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Bellefonte, Pa., June 1, 1928
OYSTERS DO GROW
ON TROPIC'S TREES
(Attached to Roots of Man-
groves in Swamps.
Washington.—An aid to the lumber-:
man, to the horticulturist, to the cas-
mal visitor whose curiosity is aroused
{by the strange plants of tropical
|America and to the botanist has just
= published by the Smithsonian,
{institution in the shape of a descrip-i
Jy account of the flowering plants of
the Panama Canal Zone. It is the
work of Paul C. Standley of the na-
jtional herbarium and is the result of
ia plan made seven years ago in which
‘the Smithsonian, the Department of
Agriculture and the Canal Zone aw’
“thorities joined forces.
Its value to the layman makes this
ipublication a rare type of scientific
paper. Since many of the plants of
ithe Canal Zone are common to all
‘Central America and the West Indies,
the usefulness of Mr. Standley's work
as a handbook is correspondingly in-
creased. Besides a brief description.
-of each plant, the author discusses
its history, gives all the vernacular
‘names obtainable so that the plant
«can be readily identified locally, and
lists its uses.
Bark Used for Canoes.
The uses are varied and interesting,
Of the bark of the coubaril (senna
family) the author says that “re-
moved in a single large piece it is
Sometimes utilized by the Indians for
‘making canoes, and it is reported that
canoes with a capacity of twenty-
five men are sometimes fashioned
thus. A pale yellow or reddish gum,
known in trade as South American
copal, exudes from the trunk. This
gum often becomes buried in the soil
about the roots, to be dug up by col-
lectors sometimes long after the tree
1s decayed. It is employed in the
‘manufacture of varnish, for medicinal
purposes and for incense in churches.”
From the pulp of the anatto seeds,
‘writes Mr. Standley, 13 obtained an
orange dye, much exported to this
country for coloring butter and cheese
as well as oils and varnish. The bark
of the tree contains a rough fiber
from which twine is made, and a gum
similar to gum arabic is obtained
from the branches,
The early Spanish explorers mistook
«he fruit of the manchineel for crab
apples, according to Mr. Standley,
-and ate it, in some cases with fatal
results. “They immediately gave it a
fearful reputation, affirming that a
person who rested beneath the tree
would become blind or even die.
There is no doubt that the milky sap
is highly irritant, causing severe in-
flammation, . . . It is said that
the sap was employed by the Caribs
for poisenirg their arrows.”
Oysters Do Grow on Trees.
Mr. Standley mention. an interest:
ing fact about the mangroves, whicia
grow in ithe coastal swamps with their
roots ‘under water. “Oysters are often
attached to the roots, nence a com-
‘mon and literally true statement that
in the tropics oysters grow upon
trees.”
In his introduction Mr. Standley
gives a short history of the isthmus
of Panama, mentioning that it was
the site of the first European settle-
‘ment on the American continent. The
Spaniards settled there some years
‘before the first colonization of Mexico,
‘which took place in 1519.
Photo-Electric Cell
Holds Record for Size
Urbana, [Il.—What probably is the
dargest practical photo-electric cell—
an instrument that is perhaps the
most Sensitive to light of any of man's
-creations—ever to have been con-
structed has been built in one of the
‘physics laboratories at the University
-of Illinois by L. T. Garner, graduate
research assistant, and will be one of
‘a battery of four similar cells as the
essential part of a television machine
to be displayed at the coming univer-
sity electrical engineering show, it
was announced here recently.
Garner, an expert in glass blowing
and a student of the building of such
delicate mechanisms, describes the
cell as “the largest cell of its type
built for practical work.” The inside
diameter of the globe is 11 inches as
compared to 7, the size used in the
experimental work carried on by the
General Electric company. The more
common globes of this size are about
3 inches in diameter.
Several new departures from com-
mon construction are incorporated in’
this giant tube.
is the fusion of two small glass tubes
in one side of the globe that may be
opened and an air pump attached in
order to increase the vacuum within
the globe should it go down for any
reason,’ Heretofore it has been neces-
sary. to puncture the side of the globe
at the risk of losing all of the vacuum
if anything happened.
Taxless Paradise
Stockholm, Sweden.—A taxless par-
adise is Orsa parish. Revenues from
forests more than pay parish ex-
penses. This year the townsfolk are
geting free seed from the profits.
Eat Pet Lamb
Angora, Turkey.—~Wolves, descend-
ing from the mountains upon the cap-
ital of Turkey, devoured the pet lamb
of the minister of finance.
The most important!
HISTORIC LANDMARKS
SAVED BY ANNAPOLIS
Maryland Capital Sets Ex-
ample to Other Cities.
Washington. — American architects,
fostering a movement to save land-
marks of American communities, point
to Annapolis, Md., as a city which has
preserved many mementos of its past.
In a communication to the National
Geographic society, Dr. Gilbert Gros-
venor, its president, describes some as-
pects of the colonial capital which, ir
part, follows: !
“Annapolis has been preserved as
our country’s most truly colonial city.
You may wander about this fine old
community and feel that you are liv-
ing in those dramatic days when the
little city on the Severn had a major
part in shaping the course of the ns-
tion’s history.
“Going down to the water front, you
can pick out a sailing craft and vision
the square-sterned, 60-ton brigantine,
Pecgy Stewart, which, on October 15,
1774, arrived at Annapolis from Eng-
land with an assorted cargo, including
17 packages of tea. Anthony Stewart,
the owner of the brig, was a Mary-
lander who had signed the nonimpor-
tion agreement. In order to unload
the bulk of the cargo, he rashly pain
the duty on the tea.
“When he was called to account he
begged to be allowed to burn the tea
publicly.
su lightly. Finally Stewart purged
himself by undertaking to burn hie
brig, with the tea aboard.
“According to John Galloway, an
eye-witness, the majority would have
boon satisfied to burn the tea; but,
however that may be, it was an act
that fired the colonies and cast Mary-
land's lot irrevocably with the forces
of freedom. A picture of the firing of
the Peggy Stewart hangs on the walls
of the statehouse.
Why Carroll ldentified Himself.
“Charles Carroll headed the delega-
tion chosen at Annapolis to represent
the province in the Continental con-
gress.
“When it came his turn to sign the
Declaration of Independence, there
was some bantering remark as to
whether the signers would hang singly
or hang together, if the Revolution
should fail.
“Nome one added that Carroll woulw
nave a chance to escape, because
there were so many Charles Carrolls
that the British would not know which
to seize.
“Thereupon Carroll reached for hi.
sen and added the words, ‘of Carroll-
ton,” with a remark that now they
would have no trouble to identify
him if he were ever called upon to
forfeit his life for the part he played
in the cause of independence. Carroll
outlived all the other signers, dying
November 14, 1832, at the age of nine-
ty-five years.
“Begun in 1772, the Maryland cap
tol is filled with memories of these
eventful years. Scores of pictures
that grace its walls are of that famous
body of soldiers, the Maryland line—
companies, regiments, and brigades of
which fought on every major Revolu-
tionary battletield from Massachusetts
to Georgia. :
“The voice of General Washington.
aimself comes down the years, as he
told Ramsay at Monmouth that ‘if you
ern stop the British for ten minutes,
until [ can form, you will save my
army.” He held them thirty minutes!
And we hear General Greene saying
of a charge by the Marylanders at
Eutaw Springs that ‘It. exceeded any-
thing I ever saw.’ : :
“Maryland withheld neither men no.
.noney that the colonies might be free,
and no state, in proportion to popula:
tion and wealth, contributed more of
either.
Contribution to Union.
“While her soldiers were fighting
so valiantly, her statesmen, meeting
in the halls of the old statehouse at
Annapolis, originated a pioneer
thought that prevented the colonies
from falling apart after their victory.
With great foresight, the Maryland
leaders realized that the harmonious
relations existing between the thirteen
colonies must inevitably be destroyed.
after the triumph ot American arms,
by bitter disputes arising as to the
ownership of the vast region north-
west of the Ohio, east of the Missis-
sippi, and south of the Great Lakes.
“Knowing from boundary experi-
ences with her neighbors the enmity
that disputes about land engender,
Maryland, though giving unsparingly
of men and substance to the Continen-
tal armies, refused to sign the articles
of confederation unless assured that
vacant Western lands would be used
to form new states and not to enrich
enormously any individual state.
“For a long time Maryland raisec
aer. voice alone; but gradually the
other states were convinced of the
fairness and wisdom of her stand and
the necessity of the program she
urged, if any lasting nation were to
be the fruit of the Revolution. New
York, Virginia, Massachusetts and
Connecticut generously ceded their
territorial claims to the nation.
“But Maryland's clear-sighted and
‘effective course had aclieved some-
thing far greater than merely remov-
ing the cause of future strife between
Jealous colonies; by her insistence on
the creation of a national domain she
welded the most effective bond that
could have been devised for a lasting
union. When peace came the thirteen
states found themselves joint owners
of this great territory, and their com-
mon interest in developing their joint
property and parceling it out into
new states held ‘them together.
But he was not to escape
No Way of Recovering
Time One Has Wasted
Punctuality in daily life is of prime
importance to the individual who
would succeed, points out an editorial
in Liberty Magazine.
“Punctuality,” warns the editorial,
“is a business asset. If you have an
appointment with a man and are ten
minutes late, you lose. You have
made a big mistake. If the appoint-
ment is with your wife or sweetheart,
to meet her in the lobby of the Whoo-
sis theater at 2:30, and you get there
at 2:35—well, it makes the matinee
considerably less pleasant. If the lady
in the case is your best girl you prob-
ably won't be late anyhow. But she
may keep you waiting; that is just
discipline.
“But, on the whole,” concludes the
editorial, “if you and everybody
would go through life five minutes
ahead of time, the course of things
would be much more pleasant, De-
sires would be fulfilled more swiftly
and success would be more willing to
perch on the proper banners. We
have a definite capital of time—just
80 much in a day or a week or a
year, It is just as bad to waste money
or health. The rewards of conserving
it are just as sure, and the penalties
of not doing so just as inevitable.”
Penetrated Secret of
Statue’s Golden Head
Hannibal Tosci, a wealthy Italian
who died recently, is said to have ac-
quired his wealth in a most romantis
way.
" Years and years ago there was
erected on a highway near Naples a
stone which bore this inscription in
French: “On the first of May in
every year at six o'clock in the morn-
ing I have a golden head.” For many
years persons flocked to the scene at
the appointed hour for the purpose of
witnessing some miracle, until finatly,
as nothing ever happened, they con-
cluded it was a fraud and no atter.
tion was paid to it.
One morning in 1841, Toscl, then a
lad, happened along and an idea oc-
curred to him. So, on the succeeding
May day he was on the spot at six
o'clock in the morning and dug a hole
at the point where the shadow of the
head of the monument fell, Soon he
discovered an old leather knapsack
which was filled with gold amounting
in value to 80,000 francs,
Old Belief a Myth
There is a popular belief that a dog
is not permitted to cross large bridges,
such as the Brooklyn bridge, because
of the vibration and consequent dan-
ger to the bridge that its regular and
even tread would cause. Of course it
is a myth. It is based on the same
theory that one soldier walking over
such a bridge in regular step would
produce more vibration than a regi-
ment of soldiers marching “rout step.”
For the reason when troops march
over a bridge the officer: gives the
order “rout step.” If all the men
kept step on a long bridge the vibra-
tion would be considerable and might
cause danger. But a eat or dog would
have no appreciable effect on a large
modern bridge. .
He Had Tried It
Mother is fond of pointing a mora:
when she tells stories, but young Clif-
ford is not always properly impressed.
One morning when she was uncertain
whether or not he would relish ihe
nourishing cereal she had prepared
for him, she began telling him a story
as she dressed him, a story about a
big, healthy boy who was big enough
to go to school,
“And,” she said in an Impressive
cone of voice, “what do you suppose
this fine, big boy had for breakfast?”
In the uncanny wisdom of his three
(years, Clifford replied:
“Oh, I know. Something he didn’
sike, but it was very, very good for
him.”
Junior’s Discovery
Walter, Junior, persisted in sucking
his thumb. His mother had made
small progress in breakizg the habit,
when his grandmother decided to take
a hand,
One night, as she prepared him fot
ded, she surreptitiously annointed his
thumb with a harmless, ill-tasting
drug. She tucked him into bed and
returned to the living room,
Soon she heard a startled and in
sistent wail, “Grandmother, come here.
My thumb thmelth green and tathth
thomthing awful,”
Which Paper Is That?
Toots was the sort of twenty-year-
old maiden who believed anything and
that the moon was made of green
cheese. She was famous for that.
One evening at a social gathering
Toots was harkening to the speech of
a new bride who said she was going
to join the Eastern Star, as it was an
excellent organization.
Toots blinked her eyes comprehend-
ingly and asked, “Is that a newspa-
per?’
Early English Coinage
A penny of gold, struck during the
reign of Henry II, was England's first
gold coin. Edward I followed with
silver half-pennies and farthings, for
the first time made round instead of
square, Then, in succeeding reigns
followed the gold florin and noble, the
silver groat and half-groat. Edward
IV added the gold angel and half-
angel and in Henry VII'S reign came
the sovereign, double and half-sov-
ereign and the testoon, or shilling, of
silver.
SUPERWHEAT GROWN
NOW WITHOUT SOIL
Produced in Water by Means
of Artificial Light.
San Francisco.—Growth of a super-
wheat that reached maturity in 13
weeks with neither soil nor sunlight
was announced here by the University
of California. Wheat, under field con-
ditions, often requires five months to
mature, :
The announcement follows comple-
tion of lengthy research in a labora-
tory on the university campus by
Prof. A. R. Davis of the divisiqn
of agriculture chemistry and Prof.
D. R. Roagiand of the division of
plant nutrition.
The experiment is recognized by
these scientists as of the widest pos-
sible import.
The wheat was grown, it was re-
vealed, in a greenhouse laboratory,
where artificial light was furnished
by means of 12 argon-filled lamps of
300 candlepower each and where jars
of water containing the chemical ele-
ments necessary for plant growth re-
placed the soil which ordinarily cop
tains them.
The quality of the wheat at ma-
turity, the professors declare, was
much higher than that raised under
field conditions and could be -classi-
fied as being of a “supernature.”
The fact that the wheat was grown
to maturity in 13 weeks, a previously
unheard-of achievement, demonstrates,
according to the investigators, that
the length of the light period is im
portant to growing plants.
The lights applied to the wheat
plants were turned on for 16 hours
a day, and this kept them growing
rapidly. With the doubling of the
light exposure the plant development
was multiplied by four, the professors
revealed, and when the light was ap-
plied for a full 24-hour day the
growth was “astounding.”
Previous experimenters {in these
ploneer field were troubled by the in-
frared, or heat, rays from the lamps
and used a water screen to solve the
problem, But this was an unsuccess-
ful solution, and Professor Davis
found the correct one, He circulated
air through the glass chamber by
means of an electric fan,
It was established that the sun rays
which contribute to plant growth were
present in the electric light rays, even
to the longer ultra-violet rays.
Lightning Rods Aid in
Protecting Neighbors
Pittsfield, Mass.—Tall buildings and
tightning rods mounted on high tow-
ers protect neighboring structures
from lightning, provided they are not
so high as to extend out of the cone
of protection, This protected area
extends around the base of the high’
building for a distance of between
two and four times its height, Imag-
inary lines drawn from the top of the
building to the edge of the protected
area define the protected cone, says
F. W. Peek, Jr. in charge of the
General Electric company’s high volt-
age investigations at its laboratory
here.
Mr, Peek’s investigations have beer
made with artificial lightning at pres-
sures of as high as 3,500,000 volts.
These man-made flashes have been
used on small models of buildings.
However, confirmation of his disccv-
eries was obtained by studying a nat-
ural electrical storm that occurred in
New York last summer, and during
which the New York World building
was struck, Though this building is
close to the Woolworth tower, and is
in the 1,100-foot circle around its base
that is protected, the dome of the
World building extends for about 100
feet outside the cone, and that is the
reason that it was struck, explains
Mr, Peek. If it had been 200 feet clos-
er to the Woolworth building, it would
have been protected.
Practical application of these ex-
periments, says Mr. Peek, has already
been made in California, in safe-
guarding oil storage tanks from light-
ning. Several tall rods, place out-
side the big reservoirs, provide over-
lapping cones of protection and re-
duce the danger to a minimum,
Some Vision
Philadelphia, Pa.—Eddie Ricken-
packer foresees three-day trips to
Europe within three years, six super-
highways 400 feet wide from the At-
lantic to the Pacific coast and air-
plane fields on decks above railway
yards.
ebilleeiolodeioieeiob deb eek
New Rustless Wheat
on Market in 1929
St. Paul, Minn.—With only
125 bushels of the seed avail-
able, the Minnesota agricultural
experiment station will not mar-
ket its new rust-resistant wheat
until 1929,
Andrew Boss, director of the
station, says the present supply
will be planted in 1928 under
conditions that will insure still
greater development and that
seed likely will be made avail-
able to Minnesota farmers in
1929,
The new wheat is a cross be-
tween Marquis, the standard
bread wheat of the Northwest,
and the durum Iumillo, It is
highly resistant to rust and at
the same time of good milling
quality. When offered for seed
it likely will cost 26 per cent
more than ordinary wheat.
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Real Estate Transfers.
William B. Buck, et ux, to M. F.
Calderwood, tract in Boggs and Snow
Shoe Twps.; $1.
F. O. Hosterman. et ux, to L. E.
Stover, et al, tract in Millheim; $1."
Ellen J. Corman to Herbert S.
Sul, et ux, tract in Miles Twp.; $2,-
G. Edward Haupt, et al, to Joseph
hi Rine, tract on Halfmoon Hill;
Albert E. Parker to Joseph Parker,
et ux, tract in Rush Twp.; $1.
Christina Wolfe, et bar, to Edward
J. Loesch, tract in Ferguson Twp.;
$800.
S. M. Nissley, et ux, to Willian: B.
Rankin, tract in Bellefonte; $1.
William B. Rankin to Solomon M.
Nissley, et ux, tract in Bellefonte;
James M. Nevell to Victor S. Wes-
ton, tract in Worth Twp.; $850.
David Chambers, et ux, to John
Mangino, et ux, tract in Snow Shoe;
$2,300.
H. E. Dunlap, sheriff, to Ida Shirk,
tract in State College; $8,500.
James W. Swabb, Exec., to Theo-
dore D. Boal, tract in Harris Twp.;
$24.50. :
Alfreta Moore to Miles Moore, tract
in Huston Twp.; $1.
Elsie E. Heilhecker to G. Edward
Haupt, tract in Spring Twp.; $69.
Phillip H. Johnston, trustee, to
Reuben Tressler, tract in Centre Hall;
$600.
N. W. Boyer, et al, to Paul W.
Krape, tract in Haines Twp.; $1,900.
David R. Stuart, et al, to Theodore
D. Boal, tract in Harris Twp.; $1.
0. W. Houtz, et ux, to Arthur K.
Anderson, et ux, tract in State Col-
lege; $1.
Theodore Davis Boal, et ux, to John
D. Patterson, tract in Boalsburg; $1.
Grant E. Charles, et ux, to John D.
Patterson, tract in Harris Twp.; $5,-
H. E. Dunlap, sheriff, to Mrs. Susie
Hornak, tract in Rush Twp.; $125.
H. E. Dunlap, sheriff, to Arthur G.
McCullough, tract in Burnside Twp.;
$200.
First National Bank, Exec., to An-
gelo Genua, et ux, tract in Bellefonte;
$6,300.
Emma Jane Aikens to Charles
Schlow, tract in Bellefonte; $1.
Mary Yorchie to Mary Komochic,
tract in Snow Shoe Twp.; $100.
Ann Elmira Humes to John S.
Lambert, tract in Spring Twp.; $1,-
200.
Dr. Andrew L. Benson, et ux, to
Geraldine E. Craft, tract in Rush
Twp.; $1.
Geraldine E. Craft to Dr. Andrew
L. Benson, et ux, tract in Rush Twp.;
D. L. Remsnyder, et ux,
Yorchie,
Twp.; $1.
Margaret J. Fye to Orvis M. Fet-
zer, tract in Curtin Twp.; $1,200.
Orvis M, Fetzer, et ux, to Alfred
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et al, tract in Snow Shoe
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Martha J. Markle, et bar, to Robert"
F. Hunter, tract in Spring Twp.; $1.
Samuel J. Wagner, et ux, to W. R.
Ham, tract in Harris Twp.; $625.
W. R. Ham, et ux, to Oscar F.
Smith, tract in Harris Twp.; $1.
Samuel Wagner to O. F. Smith,
tract in Spring Twp.; $250.
Oil Power Engineers to Meet at State
College.
Leaders in the field of oil engine
power, manufacturing, operation, and
research, will convene at State Col-
lege June 14, 15 and 16 for the first
national meeting of the oil and gas
power division of the American Soci-
ety of Mechanical Engineers and the
second annual oil power conference
arranged by the Pennsylvania State
College. Developments in the Diesel
engine in all parts of the world will
feature the discussions.
Among the speakers who will dis-
cuss technical phases of the industry
are Charles M. Schwab, former presi-
dent of the society, and George Heath
of the Carels corporation, of London,
England. The Atlantic Division of
the American Relay League will hold
its third annual convention on the
same dates. Mr. Schwab will address
a combined meeting of the two sec-
tions. About 700 men are expected
2% State College for the two conven-
ions.
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roast of our quality meat is
served with the meal. The quality
of all our meats is uniformly
high. A wide variety of the
choicest cuts and consistently low
prices are still other reasons why
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