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First American Ship
Was Built at Buffalo
The first ship bullt in the western
hemisphere was the Griffin, the keel
of which was-laid in 1679 by workmen
in the employ of LaSalle, It was a
bark of 60 tons and the keel wae laid
and the ship completed at the mouth
of Cayuga creek, not far from the city
of Buffalo's present site. It was
armed with a battery of seven small
cannon and some muskets and floated
a flag bearing the device of an eagle.
In August of the same year LaSalle
embarked with hig colony and salled
for the western end of Lake Erle.
Thus began the Great Lakes commerce.
She had a good voyage to Green Bay,
but in the meantime LaSalle’s credi-
tors, thinking him lost, were selling at
Montreal all his possessions. To pre-
vent this he loaded the ship with rich
cargoes of furs and sent it back with
orders to return immediately.
LaSalle then explored the western
country, but, returning to Fort Fronte-
nac, he learned that the Griffin had
been shipwrecked.
Celts Visited Iceland
Years Before Norsemen
So far as known, when the North-
men visited Iceland in the Ninth cen-
tury, they found no trace of an aborig-
inal race. However, the island had
been previously inhabited by Celts,
who settled there before 800 A. D.
Some Icelandic historians claim that
the Celtic colonists were still living on
the island when the Scandinavians
arrived. But the question is disputed
and the general belief is that these
Celtic settlers had disappeared be-
fore Iceland was discovered by the
Norsemen in 850. In any event, books,
croziers and other articles found by
the early Scandinavians prove that
Irish monks had made an attempt tg
colonize the island.
The real history of Iceland dates
from about 870, when large numbers
of Norsemen began to settle there.
owing to political disturbances in
Scandinavia. Only about one-fourth
of Iceland is inhabitable and the en-
tire population is only about 85,000.—
Detroit News.
When Ice Explodes
While gathering certain data on the
Upper Missouri river in South Dakota,’
a scientist attached to one of the gov-
ernment bureaus reported a curious
phenomenon that sometimes occurs in
that region. It was in December.
About noon one day there came to the
scientist's ears a heavy report, audi-
ble for miles, that led him to remark
that a blowout must have occurred on
the river. On returning to the place
where he had crossed in the morning
he found an irregular hole, covering
a space 100 feet square, in the solid
ice, which averaged 26 inches in thick-
ness. The theory is that such blow-
outs result from imprisoned air grad-
pally accumulating in a favorable
spot, where it is subjected to tre-
mendous pressure by the force of te
iver current.
Arizona’s Diamond Hoax
One of the greatest mining hoaxes
sver perpetrated was the alleged dis-
covery in 1872 of a diamond field in
the northeastern part of the territory
»f Arizona,
Two men of the names of Arnold
and Slack were supposed to be the dis-
caverers, and magnificent-looking
rongh diamonds and rough rubles
which It is said they had picked up
in the Arizona field were exhibited in
San Francisco. A company with a
capital of $10,000,000 was organized
in San Francisco, and the list of stock-
holders included a number of large
mining investors,
The fraud was exposed by Clarence
King, United States geologist, who
showed that the stones exhibited were
from Africa and Brazil, and upon vis-
iting the Arizona field, saw at once
that it was not a diamond-bearing
country.—Detroit News.
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Spiders Slaves to Ants
Green tree ants, which, it is sald,
make spiders their captives, and force
them to spin webs with which leaves
are bound together for their nests,
were found in large numbers on an ex-
pedition into tropical Queensland, Aus-
tralia, by Capt. C. H. Wilkins, who was
Aesiing natural history specimens
for the British museum, Captain Wil-
king was unable to substantiate this
- story by personal observation, but ob-
‘ tained some of the ants for a more
“detailed study.—London Times.
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Not Worth It
Dn the stand in Traffic court was
a wealthy merchant. He had been ar-
rested for speeding. To hear him tell
It to the judge he drove the car as a
careful mother pushes along a baby
carriage, never exceeding four miles
an hour.
“Huh,” sald an acquaintance afte:
listening to his testimony. “I wouldn't
go on the stand and make myself out
an old woman just to save $5.”
Altogether Different
“Women change their minds?”
“Yes,” answered Mr. Meekton
*When we were married Henrletta
made me promise not to stay out late,
and now she’s indignant if I don't go
to all kinds of parties and stay up
#1 1 o'clock in the morning.”—Wasgh-
ington Star.
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“Now, pa—" but Jane got no further.
“Now, Jane! I mean what I say.
Time you stopped gadding with every
Tom, Dick and Harry and settled
down. As for this last young man
you've annexed—young ~what's-his
uame—just cross him eff your list!”
“You mean—
“Phat red-headed, pugnaclous-jawed,
high-and-mighty individual you were
strolling down Main street with this
afternoon. Looks like an ex-prize-
49ghter, and—"
“Oh,” broke in Jane hurriedly, “you
mean Peter Brown. Don't—don’t yov
like him?”
“Like him? Like him? Does he look
as if I'd like him. Just forget him.”
Jane nodded slowly. “I understand,
pa, but I've promised Peter he could
take me to the dance at the Armory.
How could I know,” she went on bit-
terly, “that you'd be seized so sudden-
ly with a violent prejudice against the
first man I ever thought I cared enough
tor to marry?”
Her father seemed about to speak,
then apparently thought better of it
and waited a moment. Then, “All
right,” he sald mildly, “but the dance
must end it. Surely there is some one
among your old friends good enough
for you without throwing yourself
away on the first stranger that hits
town. Particularly such a rec:
headed—
But Jane, with one reproachful look
had fled from the room.
Ever since the death of his wife,
Jane's father had found his daughter
a great problem. Constitutionally a re-
served, unobtrusive man, the chain of
contacts she established for him with
outsiders kept him continually
harassed. He had run the gauntlet of
housekeepers and nursemaids, school
teachers and playmates, only to be
brought up against a more formidable
array, as Jane grew into womanhoef
of Jane's young men.
Much as Jane managed her father,
she managed her suitors, winding them
around her little finger with a gentle
tyranny which they accepted with ¢
meekness that, could they but hawr
known It, reacted to their advantage
The very fact that Peter Brown, the
new young lawyer in town, did not ap-
pear to be one to yleld to anybody,
much less a slip of a girl, was his
peculiar charm for Jane. She had met
him on several occasions, largely of
her own contriving, until Peter had
shown unmistakable signs of falling
in love with her when, having suc-
ceeded in what she had tried to do,
Jane coyly warded off his actual dec-
‘aration with feminine inconsistency.
Now her father had thrown an un-
expected wrench Into the machinery,
and for once Jane feared she could
not wind him around her finger witr
~ustomary dexterity,
So matters stood on the night of
the Armory ball. In spite of her trou-
bled heart, Jane looked her loveliest,
and Peter, as he held her slender
silken-clad form in his arms during
the first fox trot, resolved that he
would say all that was on his mind
immediately while Jane could not cop
7enlently escape.
“Listen,” he whispered, as they
swung down the hall, “I have some-
thing I must tell you. I love you.
Love you frightfully, Jane darling
Will you marry me?”
Jane lifted startled eyes. “Peter!”
she breathed, and tried not to give
away to those around her that her
partner was actually proposing to
her then and there. Suddenly she
remembered. “I am afraid—you see.
my father—” she began.
“Don’t fancy me?” sald Peter calm-
ly. “Well—I hate to have to do fit
this way. But, under the circum-
stances, you must. Marry me first and
tell him afterwards.”
Jane gasped. No one had ever said
“must” in just that tone before, and
it sent through her a delicious shiver.
“When?” she asked meekly.
Peter considered. “One week from
today,” he said finally. “That will
give me time to get the license, ar-
range my business for an absence, and
engage passage on the Bermudian, One
week from today!”
Jane, for all the romance of it, hat
her secret misgivings in the days that
followed. It came hard to deceive her
father, of whose ultimate relenting she
had doubts. Also, deep within her,
she could not quite sanction Peter's
demand that she do such a thing. It
“did not’ tally with her idea of him.
However, she loved him, she had
given her word, and she would abide
by it.
; y etvol the wedding day, and Jane,
‘who had surreptitiously packed her
trunk, stole away for the ceremony
which was to make her Peter's,
i “I pronounce you man and wife!” «
Jane heard the words in a daze. Sha
could scarcely credit that so swiftly
she had become Mrs. Peter Brown.
Then she felt Peter draw her Rpm
tenderly and presently she found
f on the way to her father, and
e moment she had dreaded more
an she had admitted had come.
They found him sitting by the fire,
his gaze fixed on the smouldering em-
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bers, evidently quite unaware of thelr
proximity.
With a little choke, Jane dashed
forward, flinging her arms about her
father's neck. “Oh, pal!” she cried.
“I've run away and married that dread-
ful Peter!”
Her father held her to him, but
across her dark head he sought
Peter's eyes and held out his free
hand.
“Good work, my boy!” he said
heartily. “Come, Jane. Did you think
-you could hoodwink your old dad?
Peter's father and I are old friends,
and when I saw which way the wind
blew I was mighty glad, and took
prompt measures to see that this thing
went through—same as I've always
done. I got Peter to conspire with
me, and if he's wise he'll profit by
this experience. Let 'em wind you
around their little finger, Peter, and
then pull 'em the way you want ‘em
to gol”
All Peoples of Earth
Know and Value Cheese
History reveals that the use of
cheese is indeed very old. The people
of Greece knew this dairy product as
early as 1000 to 450 B. O.
It was an important commodity in
Roman commerce at a very early date
and mention is made of cheese in Ro-
man records from 750 B. C. to 473
A. D., according to the California Cul-
tivator. As the Romans conquered the
rest of Europe and carried their influ-
ence into these sections the knowledge
of the value and use of cheese was
spread.
The people living in that part of
Europe now known as Germany were
using cheese in considerable amounts
as early as the Eighth century. Eng-
land undoubtedly learned of cheese
from the Romans, and the Normans,
who were the powerful people of this
period, were large consumers of
cheese.
During the Dark ages cheese was
made mostly by the inmates of the
monasteries. These people were very
influential in popularizing cheese, as
they taught others how to make it.
By the Tenth century cheese was an
important item of European commerce
and during the Fifteenth century ex-
clysive cheese markets were estab-
lished in Switzerland. Some of these
same markets are in existence today
and are operated in the same way,
practically, as they were in their be-
ginning. One brand of Swiss cheese
has been made in one locality and un-
der the same conditions for more than
ten centuries.
St. Peter’s Chair
The festival of St. Peter's chair cel-
ebrated with great solemnity and
splendor in St, Peter's Rome, had its
origin in the Eighth century—possi-
bly even earlier thap that time. The
chalr, old, plain and worn, on which
St. Peter is said to have been pontl-
ficated, Is enshrined by a magnificent
throne, supported by four gigantic fig-
ures and mounted upon a tribune dec-
orated by Michelangelo, The throne
stands in the great nave behind the
altar of St. Peter's.
The Venetians once claimed to pos-
sess the chair of St. Peter, but it was
discovered about a century ago that
this supposedly sacred article bore the
inscription: “There is but one God
and Mohammed is His Prophet.” It is
supposed that this chalr was brought
from the East by the Crusaders.—De
troit News.
Cheeta a Fleet Animal
For short distances the cheeta is
supposed to be the swiftest quadruped.
However, it is not possible to ascribe
the honor definitely to any particular
animal. The cheeta, which is found
in Asia and Africa, is a large tropical
cat, slender of body and limb. It Is
from three to four feet long, and of
a pale, tawny color, marked with
numerous dark spots on its sides and
back and almost white beneath. It
resembles the leopard, and is often
called the hunting leopard. The ani-
mal resembles the dog in docility. Its
fur is not sleek like that of typlcal
cats. It has a long tall, which is
somewhat bushy at the end.
His Chance Next
“There are some ungodly young mer
over in that corner having fun with
the girls,” announced the preacher
solemnly as he paused in the middle
of his sermon and pointed accusingly
in the direction of the graceless youths.
“When they get done,” he continued
ponderously, “perhaps they will give
me a chance.”
And he could mot understand why
the congregation smiled.
Not Too Timid
“I hear your son Tom has brought
home a timid little bride.”
“Well, she isn’t so awfully back.
ward, at that. She started in right
away to improve mother’s game of
bridge and show the girls how to
dress.”—Boston Transcript.
Working Both Ways
The Accountant—Here's your per
sonal property tax schedule, sir. Just
finished it. Makes you out a pauper.
The Boss—Now, as S00n as you can
reverse and back up, I want you to
start in on my credit statement for
the bank.
Under His Guard
Old McFadd—Do you collect any.
thing?
Young Smart—I collect my thoughts
occasionally.
Old McFadd—The specimens you
get are undoubtedly rare.—Boston
Transcript.
American Indian May Have Come
from Egypt.
It is probable, if not certain, that
the American Indian did not come
from Egypt but that in centuries fol-
lowing the glacial era, or even later,
tribes started to migrate. It is also
very possible that at that particular
time Asia and America were not sep-
arated by a body of water in the
northern part—that is, between Kam-
chatka and Alaska by the Behring
sea. Then why would it be improb-
able that a few tribes started on their
migration in a northeast direction as
later migrations started in a north-
west direction?
Furthermore, one of the oldest sym-
bols of the world can be found from
Siberia to Ceylon and from Alaska to
the Tierra del Fuego, if not in its en-
tirety, always in a recognizable form.
I am speaking of the swastika and we
know that the swastika is Asian in
its origin, says Dr. P. Anther in Ad-
venture Magazine.
The features of the Indians are not
Mongolian but Asian. There is no
doubt there and in the eyes of some
you find the same characteristics and
also the cheekbones in both are prom-
inent, but not like the Mongolian
race.
Novel Methods Planned to Get Women
to Vote.
Women will play a larger part than
ever in Keystone politics if the Penn-
sylvania League of Women Voters
succeeds in its “Get Out the Vote
Campaign,” now in full swing.
Two novel methods have been decid-
ed on by the League as the most ef-
fective means of impressing on the
women the necessity of registering
and taking part in the fall elections.
One is an “All State Caravan” or au-
tomobile pilgrimage to all the large
centers in the State and the other is
an “endless chain of members.”
It is expected 50 or more automo-
biles will take part in the “Caravan,”
which is scheduled to leave Philadel-
phia on October first. Other cars will
join the procession along the route.
A replica of the Liberty Bell will be
taken along and speeches will be made
in all the larger cities and towns.
By the “endless chain of members”
it is hoped the leaders in all organi-
zations affiliated with the League will
see the members in their organiza-
tions are properly registered and that
they in turn will see that their friends
are registered.
Airplane of Future to be Metal, Say
Experts.
The day of the aeroplane construct-
ed of metal and wood is past, and the
era of the all-steel aeroplane is at
hand, in the opinion of leading Brit-
ish aeronautical experts.
According to the experts, the death-
knell of the wood-fabric plane has
been sounded by the discovery by
aeronautical scientists of a light metal
alloy giving the strength of armor
plating.
An aeroplane constructed of this
new alloy would actually weigh light-
er than a wood-fabric constructed
aeroplane, it is claimed.
——The popping of a grain of pop-
corn is an explosion due to the ex-
pansion under pressure of moisture
contained in the starch grains. The
explosion ruptures the outer coat,
turns the grain inside out and expos-
es the white part of the grain.
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Government Ownership
The present social system has been in force for many centuries.
Constantly working towards a more equitable recognition of human
rights, it yet retains the vital principle that the property of an indi-
vidual, the result of his labor and self denial, are his alone.
The socialist would destroy the incentive for individual effort and
have all work for the state.
The communist would confiscate all the wealth laboriously gath-
ered. In doing this he would not only destroy the material wealth,
machinery, goods, houses, etc., but also one of the essential factors in
the production of wealth—that is, Credit.
The gold of the world is of little value compared with credit.
Government ownership is a long step towards socialism.
Socialism ends in communism.
Communism brings anarchy.
To suddenly change the existing order would be to throw out the
baby with the bath.
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