“Bellefonte, Pa., August 27, 1926.
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HALF OUR STATES AND MANY
RIVERS HAVE INDIAN
NAMES.
Waylyattanong might not have been
an effective name for a great auto-
mobile center, yet it is the one with
which we would have associated amo-
tor industry of world-wide renown had
the French not left the less jaw-
breaking name of Detreit. The In-
dian name is more poetical, “where
the river bends,” while Detroit, inter-
preted, means “the straits.” :
The Indians used many beautiful
place names, usually figurative and
descriptive. Surely the Mississippi iS
“father of waters” and Niagara “the
thunder of waters,” Shenandoah is
the “sprucy stream,” and Suwanee
“the echo river.” ;
As the canoe was the favorite In-
dian mode of traveling, they took
pains to name all waters, and those
designations have stuck. The Mis-
souri, meaning “muddy waters;” the
Potomac, “they are coming by = wa-
ter;” Rappahannock, “where the tide
ebbs and flows;” Allegheny, “the fair-
est stream,” and Ohio, the “beautiful
stream.” The meaning of Mononga-
hela is more elaborate and less at-
tractive, “high banks breaking off in
some places and falling down,” while
Chickamauga is “river of death.”
Many States and cities bearing: In-
dian names derive them from these
‘rivers, though having no connection
with them. Among names whose real
meaning is disreputable is that of Chi-
cago. Some assert it means “pole
cat” and others “wild onion;” neither
has a particularly alluring smell. Ho-
boken is “smoke;” Mauch Chunk, “at
the bear’s mountain;” Oswego, “flow-
ing out,” while Schenectady is “be-
yond the pines.”
One-half of the States have Indian
names. Massachusetts means “land
around the hills.” Illinois is the name
of a tribe; Iowa was a term applied
to the Sioux Indians, once frequent-
ing that region, and is interpreted as
“drowsy.” Wisconsin means a “yush-
ing channel,” Kentucky, “at the head
of the river.” Alabama is “land of
rest;” Wyoming, “great plains;” Kan-
sas, “smoky waters,” and Idaho, “gem
of the mountains.” Dakota was also
applied to the Sioux and means
“banding together.”
Lakes bearing Indian names include
Ontario, “the beautiful lake;” Michi-
gan, “the great water;” Chesapeake
Bay, “at the great salt water,” and
Saginaw, “at the mouth,” the name
having been given originally to the
bay at the entrance of the river—
New York Times.
Disease Sweeping the
State.
‘ A new and serious disease attack-
ing strawberry plants was discovered
in Pennsylvania last summer and has
Strawberry
now spread to such an extent that it:
threatens to cause great damage to
the industry in this State, according
to W. S. Krout, extension plant dis-
ease specialist at the Pennsylvania
State College. Losses have run ex-
tremely high so far this year in many
counties. The disease is known as
“mosaiz,” and is similar to the rasp-
berry mosaic which has wrought
great damage in recent years.
— The Watchman prints all the
news fit to read.
PENSION CHECKS
DISAPPOINTING.
Through a misunderstanding of
Act of Congress of July 2, 1926, a
large number of Civil war veterans
and widows were disappointed upon
receipt of their monthly pension
checks, recently received. The first
disappointment came when the sum
of the checks was the same as before.
This is explained by the fact that the
act was not effective when those
checks were sent out, but will be when
the next checks are issued.
The second disappointment came
exclusively upon the part of the wid-
ows, who had confidently expected to
receive an advance in the amount of
their checks. The disappointment
will be more keen when it is explain-
ed that, except in rare instances, the
advance is not scheduled, owing to
Senator King’s objection.
The regular pension checks for sol-
diers are $50 a month. This sum will
be automatically increased to $65 Sep-
tember 1. In the case of disabled vet-
earns of the Civil war, the present
check is $72, with an automatic in-
crease to $90 September 1, provided
that the veteran has been subject to
a physical examination in support of
claim. The checks for the widows are
for $30 each. No increase to $50.00 is
possible, except where the widow was
the wife of a soldier during the prog-
ress of the Civil war.
It is probable that an adjustment
will be made when Congress resumes
deliberations December 1st and that
the widows will receive the $50 mini-
mum after the first of next year.
In explanation of the widow’s state-
us, we reprint the wording of a slip
that accompanied the checks received.
by today:
“The Act of July 2, 1926, provides
a pension of $50 per month for the
widow or remarried widow now in re-
ceipt of pension on account of the
service of her soldier husband during
the Civil war, if she was the wife of
such soldier, sailor or marine during
the period of his service in said war.
“If you were the wife during his
service in the Civil war, of the sol-
dier, sailor, or marine on account of
whose service you are drawing pen-
sion, you should so notify the Pension
Bureau at once. For this purpose
you may use the form on the other
side of this slip.
“If you were married to the soldier,
sailor or marine after his discharge
from the service, even though during
the period of the Civil war, you are
not entitled under this act.
“WINFIELD SCOTT,
“Commissioner of Pensions.”
Highway Department Takes State
Licenses.
Thirty-two drivers’ licenses were
revoked and the names of three per-
sons were placed on the official black-
list in the weekly summary made pub-
lic last week by the State Department
of Highways.
Officials of the department say that
the campaign which has been con-
ducted” against reckless driving and
intoxicated drivers has begun to vre-
flect in the weekly revocations in that
fewer licenses are being revoked. Al-
though the tourist season is at its
peak, the revocations and blacklistings
are far less in number than they were
during the spring months.
Patrolmen who have been placed on
duty at dangerous curves and near the
tops of hills, where passing another
car is illegal, declare that they are
finding a constantly decreasing ten-
dency to disobey the law.
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. HOW. TO SOLVE A CROSS-WORD PUZZLE ’
When the correct letiers are placed in the white spaces this pussle will
spell words both vertically and horizontally. The first letter in each
word is
indicated by a mumber, which refers to the definition listed below the pussie.
Thus No. 1 under the column headed
“Rhorizsontal” defines a word which will
fa11 the white spaces up to the first black square to the right, and a mumber
under “vertical” defines a word whick will fill the white squares to the mext
Linek one below. No letters go in the black spaces. All words used are die-
tionary words, except proper names.
Abbreviations, slang, initials, technical
terms and obsolete forms are indicated in the definitions.
CROSS-WORD PUZZLE No. 4.
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j-—Frozen water
4—Fancy eating rooster
8—Liquid measures (abbr.)
{1—Part of the human body
{8—A color
14—Organ of hearing
16—Not wide
19—Something to be done
21—A number
282—One of minute elevations of the
ekin
g5—Female of fallow deer
26—A small mischievous spirit
28—Pertaining to a duke
29-100 years (abbr.)
31—Juice of trees
83—To work steadily
84—A means of travel
36—Exclamation of surprise
$8—Perceived
40—A little way off
41—Note of musical scale
42—A flowering house plant
48—Neither on one side nor the
other
44—A linear measure (abbr.)
4b—A possessive pronoun
47—A spring of mineral water
48—A Southern state (abbr.)
49—Fish spawn
p1—Contraction of over
52—And so forth (abbr.)
654—Pale
f6—Relative by marriage
57—Part of a circle
59—A small plot of ground
60—Merchandise shipped
62—An infinite space of time
§4-—=—The whole. thing
66—A. yellowiand black song bird
68—One-out ‘of ‘many.
¢9—Established value
71—Central state (abbr.)
%%—A girl's name
98—A spring medicine
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2—Songs sung at Christmas
8—To make a mistake
b—Preposition
6—A cluster of flowers on one stem
7—A preposition
8—Equality of values
9—A merchant
10—A high cxplosive (abbr.)
12—An implement for cleaning floor
14—An epoch
15—A lyric poem
17—Veneration
18—Small bunches
19—Right-angled addition to house
20—Prefix meaning not
23—A young dog
24—Song
27—Prevalling style
29—A poem set to music
30—A child's favorite candy
32—A sticky substance
84—A closed car
36—A kind of food
87—A small house
89—The Badger state (abbr.)
40—An affirmative
41—A laborious drudge
46—A large water fowl
49—A plant of India used for seal
work
50—A unit
51—A tattered cloth
p3—Person of European descent
born in a colony
54—Succeeded
55—Anger
56— Which person
58— Western state (abbr.)
59—Allow
60—To cook in grease
61—A prefix’ meaning three
63—Born
65—A tavern
67—Sick
69—Place where mail is recelved
(abbr.)
70—New England state (abbr.)
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WILL PLATINUM
SUPPLANT GOLD?
The report that a platinum rush
had started in Transvaal, South Afri-
ca, aroused new interest in that met-
al. Platinum, say some experts, is
challenging the position of gold as un-
But so
far, says the National Geographic So-
ciety, gold is still supreme. Except in
the Orient gold is still the foundation
of all monetary systems.
Twice platinum has failed to an-
swer as a substitute for gold. As ear-
ly as 1828 Russia tried it for coinage.
But it was given up for gold in 1845.
Soviet Russia tried the same thing
but recently has returned to the gold
standard.
“Bach contender in the battle of
metals,” says the Geographic, “is ver-
satile and is outstanding in those
qualities of character for which met-
als are admired. Not the least of
their trials of strength have been held
in the arenas of modern chemical lab-
oratories. Gold proudly maintains it
can spread itself out more than any
other metal. An ounce of gold beat-
en into gold leaf will cover 189 square
feet. Platinum counters with the
challenge that it can stretch farther
than any other known metal. A cubic
inch of platinum drawn into wire,
practically invisible to the human eye,
would make a strand of wire 50,000
miles long. In other words, one cu-
bic inch of platinum can be stretched
out to encircle the earth at the equa-
tor twice!”
Both platinum and gold are good
resisters of corrosion in ordinary at-
mosphere. Both gre malleable, al-
though in this respect gold has the ad-
vantage. Both are heavy, but plati-
num is the heavier. At one time it
was supposed that platinum was the
only substance that could not be dis-
solved, but it is now known that aqua
regia, nitric and hydrocloric acid can
conquer it. But its resistance enti-
tles it to an important place in scien-
tific work. Gold melts at 1945 de-
grees Fahrenheit, platinum at 3191.
“If Lydenberg in the Transvaal
proves a good field,” according to a
Geographic bulletin, “platinum will
find quick use for it to fill in a big
gap in her lines, for the original ma-
jor source of the precious metal is
running out. Before 1914 more than
90 per cent. of the world’s platinum
came out of the Russian mines near
Ekaterinberg in the Ural mountains.
But the best gravels there have been
worked and now the world looks to
Colombia in South America. Other
deposits are known, some even in the
United States, but the amounts are
slim any place.”
But in the estimation of the world
neither platinum nor gold is the most
precious metal. That honor is given
Solution to Cross-word puzzle No. 3.
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to radium. A gram of radium is now
worth $70,000, which is equivalent to
$2,100,000 an ounce. The second most
expehsive metal is iridium, a compan-
ion of platinum. It now sells for
$117 an ounce.—The Pathfinder.
Production of Wool in Pennsylvania
Increases.
The production of wool in the State
for the year 1926, shows a substantial
increase over not only last year’s pro-
duction but also the preceding four
year average, according to estimates
by the Federal-State Co-operative
Crop Reporting Service.
Figures indicate that 80 per cent. of
the sheep, or 456,000, were shorn. The
average weight per fleece is placed at
7.3 pounds and the production at
3,329.00 pounds, which is about 300,-
000 pounds above either last year’s es-
timate or the 1922-25 average.
Production for the United States is
estimated at 253,807,000 pounds, 350,-
000 pounds less than last year’s crop,
but 19,000,00 pounds in excess of the
1924-25 average. The estimated av-
erage weight per fleece is 7.8 pounds.
Wealth Per Capita is Increasing in
Country.
The average American is wealthier
today than at any time since 1920.
The amount of money in circulation
on August 1 was estimated by the
Treasury Department at Washington
recently at $42.01 per capita, compar-
ed with $41.31 a year ago, and $52.36
on November 1, 1920, the highest fig-
ure on record.
In reaching its estimate the Treas-
ury Department calculated the popu-
lation of the United States at 115,-
641,000. The money in circulation
August 1 amounted to $4,858,473, 503,
while the total stock of money was
said to be $8,399,076,061.
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and had named this Bank as
Executor and Trustee. It was full
of errors, for trust provisions must
be carefully drawn by a competent
lawyer. Persons who contemplate
leaving their estates in trust should
consult us.
We may be able to avoid much future
trouble by proper advice.
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August
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Specials
learance Sale ot all Piece Goods,
Silks, Rayons, Crepes. Organdies
and Voiles—plain and figured—at
Special August Sale Prices.
Big Reductions in Infants?and Chil-
drens Apparel—Creepers and Romp-
ers from 93c. up, Ginghams 98c. up.
Childrens Socks—all sizes, and a va-
riety of colors, from 25c. up. Boys
Wash Suits, from $1.00 up.
LADIES’
Silk and Muslin Underwear
included in the sale at Special
Low Prices. Ladies Knickers
in Wool, Linen and Khaki,
for $1.75 up.
ONE RACK OF
Ladies All-Wool
Suits and Skirts
August] Sale Price $2.00
1 Table Ladies Oxfords
and Pumps— Black,
White and Cordovan—
at the Special Low Price $1 pair
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