The Centre reporter. (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, October 26, 1939, Image 7

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    THE CE
w. The Questions
4 sr
arms or eight legs?
2. What year follows 1 B. C.?
on a baseball diamond?
tive of Paris? Venice? Naples?
5. How much dirt in a hole 3
feet square and 3 feet deep?
6. What and where
Boxer rebellion?
7. Which is heavier,
gold or an ounce of feathers?
The Answers
1. Eight tentacles. Generally
referred to as arms, though the
name octopus comes from a Greek
word meaning eight legs.
2.1A.D.
3. The bases form a 90
square.
4. Parisian.
itan.
5. The dirt has been removed.
6. An anti-foreign demonstration
in China in 1900 led by the Chi-
nese society known as the Boxers.
7. As gold is usually computed
in Troy weight,
avoirdupois, an ounce
would be about 10
heavier.
Venetian. Neopol-
of gold
per cent
More pleasure
CUT IV Ed TT
puffs per pack
By burning 25% slower than
the average of the 15 other
of the largest-selling brands
tested — slower than any of
them — CAMELS give a smok-
ing plus equal to
COSTLIER TOBACCOS
Tre LT
your best cigoretie buy
Voi 4
LUCKY
“You have
months
now, and
The constable hung his head.
“Now,” went on the sergeant,
say
He pounced on him,
the sack, and emptied a quantity
after surve
You can
it wasn’t
he said,
“my mistake,
lucky stars
“H'm,”
the spoils,
thank your
apples.”
‘As Advertised’
Guest—Look here, sir;
into my room.
Proprietor—Absolutely ac-
to our advertisement, Mr.
the rain is
Hotel
YET THEY DON'T DIE
“She doesn't seem to dread reach-
"
“Why should she? No woman
No Duplicate Wanted
Ole Olson's old auto had caught
As it was in-
insurance of-
He was hand-
ed a claim blank to fill out and
was told that he couldn't get the
sured, he went to the
pany would replace his car with an-
other one equally good.
“Oh,” Ole exclaimed, “if that's
the way you do business, give
me back the money 1 paid you the
other day for that insurance policy
on my wife's life.”
Worse Than Disease
The old lady entered the butch-
her eyes.
“1 believe that you sell diseased
she accused the butch-
er.
“We do worse,
the shopkeeper.
“What do you mean ‘worse’?"”
The butcher put a finger to his
" blandly replied
“The meat we sell is dead,” he
Troubled Sleep
Foolproof
Chuzz—-Then how did you ever
MARKSMANSHIP
“You know 1 would be quite a
marksman if it weren't for my hus-
band."
“Why how does he interfere with
your marksmanship?”
“Well, he ducks every time.”
‘Usefullest’
Rastus—Sambo, what am de use-
fullest animals dere is?
Sambo-Chickens, sah.
Rastus—~Why chickens?
Sambo-'Cause yo’ can eat "em be-
fo’ dey is born and after dey is dead.
Tourist Trade
Tourist—Tell me, what does a
small town like this do with such a
big hospital?
Native-—Stranger, this road has
more traffic than any other in the
country.
STORIES
"FRECKLES"
By
J. Millar Watt
JUST ORDINARY
BROWN
SMATTER, WMH-
ou? |] never
USED A
LAT. Hover
Tt IN MY
- LIFE!
A
[2
7)
wt
»
Bug-—Where you goin’ in such a
hurry?
Snail—I'm finishing that 12-inch
marathon I started last summer!
Why Barbers Cut Throats
“Just a haircut—l always shave
at home. Skin's too tender.”
“Could you also trim the hair a
little while you shave the neck?”
“You should gimme half price—
I'm nearly bald.”
“The last barber cut my hair for
ten years. I don’t go to him because
he just died.”
“What do you do with all the hair
you cut?"
“Gimme the same haircut you
gave me last year."
“I hear your brother was knocked
out and taken to the hospital.”
“Yes, he flew right in front of a
radio description of a prize fight!”
Left, Right
“Two rights never
9
make a
“When they are shoes they do.”
Not All Hay
that's your first lesson
in horse-riding, miss,” said the in-
“How do you feel?”
“Oo, 1 never thought anything
lled with hay could be se hard!”
Some women's hearts are seo
hard the only thing that will make
an impression on them is a dia-
“Wel 1,
So That's It!
“I I'd known you were
travagant, I'd never
ried you.”
“And ff I
would never
50 eX-
have mar-
It’s the Breakables
“] want to exchange an
breakable doll.”
“Why, sir, is
wrong with Hn
yut baby y has broken near-
lye a ng else in the house with
it.”
IN TBIEEEN
and One Dose Proves It
If the frst Gmee of this plensant-testing DEG
black tablet doesn’t bring you ihe Justost ned
compiele relief you bare
vr to us and get DOUBLE RONEY BACK.
Bell-azs tablet beips the #0 aipest
makes the excess wiomach fuids harmless sad
os sit the nourishing foofs you need For
urn, sick besdache end wprels 80 often sung Bit
exoess slomach Sully making you feel sour
sick all over—JU ET ONE IX of Bell-sis prove
speedy relief. De everywheds,
un-
there anything
‘No
Clearing the Mind
My dear friend, clear your mind
of can’t. You may talk as other
people do but don’t think
foolishly .—Samuel Johnson.
Don’t let
winter catch yon
unprepared
If you want to be sure of quick
smooth starting, perfect lubri-
cation, and carefree driving this
winter . . . if you want to be
free of worry about the winter
hazards of sludge, carbon and
corrosion . . . then head right
away for your nearest Quakes
State dealer and
Change now to
Acid-Free Quaker State
Wiater Oil