Bellefonte, Pa., September 5, 1930.
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Builders of Casa Grande
People of Pueblo Type?
Casa Grande is a ruined structure
«pf prehistoric origin in the valley of |
the Gila river near Florence, Ariz. It
‘miay have been seen by white men
vomnected with the Coronado exped!-
tion 1540; it was certainly discovered
‘hy Padre Kino in 1894, and was re-
visited by him in 1697. In 1889 con-
;gress provided for the protection of
ithe ruin as a monument of antiquity,
and in 1892 the structure and the ad-
Jacent grounds were set apart as a
public reservation In care of a cus
fodian. It is of cajon or pise con-
struction, that is, adobe or mud, mold-
<ed in place, in walls three to five feet
hick at the ground, thinning upward.
“The surfaces were plastered with a
=wlip of adobe clay. There are five
zooms in the ground plan; portions
«of three stories remain, and there may
‘have been a fourth In part of the
structure. Recent exploration has
shown that the main structure de-
scribed above is only a small part
«of the ruin. The buildings are assem-
‘bled in great walled rectangles called
compounds, of which four exist at this
Fuin. The Casa Grande ruin is almost
im a class by itself, but in pottery,
<gte., It shows very strong affiliations
‘with the Pueblo ruins, of which it may
perhaps be considered a frontier ex-
sample, It may have been built by the
-ancestors of the modern Pima who in-
‘habit the country today, but it seems
amore likely that its builders were
other people of a more distinct Pueblo
Rype.
Rose Always Figures in
Ceremonies and Feasts
In ancient times as now the rose
«was the adornment chosen for great
<pccasions, religious, secular or simple
and social. When Cleopatra gave her
great banquet for Mark Antony roses
“were spread on the floors three feet
‘thick. The most pretentious banquet
the Roman Nero gave was a feast of
Toses, though the flowers had to be
‘sent from Egypt in winter. On the
“Campagna the Roman people cele
brated a rose festival; in the Middle
ages there was observed in Byzan-
ium the “Dies Rosarium,” and at
Epirus was kept another rose festival
called “Rozalia.” In times all but for-
“gotten the “Days of the Violets” were
‘observed to honor spring, but the
“Days of Roses,” held in the month
«of June, bespoke the coming of sum:
mer.
New Urleans Conducts
Business Over Coffee
Few affairs of importance have been
discussed in New Orleans except over
a cap of coffee, writes Ralph A, Graves
“4n the National Geographic Magazine.
“Here, as in the Near East, business
~seems to function more easily to the
~@eeompaniment of sips of the bitter
Black French drip than in any other,
»a@nd the most harassed executives will
:pause for ten minutes in mid-morning,
HJeave their offices and go to the res-
“taurant or the hotel for a cup of cof
+“ fee—nothing more.
On the top floor of one of the most :
progressive banks in the state—and
dn countless other establishments, no
~doubt—there is a special kitchen and
«dining room to which the employees
ivetire when the bank closes at three;
after their cup of coffee they returr
“to their desks.
In one big manufacturing plant ev-
«ery workman brings with him each
morning a small coffee pot which he
«deposits under his pet steam-leaking
valve, so that as the condensing hot
water drips constantly, he provides
himself with small quaffs of the bev-
agrage throughout the day.
‘Scientists Find Many
2 Metals in Human Body
Such figurative expressions as “a
zmeart of gold,” ‘the iron fist,” and
“with leaden feet” are recalled by the
:gecent investigation of two French
«whemists. Through spectroscopic ex-
:amination of the ashes of human or- |
.gans, says Popular Science Monthly.
‘they found there are copper, alumi
smum and a little silver in the heart;
-gopper, aluminum and traces of the
:rare metal, titanium, in the lungs;
.«gobalt, nickel, lead and silver in the
“pancreas; copper, lead and silver in
“the liver; aluminum, silver and coppel
4n the kidneys and the near-by ad
-zenal glands, and silver, tin and cop
per in the spleen.
The brain appeared to be rich
wtin, and this metal was also found
in the thyroid gland, in the neck
‘evhich also contained silver, copper,
“dead and zinc.
Evil Omen of Friday
Friday the thirteenth has long been
wegarded as an evil omen. The idea
ds 2,000 years old. Jesus was crucl
fied on Friday. At the “Last Supper”
there were thirteen at the table,
Therefore, I'riday the thirteenth
aneans double trouble, and probably
will as long as the Christian religion
endures.
i site of Marseilles,
In connection with this, it |
1s sald to be unlucky for thirteen peo- |
ple to sit down to the table for dinner |
for one of them will die within a year
and all will be unhappy. Doctor Kitch-
ener once remarked that there was
-one case when it was really unlucky
“for thirteen people to sit down to din-
mer together, and that was when there |
was only food enough for twelve,
Iceland Althing First
of World Parliaments
Iceland in June, 1930, celebrated
iwo great events: the one hundred
nineteenth birthday of Jon Sigurds-
son, its George Washington, who
wrung home rule from Denmark in
1874; the thousandth anniversary of
the althing, oldest parliament in the
world.
A century before the battle of Hast-
ings, 850 years before our own gov-
ernment was founded, the franklins
(free landowners) of Ireland were liv-
ing under a constitution (the constitu
tion of Ulfiot) and a regularly consti-
tuted lawmaking body. The althing
met in midsummer and was the occa-
sion for great feasts and merrymak-
ing, as well as numerous bruises, lac-
arations and concussions.
What political life and law were like
in the old days is recorded in Iceland
sagas and law codes. The althing did
not function perfectly, nor did the
judicial system which was set up, the
real governing being done by the vari-
ous chieftains; nevertheless, the al-
thing forms a magnificent tradition. It
looks down from its hoary eminence
with paternal solicitude for such
youthful bodies as the English house
of commons and the United States
congress,
Many Plants That Lure
Insects to Their Death
There are a great many varieties
of insectivorous plants which grow al-
most all over the world. The first
group of these plants is known as the |
pitcher plants, which have the blos- |
som in the form of a pitcher which |
acts as a death trap for flies and other
insects.
The insects are attracted by |
a fragrance or some other lure, enter |
the mouth of the pitcher, and crawl
down toward the bottom, being forced
onward by small spikes downward
pointing from the sides of the pitcher's
throat.
The poor fly is thus given no
chance to escape and when he reaches
the bottom he is caught in the sticky
mass of fluid there and his body juices
absorbed by the plant.
Two other
types of insectivorous plants are the
Venus’ flytrap genus and the Dionaea
which grows only in the low coast re-
gions of North Carolina.
This little .
plant is probably the most famous |
stem variety of the insect-eating .
plants. A third type is a Sundew ,
Drosera, which is common to Aus-
tralia. This is also a large genus cop-
taining a great variety of species.
Bit of Greece in France
Antibes, like all the other places
along the fascinating French Riviera,
has had a romantic history, says a
writer in the Detroit News.
founded more than 2,000 years ago by
descendants of the Greek colonists
who had built a thriving city on the
Legend says that
among these first settlers were some
It was
men and women who had come from
Greece and that they chose Antibes as
a place to build because the scenery
there reminded them so much of
Greece. Phenicians and Carthaginians,
Romans and Gauls, Germans and Ital-
ians and French—they have all met on
this coast in the centuries that have
passed since, but Antibes has man-
aged more than any other town in
France to retain its Greek appear
ance.
University’s Art Treasure
A full-size copy of Murillo’s “Im
maculate Conception” in mosaics is in
the chapel of the Catholic university
at Washington, a gift from Pope Pius
XI. Three artists labored nearly four
years in the Vatican mosaic studio to
piece together nearly 800,000 bits of
colored glass and of other mineral
compounds which form the finished
picture, the original of which is pre-
served in the Prado at Madrid. The
mosaic is 9% feet long and 6 feet
wide. Without a frame, it weighs
6,600 pounds. The pieces are of 20,-
000 different tints and shades.
Beautiful Capetown
‘The sea voyage to South Africa is
the fair weather voyage of the world.
Capetown, once a remote outpost of
civilization, is today one of the
world’s finest cities. It is not only
beautiful and delightfully situated but
the cape is historical as well, for it
was here in 1487 that Dias saw the
sea-route to India and this incited
Columbus, who in his search for India
found America instead. The discov-"
eries between 1487 and 1497 mark this
era as the dawn after the Dark ages
and the first rays hit*the cape when
Dias discovered his way around.
Mythological Birds
Probably the best known of the fab
ulous birds of prey were the roc,
which was a bird so enormous that it
obscured the sun where it flew and
carried away men in its talons; the
phoenix, which was a bird with a
beautiful voice and a long tail like a
peacock’s, which was supposed to rise
from the ashes of fire; and the harpy,
which was a terrible bird with a wom-
an’s face and breast and great claws
like an eagle's, which pursued men
who “had sinned.
Magnification
The magnifying power of a tele
scope is proportional to its length’ as
well as the shortness of focus of its
eyeplece. Thus the use of different
eyepieces yields different magnifying
powers, but those exceeding 1,000 are
seldom used because of the trembling
of the earth’s atmosphere. Compound
microscopes may magnify as much’ as
4,000 times.
Need Not Have Worri=d
About Waking Family
This newspaper man is & most
thoughtful person and it is very séi-
dom that he leaves his home for an
evening out. But he did so one eve.
ning recently, intending to be out only
a half hour or so. The half hour
stretched into several hours and it
was nearly midnight when he reached
home. He thought as he approached
the door that his wife and son would
pe sound asleep at that hour so he
tiptoed softly after opening and clos-
ing the door more quietly than he had
ever done before.
Even breathing more gently than
usual lest he disturb the sleepers, he
finally reached his own room without
hearing any sound to indicate that he
had awakened anybody.
Next morning at breakfast his wife
casually told him that she went out to
play bridge the night before and did
not reach home until about two hours
after his own arrival. The son reached
home even later than his mother.
Husband and father still believes in
being thoughtful and hopes he didn’t
disturb the family cat.—Brockton Er
terprise.
Remarkable Salt Lake
in Central Australia
Lake Eyre might be called Austra-
lia’s “Great Salt Lake.” It is located
only about 250 miles southeast of the
geographical center of the continent
and because of its desert surroundings
has been called “Australia’s dead
heart.”
The lake and its immediate sur-
roundings constitute the only area in
Australia that lies below sea level
Its shore line is 30 feet lower than
the ocean waters that surround the |
continent.
The bottom of the lake |
can be considered with little error as
at the same level, for Lake Eyre is
in reality only a tremendous salt: flat
that is covered from time to time with
a few inches of water.
It becomes a lake after droughts are
broken by unusual rains in the far-
away Queensland plains, so that floods
down the usually dry river
rush
courses that lead to this closed basin.
But quickly the shallow covering of
water evaporates and the “lake” be-
romes first damp and then dry.
Flesh-Eating Ants
The safari ant belongs to the sub:
family Dorylinae, of which the genus
Dorylus, with several subgenera, fre-
quents nearly all parts of Africa.
These ants usually make only tem-
porary nests, but spend most of their
time wandering in long files. The size
varies from quite minute forms to over
one-half inch in length. The mandi-
bles are very strong and the ant also
has a powerful sting and a swarm is
able to kill animals or birds that fit
may come upon. These ants some-
times enter houses in search of vermin
and on these occasions the people leave
till the ants are through. The same
general type of ant occurs in almost
all the tropical countries, except on
islands. The female is without wings,
which makes its distribution to islands
impossible.
Terrifying Records
One of the most
plays at the New York Academy of
i Medicine, says an article in the New
York Herald Tribune, is a chart, com-
piled a century ago, in the columns
of which are arranged the records of
fascinating dis- |!
cases, guaranteed authentic by the |
author, of persons who have died of
spontaneous combustion as a result of ;
drink. In one case recorded combus-
tion was “complete” in one “who had :
abused spirits for three years,” and in |
another even more terrifying event
combustion was absolute “save for a
part of the skull and the last joints
of the fingers” and th) cause is given
as “too great a prox. nity to a foot
stove.”
The Grip of Gold
There are metals rarer than gola
and more precious. But no other sub-
stance remotely approaches gold in its
grip upon the imagination of man-
kind. We do not speak of the Plat-
inum Rule or of the Radium Gate.
We discuss, instead, golden days and
golden youth and golden weddings
and a golden future. - Gold is the uni-
versal symbol of riches, the inevit-
able metaphor of weelth. And in ad-
dition it is the solid and unsentl-
mental foundation on which the world’s
structure of currency and credit is
built.—Fortune.
Creative Instinct
Once the motive of craftsmansip
went far toward keeping the world
efficient and happy. This motive, and
its self-expression through the homely
arts, can be applied with as much
satisfaction in the fleld of consump-
tion as it ever was in production. Es-
pecially for men whose part in the
productive system is highly mechan-
ized, the creative instinct can find
expression in the arts of use, and in
the subordinate art of buying well.—
From the World Tomorrow.
Water a Crop of the Forest
Forests are not only generous friend:
: because of the raw material they fur-
nish, says the American Tree associa-
tion. They are useful in the con-
servation of water for domestie use,
for irrigation, navigation and water
power; they help to prevent floods and
soll washing; they add greatly to the
scenic beauty of our land ; they furnish
a home for many of our birds anil
wild animals; they offer a wonderful
. place for healthful recreation.
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! near an abandoned gold mine and
Person of Unusual Size
Classed as Monstrosity
Many persons admire giants, per-
haps envy them, and imagine that
they are examples of a superior hu-
manity. A complete error; for gigant-
ism is an anomaly, a monstrosity, as
much so as dwarfism.
It is really a disease. The work of
anthropologists has shown that the
giant is a man that is still a child,
in whose case growth does not stop
at the age when normally he ought to
have ceased to grow. The giant is
rarely well-proportioned; his hands
and feet are almost always too large,
his face is generally distorted.
Physicians who have studied gigant-
ism say that glants are all diabetic.
Professor Landouzy says also that al-
most all of them are candidates for
tuberculosis. They are subject to all
sorts of other morbid troubles; they
tire sooner than normal persons; they
are unfit for all violent labor; their
muscles are weak in spite of their
size; their nerves lack resistance, and
they are often affected with neuras-
thepia. Handsome giants are rare.—
Jean Lecoq in Le Petit Journal, Paris
St. David’s Day Holiday
for Grecian Youngsters
The Welsh are not the only folk
who keep holiday on St. David's day,
says an article in the Montreal Family
Herald. In Greece it is called Swal-
low day, the festival of spring, when
the children go from house to house
gathering small gifts and carrying
wooden swallows, which they spin
around to the accompaniment of folk
songs. Some of these “swallow songs”
have a long history. One of them has
been traced back, indeed, more thar
2,000 years. -
Jesus college, “Little Wales in Ox-
ford,” as the facetious have called it,
because of the preponderance of
Joneses there, has its own method of:
celebrating St. David’s day. For one
thing there is the toasting of St. Da-
vid in “swig,” an exclusive and potent
Jesus college brew. This is dispensed
by a ladle that holds half a pint, from
a beautiful silver bowl presented for
the purpose by Sir Watkin Williams-
Wynn in 1732.
Derivation of “Tariff”
According to Edwards’ ‘Words,
Facts and Phrases,” the word “tariff”
comes from the Moorish name
“Tarifa,” a fortress that stands on
Cape Tarifa, a Spanish promontory
commanding the entrance to the Medi-
terranean. When the Moors had pos-
session they levied duties at certain
fixed rates upon all merchandise pass-
ing in or out of the straits. The Cen-
tury dictionary and other authorites
on etymology, however, give the word
a different origin. It comes from an
Italian word, “tariffa,” meaning “cast-
ing of accounts” or “list of prices,”
which was itself derived from the
Arabian “arif,” meaning “knowing.”
Adjustable Owl
An “adjustable” owl is on view at
the zoo, London. It is known as a
European Scops owl, and, though in-
gignificant in size, being normally
less than six inches high, it is regard-
ed as a great rarity. The color and
markings of its plumage are like
those of a tree trunk. When at rest
the owl elongates its body and sits
motionless in such a position that it
resembles the stump of a branch. But
a remarkable change comes over it
when alarmed. It blows out its body,
which visibly grows in size like a toy
balloon being inflated. The bird is
then almost globular in shape and
quite unlike its elongated self.
Theory Made Real
A few years ago at a meeting a
banker opined that the total amount
of money in the world ought to be
equivalent to the total wealth of the
world; else, he suggested, people
would never be able to pay their
debts. He explained that«™in the
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Wayne 24 per cent. Dairy ... 2.50
Wayne 20 per cent. Dairy........ 2.30
Wayne 16%Dairy Ration .... 2.00
Wayne Egg Mash .........cccoc.... 2.90
Wayne 189 Pig Meal .... 2.75
. Wayne 289, Hog Meal 2.95
! Wayne Calf Meal............ ai 14,28
Rydes Calf Meal....................... 4.50
BAR o.cineiinin ioc pesunintncnssssinssmsssiries 1.70
Ao Midds eaten. 1.90
B. Midds ..........cocibccrecnsdomnns 1.70
Corn and Oats Chop .............. 2.20
Cracked Corn... nee. 2.50
Corn Chop ~....... 2.50
Flax Meal ...........ccoceeiiinnnnen 2.40
Linseed ‘oil meal .................. 2.80
Cottonseed Meal .........cccccceee. 2.60
Gluten Feed -...............cocononnene 2.40
AVialfa meal .................. 2.25
i Alfalfa loaf meal ..................... 3.25
| Beef Scrap or Meat Meal...... 4.00
Hog tankage .................. 2.170
Oyster Shells .....................- i... 1.00
Mica Spar Grit..........cccoemaine. 1.50
Stock Salt .............ccccieeeees 1.00
Common Fine Salt................... 1.25
Menhaden 559% Fish Meal..... 4.00
Bone Meal .............coinneeeeoneereee 3.25
Charcoal ................. 3.00
Dried Buttermilk ... 9.50
Dried Skim Milk........ccooeceemeneee 9.00
Pratt’s Poultry Worm Powder 10.00
Pratt's Poultry Regulator... 9.00
Cod Liver Oil, cans gal 1.80
Cod Liver Oil, bulk gal 1.30
1, bbl. 1st Prize Flour ...... ... 1.60
1, Bbl. Pillsbury Flour............ 1.90
United States there were $20 of wealth
for every dollar of money, and there-
fore there was but one chance in
twenty of a debtor's paying his debts.
*] will give $5,” he said, “to anyone
who can disprove that statement.”
When tb one accepted the chai
lenge, a wag suggested it was because
there was only one chance in twenty
of getting the promised $5.
Talcum Production
North Carolina powders the nose ot
the United States, having one of the °
biggest talcum mines in the country
much more valuable than any gold
mine. From the same rock which pro-
vides the finest and sbftest talcum for
the faces and arms of women comes
the talcum used in roofing and auto-
mobile tires. Much of that is sold to
the motor industry, while the finer
kind that goes into dainty powder
boxes measures 80,000 particles to the
inch and is guaranteed to shed water,
resist fire and weather and protect:all
underlying surfaces.—Capper's*Weekly.
Three Was the Limit
“You must give your husband five
teaspoonflils of this mixture every
night before he goes to bed,” ordered
the doctor. | ;
The patient's wife looked a little
disconcerted.
“Five!” she sald. “I can’t doctor.
I'm afraid that's quite impossible.”
Bhe doctor frowned.
“Infbossible?” he sald. “Oh, non
sense! What on earth do you mean?”
“Well, sir,” explained ‘the woman,
“I don’t think we've got more than
three in the hopse.” :
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POPULATION GAINS
ON ‘PENNSY’ LINES.
Approximately half the country’s
total population lives in the terri-
tory served by the Pennsylvania
Railroad lines, according to a com-
pilation made public by the railroad,
based on the estimated 1930 census
figures recently announced. The
population of this territory has in-
creased 30 per cent in the last de-
cade, the census shows.
Although occupying less than one-
seventh of the area of the United
States, the thirteen States and the
District of Columbia reached direct-
ly by the railroad have a population
of more than 61,000,000 people, ac-
cording to the Government's figures.
The population of cities alone on the
Pennsylvania Railroad has gained
almost 5,000,000 since 1920, a 20 per
cent advance in the ten-year period.
In 1920 cities of more than 10,000
people in Pennsylvania Railroad ter-
ritory had an approximate population
of 23,800,000. According to unof-
ficial figures from the latest census,
these communities have grown to a
total of 28,600,000, or approximately
one-fourth of the entire population
of the United States,
FEED
We Offer Subject to Market Changes:
per 100lb
Hecla Scraich Feed ............... 2.30
Wayne 32 per cent. Dairy ...... 2.60
Orders for one ton or more de-
livered without extra charge.
We make no charge for mixing
your own rations.
Your orders will be appreciated
and have our careful attention.
A. F. HOCKMAN
BELLEFONTE
Feed Store—28 West Bishop St.
Phone 93-J
Mill—Hecla Park, Pa. Phone 2324
666
Relieves a Headache or Neuralgia in
30 minutes, checks a Cold the first
day, and checks Malaria in three
days.
666 also in Tablets.
C THE DIAMOND BRAND.
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satisfactory manner, and
consistent with the
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IRA D. GARMAN
JEWELER
1420 Chestnut St.,
PHILADELPHIA
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Employers,
This Interests You
The Workman's Compensation
Law went into effect Jan, 1,
1916. It makes insurance com-
pulsory. We specialize 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 Oollege Bellefonte
Baney’s Shoe Store
WILBUR H. BANEY, Proprietor
30 years in the Business
BUSH ARCADE BLOCK
BELLEFONTE,
PA.
The quality of chops you get from
our butcher shop are the best the
market affords. You will find them
genuinely good and dependable
now and then, but every time.
is not convenient to come and make
your own selections of meats, sim-
ply phone what you want and we
will select and deliver your order
with the greatest care.
TENDER, JUICY CHOPS
not
fit
Telephone 666
Market on the Diamond.
Bellefonte, Penna.