Boa itd,
“Bellefonte, Pa., November 24, 1922.
SAFETY FIRST ON THE PLAINS
Wild Beasts Learn Early in Life That
Man Is a Creature to
Be Avoided.
It is a slow-witted wolf that will al-
low the hunter to catch him napping
nowadays. Among wolves, says
Enos A. Mills in his book, “Watched
by Wild Animals,” the “safety-first”
motto appears to be: “Avoid being
seen by a man; and never, never
touch anything that carries the sceat
of man or of iron or steel.”
So thoroughly have wolves learned
that man is likely to be dangerous
that one night some hunters in Wye-
ming were content to leave a freshly
killed elk lying on the ground in a
wolf-infested region, protected only by
a handkerchief they had tied to one
of the horns. Another instance a
hunter left a deer out all night in
wolf country and kept the wolves
away merely by rubbing his hands
over the carcass.
Coyotes also are wary; their keen
wits seem to be always awake. One
day a man carrying a gun strolled into
a field at an isolated cattle ranch
where hunting was forbidden. The
appearance of the man differed from
that of some men near by who were
carrying fishing poles, but the wise
coyotes either scented or could dis-
tinguish the gun and knew what it
was for. Presently all hurried away.
While the gunner remained at least
one of the coyotes sat where he could
overlook the field. Within a few min-
utes after the man had gone all came
strolling back.
CLEAR HOUSES OF ROACHES
Specles of Ants That Bring Their Own
Welcome in the South American
Tropics.
“House-cleaning ants” are welcome
visitors in the South American tropics,
for they hunt aud kill the cockroaches
which infest the homes there. Cock-
roaches cannot. be kept out of the
houses ; they grow to unbelievable size,
and they eat everything, including
clothing. They even nibble at one’s face
or lips while one is asleer.
The ants appear in hordes at varied
periods, apparently from nowhere. A
strange fact in connection with their
coming is that a tropical variety of
blackbird with a very long tail is as-
ways the forerunner of the foraging
ants, appearing in huge flocks. That is
the only time that #hese particular
birds are seen.
The ants invade the houses in mil-
lions on their eockroach hunt, Whole
bunches will grab a big cockroach and
lug it off bodily. They are like a pack
of wolves in their pursuit of prey.
Every closet, every bureau drawer,
every crack and crevice in every room
is thoroughly ransacked by the ants
until no more cockroaches are to be
found. One corps of ants will hunt
out the scampering roaches, biting and
passing them to other ants. who seize
and drag them away.
Early Day Subterfuges in Films.
Even in the early days of film-mak-
ing, ingenious subterfuges were em-
ployed to enact scenes which would
otherwise have been most difficult to
reproduce. J. Stuart Blackton gives
some examples of this in an article en-
titled “Frora Peep-Show to Super-
Cinema,” in the London Magazine.
When a cinematograph film of the
Spanish-American war was attempt-
ed, the “Battle of Santiago Bay” was
taken in a little office under a skylight.
Photographs of the battleships Indi-
ana and Iowa, and other vessels of the
American fleet, with pictures of the
Spanish warships were cut out and
fastened onto blocks of wood, and in
this way a realistic sea battle was
produced.
The coast of Cuba was painted on
a small canvas about six feet square,
and Santiago bay was an oil-cloth tank.
Friends were pressed into service to
puff cigarette smoke in on either side,
while tiny explosions of gunpowder
were set off from behind the picture
»attleships.
Physician Uses Airplane.
A doctor in Syria, to keep in touch
with his patients among the wandering
Bedouin tribes, uses an airplane. From
his headquarters in Palmyra he ilies
over the desert, alighting wherever he
finds a tribe encamped. His fame as
a physician has already spread far in-
to the desert, and whenever his 'plane
lands Bedouin patients flock to con-
sult him. Although his practice cov-
ers a wide area and his nomad pa-
tients are constantly on the move,
his task is comparatively easy. The
clear air of the desert makes it pos-
sible for him to see encampments at
a great distance. Doctor Martinet has
already flown to and treated over 100
serious cases and many minor ones.
Leather-Softening Machine,
Working leather by the various proc-
esses known as graining, boarding
and staking, ordinarily a laborious
manual operation, is now accom-
plished by mechanical means with a
machine designed by a Massachusetts
inventor, reports Popular Mechanics
Magazine. Two broad belts, running
on rollers, are so mounted that faces
traveling in opposite directions are |
arranged one above the other, a short
distance apart. The hide to be sof-
tened is laid on 2 metal plate and in
serted between the belt faces, the up-
per half then being pressed dow
by a lever,
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DATES BACK TO STONE AGE |
English Industry, Still Carried On,
Estimated to Be Nine Thou-
sand Years Qld.
While science and invention have
hlotted out many eof the old and time-
honored industries in the country,
gome still exist which not only date
back centuries, but succeed in hold-
ing their own against their modern
rivals, remarks London Tit-Bits.
Perhaps the oldest and yet least-
known surviving industry is carried
on in Brandon in East Anglia. Long
years ago the dwellers in the Stone
and Neolithic ages discovered that
the ground in this district was full of
flints, which .they proceeded to un-
earth and fashicn into polished tools
and weapons.
That was at least 9,000 years ago.
Today the industry still flourishes,
and it is believed that the Brandon
“flint-knappers” are the direct de-
scendants of those oldtime workers.
In their work they use curiously
shaped iron picks, closely resembling
reindeer’s horns, which, as a matter
of fact, were the tools used by the
Stone age workers.
The flint is found in large blocks,
which are left to dry and then bro-
ken into pieces six inches square.
hese, in turn, are shaped with ham-
mers, and then trimmed. Few f{lint-
knappers live to be old men, for the
particles of the material that are
thrown off enter the lungs and bring
on consumption.
PROOF OF GENNA’S ANIQUITY
ftalian City Was a Place of Impor-
tance in the Fifth Century
Before Christ.
An inscription in the cathedral of
St. Lawrence contains the traditional
account of Genoa’s foundation by
“Janus, the first king of Italy, and de-
scended from the Giants,” adding that
he was “great-grandson of Noah,” and
that he founded the city “in the time
of Abraham.” As a matter of fact, its
pame is derived not from “Janus” but
from the Latin “genu” (“knee”), owing
to the shape of the coast, but its an-
tiquity was conclusively proved in
1898 by the discovery of ancient
vases of the Fifth century before
Christ, which, if not used by the con-
temporaries of Abraham, were at least
of the same age as the Persian wars in
Greece and the early republic in Rome.
The first mention of the city, how-
ever, in Roman history is its destruc-
tion by Mago, the Carthagenian gen-
eral, during the second Punic war, and
its refounding by the Romans in 203.
One memorial of Roman Genoa still
survives in the shape of a bronze tab-
let, now in the town hall, containing
the judgment of Roman arbitrators in
a dispute between the city and an-
ether place in 117 B. C. Peocopius
accurately’ described Genoa as ‘well
situated as a port of call for the voyage
to Gaul and to Spain,” as it still is.
“Missing Link” Still Missing.
I think every palaeontologist of the
world now admits that not a single
missing link has been discovered be-
low man, and that we know even less
concerning the origin of man than we
thought we did formerly. . . . The
puzzle of origin again harks back to
where it stood when Darwin began to
investigate. His theory and its suc-
cessors hang on the clothesline,
thoroughly aired and flapping in the
breezes. Parallel evolution being a
fact, all of us can accept it, even the
layman and the orthodox clergyman.
All can readily admit, for instance,
that every human being has 28 bones
in his cranium, identical with those
of reptilia and amphibia. Beyond that
fact, no one need admit or deny origin,
but merely stand pat or pick out his
own ancestor. . . . All past theories of
descent having been abandoned for
want of connecting links, we find our-
selves just where "Agassiz left mat-
ters, with only his doctrine of mul-
tiple origin with which to tie.—W.
H. Ballou, the North American Re-
view,
Clashed With Spain in 1854.
The Spanish-American war of 1898
was the second time that trouble de-
veloped between Spain and the United
States, originating in Cuba. In 1854
the “Black Warrior,” a steamship be-
longing to United States citizens, was
seized in the harbor of Havana, and
declared confiscated. The proceedings
aroused feeling against Spain, and
diplomatic exchanges took place at
Madrid, the owners demanding in-
demnification of $300,000. The Spanish
government proved reluctant and at
fength the Ostend conference was held
to adjudicate the matter.
The vessel was finally released on
payment by the owners of a fine of
$6,000, and amicable relations with
Spain were restored.
Chocolate Properly Appreciated.
Cocoa as a beverage was first used
by Leonardo Cortez, to whom the
ancient Mexican natives taught the
use of it. In the aboriginal Mexican
language, this concoction was called
“chocolate,” which means cocoa and
water. Although from the moment
that this explorer and his followers
brought it to Europe, just four cen-
turies ago, “chocolate” found its en-
thusiastic devotees, yet, at the same
time, it met with bitter opposition on
saner opinions, in respect of this harm-
jess product now prevail, and, al-
ihough cocoa differs somewhat from
the chocolate of Cortez’ times, the
change does not lie with the coenn
beans, which are practically the sam. |
now as t!
Lily Ware all. \
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT.
An Acrostie.
Ts for the turkey, so toothsome and good,
H is for holiday, well understood.
A’s for the apples, which make sauce and
pie,
N’s for the noise of the children knee-high.
K's for the kitchen, where good things are
made, {
S is for spices and sweet marmalade.
G’s for the games which we play
night,
I's for the ices so cold and so white.
V’s for the vines which encircle each plate,
I's for the illness which comes to us late.
N’s for the nuts and raisins, you know,
G’s for the gratitude we all should show.
: —C. B. Jordan.
The real, old-fashioned Thanksgiv-
ing dinner, the rule of which was, as
a witty writer has remarked, that
there must be far too much of every-
thing and every one must eat twice as
much as he wanted, so that the table
wasn’t the only thing that groaned,
is largely obsolete today. But there
are certain features of this festival
dinner which are indispensable to the
day as the Governor’s proclamation.
The first of these is, of course, the
turkey—noble bird— with cranberry
sauce and vegetables, then mince pie,
cheese, nuts and coffee. Around this
framework are built all the variations
upon the Thanksgiving dinner of the
fathers. Opinions differ widely as to
whether a soup should precede the
dinner. Tradition says no; modern di-
ners say yes. Oyster soup should
never be used before a heavy roast
course, as it is much too hearty and
defeats the end for which dinner soups
have their being, which is merely to
tickle the palate and stimulate the ap-
petite. All cream soups and purees
come under the same condemnation.
If there is to be a soup then let it be
merely a consomme of clear stock
made beforehand, well flavored and
served very hot.
The same divergence of opinion ap-
pears in regard to the fish course and
the salad. In a family dinner where
the turkey is made the central fact,
and in case there are children who find
it very tedious to sit through a long
dinner, these courses may well be
omitted. In this event one or two
more vegetables may be offered. The
menu which follows is purposely made
somewhat elaborate in order that it
may suggest various dishes from
which a selection may be made.
Grape fruit
Clear soup, hot crackers
Radishes
Little oyster pies
Roast turkey
Candied sweet potatoes
Creamed chestunts
Cauliflower Corn au gratin
Cranberry jelly
Lettuce and pepper salad
French dressing Cream cheese balls
Wafers
until
Celery Olives
Mince pie Pumpkin pie
Vanilla ie cream
Black coffee, Brie cheese and toa
crackers
Nuts Raisins
Cut the grapefruits in halves
en the pulp around the edges 2 .. -
the hard portion in the middle
hollow with slices of Malaga
have the soup strong and
serve small portions with t
which have been placed in
for a few minutes. To nr
oyster pies, prepare a
or three days in adva
dinner-time on Than! _..iving day line
small baking dishes, and fill with oys-
ters which have been previously mix-
ed with a rich, thick white sauce and |
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seasoned to taste. Cover with a thin
layer of the crust and bake until!
slightly brown.
The modern housekeeper has made
some improvements over the ways of |
her grandmothers in her manner of ! was late when I started from home.”
In the first place |
roasting a turkey.
the turkey is now put in the pan
breast downward, in order that the
juices of basting may go over and
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through the meat instead of down into
the back bone of the bird. A covered
baking pan is a great convenience as
it does away with the necessity of so
frequent bastings; but failing this it
is well to cover the pan with another
baking pan to save scorching. For
the stuffing, use from two to four cups
of breadcrumbs made from bread at
least one day old, moisten with water,
add three large spoonfuls of melted
butter, season with salt, pepper, a
teaspoonful of onion juice and some
finely minced parsley or celery. The
best modern cooks hold that the old-
fashioned herbs, such as sage and
thyme, have so strong a flavor that
they cover up the natural flavor of the
turkey. This dressing should be stir-
red in a pan over the fire and added to
the turkey rather warm. If either
chestnuts or oysters are desired in
this stuffing, it should be added just
before it is put into the turkey. The
oysters should be washed and drained
and cut in coarse pieces while the
chestnuts must be shelled and boiled
until the inside skin comes off easily,
then boiled again until they are ten-
der enough to chop. The gravy, which
is by no means the least important
feature of the turkey, is made by boil-
ing the giblets until tender and adding
the liquor in which they are boiled to
the juices in the pan. This is thick-
ened with flour and seasoned; then the
giblets, which have been chopped very
fine, are added and the whole made
very hot before serving. In case the
turkey has been a very fat one, it will
probably be necessary to pour off most
of the grease from the baking pan be-
fore the gravy is made.
As for the vegetables the cook has
a very wide latitude: Sweet potatoes
are very commonly used, either boiled
and mashed like white potatoes, or cut
in strips, covered with butter and su-
gar and browned in the oven. Either
caulifiower or chestnuts or onions may
be cooked the day before, reheated and
served with a cream sauce for the din-
ner. Turnips and Hubbard squash are
both appropriate to this dinner. For
the corn au gratin, use a can of the
best corn, chopping it finely. Season
with salt and pepper, cover the top
with bread crumbs and bits of butter
and bake. For the salad use the white
hearts of lettuce and thin slices of
green peppers. The cream cheese
should be mixed with salt, paprika and
cream, adding a few chopped pimen-
toes if desired. Cranberry jelly is
made by boiling the cranberries until
soft and straining to remove the seeds
and skins. Return to the fire and
sweeten, using a quantity of sugar
equal to the amount of pulp, and after
cooking pour into individual molds,
which she ' either be of agate ware
or of 3 for cranberries. In-
stead m, lemon or pine-
app! ‘tuted and will
be » the heavy
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Tommy’s Excuse.
The teacher was angry when Thom-
ten minutes late for
“Why are you late, Tommy?” he
said sharply.
“Please, sir,” replied the sinner, “it
“Then why didn’t you start from
home earlier?”
“Please, sir it was too late to start
early.”
For Infants and Children.
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Thirty Years
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