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Sosa fk Bellefonte Pa., August 8, 1930. HOW LANGUAGE IS DEVELOPED BY SLANGY ADDITIONS.— In a recent statement to the press, Sir Israel Gollancz, pro-. fessor of English in the Univer- sity of London said: “There is a very real and grave danger in a situation and cultured Amer- fcans feel greatly concerned about it. From all ends of the earth fresh'barbarisms are pour- ing into the country. The Eng- lish language in America is like the herd of Gadarene swine, but we may hope that it may not altogether annihilate itself. I still have a belie: that the Lon- don conference will prove not to have been in vain.” The most natural reply to the Englishman is: Who can stop it? What can be done about it? What harm will so-called bar- barisms do? Didn't the lan- . guage—every language—develop by barbarisms? To most people who use lan- guage, it is merely a means of communication. As long as the proper information is passed on, the Individual is usually satis- fled. This information fits the mood of the speaker. It is slangy, different, dull or pictur- esque. The words are picked up and spoken in the same fash- ion. What is the present speech? The best phrase of a user of Oxford English is a vulgar lat- inism or street French or Scan- dinavian word. Sir Israel can no more stop the onrush of lan- guage with its new barbarisms than he can bring back time which is past.—Des Moines Tribune-Capital. How Quarantine System ; Guards Nation’s Health The United States national quaran- £Ine system is operated by the United States public health service for the ‘purpose of preventing the introduc- dlon of various diseases that, when once admitted, tend to become epi- <demie, such as plague, cholera and yellow fever. Few persons are aware that at every maritime port of the United States and along the Mexican and Canadian borders experienced of- #icers of the public health service are actively engaged in this supervision and treatment of ships, passengers, <rews and cargoes from foreign ports, |®0 as to prevent the entry of con- #agious diseases. The public health service operates approximately 100 stations in the United States and in- sular territories, and it also has on «duty at the American consulates in foreign countries many officers en- gaged in supplementing the sanitary safeguards in force at the quarantine stations by preventing the embarka- tion of diseased persons at foreign ports of departure. How Mines Are Made Safe As the coal is excavated from the wseam, the mine workings would cave dn if they were not prevented from doing so by the walls and ceilings be- Ang held in place by timber beams and props. The simplest method of tim- bering in a mine is, where a cross- ‘bar called a crown-tree or collars is Aaid across the tops of two props, “which are placed at a slant to reduce “the span. Beams are then placed on op of the collars at right-angles to prevent any material dropping down ‘between the collars. Where the pres- sure of the sides is very great, a strut 3s placed between the props to keep them apart. Where pressures are ex- “weptionally heavy double-timbering is adopted. : 3 — LE ‘How to Fight Earthworms * "Earthworms at the roots of certain house plants may be destructive to ghe plants. They can usually be con- grolled by placing the plant in water ap to the surface of the soil. Then wou can keep adding water until the sworm is driven to the surface and re- moved. Watering with lime water is also recommended, though care must be exercised in the use of lime with certain plants. Sometimes it may be dest to remove the entire ball of soil, Jocate the worm and remove it. How to Wash Leather “To wash the leather on furniture, madd one tablespoonful of vinegar to wach cup of warm water required. . Wash the leather with a soft cloth <which has been wrung out of this solu- : tion. Wipe dry with a clean cloth and polish with a cloth which has been «lipped in one egg white beaten and mixed with a teaspoonful of turpen- #ine. Polish with a flannel cloth. How Squirrels Make Trouble Telephone officials of Chatham, Ont., are lamenting because black squirrels =naw holes in the lead casing of the telephone cables. The breaks occur when water seeps into the holes dur- dng rainstorms. Five important tele- phone cables in Chatham were severed dn one day in this manner, How Camel Carries Water According to Pycraft, an Hnglish authority, a camel carries water in wsmall cells or chambers in the walls of ithe stomach which are closed, as soon as they are filled, by the contraction of wing-shaped fibers that surround thelr ~Openings. * insects. from? They have flown in solid pha- ‘years in remote desert regions; then | 80s is a rare insect today. The Rus- i slang have had some success with poi- ! son gas distributed by airplane; but | airplanes are not always readily avail- { able when the swarms begin to fly. In | most of the Arab countries todry a | flight of locusts is still as appalling as | first experiment in straight plutocracy. : Its frame of government was much | similar to that of Rome. Its ruling ' families governed through a senate, i checked in one way or another by a : popular assembly. Some of the ruling ' the public, but what really made the . the burning mouth of a god. And its . trading spirit went so far as to weak- preservation to this day. i this life, by asking that our work be Scientists Unable to Cope With the Locust Scientists have studied the locust for centuries. They still do not vader stand the inspiration of its migratiens or the irregular abundance of the Where do such armies come lanxes from Afriea to England; swarms have been seen at sea twelve hundred miles from the nearest land. Apparently most of them remain for something within them impels the ad- vance upon man’s gardens. The gulls once saved Salt Lake City from a locust invasion, and the grate- ful citizens raised a monument te their winged saviors. In the old days our plains farmers kept flocks of tur- keys, regarded as the locusts’ might- fest enemies. But apparently the plow was more potent still, for when the plains went into cultivation the great breedings of the locusts ended, and the Rocky mountain locust that rav- aged the prairie states in-the 70s and in the day of Joel. Carthage Made Great by Its Able Leaders Ancient Carthage was the world’s families kept power by alliance with city great was the ability of a few men, many of them of the Barcidae family—Hanno, Hamilcar, Hasdruba’ | and, above all, Hannibal. Yet the spirit of the city differed from that of Rome. Its people were at. once more oriental and more com- mercial. Its religion was a weird af- fair, with the sacrificing of children in en its strength. Its mercenaries were good fighters, while they were paid, but in the end the Roman leglon, manned by citizens of the republic hrought them to the ground. a Frascati and Tusculum One of the most delightful excur sions from Rome is south to Frascati and Tusculum. This section is higher" than Rome, and cooler, so it has be- come a favorite summer resort for Romans and foreigners alike. There are many beautiful villas owned by famous Roman families, and often the public is admitted to the gardens of ancient trees and splashing fountains, and to the interior courtyards and galleries. It is a hard climb to see them all, so many people prefer to hire little donkeys before leaving Frascati. The road to Tusculum was built by the ancient Ramans—Cicero’s chariot used often to pass over it on the way to his summer place, and all the patricians came this way to the theater which is in a fine state of Philosophic Fable ! Once upon a time there was a man who discovered that~ he could run faster from a Lion than he could after a Rabbit. One day while marveling over the fact that the Rabbit always | got away when he chased it, and that in escaping from a Lion he always ran faster than any Rabbit was ever known to run, it came to him that if he could only be chasing bunnies at the same time that he was fleeing Lions | he would always be able to capture the one at the same time that he was | getting away from the other. After that he always had Rabbi | Stew for dinner any day he got be- | tween a Lion and a Rabbit, and he went looking for Lions every day. — Kansas City Times. Mankind’s Duty There is nothing lost in doing goed, nor is there lack of wisdom In cloud | or light. They are all above us and beyond us, and for them we are not to- account, but the talent given in our keeping, we are held to render its re- turn with something added. Progress is the law of life, and progress is the product of doing. Our work is here and it is within our grasp and power to do our best. We cannot advance in | i | | | | i i 1 i | | | done for us, nor if we possessed un- | told wealth would we be content.— | Sparks. ! i { Historic Colonial Mansion The Wythe house in Williamsburg, | Va. was the home of George Wythe, | one of the signers of the Declaration | of Independence. He was the first | professor of law in America, teaching at the College of William and Mary. | Among his pupils were John Marshall, | Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe. It was In the George Wythe house that George Washington, with Lafay- ette and Rochambeau, planned the battle of Yorktown, i | | All in the Spacing | Printers have much to answer for, | Billa Wheeler Wilcox had opencd a | certain set of verses with one of her | cosmic lines, typical of her style: “My soul is a lighthouse keeper™ but the printer in setting it up caused it to read: “My soul is a light housekeepes."== Kansas City Star, Typical “Row House” of Rural Iceland. (Prepared by the National Geographle Society, Washington, D. C.) CELAND’S celebration this sum- I mer of the thousandth anniversary of the organization of her popular assembly, the Althing, finds a country that has advanced like the rest of the world in its chief city, but has retained the simple life in its rur- al districts. So simple is rural life that in many parts of the island the villages and farms are not connected by roads; only trails exist, and all travel is done on pony back. The island's one sizable city is Reykjavik, the capital. Of the 104,- 000 people in Iceland, about 25,000 live in Reykjavik. Politics was responsible for the first settlement in Iceland, and fish brought about its development. Ingolf and Hjorleif, two disgruntled chiefs of Norway who refused to acknowledge Harald Haafager, the first Norwegian king, settled on the southern shore of the island in 871 A. D. When the value of the fishing grounds found by these pioneers became known, a num- ber of Scandinavian settlements came into existence. For hundreds of years Reykjavik #as only a small fishing village and trading pest. But the village had the good fortune to be situated on one of the best available harbors. As the population of Iceland increased and commerce grew, this spacious harbor became a popular haven for trading vessels, and steadily the city grew. To the visitor approaching by water, Reykjavik’s commercial aspect con- ceals all evidence of the fact that this city has been the capital of Ice- land since 1800 and its seat of learn- ing. Scores of fishing craft and com- mercial vessels, battered by the sea and in need of paint, dot the anchor- age. The quays are lined with ware- houses, and here and there along the shore are cod-drying grounds, white with slabs of fish. Anchored vessels may be seen filling their holds with alternate layers of fresh fish and salt, thus preserving the fish for a quick trip to northern European ports. Scenes in Reykjavik. After one lands, however, and enters the city, commerce is no longer domi- nant. Broad streets are lined with rather gaudily painted wooden and corrugated iron houses. Along the streets American automobiles dart. The Asturvollura, the city square, is the center of interest in Reykjavik. Facing it is the great stone house in which the thousand-year-old Althing meets every two years. On another side is the cathedral, built of stone, but with a tower of wood. It was built in 1847. In the center of the square is a statue of Thorvaldsen, fa- mous sculptor of Iceland. This statue was a gift from the city of Copen- hagen in 1874. In another part of the city are the puildings of the Iceland university, which was only recently established— 1911. In the same section are the mu- seum and library, the latter housing 80,000 books and manuscripts. In the museum is a collection of Icelandic antiquities, geological specimens, and objects of industrial art. A unique feature of the capital city 48 its public laundry of naturally heat- ed water from hot springs that were once geysers. Because of the lack of roads in nany parts of the island all the travel is done on pony back. But out from Reykjavik, Akureyri, and even smaller i towns, roads are reaching farther and farther; and Icelanders vision the day —many of them not without sadness— when the pony will lose his all impor- tant place in the Icelandic transpor- ' tation system, and when automobiles will bowl along over a network of . highways that penetrates even the seared volcanic wastes of the interior. Farming and fishing are the chief industries. Forty-seven thousand Shet- land ponies are ralsed, chiefly for ex- port, and the sheep number about 900, i 000. During the short summer season many vegetables can be raised, but | the potatoes grow only to the size of walnuts. The grass is usually cut by { hand because it is so short, and the | whole family takes part in the haying process. Its Ancient Sagas.’ Iceland is the land of the Sagas, se oldest literature of Burope, of which Sir Rider Haggard says: “Too ample, too prolix, too crowded with detail, they cannot vie in art with the epics of Greece; but in their pictures of life, simple and heroic, they fall be- neath no literature in the world, save the Iliad and the Odyssey alone.” The language in use today is the same as the ancient language of all Scandinavian countries, the Icelanders alone having preserved it, chiefly due to the remoteness of their island. Since December 1, 1918, Iceland has been recognized as an independent state, united with Denmark only through the identity of the sovereign, The island is about 810 miles long from east to west and 1900 miles wide from north to south, with an area of 40,000 square miles, ; More than one-eighth of the islana is covered with glaciers, and an equal area 1s covered with old lava fields. An automobile trip over one of these fields of desolation shows a picture of destruction difficult to describe. - In the small country villages the meals are excellent. But the hosts are very apologetic for being unable to provide what they think the visitor would like to eat. Naturally the tinned food which is a luxury to them, and to which travelers are more than accustomed, can very well be omitted in favor of their fresh chicken, excel- lent haddock, and fresh-water salmon. In Iceland, as in Norway, many plants and flowers are grown indoors, and some especially large geranium ' blooms are to be seen. Historic House Rebuilt. . ——Harry 8. Tice, of Howard, is one of a group of 40 men enrolled in a course in athletic coaching in 'the Penn State College summer ‘session. The course, divided into ‘two three-week periods, deals with football and track coaching, with the latter division mow in progress. Nate J. Cartmell, track and cross ‘country coach of the college teams, is in charge of this division, while Bob Higgins, newly appointed foot- ball coach, had charge of that part of the instruction. | { —Are you reading your own paper or that of some other person? ——— FEED we Offer Subject to Market Changes: per 1001b Heda Scratch Feed .......-...-. 2.20 | Wayne 32 per cent. Dairy...... 2.50 | Wayne 24 per cent. Dairy...... 2.20 | Wayne 20 per cent. 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The new house duplicates, as nearly as possible, the historic home of one of Iceland's greatest lawyers— | He was learned in the volumi- | nous and technical law of Viking Iee- Njal. land before Willlam the Conqueror brought the English jury system to Your orders will be appreciated and have our careful attention. A. F. HOCKMAN BELLEFONTE Feed Store—28 West Bishop St. Phone 98-7 Mill—Hecla Park, Pa. Phone 23824 England on the end of a Norman | spear. Iceland has rebuilt Njal’'s home be | eause the fame of his legal skill, to- ! gether with the story of his death . amid melodramatic seenes, has been preserved in one of the most cher- ished of Iceland’s sagas, “The Story of Burnt Njal.” son’s journey from Greenland to Amer- ican shores, which was In the year : 1000 A. D. The appearance of many Viking houses resembled a street of modern row houses in eastern United States and seaboard cities. The triangular Viking gable ends ranging in a line suggested a series of cottages shoul- der to shoulder, but each Viking gable roof usually sheltered a single room. | The whole sprawling Viking house of many gables was connected by a nar- row hall that linked the rooms in the same way that covered passages link - up the many buildings of a New Eng- | land farmhouse. Turf often roofed the Viking’s house, and in spring he lived beneath a carpet of wild flowers. Interior of the Residence. Leading men of the island, such as ! usually had one high-roofed, ! Njal, large hall in their houses. This hall had three divisions lengthwise; a nave ' and two low side aisles separated by low stone walls. The high roof of the nave was supported by two lines of wooden pillars brought over stormy seas from Norway in the small Viking ships. This hall was a sleeping, eat- ing and living room for the chief and bis retainers. Some of these halls, which served as eating, living and sleeping rooms, were very large. One in Iceland was 200 feet long and 60 feet wide. Down the center of the hall was one long fireplace. The smoke from the fire found its way out through holes cut high up in the roof. Benches for the family, servants and retainers ran along each side of the long fireplace. In the low-roofed aisles parallel to the long axis of the hall were bunks for | sleeping. These bunks usually had swinging doors which locked on the ! inside so that the sleeper could lock himself in his compartment. Such a house was burned down over Njal’s head. Njal had been too successful in the Iceland courts. He knew Icelandic law so well he could repeat it all from memory. So he, his sons, and his friends and servants were attacked by a rival gang. With spears and battle axes they beat off the attackers who finally set fire to a haystack which in turn fired the house. Women and children were permitted to go out safely, except Bergthora, Njal’s wife, who chose to stay with her husband, Njal himself was to old to fight so he and Bergthora lay down together, covered themselves with an ox hide and awaited their fate. The saga came into ! being eleven years after Lief Eric- | Employers, ‘This Interests You The Workman's Compensation Law went into effect Jan, 1, 1916. It makes insurance com- pulsory. We gpecialize in plac- ing such insurance, We inspect Plants and recommend Accident Prevention Safe Guards which Reduce Insurance rates, It will be to your interest to consult us before placing your Insurance, JOHN F. GRAY & SON State College Bellefonte CHICHESTER S PILLS Ladi: an Ladicst Ask yon Drugeis be Ells in Reg 30d Gold metals Take no other. B ie BST SEE years knownas (. you set when the wash- ing is spotless clean? Properly shaded light bulbs of the right size make laundry work easiet and the washing look better. 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