1 SPORES SCATTERED BY WIND Remarkable Reproduction of Species of Fungus Is One of the Wonders of Nature. We often wonder at the amazingly sudden upspringing of mushrooms and toadstools. Today the green of the lawn is unbroken. In the night a gen- tle rain falls, and we wake to see a crowded group of vellowish-white “inkycaps” spreading their parasols fn the very shadow of our doorstep. i Mr. Burton O. Longyear in the Outer’s Book describes the marvelous repro- ductive powers of these fragile and short-lived plants. Each species of fungus produces upon or within some part of its fruit body countless numbers of minute re- productive bodies called spores. So small and light are they that they float in the air as an invisible dust. Many of them fall to the ground and are washed into the soil by rains. Others are wafted away on every, breeze, car ried possibly for days, to be brought down at length by rain many leagues from their starting point. In this way they are carried to the ends of the earth, dusted into every crack and cranny. lodged on every exposed sur- face of wood or soil ard caught on every dew-moistened leaf or twig. The amazing number of spores pro- duced by a single fungus can be real- ized only by knowing their relative size. Thus in the case of most puff- balls at least three thousand of the globular spores. when laid side by side, would be required to form a line one inch long. A compact mass of such spores. the size of a parlor-match head. would contain the incomprehen- sible number of thirty millions of these microscopic bodies, enough to cover an acre of ground with four spores for every square inch of surface. PIPE MAKERS USING BIRCH Woed Has Been Found to Be Eminent- ly Suitable, After Treatment by a Special Process. et American birch since the war has ac- | quired a South American name. Nowa- days it is fashioned into pipes and then called something besides birch. The _ only evident reason for the change seems to be the fact that the process that converts soft birch into a hard pipe was originated in a Latin American country, according to the New York Evening Sun. Birchwood owes its new name and {ts present prominénce in the pipe in- dustry te the war, which cut off the supply of briar and sent the prices of the stocks in America sky high. Substitutes have been sought for the expensive imported briar. The ces- ————————————————————————————————————— | MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA '3 In the Churches of the County. | PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Sabbath services as follows: Morn- ing worship at 10:45. Evening wor- ship at 7:30. Sabbath school at 9:45 a. m. Prayer service every Wednes- day evening at 7:45. A cordial wel- | come to all. W. K. McKinney, Ph. D., Pastor. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY. Christian Science Society, Furst building, High street, Sunday service 11 a. m. Wednesday evening meet- ing at 8 o'clock. To these meetings all are welcome. A free reading room is open to the public every Thursday afternoon from 2 to 4. Here the Nd ARN SIT ININTS § may be read, borrowed or purchased. Subject, October 17th, “Dectrine of Atonement.” ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Services for the week beginning October 17th, twentieth Sunday after Trinity. 8 a. m. Holy Eucharist. 9:45 a. m. church school. 11 a. m. Mattins and sermon, “Seven Thousand {in Israel.” 7:50 p. m. evensong of St. | Luke, with sermon, “St. Luke’s Gospel | Sor.gs.” Monday, feast of St. Luke, | Evangelist and Martyr, 10 a. m. Holy { Eucharist. Friday, 7:30 p. m. Litany | and instruction. Visitors always wel- | come. i Rev. M. DeP. Maynard, Rector. ST. JOHN'S REFORMED. i “Go to Church” and Rally day serv- | ices next Sunday at 10:45 a. m. and | 7:30 p. m. Sunday school rally at | 9:30 a. m. with the annual contest for | the pennant and special offerings for | Kashigaya station in Japan. Christian | Endeavor rally at 6:45 p. m. Every . member is urged to attend all of these services. Ambrose M. Schmidt, D. D., Minister. ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH Sunday school 9:30 a. m. Morning ' worship 10:45. No -evening service | this Sunday, as the pastor expects to | leave for Washington to attend Luth- eran Brotherhood convention. Mid- week prayer service Wednesday, 7:30 p. m Rev. Wilson P. Ard, Minister. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Bible school 9:30. Sermon, “The Key to Blessedness,” 10:45. Junior League 2 p. m. Senior League 6:30. Sermon, “The Sin of Ingratitude,” 7:30. You are invited to worship with us. Rev. Alexander Scott, Minister. — Wilbur F. Leitzell, of State | College, has been promoted from a major in the machine gun battalion of the Pennsylvania National Guard, to division machine gun officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel. sation of importations with the war— they haven't been resumed yet—inten- sifies the search for an American wood that would provide a suitable substi- tute. Many native hardwoods were tried without success. or too heavy to rest comfortably be- tween a smoker's lps. one hit on the expedient of trying a soft wood and employing a process that would give it the required hardness for use in pipe manufacturing. Birch was found the most suitable for the pur- pose. me cer—— Oil Wells Detected Electrically. New uses for electricity are con- stantly appearing. One of the latest is the detection of crude oil In the earth instead of boring for it. It is stated that crude petroleum has been located electrically in the shallow oilfield near Corsicana, Texas, and that further tests are being made around Burkburnett.