, i Discover East African Frog That Hates Water Boston.—A frog that never goes near (he water is one of the curiosities noted by Arthur Loveridge of Har- vard's museum of comparative paclegy during a trip through Africa. He found this type of frog in an exceed- ingly dry and sandy region. Old Size Money Out Totals $573,000,000 Washington. — More than £573,000,000 in old-fashioned over-size paper currency is still lying about the country. This money, representing alomst 9 per cent of all the paper money in existence, is believed to be held largely by hoarders, Banks have long since ceased using it and have turned it in for ex- change for the smaller and han- dier size. Treasury officials say it is en- tirely too eariy to decide just how much of the money is being hoarded and how much has been lost, destroyed or removed from eclreulation changels in other ways. Ww THE MUSIC OF BIRDS IS AFFECTED BY WEATHER.— The song of birds is affected by weather changes, according to an English naturalist, H. G. Alexander, who has been making a study of the effects of atmos- pheric conditions on our feath- ered friends, says Charles Fitz- hugh Talman, in his Science Service feature, “Why the Weath- er? (Washington) : “Changes in weather, especial- Iy the onset of severe cold or snow, have an influence upon the amount of bird song, but the effects are different for different species, “Freezing weather reduces the amount of song of the ground- feeding species, such as skylarks and thrushes, while cold winds have the same effect upon more arboreal feeders. “Some species, including the coal-tit, respond vocally to sun- shine, and some, such as the blackbird, are encouraged by rain, The investigator sug- gests that sunshine or rain may affect the food supply of these birds and thus induce song, but rain stimulates black- birds more than either thrushes or robins, though the food is very similar.”—Literary Digest, Wed Fee Pe AENEAN HNN HNN How Element of Chance Evolved Safety Glas. Twenty-five years ago M. Edouard Benedictus, a French chemist, while at work in his laboratory, reached up for a bottle on a high shelf and acci- The over- dentally upset its neighbor. turned bottle fell with a crash to the stone floor some six feet below. Mr. Benedictus was astonished to find that though the glass was cracked In all directions the bottle was not broken. His attention was attracted by the strik- | | | He | $5. I E. Hendricks, tract in Liberty Twp.; | et ux, to John W. tract REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. H. J. I. Wagner, et ux, to Harold gy $1. Hendricks, tract in Liberty Twp.; H. Leigh Ebright, Adm., to Bertha J. I. Wagner, et ux, to Mary E. Hironimus, tract in Centre Hall; $1,- ndricks, tract in Liberty Twp.; | 803.59. Spring Creek Cemetery to Thomp- Sarah A. Wagner, et bar, to Mary | son A. Snyder, tract in College TWp.; | H.C. Evey, k tts, et ux, $30. | John M. Hartswick, et ux, to Da- H, C. Evey, et ux, to John W. vid L. Behrers, et al, tract in State Spotts, et ux, tract in Ferguson Joseph K. Bitner to Junie C. Twp.; $1. Swabb, tract in Gregg Twp.; $4. m——— 8 Looking Ahead pring is here, but the "Big Spring Drive,” prom- ised from Washington, has not materialized. The Promised Land is not in sight. But acute and experienced observers like Colonel Ayers, of Cleveland, are hopeful, and the scientific analysis of conditions made by the Stand- | ard Statistics Company indicate that the present slug- | gishness means only a futher postponement of busi- ness revival. Great corporations are preparing for this revival in the face of the current depression. They lock ahead. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK it BELLEFONTE, PA. ing zppearance of the cracked bottle. | To SAE NS AT AUC CUCU (Ll or Ri LaF He picked it up and examined it. Then ZI e : it occurred to him that the bottle had | Ls WE FIT THE FEET COMFORT GUARANTEED. Sh originally held a solution of liquid cel- [Uk Us luloid, This had evaporated, leaving | fg 2s the glass inside covered with a trans. | 3] : 4 parent coating. fi B Sh St y Mr. Benedictus immediately co. | [i aney S) oe ore ie ceived the idea of safety glass but at | fj Bl that time there was little use for it.— | Sly WILBUR H. BANEY, Proprietor 4 Louisville Courier-Journal, af 80 years In the Business A] How Plant Snares fnsects I: BUSH ARCADE BLOCK : One of the most curious of all New foundland plants says Nature Maga- zine is the little sundew whose white blooms enliven the woods in July and August. It is one of the carnivorous | plants, the leaves of which are cov- ered with little red hairs each tipped | a_ drop resembinig dew. When = these hairs are excited by an insect alighting on the leaves, they slowly | bend, and the insect is rolled to the | center, where it soon dies. If an In- | organic body, such as a stone, which | it cannot digest and is therefore of no | use, is placed on the leaf, the ten-' tacles respond and close over it, but | the plant soon discovers its mistake and they open again, How Bookplates Originated From the time Hildebrand Brau denburg of Bibebrach presented a gift of books to the Carthusian monks of Buxheim with a colored wood cut of an angel bearing a shield, as a mark of his ownership of the books, the art of the bookplate has flourished and developed steadily. The earliest bookplates generally bore heraldic de | vices, with mottoes and armorial bearings, not counting many whim- sicalities. The early American book: plates were nearly always imported ones, They were either engraved In | England or by English artists here, How Barnacle Feeds It is literally true that every time » | jf barnacle opens his mouth he puts his | iii When exposed to air, the | Hi} barnacle keeps the trap door across 18 the top of his shell tightly closed. But | i} foot in it, when the tide comes in and covers him, the trap door opens and out comes | several pairs of feathery feet which | lf wave about, politely kicking small | §§ | atoms of sea food into the hungry bar nacle’'s mouth, says an article In St. | Nicholas, i How Congress Is Numbered Since the senate is a continuous Ji} oody only the house of representa- tives is considered in numbering con- gresses of the United States. The Con- | stitution went into effect March 4, | 1780, and the first congress was the | and | congress between that date March 4, 1701, when the second eon- gress came into existence and lasted two years, and so on, A congress is | elected In the even years and takes | office in the odd years, | en re —————— i How “Silencer” Works The National Rifle association says | that the Maxim silencer works on the | same principle as an auto muffler, The tube is screwed on the muzzle of the gun. This tube consists of series | of baffles that causes the gases to | issue lowly instead of with a sudden rugh, [It is this rush of powder gas from the muzzle of the gun which | creates a vacuum, causing the report when discharged. How to Mend Umbrella | One of the best home methods a mending a tiny hole in an umbrella is to place a piece of sticking plaster | under the hole, Before applying the plaster dampen it and then press ft firmly into place. | | « 8B | | tt We have them in all the new mater- BB i i BELLEFONTE, PA. i 5 SERVICE OUR SPECIALTY SPECIAL ORDERS SOLICITED A New Sut | For Gesten and it should come from The Fauble fi Store. i We have made unusual preparations [iE ll to have just what you want. and at ; ll prices, regardless of conditions, that [ii you can afford to pay. There will be Good Suits at $12.00, at $15.00, at $18.50. Hi A year ago you would have regarded any of them cheap at almost double I these prices. EE | | ials and shades— serges, tweeds— in i ll blues, tans, greys, and a wonderful iil variety from which to choose. Remember, when you buy at Faubles |i} you get only good Clothes, regardless |i of how little they cost. A. Fauble I i
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