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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. =
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——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 |
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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
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New Dress Goods
in all novel Checks and Plaids; Flan-
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Navy and Brown.
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