The Syracuse Journal, Volume 28, Number 39, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 23 January 1936 — Page 3
THURSDAY. JAM ARY 23. 1936.
iTJ CLUB jah'.. 4 4! Illi tF ei“£ff r J» W “Terror of the Tomb' 1 By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter. HERE’S the story of a man who dug his own grave—from the bottom up. He is Bernard F. Engelberger and the only man who knows how it feels to be old King Cheops’ mummy. After seeing for himself what sdrt of a life old Cheops led, moreover, he’s satisfied to be just plain Bernard Engelberger. Being shut up in a tomb doesn’t strike Bernie as being much fun—even for an Egyptian. It was all Bernie's fault and he'll be the first to admit It. It happened this way. Back In the winter of 1905 Bernie got a job with a construction company which was then laying the foundation* for the Altman building on Fifth avenue. New York dty. They put Bernie on as gang boss and since he’d had a good technical training and was able to read blueprints, they gave him an extra job setting foundation block* with a leveling instrument Bernie had to work by fits and start* at that leveling job. All around the spot where he was setting the blocks, the dynamite crew* were blasting big hunks out of ridge* of blue granite rock that cover most of Manhattan island, and every few minute* he had to drop what he was doing and run for cover while another charge went off. It got to be pretty tiresome after a while especially since Bernie liked the work he was doing and wanted a chance to stick at it for a while with* » out interruption. y Finally there came a time when Bernie decided he wasn’t going to run for those blasts any more. The foundation block be was working on was set in a deep hole and be figured that by lying down against the near side of the pit he would be safe from flying debris resulting from an explosion. So the next time the signal came to run for cover Bernie stayed right where he was. Accident Seals Bernie in Living Tomb. It was Saturday—Just before quitting timp. The blast that was coming would be the Just one until Monday morning. Bernie, crouched down in the pit, heard the boom of the dynamite and then, to hl* consternation, saw a big Ah M J Mj jit hl |hj!l H It Was as Neat a Trap a* Bemis Ever Was tn. slab of granite turn up on one end like a trap door on It* hinges, and plop down over the top ed the hole In which he was lying. It was a* neat a trap aa Berni* wa* ever In In hl* Ilf*. M l wa* lying on my stomach, * he says, “and th* leg* of the leveling instrument, which was buried with me, prevented mo from moving an inch. I yelled a couple of times, but no ons answered and then I remembered some* thing that .Just about seared me stiff. It was Saturday—pay off day. . They wouldn't find me until Monday at th* earliest, and I could suffocate »n that hot* In much loss time than that.” Bernie twisted 1 bl* body about and looked around him. A* the dust subsided he could see, to hl* relief, a few crack* through which the air eras combing. At least be wouldn't suffocate. But he had no sooner decided that when a new worry arose to plague him. It started to rain and water wa* seaping down Into the pit where he lay. If be didn't get out of there, be would he drowned like a rat in a trap! Water Shows Him Weak Spot in His Prison. For a ininute he lay there In a stupor, wondering if this wa* to be the end of him. Then, a trickle of water, failing on hi* neck aroused him and, looking up, be saw something, that caused new hope to spring Into his breast. That water might be threatening his life, but it wa* also doing him a favor. For that little stream had shown him lb* weak point in bi* prison—the place where the cover was the thinnest. Bernie reached into hls breast pocket and found a little iron spik* he used for adjusting hi* leveling instrument and began digging at the spot the water was trickling in. "It was hard work.” Bernie says, -and after hour* of digging. I lost all . track of the time. Every bone in my body ached and all I could think of was Monday morning, when my co-workers would come down and get me ouL Courage and Patience Save Bernie'* Life. “I fell psieep once from sheer exhaustion and woke up hour* later, to go back to work again with my spike. After what seemed to be days of digging, 1 finally struck a little hollow space and the rain must have loosened the dirt around my legs, for all of a sudden a rock fell on my back, and I was able to move a bit. •I must have fallen asleep ag« in » th*n, for I woke up to find the hole half full of water. I went back at my digging then and had only worked a few minute* when a stream of water came shooting in that filled the hoi* up to my neck. Then I started to work In real earnest, trying to get out before I was drowned? “By this time I wa* frantic. The hole I had dug wa* big enough to crawl out of. hut I was pinned down so that I couldn't move. Finally I got hold of the upper part of the leveling Instrument and using it as a lever, was able to get my legs free. Then, leaving one shoe behind me, I crawled out of that hole. It wa* 4* a. m. Sunday morning when I got loose again. It had taken me 14 hour* to get out of the pit. But maybe I was lucky to get out of It at all!“ W—WNU Ssrvto*.
Colonial Furniture Work of the Earlteat Settlers The term colonial. as applied t«> early American furniture. Is properU employed to Indicate furniture used la the colonies before they becanw states When It Is remembered that the Dutch settled In New York the Knyllsh in New England and Virginia. and the French tn IzutWana. it Is obvious that the beat colonial for nlture was of three different styles. netmakers In the colonies, and their I products were Msed on the current modes of ’heir mother countries. The colonial style, as such, resulted chiefly I from sfmpliflratlon. omission of oma mnnf a.lantwilAn of ihw 1.’.. I »«vwi, anti AuaiHigiimi vi inc* i ropean practice. . . « That a blending of styles occurred la I some of the chairs of fnnnil ■ rvntmtl rv»t»h I rounu a typical itutcn noote-oaca. i
work “was that of Duncan Phyfe. a Sent who came to Ameses about 1784 and. after establishing himself at his trade-in New York, produced. between the years ITftt and 1830. work equal tn quality to that of the beat European designers. Pbyfe’s lyre-backed chair was a characteristic piece. From 18*147 his work was hot of so high a standard. He classified bls over decorated mahogany as “butcher fur I oiturß.” ?;■ '■ I Action «f Oil Gland. The oil glands In the skin of the face | normally remain active many years more than those of the hands. Undoubtedly this Is due to the added layers of fatty tissue on the face. I Hands become leaner with the years and this reduces the fat and so the I a|l which fAftrl* tn skin | beard round the world."
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THE STORY OF HATTIE 1— Hattie came of ,a long line of traveling folks. 2— Many of her ancestors were globe trotters. 3— They liked to think there was gypuy blood In their veins. 4— Hattie's great-grandfather had been with Stanley In Africa and she had two grandfathers who perished on Arctic expeditions. 5— Her father, Phineas. had fiokm over thb South Pole In a blimp and attempted a voyage to the North Pole by submarine. ft—Ma was quite a tourist, too. She always said she was as much at home in Paris, Omsk. Vienna or Peiping as she was In Wappingers Falls. 7 —Naturally they raised their girl to Ise a globe trotter. They wanted her to carry on the family tradition. S—Hattie was raised on a Baedeker and as a little child she knew all the Cook tours by heart. ft—" Mother wants you to grow up anti be a cosmopolite,’’ Hattie’s ma uw>d to say. “ton must see the world, jtenetrating the far places and exploring the far-away spots.’’ 10— But one day when Hattie was about seventeen she ran away and married a home-town feller. 11 — It broke her parents’ hearts. 12— He was one of those men who own a motorcycle with side-car attached! MORAL—It all depends on what you mcsD by travel. • • • WHAT’S WRONG WITH THESE SENTENCES? 1— “It Is Impossible to get a booking on the boat” said the transatlantic steamship agent. "We’re all filled up for the rest of the summer." 2— When company came the family with the smart bulldog made no attempt to get It to do any tricks. ' 3—“ l think his speeches were fine.” said Al Smith, referring to President Roosevelt before the convention. “He’s a great statesman!" 4— The United States senate and house lost .no time in balancing the budget. 5— “1 never could, go on the bathing beach like this,” said the girl. “Ix»t me borrow a fur coat or something." • • •
. What Is this? I - This is a ladies’ bathing suit. Is it for a midget? No, it Is for a full gown normal adult. Will a lady wear it? Yes, strange as It may seem, a lady will wear It Right out to pub-
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He where she can be seen? Absolutely. Will the lady wear It to settle an election bet? No. She will not wear It to settle an election bet. Then what will be her escuse? She will have no excuse. She will wear it because It is the style. When the lady appears on the beach in the suit, what will the police do? Nothing except their eyesight Can a lady appear in a suit like that and escape arrest? Yes. if the gals are wearing suits like that this summer, what will they wear a year from now? Shush! The children might bear us! • • • SCRAMBLED LETTERS CONTEST Rearrange these- letters so each word will spell the name of an American city: rhlldellaplha. Albnay. Nwe Ykor. Chllllcdcht Obsnot. lx>s Ahglsee. Ccgobia. ; Reon. . Mas Co f ran ci A Palm bcaeb. Wen Orlneas. Imalm. Hartdort. - Jacksonllelv. (Ed. Note—This can be done by an silert mind in less than 11 hours, daylight saving, on a clear day.) • , • * CURIOUS FACTS FOR CURIOUS (PEOPLE The American Indians did not usi bath mats. Mice are afraid of bass drums, firecrackers and men with pink beards. A rowing machine can be made much MOST DANGEROUS ROAD The world’s moat dangerous road Is the Karakorum route over the Rima lays mountains between Chinese Turk eaten and India. It reaches 18.(00 feet la height, says Collier s Weekly, and for long distances Is very rocky and only a foot or two In width. However. caravans travel It regularly despite the fart that on each trip they lose about 40 per cent of their anl mate, most of which are killed by fall »w—---•Mb a.' ■c-v ■ » ~ .jc . ZaMk. a.. . .
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more comfortable If equipped with an outboard motor. Fourth of July fahs this year on July 4. A raspberry stain will remain longer on a shirt bosom than plain vanilla. The can opener was invented by a white man named Charlie. The New Haven railroad allow* passengers to take off their shoes and go to sleep In day coaches with their feet on the seat ahead. The lining of the human stomach will last a lifetime if synthetic gin Is avoided. No American automobile company supplies a buyer with an automobile jack that Is any good. A Holyoke (Mass.) chemist ha* found away to change the color of spinach from green to pink, but doesn’t say why. An ostrich never forgives a man who feeds it a rubber heel. The .wearing of stockings by bathing girls is considered old-fashioned. * • • ON HOME GARDENS # s«_ Each little boy. each little girl A gardener should be. For vegetables raised at home Should aid economy. ! * t. A spade, a little land, a hoe — These are the things you’ll need To see what miracles are worked By planting of a seed. Potatoes, peas and cabbages. String beans and spinach, too, Taste better when you realize That ’twas for you they grew. Tis pleasant, yes, to plant a seed And know that rain and heat Will some day turn it into a Tomato or a beet. So raise a garden, boys and girls, Upon some littla plot; MAY come up and give you food And also it may NOT! • • • DEFINITION TEST Make sense out of the following statements : 1— A pedigree I*a kind of reptilea small house a genealogical record..... an old-fashioned conveyance • drawn by two horsesa j scholarly man. 2— To be bombastic is to■' throw bombsbeat your parent*talk noisily' live on frewh fruits. 3— To defalcate is t 0..., embezzle.., study architecture abroad ...press at golf cut a hole In a door. 4— Pedagogues are found under wet boardsin insti- i tutions of learningln the | country- of the Aztecs.......on bicycles. 5— A libertine 15......a man who gambles- a place where ; criminals are executed In Paris | a person of loose habits. ’a bltji of the crane species. ft— Marmalade is.....the name j of a Roman emperor....•« I palace In Athens......* « kind J of jam...?..-,*-.-* famous | the name of the French national anthem. 7—A symposium laan historically famous part of the Roman forum....••••••.•* collection of ideo? .....a man who plays an Instrument by that name j an Institution for rimple people. geography Oeck the foltowtag statements to make sense: 1— The capital of Connecticut i 5.... j Providence.... Woon- i •ocket..Kansas City....... ( ....Hartford Philadelphia. 2— The Hudson river separates the ; state of New York from the state of Florida ..Penn I sylvanlaßhode fttand.... 1 | .New Jersey.....Ulinois. 3— Cairo is a city to China France. Algiers| Frrnt.Louisiana. 4 — Penobscot I*« river in New Hampshire..a mountain In Vermont....... * city In Maine.. * ,n Kansas. 5— The Bronx Is •* borough in New York....a take In Californiaa canal In s Delaware-••» mountain range ; to Nevada. WHAT PUNK IS MADE OF, Punk, also called German tinder, is a spongy combustible substance prepared from a mushroomlike fungn* found on certain tree*. It i* manu facturod chiefly in Germany. The fungus I* gathered, peeled and the brown, spongy material remaining to sliced and beaten until quite soft. It la converted into punk by boiling to a strong punk used in America is compressed into Micks.
Crocheted Potholders in a Lantern Design By GRANDMOTHER CLARK Potholders are necessary in every kitchen so why not make them attractive when you do make them? | These potholders are crocheted with I heavy string crochet cotton forming i Jap lanterns and in colors red, green, i yellow. The design is the same on j all three but the colors are reversed, giving a very attractive and pleasing effect. The finished holders measure 6 Inches each. No padding is required if made with heavy cotton. The instructions for making this set. No. 732, will be mailed to you for 10 cents. Instructions with material will be mailed for 40 cents. Address Home Craft Co., Dept B, Nineteenth and St Louis Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Inclose a stamped addressed envelope for reply when writing for any information. ffouseHoM ® Slip several slices of bread under the rack on the bottom of broiler pan when broiling steak. The juices drip dowif and when meat is done the bread is toasted a delicate brown. Serve with’ the broiled steak. • • • Before washing colored handkerchiefs for the first time soak them for ten minutes in a basin of cold water to which a tablespoon of turpentine has been added. • • • The cut surface of a lemon will remove marks made by matches on painted walls. • * * Keep the temperature of the room in which house plants are grown at 60 or 65 jlegrees. They do not thrive to a room that is too warm. • • • To clean a white fur carriage robe heat sawdust in the oven and when very hot rub well into the fur. Several applications may be necessary before it Is clean. Brush In theopen air until all the sawdust is removed. , s • • • Sprinkle cocoa stains on table linen with borax and soak in cold water. This will remove the stains g) Associated Newspaper*.—WNU Service.
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The Mind NOVELL MdCr • HENDERSON • Beil Syndicate.—WNU Service. The Similarities Test In each problem l of the following test there are three words. The first two words bear a certain relationship to one another. Write in a fourth word which bears the same relationship to the third word tbat the second does to the first L Fish—swimming; bird- 1 - 2. Ball—baseball; puck—3. Wall Street—New York; The City—4'. Wright brothers — airplane; John Fitch—5. Horace Greeley—journalism; J. P. Morgan—6. Arrow —bow; bullet— * » 7. Baseball —bat; polo— • 8. Ferryboat—river; liner— _. 9. Mendelssohn —music; Longfellow— . Use only these words: flying, London. mallet, poetry, banking, ocean, steamboat, gun, hockey. Answer*. 1. Flying. 6. Gun. 2. Hockey. 7. Mallet. 3 London. 8. Ocean. 4. Steamboat 9. Poetry. 5. Banking. Progress Made in Berlin Preparatory to Olympics The Olympic games will take place to the 300-acre Reiclissportfield situated in the west end of Berlin. The huge stadium, which is 85 per cent completed, has seats for ItMI.OOO spectators. The stadium aran 1 contains a running track 400 meters long. The swimming stadium contains a 65-165-foot pool, a large restaurant overlooking the pool. The Dietrich-Eckert open-aid theater in the form ot a Greek bowl will be used for dramatic productions and assemblies. The Olympic hpll which will peal to open the games is of steel and weighs 16 tons. It wa* removed from its casting last August. The altar on the stadium tower will be lighted on August 1, of this year, by the Olympic fire, the flame of which will be brought from the site of the original Olympic games by 3,000 runners who will travel in relays.—Washington Star.
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Death Rites Require Two Years in Dutch East Indies ' 4 The Toradjas, a primitive race of Celebes, have strange burial customs. The body remains in the house for two years, until the death rites have been completed, and then it Is placed in a tomb, cut in the side of “a mountain, the entrance of which is forever guarded by a lifelike effigy. Incidentally the Toradjas are the only people whose holy men are known to dress in women’s clothes. — Collier’s. A* Needle in Haystack A strange accident happened to a strange craft in the Bay of Biscay In 1878. Cleopatra’s Needle, a 200-ton obelisk, was being towed —on a giant iron cradle supported by pontoons—from Egypt to England by the S. S. Olga. During a storm the cables snapped and the craft, despite its great size, was not found for more than two months.—Collier’s. DOCTOR£KNOW AfotAers read Tk»imn A cleansing dose today; a smaller quantity tomorrow; less each time, until boards need no hdp cd aIL Why do people come home from a hospital with bowels working like a well-regulated watch? The answer is sample, and it’s £he answer to all your bowel worries if you will only realize it: many doctor* and hospitals use liquid laxatives. If you knew what a doctor knows, you would use only the liquid form. A liquid can always be taken in gradually reduced doses. Reduced dosage is the secret of any real rdief from constipation. Ask a doctor about this. Ask your druggist how very popular liquid laxatives have become. They give the right kind of help, and right amount of help. The liquid laxative generally used is Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. It contains senna and cascara — both natural laxatives that can form no habit, even in children. So, try Syrup Pepsin. You just take regulated doses till Nature restores regularity.