Bellefonte, Pa., November 30, 1928. ES ——— WILD TURKEYS GROWING SCARCER. The northern wild turkey, piece de! resistance of the Pilgrims’ first Thanksgiving Day feast, may be sav- ed from threatened extinction in the Southern Appalachian region by the establishment of the Great Smoky | Mountains National Park. At pres- ent, well-informed natives of the re- gion admit, this most typically Amer- ican bird is being gravely over-hunt- ed and has reached a point of dis- tressing scarcity. Game laws do not afford it the protection they should, because many of the native hunters calmly disregarded them, and also be- cause there are not enough game | wardens to keep track even of the “city” hunters who come in from the outside. i The hope that a national park, with its absolute prohibition of all shoot- | ing, backed by an adequate ranger force, will bring an increase in the depleted stocks of game is based on the results of the establishment of similar game sanctuaries in the na- tional parks of the West. Yellow- stone National Park, for instance, has been the salvation of the rem- nant of the American elk. There are now over 20,000 of these animals in the Yellowstone region, and the prob- lem now faced by the game-conserv- ing forces there is not how to save the herd but how best to dispose of the surplus animals. : Other animals which it is hoped will profit by the protection afforded by national park rules are black bear and Virginia deer. There are still a. good many bear in the Great Smok- ies, but they receive rather too much attention from city hunters and have become so shy that the average citi- zen on vacation in the region never gets to see them. Deer have been shot out to a point where the herds are dangerously small and where the stock is declining in quality through lack of new blood and resulting | “It is doing finely,” she replied. in- breeding. { Interested citizens on the Tennessee side are willing to bring in fresh stock from Pennsylvania England, where the deer are more plentiful, to improve the present herds. But, they say, such new ani mals would only be shot, and until an area of complete year-round protec- tion can be established restocking is of little value. But with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park once in actual operation, its boundaries will enclose a natural reservoir of game, within which the native birds or New ; and animals can increase and multi- | ply, spilling over the border into areas where reasonable shooting will be permitted. Two Bus Lines Planned by Pennsyl- vania Railroad Co. The Pennsylvania General Transit Company, the bus subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad through R. K. Stackhouse, of Philadelphia, a direc- tor of the transit company made ap- plication to the Public Service Com- mission to operate the first interstate bus service across the entire State. Two routes are proposed in the pe- tition as presented. The bus com- pany would operate through the cen- tral part of Pennsylvania, while the route described in the Stackhouse ap- plication is along the southern tier Bottle-Raised Apple Tree Something New 2filk-fed chickens and even milk- fai porkers are no novelty, but did Jou ever sink your teeth into a milk- fed apple? It seems that a Brockton matron was about to set out a young apple tree and sought the advice of a nearby storekeeper as to how it should Ye planted. He advised digzing a hole large enough to hold the roots. Then a short section of garden hose should be put in place, reaching from the sur- face to the roots, before the hole was filled in. Milk, poured down the tu- bing every day, would give the baby tree nourishment until it got strong 2nough to take care of itself. Some time afterward he inquired ot the lady how the tree was getting on. “1 give it milk every day, as you ad- vised.” The storekeeper looked stunned, then raised his hands in Jespair. “My Lord!” he gasped. “Didn't you now 1 was only joking about that?” Tha bottle raised-little tree no lang- er gets its daily ration from contented cows, but maybe when it begins to develop apples they will have a creamy flavor.—Montreal Family Her- ld, Remarkable Work of Hindu Stone Carvers The majestic stone carvings to be found on all ancient buildings in In- dia, gigantic Buddhas, the bulls and the marvelous bas-reliefs are among the wonders of the world. Equally marvelous are the fretted walls of oid Mogul palaces, Futtehpore Sikri. and the forts at Agra and Delhi. Won derful artists and craftsmen have worked on this hard sandstone and teft us a world’s heritage. We stand amazed at their skill and patience. They do not work like that in this, our day. But the humble craft of stone cuu ting thrives, says a writer in the Statesman, of Calcutta, wherever stone quarries are found. The red hills of Rajputana send masses of stone to Agra, and these on the out- skirts of the city are the factories of the patient toilers who chip and cut by hand. contriving grinding stones and dishes and bowls with the same instruments that cut the stones for the Taj, and carved and fretted the screen in that far-famed tomb and the deserted palaces of the fort. The Party Line ‘I says to May Ellen when her beau an’ her fell out, ‘Tneys lots bigger | fish in th’ sea than ever was catched, an’ she sniffles, "What good’s thet to | folks livin’ inland? “It’s flyin’ again providence to be | ake th’ Widow Jones thet throws th’ empty tomato cans right under her sign, ‘Country Board—Strictly Fresh | Vegetables. “Kate Ellery was in to ast th’ man. | © ager of th’ Bijou Dream theater not counties. ‘Six busses capable of car- rying 29 passengers each would be placed in operation. The transit company’s service would begin in Philadelphia and ex- tend to the Ohio State line at a point near East Palestine. The cities and towns along the proposed route are Paoli, Downingtown, Lancaster, Har- risburg, Lewistown, Hollidaysburg, and Beaver Falls and other interme- diate points. Some of the busses would deviate from this route at Hun- tingdon and go to Tyrone and Altoona and thence back to the main route at Ebensburg. The southern line, as proposed by Stackhouse, presenteing his petition as an individual because Franklin county was not included in the char- ter recently granted by Governor Fisher permitting the bus subsidiary to operate in 55 counties, originates in Philadelphia also. It follows the oth- er route to Lancaster, where it branches off to York, Gettysburg, Chambersburg, Bedford, Greensburg, Pittsburgh, and Beaver Falls and thence to the Ohio boundary line. Other busses would go to towns south of Gettysburg, visiting Em- mittsburg, Waynesboro, Green Castle, Mercersburg and thence to McCon- nellsburg,where they would continue along the main southern line. to spray thet perfume in his place no more, because her man allus tells her iis ccat got smellin’ thet way from goin’ to th’ pitchers, an’ she ain't so sure.”—Kansas City Star. Left Gentility in a Safe Emma Calve, prima donna of Car- men fame, tells this story against herself in her memoirs, “My Life”: “lI once had an English maid. She was a thoroughly good girl, truthful, ionest, obliging, but lacked tact. One day, when on a long train journey, she noticed that a rope of pearls I usually wore were missing, and panie seizing her, exclaimed: “‘Oh, madam, where are your ! pearls? Bird Dog’s Delicacy of Scent Re- markable. The delicacy of a dog’s nose—his ability to sift and define scents of infinite kinds—to locate birds for the gunner, or follow faint trails of game, is one of nature’s most amaz- | hE, jraley. igh up in the list of delicate dog noses are those possessed by the “bird dogs”—the setter and pointer. A pointer, from one whiff of the trail of a quail, can tell many things about that particular bird, no matter how many chickens, ducks and geese have crossed his path. He knows, “At home in the safe, I told her, adding that I never wore them when traveling. “*0Oh, what a pity!" she said. ‘They make you look like a real lady.” At Last! The two old maids had lived togeth- er in apparent harmony for more than forty years, when one, having reached her ninety-eighth birthday, died. A relative who undertook to break che painful news to the surviving sis- ter was afraid the shock would prove fatal, but it had to be done sooner or later, However, it turned out that her fears were groundless. “Ah, well,” replied the sister, who wag only eighty-nine, brightly, “now I suppose I shall be allowed to have my tea made just as I like it.” The Hustlers An American way airing his views on the country as he saw it. “There’s nothing bpiuch the matter with this little island,” he began. “All you want is a little more hustle.” At that moment there was a clam- oring noise, and a fire-engine flashed ! round the corner. for instance, whether it is alone or with many other quail. There is good evidence that he notes | a difference between the body-scent and the foot-scent of the birds, because with only a breath of breeze in his favor, he can locate in the brush, many paces from him, an un- seen quail that has walked or flown into cover windward of him. More- | over, if he strikes the trail of a walk- ing bird, he knows which way it is moving and never makes the mistake of taking its back track. His nose tells him, at a distance, whether his master has merely wounded or killed the bird outright. | If the latter, he goes forward with- out hesitation and retrieves the quail. If wounded, he continues to point rigidly or advances at command un- til the bird again goes up—if it can. “What’s that?” gasped the visitor. His friend smiled. “Oh,” he replied coolly, “that’s only the district window-cleaning company working overtime.”—London Answers. Planting in Memory The memorial tree idea that has teen taken up throughout the country puder the leadership of the American Tree association lends itself admira- bly to the Road of Remembrance plan. This should be kept in mind by every tree planter, for if the tree is a me- merial tree or the road is a road of remembrance the planting must be of stich character that those for whom : the trees are planted would be proud of the new beauty given to the world, Marriage at 30 is Safest, Says French Writer. Marriage is not for the very young, Josordng to Eugene Brieux, well- known French dramatist whose plays have caused no little stir in several countries. “Before the war,” says Monsieur Brieus , in “Lejournal,” “the general reply to the question—is it wise to marry young ?—would have been a very decided negative. “Not because it is folly to take on the burden of a family and household before establishing a good situation. Today, too many youths are marrying young. Many of them have not yet found their vocation, are still flound- ering from job to job. The war taught them risks and un- certainty and the moment they fall in love, they go off to the registry- office. Life is short, they say, so let’s go and have the biggest time possible. They run to the altar with the idea that marriage is only a little passage way from which one may easily pass by way of the divorce door. “And June-bug unions mean ‘free love’ in plain terms. It is the worst! of all in which the women are the worst sufferers. Cut off from all re- lationships, they are held together by a thin little band of love which breaks in a short time. “Home-life becomes a succession of bickerings and petty quarrels. A child would be a catastrophe for many reasons. There is absolutely no fu- ture for either party. Now and again one of these unions turns out to be a happy one, but that is once in a thousand. “Don’t gamble with marriage be- fore the age of thirty,” advises Mon- sieur Brieux, “and keep away from ‘free love’ at all ages. Loaded Laundry Cases May Cost Stu- dents Money. The season of the year is again here when y ung people leave their | homes to attend the higher institutes | of learning. These students are ex- tensive users of the mails for their | suit cases, laundry bags, supplies: from home, etec., and postmasters at college and university towns report that in many instances the suit cases, laundry bags, etc. contain unauthor- ized written matter, such as note books of school work, old letters, memoranda, books and magazines bearing marginal notes, etc. on which postage at the fourth-class rate only SECURE SAFE DELIVERY CHRISTMAS PARCELS. All parcels must be securely wrap- ped or packed. Use strong paper and heavy twine. Umbrellas, canes and golf sticks, should be reinforced their full length by strong strips of wood tightly wrapped and tied to withstand trans- portation. Hats should be packed in strong corrugated or fiber boxes. Or- dinary pasteboard hat boxes must be crated. Ladies’ hats and stiff hats easily damaged should be marked “fragile.” Shoes—Pack in strong boxes, pref- erably corrugated cardboard . Wra with strong paper securely tied wi heavy twine. Cut flowers—Place in strong suit- able boxes of wood, tin or heavy corrugated cardboard. Wrap with tissue to retain moisture. Candies—Inclose in strong outside boxes or containers, Sharp-pointed or sharp-edged in- struments or tools must have points and edges fully guarded to prevent injury to clerks in handling or dam- age to other mail. Crate suitably or thoroughly so that they cannot cut through the wrapping. Articles easily broken or crushed must be crated or securely wrapped. Use liberal quantities of excelsior, or like material, in, around and between the articles and the outside contain- er. Glassware, fragile toys and crockery must be packed so as to prevent the escape of particles or pieces if broken in transit. _ Articles likely to spoil within the time reasonably required for trans- portation and delivery will not be ac- cepted for mailing. Wrap or pack carefully, according to contents and plainly mark all such parcels “per- ishable.” Use special delivery stamp to expedite delivery. Addresses should be complete, with house number and name of street, postoffice box or rural route num- ber, and typed or plainly written in ink. A return card should be placed in the upper left corner of every piece of mail. If a tag is used, the address should be inclosed inside the parcel. ——Have your breakfast early and be at Faubles promptly at 9 a. m. Don’t miss this sale. 47-1t Solution of Last Week’s Puzzle. Who Compose The Army of Savings Bank Depositors? I it those who do not pay their bills? Those who buy things they do not need? Those who mortgage future earnings for un- necessary purchases? We think not. Rather those who are mindful of the future. Who prepare now, for thel inevitable hour when their earning power will end. Who are willing to forgo present enjoyment for future comfort. Who know that there are many accidents in life that can only be relieved by money. It is the prudent saver, not the reckless spender who keeps business going. The First. National Bank BELLEFONTE, PA. Rd The Pilgrims (Gave Thanks HE Pilgrims set us a good ex- ample in giving thanks, as they realized a bountiful return from their harvests. Let us all count is prepaid. 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