Bellefonte, Pa, September 24, 1926.
Grand Canyon Yields
Pre-Dinosaur Fossils
New finds of footprints of reptiles
jeft in soft sand at least 25,000,000
years ago have been made in sand-
.Btone 1,800 feet down from the rim of
the Grand canyon. This is the great-
est depth in the canyon at which sueb
prints have been found.
The level at which the fossil plants
and reptiles have been found belongs
to the latter part of the carboniferous
period, or the time when the great
coal beds of the world were being
formed, and was a few million years
before the famous reign of the dino-
saurs.
One specimen shows a row of tracks
very much like mouse tracks im-
pressed in a small slab of red stone,
and in among the tiny footprints is a
wavy line which represents the track
of the animal’s tail. Other exhibits
show prints larger than a man’s hand,
indicating that some of the reptilian
creatures of this age may have be-
come as large as crocodiles. No bones
of these creatures have been found in
the Grand canyon, though some bones |
of reptiles making similar tracks have
been found elsewhere.—New York
World.
Spot Made Famous by
Genius of Alexander
The site of the most brilliant coup
of Alexander the Great's campaign in
India has been located by the emi-
nent archeologist, Sir Aurel Stein, ac-
cerding to dispatches received in thie
country.
In a section of the hills of Upper
Swat known as Torwal, near the
northern frontier, Sir Aurel believes
that he has identified the site of the
fortress of Aornos, captured from the
warlike hill tribes by Alexander in 827
B. C. According to the classical his-
torians the stronghold was perched on
a rock over the river Indus and had
even resisted the attacks of the legen-
dary Hercules.
The particular features of the rough
and rocky regions which suggested
this site are said to agree more close-
ly with the account of the Greek his-
torian Arrian than a previous tenta-
tive location at Mahaban. The stra-
tegic value of this hill country has
been appreciated and utilized by petty
chieftains down to the present day.
and it is only recently that conditions |
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have been sufficiently settled to allow
archeological exploration,
Pretty Indian Legend
Long ago, before the white man |
came to this country, a great famine !
spread over the land, says the De- |
troit News, in telling of the legends |
of Michigan Indians. One day a
mother bear with her two hungry
little cubs, walked along the shore !
of Wisconsin and guzed wistfully over
at Michigan. Finally, driven by the
pangs of hunger. she plunged into
Lake Michigan, followed by her two
babies, and struck out for the Michi-
gan shore. When only a few miles
from the land of plenty, one cub, toc
exhausted to go further, sank. She
struggled to reach shore with the oth-
er, but, it too, sank. She herself at
last reached shore and sank exh:aust-
ed. As she gazed out across the wu-
ters, two beautiful islands slowly
arose to mark the graves of her chil-
dren. And these are called Manitous.
meaning the home of departed spirits.
American Indians’ Shields
The heavy iron shield used by
knights in the days of chivalry had
its prototype in the rawhide disk of
the American plains Indians. While
the design imprinted upon the iron
defender of the medieval warrior was
symbolic, it was not. ‘magical like
those emblems painted upon the ab-
original escutcheons now in the pos-
session of the University of Pennsyl-
vania museum, says the Philadelphia
Inquiree.
Art alone did not prompt the Amer-
tcan Indian to embellish his defensive
weapons, but a belief in the supernat-
ural power of color laid in designs
to ward off evil, according to Henry
Usher Hall, curator of the section of
general ethnology of the museum.
French “Independence Day”
The name “Day of the Bastille” is
given in French history to the 14th of
July, 1789, because: on that day the
mob, assisted by the Gardes Fran-
caises, rose in Insurrection and de-
stroyed the prison fortress of the Bas-
tille. During the years 1790-1792, the
anniversary of this event was called
“La Fete de la Federation.” The Day
of the Bastille is also known as the
“Day of July,” and is celebrated by
the French as a patriotic holiday,
much as the Americans celebrate the
signing of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence on the Fourth of July.
Asked for It
Said the teacher: “Now, boys, quad-
ruped and biped, you know, are two
kinds of animals. Quadruped, animal
with four legs, such as cow, elephant
and horse. Biped, animal with two
legs, such as—well, ah— Yes, there
is a biped”—pointing to a picture of
a goose on the wall—*and I am a
biped, and you are all bipeds. Now,
what am I?”
A breathless pause, then one of the
bipeds answered, “A goose, sir!”
—If you want quality job work it
can be had at this office.
Old Turkish Capital
Presents Two Views
, Approaching Constantinople one
the world's most beautiful city or
t it is the most squalid city on
, depending upon whether it is
pproached from the sea or the land.
om the land the city’s 680 mosques
nd minarets, its 500 palaces and gar-
ens, rising in the form of an amphi-
ter above the Golden Horn, give
dt the appearance of the type of
oriental city described in the Arablan
ights, says E. Alexander Powell in
American Magazine.
Alexander von Humboldt, noted
traveler and student of nature, de-
clared Constantinople was one of the
three most beautiful cities in the
world, Naples and Salzburg being the
other two. Lord Byron also extolled
Constantinople’s position as being in-
comparable to any he had ever seen.
The historical interest that abounds
in Constantinople even surpasses, for
many, that of its beauty. The city's
history extends back nearly 3,000
years. Since the corn-laden galleys
from the Black sea glided through
the Hellespont in the days of Darius
and Alexander, and the Phoenicians
moved in from the Marmora sea,
down to the present time, when gi-
gantic battleships swing at their moor-
i ings off Seraglio point, Constantinople
has been an object of desire for am-
bitious military leaders and land-seek-
ing nations.
Unwise to Disregard
Danger in Lightning
There are cases of persons having
garments torn by lightning while they
themselves have suffered no serious
harm. The body is largely composed
of water, and if the clothing is dry the
bolt will pass through the body. If
the clothing is saturated the bolt may
follow the clothing instead of the
body. It is advised by some that any-
one caught in a thunderstorm in the
wilds should immerse himself in order
to saturate his garments, or, if this
be impossible, to expose himself fully
to the rain in order tc be drenched at
once.
There are few manifestations of na-
ture’s power more awe inspiring and
at the same time more fascinating
than a violent thunderstorm. Com-
paratively few adults acknowledge a
feeling of terror in the presence of
this majestic display. There is, how-
ever, a distinct difference between
fear and caution. The danger from
lightning is never great, but It exists
and it should be reduced as nearly
as possible to the vanishing point.
First Animal Protection
The first step in the enactment of
humane legislation was taken in 1822,
when a bill® providing punishment for
the fil treatment of cattle was intro-
duced into the British parliament by
{ Richard Martin, an Irish nobleman,
Jater nickpamed by King George IV
“Humanity Martin.” To Richard Mar-
tin belongs the credit for the first
conviction under the law for the pro-
tection of animals. The misused ani-
mal was dragged into court to show
evidence of its master's cruelty, and
the driver was found guilty. Two
vears later, Martin formed a society
for the enforcement of his anti-cruelty
act. The Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals was thereupon
organized. From this society orig-
inated the American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
founded in New York in 1866 by Henry
Bergh.
Wily Whales
Sir John Bland-Sutton, famous Eng-
lish surgeon, tells a striking story to
demonstrate the cunning with which
! the “killer” whale chases its prey.
It feeds on seals, which it cannot
easily drag off the ice, but it swims
under -the ice on which the seal lies,
and using its powerful dorsal fin, sud-
- denly rises, and breaks off a piece of
the ice with it. If the seal tries to
escape by sliding over the ice. the
whale follows it, and continues its
breaking tactics until the seal is cap-
tured.
The teeth of killer whales make
those of the crocodile seem puny, but,
curiously enough, these terrors of the
seas, who even prey on their harm-
less relatives, hunt in packs, like
wolves.
Led to Indian “Mutiny”
Sepoys are the native British In-
dian soldiers. In religion they are the
most part Mohammedan and Brah-
man. One considers the cow sacred,
the other is not permitted to eat pork.
The Enfield rifles which were put in
the hands of the Sepoys just before
the “mutiny” had cartridges greased
with tallow and lard. It was neces-
sary for the soldiers to bite these
cartridges with their teeth. On May
10, 1857, the Sepoys mutinied in Mee-
rut, ‘when native trogps rose and lib-
erated some of their comrades who
had been imprisoned for refusing to
handle the English cartridges.
Child’s Cost to Parents
One of the life insurance companies
estimates that a child costs $6,150.
This includes birth and expense until
he is eighteen years old. This tota! is
reached by adding to the initial “cost
of being born,” estimated at $250, the
sums of $2,500 for food, $1,620 for
rent, reckoning the share. of the child
as one-sixth of the total so expended ;
$800 for fuel and light, $351 fcr furni-
ture and household maintenance, $144
for first cost of installation of the
home, and for glothing $812 for a boy
and $1,002 for a girl.
get the impression that it either
HOW TO SOLVE A CROSS-WORD PUZZLER
When the correcy letters sre pinced In the white spaces this pussle will
spell words both vertieally and horizontally, The first létter in each word is
dicated by a mumber, which refers to the definition listed below the puszle.
us No. 1 under the column headed “horizontal” defines & word which will
black ene below. No letters go in the black spaces. All werds used are dice
Horizontal.
1—0ld roadhouse
6—Mexican delicacy 11—Alike
12—Earnest desire 13—A vale
15—Instrument for chopping
16—South American ostrich
18—Indivisible particle of matter
20—Thoroughfare (abbr.)
21—To stain
23—A prominent American poet
25—Aged (abbr.)
26—A week day (abbr.)
27—A corded cloth
29—Persons or things loved to ex-
cess
32-—Prefix meaning new
84—A cardinal number
35—A flag
86—A German beer 37—Clothing
39—Conversant 42—An insect
43—Rigid 46—Consumed
47—Prefix meaning in
49—Part of verb “to be”
50—Listlessness
63—To show contempt
55—For this reason
58—~—A secluded valley
58—Midday
60—Eastern state (abbr.)
61—A male deer 63—Egg-shaped
64—4 native tree of Java
68—To come forth
‘$7—Musical instruments
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Real Estate Transfers.
John L. Holmes, et al, to Frances
I. Myer, tract in State College;
$761.25.
John B. McWilliams, et ux, to Wil-
liam McFarlane, tract in Harris Twp.;
$15,500.
‘Theodore J. Gates, et ux, to May C.
000.
David W. Reese, et ux, to Sarah E.
Beckwith, tract in Taylor Twp.; $275.
L. Frank Mayes, Treasurer, to Cen-
tre County Commissioners, tract in
Curtin Twp.; $26.
0. J. Harm, et ux, to Mark Ciprich,
et al, tract in Snow Shoe Twp.; $206.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to
: Henry Woomer, tract in Half Moon
| Twp.; $40.
David K. Keller, trustee, to Charles
W. Swartz, tract in State College; $5,-
500.
Patrick J. Hughes, et al, to Joseph
F. Hughes, tract in Rush Twp.; $2,-
000.
John H. Ishler to Anthracite Hunt-
ing Club, tract in Potter Twp.; $300.
Ira G. Hazel to Willis M. Wise,
tract in Miles Twp.; $150.
Adam H. Krumrine, et ux, to Geo.
C. Harper, et ux, tract in State Col-
lege; $200.
F. P. Barker, et ux, to C. H. Schleg-
el, tract in Haines Twp.; $100.
Ray H. Dotterer, et ux, to F. M.
Henninger, et ux, tract in State Col-
lege; $12,000.
David Chambers, et al, to H. J.
Tom, et al, tract in Bellefonte;
1.
Joseph Soffa to Vincenzo Mallica,
tract in Rush Twp.; $35.
Annie Seibert, et bar, to George
Adams, et ux, tract in Rush Twp.;
$700.
Rebecca N. Rhoads, et al, to Louis
S. Schad, et ux, tract in Bellefonte;
$1,160."
Rebecca N. Rhoads, et al, to Louis
S. Schad, et ux, tract in Bellefonte;
$1,100.
Rebecca N. Rhoads, et al, to Louis
S. Schad, et ux, tract in Bellefonte;
$1,100.
Rebecca N. Rhoads, et al, to Louis
S. Schad, et ux, tract in Bellefonte;
$1,100.
Mrs. E. A. Meredith to Frank H.
Gallagher, tract in Snow Shoe Twp.;
$100.
David B. Meyers, et ux, to Joseph
H. Long, tract in Marion Twp.; $2,500.
Julia Sinclair to R. J. Young, tract
in Snow Shoe Twp.; $200.
Clyde F. Condo to George P. White,
tract in Potter Twp.; $1,550.
Man Leaves Nucleus for $500,000,000
Fund to Prosecute Cruelty.
Washington, D. C.—Establishment
of a $500,000,000 trust fund to be used
in the prosecution of persons cruel to
animals and for the protection of an-
imals and game in all parts of the
world is provided for in the will of
Stacy Anson Ransom, scientist, who
died August 26.
The fund - would be accumulated
from the investment of $40,000 which
is provided in the will on file here.
Heaton, tract in State College; $10,- |
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terms and obsolete forms are indicated in the definitions.
CROSS-WORD PUZZLE No. 7.
(©, 1926, Western Newspaper Union.)
Vertical,
1—Vehicle
2—Form of “to be”
3—To come near
4—A grain
5—Left aground by the tide
6—To journey
7—Small social insect
8—Agree
9—Southern state (abbr.)
10—Otherwise 11—Ridicule
14—The root of a word
17—Pronoun
22—Back of the neck
24—Prefix meaning moon
28—Excite 29—A small boy
30—A wind instrument
31—To work for 33—A heron
837—A lady superior of a convent
38—Sorrow
40—Like 41—Rubbish
44—Work out, expand
45—Pertaining to the stage
48—Poke 49—To make void
51—A short letter
62—That is (abbr.) 53—I1If
64—Series of years
67—A book used on shipboard
§9—A short song
62—Part of the verb “to be®™
65—A river in Italy
19—Either
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Conservation Week at the Sesqui.
Harrisburg, Pa., September 14.—
The week of September 27, October
2 has been designated as Conserva-
tion Week in the Pennsylvania Build-
ing at the Sesqui-Centennial. For
each day a special program has been
arranged. Thursday, September 30,
has been designated as Conservation
Day. On this day Governor Gifford
Pinchot and Mrs. W. W. Milar, Chair-
man, Conservation Division, General
Federation of Women’s Clubs, Akron,
Ohio, will speak. Monday has been
designated as Wild Life Day. Tues-
day is Forest Day, when Col. W. B.
Greeley, Chief Forester of the United
States; Hon. Charles Lathrop Pack,
Lakewood, N. J., President, American
Tree Association; and Hon. George D.
Pratt, Washington, D. C., President,
American Forestry Association, will
speak. On Wednesday, designated as
Park Day, Dr. J. Horace McFarland
of Harrisburg will speak on “Penn-
sylvania’s Unmatched Scenic Re-
sources.” Friday, October 1 will be
Water and Mineral® Resources Day.
Among the speakers will be Dr. F. H..
Newell, former director of the U. S.
Reclamation service. Saturday, Oc-
tober 2, has been designated as Out-
door Recreation Day. Mrs. Jane Deet-
er Rippin, New York City, and Dan
Beard of Flushing, N. Y. will speak.
In addition to a daily program of
prominent speakers, interesting mov-
ies covering wild life, forestry, recrea-
tion, water and mineral resources, and
other important conservation topics
will be shown. People interested in
conservation will have a real treat if
they visit the Pennsylvania Building
during Conservation Week. This will
be one of the outstanding weeks at the
Pennsylvania Building.
Mosse Officers in Port Allegany
Lodge Fined $7,000.
Judge Bouton served out stiff sen-
tences to the officers of the Port All-
egany Moose Lodge Tuesday of last
week when they pleaded guilty to the
violation of the prohibition laws.
This was the result of the raid some
months ago by County Detective Al-
lison and a state trooper, when a
large quantity of bottled beer and
mash were found. The four officers
and three trustees were each fined
$1,000 and costs, making a total of
$7,000.00 and costs which the Moose
Lodge will pay.
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ecently a man gave us his will to
read. He had written it himself
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.
JOE
We may be able to avoid much future
trouble by proper advice.
The First National Bank
BELLEFONTE, PA.
ALTAR CI<TN
rom a trust fund, of which
the First National Bank is
Trustee, will be paid just
as instructed to whom and when
specified.
Come in and ask us any
question you wish.
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Ladies, Misses and Childrens
Fall ae Winter Coats
We are receiving New Models
every day. All the New Weaves
and Colors—Claret, Jungle Green,
Tan, Brown, Rockwood, Navy and
Black—all Fur Trimmed.
Sport Clothes
A large assortment of 54in. Cloths in all the New
Colors. Plain and Handsomely Embroidered.
School Dresses
Peter Pan Print Dresses, from 6 to 14 years (fast
colors)—from $2.00 up. We Invite Inspection.
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