—— Bellefonte, Pa., October 3, 1924. Church at Ft. Randall * Built by U. S. Soldiers Fort Randall, South Dakota, has a church called a “mystery church.” The church, concerning the erection of which all records were believed lost, was built In 1875. Its material was chalk rock, quarried out of the hills two miles south of the fort by soldiers of the first United States in- fantty, stationed at the fort at that time. “The central portion of the building was Intended for the use of the sec- ond I. 0. O. F. lodge organized in the territory, and made up of soldiers. The east wing was the church and the west wing the post library. The building was used in this manner until the fort was abandoned in 1892. The church was well furnished, ah the pews being two and one-half-inch black walnut. There was a large or- gan and a large bell that could be heard for miles. All this was bought by the soldiers and citizens employed at the fort. The organ is still at the fort in the commanding officer's house, which is still standing intact. The walls of the old church building are still standing. Hundreds of names are written on the insides of the walls and carved on the outsides.— Detroit News. Golf Seems to Have Taken Hold in Japan Japan Is perhaps one of the last places in which one would expect golf to become popular, yet within recent years the pastime has made enormou~ strides. Formerly the leading players were members of the Anglo-American com- munities settled at Yokohama and Kobe, but Japanese golfers have now taken up the game so keenly that for some years past the holder of the ¢hampionship of Japan has been # Japanese. : The prince regent, who was mar rled recently, is one of the most enthusiastic golfers in the country. The Japanese national costume does pot lend itself to golf, and nearly all Japanese golfers wear the regulatio? ¥plus fours.” In the Japanese paper which is printed partly in and partly In English, the following story is told (in English): *“Oh, sir, ye see, anybody can teach these lad- dies” (meaning the students of the university) ; “anybody can teach these laddies Latin and Greek; but gowf ye see, sir, gowf requires a heid.” One of the most noticeable differ- ences in the Japanese game is the lack of bad language! Japanese contains no swear words; the worst term of abuse is “baka,” which means “fool.” But Japanese golfers, we are told, are rapidly making up for this deficiency by learning English! Golfdom, Japanese Flour From Alfalfa, Montana Man’s Claim A westerner who is interested in the manufacture of breakfast foods some time ago made the startling announce- ment that he could make at least 75 various kinds of candy from alfalfa. It is also contended that an excellent grade of sirup can be made from that gubstance. The man mentioned is so enthusiastic with respect to his exper- {ments with alfalfa that he is re ported to be planning to establish a mill’ for the manufacture of alfalfa flour, which, he asserts, will be found to be superior to all other flours for baking. "Hitherto, at his small mills In Mon tana, this man has been turning out a balanced ration for live stock from alfalfa. Biscuits and a variety of pastries may be nade from the flour. It is highly probable, in the opinion of experts, that alfalfa may some day revolutionize the confectionery busi- ness. Certainly if alfalfa proves its worth as a candy material the acreage planted yearly will quickly Increase and prices may be demanded far above those now prevailing. Record Frigidity According to the ' United States weather bureau “the extreme low tem- perature for this country occurred at Miles City, Mont., in 1888, when a rec- ord of 65 degrees below zero was at- tained.” Orris W. Roberts, meteorolo- gist with the government weather bu- reau station at Bismarck, N. D., re- ports: “For the past forty to fifty years we have maintained minimum thermometers in all parts of the state, and while it is human nature to like to excel a record, the lowest tempera- ture (official) ever recorded in North Dakota was 56 degrees below sero at Goodall, McKenzie county.” Tokyo's Broadway The Ginza, the Broadway of Tokyo, its main shopping street and thorough- tare; has been rapidly resuming its for- mer activity.” Many jewelry stores, de- partment stores; restaurafits and shops for foodstuffs, furniture, clothing, toys, novelties and hardware havé been able to secure 'sufiicient equipment and stocks to reopen business on their for- mer ‘sites. © American ‘watches and clocks, hats, haberdashery, canned goods, toflet articles, hardware, cash registers, etc, are making their ap- pearance. = m——p A ————— ——When you see it in the “Watch- man” you know it’s true. RESCUED FROM JAWS OF GIANT CROCODILE Incident English Officer Is Not Likely to Forget. The following interesting account of a thrilling fight with a powerful croco- dile in an Indian river is told by Lieu- tenant Colonel Carserly, in the Mop: real Family Herald: One afternoon the column halted by the river as usual and prepared to camp. When the men had cleared the ground and set the pickets they fell out to get their food and rest. A captain, unslinging his empty water hottle, went to the river to fill it. At that spot the bank was perhaps four feet high and rose straight up. It curved in a sharp bend, and the wa- ter close in ashore was shallow. There was no current near the bank, but only a few yards out the deep and mighty stream swept along like a mil’ race. The officer knelt on the bank and, lowering the bottle by its long strap, turned his head to speak to a sub- hadar (native company commander) near him. Half a dozen sepoys, some holding their rifles, were standing ~lose by. Suddenly out of the still water un- der the bank came a monstrous head, and like a trout rising to a fly a huge crocodile snapped at the white man’s outstretched hand. The great jaws closed on it, and in a twinkling the officer was down in the river! As he fell the astonished soldiers gasped in horror. Then without hesi- itation two or three leaped in after him. Standing waist deep, they clung to the captain's body and strove to pull him away from the giant reptile, which was backing out into deeper water, The Englishman, with his hand in che crocodile’s mouth, was too dazed to struggle, and submitted passively to be pulled this way and that in the grim tug of war. The native officer snatched a rifle from the man beside him and jumping into the water fired at the monster at a yard’s range. A sepoy followed his example, but nei- ther man thought of aiming at the eyes, and so their shots had no ef- fect; an old crocodile’s hide is im- penetrable to bullets except in the throat, the belly and behind shoul- ders. The weight and strength of the prute was too much for the united ef- forts of the men. In vain they dug their heels into the yielding sand and pulled with all their might and main. Slowly, remorselessly, the officer was drawn farther out; the sepoys cling- ing to him were dragged with him. The Englishman seemed doomed. rhe crocodile was swimming now tail foremost out into the swift, racing flood. Then a miraéle happened! When # seemed that nothing could save the man the strong current caught the monster with full force and swept it away, and by a marvelous stroke of luck the officer's hand was torn from its mouth. The irregular teeth of a crocodile fortunately do not fit close together. So little injured was the captain that after the doctor had bound up his hand he was able to attend to his duties immediately. Tennis Thirty Years Ago “A well-known tennis player of the Doherty period told me an amusing story the other day. He said he used to play on a public court in one of the squares in Kensington some thirty years ago. There was a large notice up to the effect that ‘gentlemen were requested not to play in their shirt sleeves.” It goes to show the type of lawn tennis that was played In those days. “This player also told me how he -emembers going to stay at a certain country house, and how some irate colonel became quite angry with him for volleying. The player was told what bad form it was.”—From Lawn Tennis, by F. Gordon Lowe. Taking No Chances A troop of barnstormers out from Liverpool were in imminent danger of stranding in Wales. “We got to get out of Wales before we strand,” declared one, “and that’s all there is to it.” “What's the difference,” asked an other, “whether we break up in Wales or elsewhere?” «] was once stranded in a town called Licreigolliwh and from there I wrote to my friends for help. Of course they all thought I was on a spree and nobody would send me a cent.” How It Was Done A sportsman with a wonderful pow- er of imagination was telling how at one shot he had bagged two partridges and a rabbit. His explanation was that, though he had hit only one part- ridge, the bird in falling had clutched at another partridge and brought that to earth in its claws. “But how about the rabbit?” he was asked. “Oh,” was the calm reply, “my gun kicked and knocked me over, and I fell on the rabbit as it ran past.”— Edinburgh Scotsman. + Immense Difference “1 tell you, sir, I have played in al the largest theaters: in Europe.” “Yes; but they're nothing compared with the theaters we have in America. Why, sir, we have theaters so big that when & man ii" the back’ seat’ throws an egg it hatches out before it reaches the stage.”—London Tit-Bits, =~ Account Book of Long Ago Is Interesting Some interesting sidelights on the dealings of the Hudson's Bay com- pany’s agents with the Indians of northern Ontario nearly a century ago are shown by the entries in a book of records just recovered from an old desk found floating on the Op, tario side of Lake Timiskaming. Part of the volume is missing, but apparently the records are those of the agent and his assistants estab- lished at a trading post on Lake Timis- kaming. The records cover parts of the years 1830-35. Most of the entries have reference to payments made in goods to Indians for the long trip to Moose Factory, on James bay, perhaps in time the ter- minus ef the Timiskaming & Northern Ontario railway. The journey appears to have occupied from two to three months, and ‘the redskins received 5 pounds ($25)—goods to that value, at least—for the voyage. appears to have been to advance a certain quantity of supplies at the Timiskaming post, while the balance was paid to the Indians at Moose Factory. Powder and shot. ribbons, blankets, tobacco, knives, wearing apparel, corn, flour and an occasional purchase of rum are the principal entries, and the values in those far-off days make ip teresting reading in the light of pres ent-day prices. Three pounds of flour cost 25 cents, which was also the price of a quart of rum, a pair of mooseskin shoes or five plugs of tobacco. A supply of ammuni- tion for the chase meant an outlay of $2.50. Green and red colored cloth came high, costing $1.25 a yard, while the price of 10 cents a pound for sugar will bring back memories of the war period to the present generation. The braves could deck themselves out in corduroy trousers for $2 and could add a vest for a similar outlay. If they bought ribbon for the squaws at home they were called upon to ex- pend 12 cents a yard for this article of adornment. Three point blankets cost $2.50. A man’s calico shirt was valued at $1.50, and a scalping knife could be secured for 12 cents. Soap cost 50 cents a pound. One ivory comb was priced at 25 cents, and the price for fine blue cloth was $2 a yard. A bag of corn was entered at about $4. For two days’ labor a youth was cred- ited with 75 cents.—Toronto Globe. Sails to See Mother, 109 “Tom” Brennan, at the age of sighty-five years, when most men are tired and retired, has left for Ireland to visit his mother, one hundred nine years old, who is too busy to come over and visit her “young” son, who is an active accessory salesman. One of the infant salesmen was con templating a visit to his mother. “pom,” spoke: up and said he had n seen his mother for twenty year§. ¥ “What, your mother still living, Tom’?’ asked his employer. : “Sure; hale and hearty at one hun dred nine,” “Tom” replied. “You're going to see her,” com: manded his boss. “You can get ready at once.” So Brennan is off to dear old Dub- fin, near where his mother lives, to spend some time with her, and return sometime in the fall, as suits his whim. —Philadelphia Inquirer. Knocking Hubby’s Book Mr. and Mrs. Author were going out tor the evening. They had engaged a new nurse and she was left in charge of the children for the first time. “Dear,” remarked Mrs. Author, as dhe came downstairs, “I looked into the nursery and noticed nurge was reading. Who gave her the book?” «I did,” replied her husband. “What book is it?” “My last,” he answered. “Darling,” exclaimed his wife. “And you know how important it is that she should not go to sleep until we return!” Squaring Things An inveterate poker player whe nadn’t been trotting in double harness very long went to an old married owl for some friendly advice. “What fs it, son?” asked his mex. ‘tor. “Wife been jumping on you too severely 7” “No, that's just the point. That's what makes me uneasy. My wife doesn’t say much, but when I have been out late with the boys she appar- ently does a lot of thinking. Now, what should a husband do when his wife looks at him oddly?” “Look at her evenly.” Malaria Long Known Although malaria was not given fu. present name until 1753, the disease has been known and described in va- rious writings for thousands of years. Before 1000 B. OC. both the tertian and quartan types of the disease were alluded #0 in the Orphic poems. Ac- cording to Deaderick, the Iliad of Homer and the Wasps of Aristophanes contain allusions to what we now call malaria, and according to Goroff, the word AAT, found among the in- scriptions of the temple of Denderah, referred doubtless to malaria. —Bass. Bumping Him “Say, looky here, now!” snarled the landlord of the Petunia tavern. “What's your idy in lopping and lally- gagging around here from morning til night, cluttering up the whole place with yourself, sponging your tobacco, and snouting in on every conversation that 1s going on? What are you try- ing to do, anyhow—impersonate an officer ?’—Kansas City Star, , The custom | | detp CABBAGE GIVEN HIGH PLACE IN DIETETICS Vegetable Worthy to Grace Table of Kings. Should the history of the cabbage | ever be written, it may prove to be unexpectedly thrilling. Remarkable facts concerning that humble vege- table have been discovered by Prof Ruggles Gates, the botanist. : “Cabbages, kales, cauliflower and brussels sprouts,” says the professor, “g]l originated In the wild cabbage. a native of the coast and the south of England. The cabbage, as we know it, was the first development of the wild plant, and from it appeared the cauliflower and the sprout. “The origin of.the species is lost in antiquity, but the Romans appear to have cultivated it. The remarkable thing is that each type entered more or less suddenly into the vegetable garden. Jeb “A gardener in these ancient days may have planted a cabbage on a cer- tain spot and have wakened up some morning to find a cauliflower or 2 stalk of sprouts in its place. There was no gradual development. It happened spontaneously. In the case of the cauliffower there was an infoorescence, and the green flower be- came white, succulent, and fleshy, though not to the degree that we know it today. “The sprout was the result of the cabbage, instead of confining its ef- forts to the attainment of one large bloom, determined to multiply itself into a numerous clump of tender heads. ! “Jt is in this way that we now think evolution has taken place—the production of new and marked varie- ties with fully developed charactep istics. “As a food the cabbage has a long and honorable career,” says Dr. Royal S. Copeland, commissioner of health, New York city. “It has graced the table of kings. The favorite dish of Emperor Pompey was cabbage. I have no doubt that many another ruler, if he admitted the truth, would confess a yearning for corned beef and cabbage. It must be terrible to live on ambrosia and nectar! “Humans require roughage, coarse, ndigestible material, just as animals do. Every farmer can testify to the necessity of such foods for his stock. Every dietary expert agrees that roughage must be supplied if we are to be healthy. “Cabbage is important, then, because t supplies lime and because it fur- nishes roughage. When it is served with delicious mayonnaise or other dressing it makes a fit dish for any table. “In Scotland the oatmeal is cooked in the cabbage water, making a dish called ‘kale brose. - “In this way-the mineral elements are saved. “Almost everybody can eat raw cab page, but the cooked vegetable dis- agrees with many. As a matter of fact, too, when the cabbage is boiled much of its valuable material is car- ried away. Steaming, instead of boil- ing, guards against calcium loss.” Thrift During a big snowstorm a gen’ drove his car down to a filling station on a side street, intending to get some gasolene. He went down in his jeans to see how much money he had. One piece—a quarter—dropped in the snow. The man scraped around a while in the snow, but couldn't find it. So he left his car there and went away. Three days later he came back. The snow was gone. He picked up the quarter. “Why did you leave your car here for three days?’ asked the gas man. “Just to mark the place where I dropped the quarter,” he replied. “I never would have been able to find it if I had driven away.”—Capper’'s Weekly. : Gifts to the Zoo Most of the wild animals that coma to Bronx park zoo, of New York, are not bought by the zoo. They are the gifts of private citizens. Among gifts recelved last year are more than a dozen opossums, two canaries, a Tex- as rattlesnake, which is described as partly albinistic; a horned grebe from Astoria, L. IL, and forty birds from various parts of the world, the gift of Emory W. Clark of Canandaigua. Possibly the oddest gift of all is a collection of 3,700 white rats and 1,600 white mice from Crocker labora- tory, of Columbia university, to be used as food for reptiles. Duval Real Personage Claude Duval was a notorious high wayman, born in Domfront, Normandy, 1643. He was a follower of the duke of Richmond at the time of the Ref- ormation, but forsook him for the life of a highwayman. He was famous for his gallantry to women as well as for his audacity and robberies. captured while intoxicated, and exe- cuted in 1670 at Tyburn. A part of the inscription on his tomb in Covent Garden church is as follows: “Here lies Du Vall; Reader if male thou art Look to thy purse! if female to thy heart.” Similar Occupation “Well, John,” said the eminent per- sonage, who was now an invalid, “who is it wishes to seé mé now? My bieg- | rapher?” “No, your excellency,” replied the outler, “your “physician.” FG v3 at york upon my life, 106" ig pecoty, ¥ VT Lyon & Co. Lyon & Co. | Special Prices on early buying of the New Winter Coats for Ladies, Misses and Children. SEE OUR 3 Fur Trimmed Coats sins $20 Childrens Coats from $4.25 up Bobbed Hair Sweaters The newest style in Sweaters. We are showing Powder Blue, Silver, Rust and other new colors, from $5.00 up. New Dress Goods in all novel Checks and Plaids; Flan- nels and Broadcloths in new shades— Burgundy, Russian Red, Shutter-Green, Navy and Brown. Also the new Ottoman Weaves.. See the New Styles—and the Prices will be Temptingly Low Lyon & Co. « Lyon & Co. 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