Demonic atc Bellefonte, Pa., September 29, 1922. IMMORTALITY OF DOGS. By L. A. Miller. . Just a few remarks on the immor- tality of dogs. This is a problem that agitates the minds of many people; more especially the dog fanciers. In the first place dogs have rights which man is bound to respect; if he proposes to be a man in the fullest sense of the term. The dog has his place in the world, and is entitled to the respect due to his position. What more natural right has a man to kick an inoffensive dog, than a dog has to bite an inoffensive man? If a man is justified in kicking a dog that intrudes on his personal rights, hasn’t the dog a right to resent a like intrusion? Nature gave all an- imals, including man, the right to pro- tect and preserve themselves, and, as far as nature is concerned, has man any more rights than dogs or other animals? Philosophy teaches clearly that ani- mals have equal rights with man un- der all laws that pertain to them in common. Man is higher and better than a dog only in moral point of view, and just how much higher and better depends entirely upon how he stands according to the established moral standard. But men have souls! And who knows but dogs have? It is clear to any one who has studied human na- ture that it is a very poor dog that hasn’t more soul than some men. It would be a gross libel on a good dog to say that it was no better than the brutish man who delights in cruelty and revels in beastiality. “I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see, that they themselves are beasts. “For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even the one thing befalleth them; as one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man has no preemi- nence above a beast; far all is vani- y. “All go to one place; all are the same dust, and all turn to dust again. “Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth Jownward to earth.”—Eccles. III-18-21. If the preacher was not greatly mis- taken, man has but little better show for immortality than the brute. He seems to be under the impression that there is not much difference between a man and a dog as some people im- agine; and what is still more singu- lar, the Holy Scriptures nowhere de- ny a future life for animals. After reasoning at great length, and showing by unanswerable arguments that the human body is but 2 machine contrived for the convenience of the soul, or real man, that famous man, Bishop Butler, in his “Analogy,” says: “But it is said, these observations are equally applicable to brutes; and it is thought an insuperable difficulty that they should be immortal, and the con- sequence capable of everlasting hap- piness. Now this manner of expres- sion is both invidious and weak; but the thing intended by it is really no difficulty at all, either in the way of natural or moral consideration. “We find it to be a general law of nature that creatures endowed with capacities for virtue and religion should be placed in a condition of be- ing in which they are altogether with- out the use of them for a considerable length of their duration—as in infan- cy and childhood. And a great part of the human species go out of the present world before they come to the exercise of these capacities in any de- gree. “The natural immortality of brutes does not in the least imply that they are endowed with any latent capaci- ties of a rational or moral nature. The economy of the universe might require that there should be living creatures without any capacities of this kind * * * There is, then, ab- solutely nothing at all in this objec- tion which is so rhetorically urged against the greatest part of the rat- ural proofs or presumptions of the im- mortality of human minds.” The lower animals shave with man the attributes of reason, memory, af- fection, a sense of moral responsibili- ty, all of which belong to the spirit, and not to the body. These are the qualities which man expects to retain in the next world; they are the attributes of his immor- tal soul. If the same attributes exist in a dog, who shall say they are not HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS PAHSON SAY DE LAWD: COMMAN' FOLKS IN DE OLE TIME T' SAC'\FICE DE LAMBS EN DE GOATS BUT HE AIN' NEVUH TELL BM T SACIEICE A CHICKEN ER ‘POSSUM Copyright, 192.1 bv McClure Newspaper Syndicate. except man? There are a great many—more by far than is generally supposed—who believe in the future existence of an- imals as, firmly as they do that they will exist hereafter. None, however, claim that there will be more equali- ty between mankind and brutes then than now, but that the same relations will be sustained. My dog! The difference between thee and me knows only our Creator. —Samartine. BOALSBURG. rrr ‘Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Homan, of State College, spent Tuesday in town. Mrs. Paul Stairs, of Greensburg, is visiting at the home of Mrs. E. E. Stuart. Miss Nelle Holter, of Howard, was a recent visitor at the home of Chas. Mothersbhaugh. Elmer Royer and family, of Earlys- town, were visitors at the home of Mrs. Murray recently. Mrs. Ellen Stuart, of State College, spent several days with her sister, Mrs. Amanda Fisher. Miss Gladys Hazel, accompanied by two classmates, came home from Penn State for the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tussey and children, of Arch Springs, were vis- itors in town on Saturday. Mrs. Frank Stover, of Altoona, ac- companied by several friends, enjoyed p a short visit in town on Sunday. John Hess and Mrs. J. P. Wagner and niece, Marjorie Slagle, of Altoo- na, enjoyed a visit with friends last week. Mrs. John Fisher and grandson, Jack Fisher, of Bellefonte, were week- end visitors at the home of Mrs. Kaup. Two hundred invitations were is- sued for a chicken supper in the mountain with the men of the Luth- gran and Reformed Sunday schools as osts. Sousa Says America Now Leads in Music. According to Liuetenant Command- er John Philip Sousa, “America has come into its own,” musically speak- ing. In an interview given at New York recently, the famous bandmas- ter declared that we do not need to go abroad for musicians, as we have as fine singers and instrumentalists in this country as may be found any- where. “There are no better bands or symphony orchestras than those in this country,” he said. Sousa continued: “Let me cite an instance of the Americanism of our musicians. Last spring I took eighty- three men to Havana, Cuba, to give a series of concerts. I was obliged to obtain but three passports. Thirty years ago it is likely that I would have had to obtain eighty passports, for that many members of the organiza- tion would then of necessity be for- eigners. It would have been impossi- ble for me to engage an American band. Today the American musician stands at the front rank, and many of them are superior to those who come from abroad. My band is now made up of Americans, most of them native and all the others naturalized or on the way to naturalization. The others are but four in number. “My observation of this new music- al adeptness of young America is not casual. I have had opportunity to ob- serve in many parts of the country, and, of course, in my own band, I am daily in contact with this artistry.” Poultrymen Start Movement. “A Nickel a Hen for Penn State” is a slogan that will spread to poultry farms throughout the State if the poultrymen of other counties follow in the lead of those of Montgomery in an effort to raise funds by popular subscription for the erection of a dor- mitory unit at The Pennsylvania State College. The movement, which is similar to that staged during the sum- mer by potato growers for a hospital fund of $150,000, has met with the ap- proval of F. S. Barr, of Narvon, Lan- caster county, president of the Penn- sylvania Poultry Association. Pro- fessor H. C. Krandel, head of the poultry husbandry department at State College, has started visiting the poultrymen of the State in the inter- est of the movement which is expect- ed to result in a gift of $100,000 to relieve congestion at the college and allow more students to enter. State College Has Biggest Enrollment. The student enrollment at The Pennsylvania State College last week reached the expected figure of prac- tically 3300, the largest number of resident students that the college has gver experienced. The rapid growth of the town of State College and the opening of a few extra class rooms in already crowded quarters has enabled the college to enroll 100 more students than last year. There are a few more than 1000 freshmen, 796 sophomores, 619 jun- iors, 496 seniors, 100 graduate stu- dents and 40 specials. The school of engineering leads all others with al- most 1100 students, and agriculture is next with 779. Liberal arts has be- come very popular and almost 700 are enrolled in that branch. Science has 271, mines 176 and the department of home economics, 160. Two Thousand Babies Stolen in Paris in Year. Paris.—More than 2,000 babies have been reported stolen to the Paris po- lice this year, an average of nearly seven a day, according to L’Intransig- eant, ———————— er ——————— CASTORIA Bears thesignature of Chas. H.Fletcher. In use for over thirty years, and The Kind You Have Always Bought. —-_—_.—-— as likely to exist hereafter as if they SUMMARY OF 1922 had existed in that form of animal! FUR LAWS READY. The Legislatures which met in 11 States during the year made but few and unimportant changes in the laws relating to fur animals, according to the annual summary issued by the United States Department of Agri- culture, which, through its bureau of Biological Survey, is charged with the administration of Federal laws relat- ing to the fur industry. Copies of publication entitled “Laws Relating to Fur Animals, 1922,” by George A Lawyer, chief United States game warden, and Frank L. Earnshaw, as- sistant, may be had by writing to the department at Washington, D. C. In Alaska shooting of fur animals is now permitted, but beaver houses or runways may not be destroyed. Foxes certified as disease-free by an official veterinarian of another coun- try may be imported without quaran- tine. In Montana a person suffering damage from beavers may get a per- mit to take these animals on his own premises, but skins so taken must be cared for, properly cured, and sent to the State game warden for tag- ging. A special permit must be se- cured in order to ship the skin out of the State. Evidence of illegal shipments of fur has been uncovered in the course of checking up shipments and receipts of furs by the principal fur houses of the country. These cases have been prosecuted and fines and penalties to- taling several thousands of dollars im- osed. Not all States offer bounties for un- desirable animals, although in most States where predatory creatures give trouble there is a price on the head of wolves, mountain lions, bobcats, coy- otes and similar destructive animals. Sometimes the county or township pays the bounty. In Wisconsin the State treasurer duplicates all county awards. Seals are considered a pest in Massachusetts, as well as in the State of Wahington. Any one who can catch a panther in New York State is entitled to $20 bounty. Bears in Pennsylvania have an open and closed season, although they may be killed at any time in defense of per- son or property. American trappers receive yearly many millions of del- lars for their fur harvest. TRAPPED BEAVERS. Three fine specimens of beavers, one male and two females, were caught in a specially designed trap near Sirerville, Potter county, and were taken to Woolrich, Clinton coun- ty, for the purpose of propagation. They will be protected in their new homes by means of notices, which have been placed along the stream warning all persons that a fine of $200 will be imposed on any one at- tempting to disturb these animals. The beaver is a fine fur-bearing an- imal, having a tail of very peculiar form, which is used for several im- portant purposes, one being to aid it in swimming under water and anoth- er being to assist it in plastering holes shut in their dams. It is used for this purpose very much as one would use a plasterer’s trowel. The beavers were captured in a ‘specially designed trap, constructed in such a way that no injury could pos- sibly result to the animal. It was the first try-out of the trap and the re- sult was very satisfactory. The trap is four and one-half feet in length and eighteen inches in height, with net- work of chains fastened to the jaws so that when it sprung the beaver was encaged in this net work of chains. One of the beavers weighs over for- ty pounds. The other two are smaller. They were transported in an automo- bile to Woolrich, a distance of ninety miles from the place of capture. Many Trees for Distribution. About 7,000,000 young forest trees will be distributed free to land owners in Pennsylvania by the Department of Forestry this fall and next spring. An inventory of the Department’s nurs- eries shows there are more than 5,- 000,000 evergreens ready and about 1,500,000 hardwood trees ready for planting. Among the evergreens to be given away free by the Department are large quantities of pitch pine, Scotch pine, Japanese, red and black pine, Norway spruce, and white pine. The leading kinds of hardwood trees will be white ash, green ash, rock oak, red oak, and American elm. 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The country of Greenland is per- haps less visited than any other land, for Greenland belongs to Denmark and it is only very rarely that any other people besides Danes ever set foot there. This is not because Green- land is protected by warships and forts, but owing to its extremely dan- gerous coast line. The seas which wash the shores of Greenland are, as most of the world is concerned, quite uncharted. There are no buoys to show where there are rocks and sand banks and only a few Danish mariners have an idea of the way in which the ocean currents flow. For several hun- dred years the Danish government has had a secret Pilot Book to Green- land. Only a few trusted Danish cap- tains are ever allowed to see this book and all attempts on the part of other nations to get a copy have failed. So to the outside world Greenland is practically a closed land, and it seems likely to remain so. It is a mistake to thing that Green- land is a country with nothing but snow and ice. The central part of the land is largely formed of a huge ice cap which remains throughout the year. Toward the coast, however, there are regions where, during the summer, the weather is pleasant and crops can be grown. There are no less than 176 towns and settlements in Greenland, inhabited by 22,000 Es- kimos and two or three hundred Dan- ish colonists. The natives manage their own affairs and the arrangement works admirably. The inhabitants are chiefly occupied in fishing and in whale and seal hunting. The two chief towns of Greenland are known as Godthaad and Godhaven.—EX. 6 "” PORTLAND CEMENT SIDEWALRS o essentials, use—concrete. One cement in foot or in a car, the path require- ments are identical —open in all weathers, good traction, permanence. One material, by satisfying these f& i come into uni century has come to be called “the r highways, on the last quarter Standard by which all other makes are measured ”’—Atlas Portland Cement. 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