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SE PEO ns.
ORIGIN OF WORD
SUNDAY TRACED.
How familiar to every one are the
names of the days of the week, yet
few persons stop to think of the
wealth of meaning they possess. The
name of each day has a story of its
own which dates back to the time of
Saxon mythology when deities so
closely associated with these names
Vere very real in the life of the peo-
ple.
Nearly all heathen people are
known to have worshiped the sun.
It is always evident to the meanest
savage that light and heat proceed
in some manner from the sun; its
rising is a signal for the labors of
the day to commence, its setting for
them to close. Its warmth is requir-
ed for the growth and ripening of the
necessaries of life. To the sun there-
fore, divine honors have been paid at
some stage of every nation’s history.
By the Saxons the first day of the
week was set apart for the adoration
of this luminary, and the day was
called Sun-Daeg, or Sunday.
The sun was believed to be carried
across the sky in a chariot drawn by
the sun goddess, Sol, who was espe-
cially worshiped by the Saxons on
the first day of the week. Sol was
the daughter of the giant Mundil-
fari, but that was so fair and beauti-
ful that the gods, who bitterly dis-
liked the giants, took her from her
devoted father and placed her in the
heavens, where she had to drive the
car of the sun. As befitted the giver
of light and happiness, temples to
this goddess were erected in every
Saxon city, and offerings of food and |
beautiful flowers were made to her on
the first day of the week.
Since nothing was known of the
rotation of the earth in those days
of long ago, on: can easily imagine
how very real yet mysterious the
movement of the sun must have
seemed and how naturally it was an
object of wonder and reverence. The
sun’s daily journey, its contest with
the darkness and its final victory at
the dawn of the new day are ideas
which have led to endless stories.
Ra, the great sun god of the Egyp-
tians, was thought to travel in a
ship across the waters of the sky bv
day and return during the night
through the kingdom of the dead.
This god was always represented
either as a hawk or as a man with a
howk’s head in accordance with the
belief that the hawk always flies to-
ward the sun. :
In India the sun was woprshiped
as the god Agni, who rode in a shin-'
chariot drawn by blood-red
horses. In ancient Hindu art this
golden-haired god was portrayed as
having a double face, seven tongues
and seven arms. The number seven
was held sacred by the Hindu and
was thus employed to symbolize the
numerous and varied duties perform-
ed by Agni. ( 3
early British who were driven into
Ireland was the sun god Nudd, or
Ludd, as he was sometimes called.
His name appears in Ludgate and it
it is thought that his temple stood
on what is now Ludgate hill in Lon-
don. Apollo, the sun god of _the
Greeks and Romans, was worshiped
throughout the sunny lands of the
south.
Official Hid Corpse of Lincoln’s Slayer.
That the body of John Wilkes
ing
Booth, the actor who killed Abraham
Lincoln, lay dead in a cell of the peni-
tentiary in Washington, on the day
that the three men and one woman
were hanged for their parts as con-
spirators in the assassination of the
President is a little-known fact which
Lloyd Lewis brings to light, in an ar-
ticle in Liberty.
Several weeks prior to July 9, 1865,
the execution day, the fleeing Booth
was killed by Union cavalrymen, but
Among the gods of the
cabinet officials were afraid to make
known the disposition of the body of
Lincoln’s assassin, -
“Indeed,” points out Mr. Lewis, “it
is doubtful if twenty men in the whole
republic knew that Booth’s body was
in the prison, so stealthily had it been
hidden by Stanton, the secretary of
war, whose mind was a nightmare of
suspicion that the defeated Confeder-
acy longed to steal Booth’s corpse and
worship it as a holy relic.”
Pests of Forest and Field.
“The only hawk, owl, crow,
weasel, fox, , roving house cat
or snake is a dead one,” is the opinion
of Noel J. Allen of Alexandria, Vir-
ginia, who is regarded as one of the
most practical authorities on wild life
conservation in the South. Mr. Allen
says that it costs the farmers of the
United States a dollar per head per
year to feed the 200,000,000 crows
that prey upon them.
the oft-repeated claim that the crow
is beneficial to the farmer he declares
perience that the crow has no re-
deeming features. He has found that
the crow has a range of diet of 656
different things including 51 species
of birds. While the crow included a
few bugs and worms in his diet list
he at the same time does not hesitate
to consume the nests of young quails
and song birds.
An object lesson in practical con-
how the State of Virignia put on a
| great campaign several years ago di-
rected against crows, hawks, owls
and other vermin. “We had 5,194
men, boys and women engaged in this
campaign,” he says, “we killed 19,757
‘hawks; 2,049 owls; 11,516 crows and |
16 wild cats.
Since that time Virginia has be-
come one of the principal quail-hunt-
ing States of the Union and Mr. Al-
len says that the Old Dominion now
has more game birds and song birds
than ever before in its history. Be-
sides, enormous values have resulted
to the farmers.
Virginia has also succeeded in do-
ing away with the scourge of hawks
and owls. The work was accomplish-
ed largely through the efforts made
by Mr. Allen in organizing the cru- |
sade to exterminate the enemies of
wild game and bird life.
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Epileptic Colony Ready for Patients.
Selinsgrove State epileptic colony is
rapidly nearing completion as the
first of the year draws near and the
opening of the colony is a matter of
j interest to the entire community.
Buildings are being rapidly finished
tand applications are being daily re-
ceived by Superintendent C. A. Marsh.
The first and second buildings are
under roof and the third and last of
the colony projects is rapidly nearing |
‘the roof. The interiors of the first
two buildings are being plastered and
the floors laid in readiness for the
| remaining woodwork which wll com-
plete the buldings.
January is the month set now for
the opening and receiving of patients
in the colony and these patients will
be received from the immediate vi-
cinity and not from other institutions
as was the first intention of the State
colony.
, It had been planned to receive pa-
tients at the beginning of December
{but due to delay in the buildings
| which could not be avoided, the open-
ing will be just one month making
i the colony a project of 1929.
U. S. Prisons Hold 9,249.
Federal prisons June 30 had a
population of 9,249, the division of
prisons of the Department of Justice
announced. The largest number im-
prisoned for any offense was 2,530 for
i prohibition law violation. Violators
of the Drug Act numbered 2,117.
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FARM NOTES.
—Bedding the nest with straw or
' excelsior insures a clean place for the
hen to lay her eggs and lessens mate-
rially the percentage of dirty eggs.
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. —From the standpoint of sanita-
tion, general health, and production,
straw should be liberally used in the | f,
poultry house.
{ —Hens which have nothing to do
{ but stand around are also apt to de-
velop vicious habits such as egg eat-
{ing, feather pulling, ete.
| —Closing up all the openings, win-
dows, knotholes and cracks in the
henhouse is a poor plan if no other
‘means of ventilation is provided.
{Colds and roup will result from a
tightly closed, poorly ventilated hen-
house.
—Good leafy alfalfa, clover or soy
.bean hay is a fine winter substitute
for the green stuff hens get in sum-
mer.
—For egg cating, darken the nests
and see that the fowls have plenty of
crushed oyster shell or finely ground
soft limestone.
—Red and yellow carrots make
good poultry feed—furnish about the
same amount of vitamines as salmon
oil or cod liver oil. White carrots
and turnips are practically worth-
less.
—Is your seed corn safe from Jack
Frost’s damaging influences? Keep
it hanging in a dry, warm place
where there is good circulation of air
until it is thoroughly dry and past
all danger or molding.
—Farm management surveys indi-
| cate that cutting the cost of farm ma-
chinery is one of the important fac-
tors in efficient farm management. It
is getting the most out of the ma-
chine at the lest expense.
—During the breeding season and
thru the winter months is a very im-
portant time for the flock owners, ac-
cording to experiments conducted at
the Pennsylvania Experiment Station.
Ewes should not be given a fattening
, ration during the period of pregnan-
cy, but they should be put in rather
high condition for two reasons. First,
they are more likely to give birth to
strong, vigorous lambs, and to have
the amount of milk necessary to make
their offspring grow rapidly. Second,
being well fed and having an ade-
quate supply of milk, they are less
likely to disown their lambs than are
improperly nourished ewes.
Economy and efficiency are what
the owner must think of when com-
pounding rations. Such feeds as lin-
seed oil cake and bran are usually
costly and hence, when placed in the
ration, add to the cost of maintain-
ing the flock.
i If the flock can be kept in good
j condition with less expensive feeds
than oil meal and bran it would be
i better not to use them. In most cases
it is possible to keep pregnant ewes
iin desirable condition by feeding oats,
corn and some leguminous roughage,
such as clover, alfalfa hay, soybean
jor cowpea hay. Should it be desir-
able to make use of less nutritious
roughage rather low in protein, as
oat or wheat straw, then it is advis-
high protein content in the concen-
trate part of the ration.
Exercise is another very import-
ant factor for pregnant ewes, and it
does the most good when they take
it upon their own initiative. Shelter
is an item often overlooked. These
ewes should be protected from the
cold rains of autumn and winter. The
barn or shed provided for ewes need
not be elaborate or warm, but it
should be well ventilated and free
from strong drafts that blow direct-
ly on them. With attention paid to
these factors during the fall and win-
ter profits may be enhanced when it
comes to selling the wool and lamb
crops next year.
Cannibals in the poultry flock can
be converted to a more peaceful way
of living, but forceful means must
be used.
“Cannibalism is becoming serious
in flocks of pullets just starting to
lay,” says County Agent Ross. “This
may be a continuation of feather-
picking during the growing season
or may start as the birds lay the first
| eggs.”
A few birds may be doing a large
part of the picking, Ross declares.
The habit can be stooped by pulling
off the sharp tip of the beak. This
, operation can be perlirined easily Ly
cutting into the side of the beak
about one-quarter of an inch from the
point and pulling off the sharp tip.
but in the meantime cannibalism will
be prevented. In some cases whore
the trouble is serious and losses
heavy, it will be necessary to trim
the beaks of the entire flock. :
Reducing the amount of corn to
one-third of the grain ration may
help somewhat in controlling canni-
balism, Ross points out. Green food
and milk also help to prevent the
trouble.
—Manure is a great thing for the
land, but it’s a still better thing if re-
inforced with acid phosphate. Alone,
manure doesn’t make a balanced ra-
tion for the crops. Adding acid phos-
phate to it is like giving a little grain
to a cow that’s already doing well on
clover and silage. It jumps up the
returns to an amount far greater
than the cost.
Thus, at the Ohio station, “The use
of 40 pounds of acid phosphate on
each of eight loads of manure per
acre applied ahead of the corn, in a
corn, wheat and clover rotation, has
increased the corn seven bushels, the
wheat five bushels, and the clover
one-half ton over the yields where the
same amount of manure but no phos-
If you are top-dressing winter
wheat with manure this winter—-and
that’s ‘a good way to use manure—
you can begin to: cash in right there
on the higher value of phosphated
manure, Simply spread a half bag of
the acid phosphate over the top of
each load of manure as you drive out
to the field.
able to put easily digested feeds to |
The beak will soon grow out again, |
ST. LOUIS TO BE
WORLD’S AIR CAPITAL.
That “Lindy’s town” is rapidly be-
coming the World's Air Capital, is the
claim of local flying enthusiasts. They
point out St. Louis has one airplane
plant in operation, and another has
been completed, and there are plans
or three more.
Besides the manufacturing plants,
there are mail, express and air -
engers lines operated from el
St. Louis fying fel, In this vicinity
also are a number of aviation schools.
Lambert-St. Louis field, where a
few years ago there was only an air-
plane hangar or two, is now the nu-
cleus of an important industry.
The Curtiss-Robertson Aircraft
Corporation, manufacturers of the
Curtiss Robin planes, have an output
of three planes a week, and by the
end of the year are expected to pro-
duce three “Air Birds” a day.
The Curtiss-Robertson factory, lo-
cated at Anglum, Mo., was construct-
ed at a cost of $150,000. The de-
mand was so great for Robin mono-
planes that an additional plant had to
be erected. This plant is reported to
be one of the largest ever constructed
in the country. The Robin plans car-
ries a pilot, besides two passengers.
Another plant is under construction
at the flying field, that being the
Ryan-Mahoney Aircraft Corporation,
designers of Colonel Charles A. Lind-
bergh’s famous plane, “The Spirit .f
St. Louis.” An output of thirty
planes per month is the goal of the
Ryan- Mahoney corporation when
their plant is completed. The planes
are to be of a brougham type, equip-
ped with the 220 horse power Wright
whirlwind motors and will carry a pi-
lot and four passengers. The Ryan-
Mahoney company now located at San
| Diego, Cal., will move its headquar-
i ters to St. Louis when their new plant
| is completed and put in operation, it
1 is understood.
On the east side of St. Louis at
{ East St. Louis, another organization
{ has been formed for the manufacture
| of cabin monoplanes. The organiza-
tion is headed by the Parks Aircraft
Corporation.
According to an announcement re-
i leased by Oliver L. Parks, vice presi-
dent and general manager, of the
i Parks Air College, the factory will
employ hundreds of persons.
Marriage Licenses.
Glenn L. Hosterman, of Aarons-
burg, and Gladys R. Corman, of Reb-
ersburg.
George S. Warner and Elda Ruth
Spotts, both of Port Matilda.
Foster Smeal and Manie Motter,
both of Clearfield.
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It makes insurance compulsory.
We specialize in placing such in-
surance. We inspect Plants and
recommend Accident Prevention
Safe Guards which Reduce Insur-
ance rates.
It will be to your interest to con-
sult us before placing your Insur-
ance,
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