WHY =e
Indians Have Representa-
tion in Maine Legislature
The lower house of the legislature
of Maine always includes one repre-
sentative each from the Penobscot and
Passamaquoddy Indian tribes. These
tribes, which constitute the only im- |
portant bodies of aborigines remaining
in New Engiand, are remnants of the
ence powerful Abnaki confederacy and
altogether they number only about 800
or 900 souls at the present time.
Indians are given representation to
safeguard their tribal rights, and the
two Indian representatives in the leg-
Islature are permitted to speak only
on matters connected with the affairs |
of the Indian reservations, their fune-
tion being comparable to that of dele-
gates In congress from federal terri-
tories. For the most part the Penoh-
scots live at Oldtown on an island in
the Penobscot river above
while the Passamaquoddies reside in
two groups, one at Peter Dana's Point |
and the other at Pleasant "oint. boih
being near Passamaquoddy bay in the
vicinity of Perry.
provide: “On the first Tuesday of
November, eighteen hundred and
eighty-four and biennially thereafter,
the Penobscot Indians shall hold their |
election for the choice of governor and |
lieutenant governor of said tribe, and |
a representative to the legislature of
this state. The agent of said (rile
shall give notice of the time and place,
seven days before said day of election,
The |
Bangor, |
The revised stat- |
utes of Maine, Chapter 316, Section 44, |
Alva Declared Creator
of United Netherlands
William the Silent is closely con-
| nected with the three hundred and
| fiftieth anniversary of the Dutch na-
| tion, writes P. C. Gordon Walker in
! the London Daily Telegraph, though in
reality he did all he could to frustrate
the emergence of a separate Dutch na-
tion, his ideal being a United Nether
‘ands, including the modern Belgium.
It is Alva, the Spanish general, whose
| nnme should be in Dutch mouths as
the chief creator of Holland, instead of
| being reviled as the cruelest persecu-
| tor in history. For he found the Neth-
erlands a single, undivided district,
|
| with Calvinism and Catholicism evenly |
spread ove: the country,
the Walloons,
i
“nd Germans,
| and trade into the North.
| retired in 1573 Holland had become a
| separate nation, William the Silent
had resisted this, and three years later
he made a determined effort to reunite
the whole Netherlands. He failed, and
and with |
greater linguistic difference between |
the Flemish and the |
Duteh than there was between Dutel |
Alva it was who forced this district
into nationalism by driving Calvinism |
When he |
one of the causes of his failure was |
this Union of Utrecht which Holland
celebrates but which was made behind
William's back and to his displeasure,
Je isolation of Holland, but from the
Union of Utrecht to his murder five
years later he recognized the new facts
| and fought for Holland as a country
against Spain,
by posting notices thereof, one at his |
"office and one in some conspicuous
place on Old Town island.
of the members of the tribe, and shall
give to those elected certificates there
of.” Section 55 contains similar pro-
visions for an election held by the
agents at Pleasant Point and Peter
Dana's Point for the selection of a
member of the legislature to represent
the Pazsumaquoddy tribe.—Puathtinder
Magazine,
Why Presence of Water
Is Vital to Humanity
The quantity of water required for |
the support of one human being is
about 6,000 tons per annum. A man
drinks less than one ton in a twelve:
month, but in that length of time he
«eats 400 pounds of food. It takes two
‘toms of water to grow the grain for
making a one-pound loaf of bread.
It is not extent of territory, but wa-
ter supply that determines the number
fof human beings a given area can
‘maintain,
What is a desert? It is usually an
area well suited for the production of
food crops, barring the fact that it
lacks water. Owing to this lack, it
_eannot_support a population. No was
ter, no crops; no crops, no people. All
vital processes are manifestations of
the presence of water.—Louisville
Courier-Journal Magazine.
Why Air Bubbles on Pond
When the raindrops are quite larie
as they are near the beginning of cer
tain showers, they fall into a body of |
water with sufficient force to drag aft-
er them, as small pebbles do, hubhiass
of air, which are entrapped by the
closing water above. These bubbles
are small and often do not hreak im-
mediately. They break when strnck
by a raindrop, or, sooner or later, even
when not struck.
Why Rainfall From Sky
Doctor Humphreys of the weathei
bureau has presented an explanation
in which he states that the actuul
fallipg of rain results from the fuct
that additional condensation iukes
place on the drops of water already
formed and suspended In the cloud.
They grow in! size and become too
heavy to be retained in the alr and
fall down as rain,
Why Cross in Street Lamp
The bureau of stundards says that
<he gppearance of four light rays from
a street lamp when viewed at night
from a window is a diffraction phe-
nomenon, srising from the wave ng-
ture of light—namely, bending around
obstacles and Interfering.
Why Starters Stick
Usually the starter on the car sticks
because the pinion engages the (ly
wheel while the latter is in motion.
The remedy is the old one of putting
the gearshift lever in high and rocking
the cur backward and forward.
Why Peppers Are Hot
The bureau of plant indusiry says
that that which makes peppers so hot
is a glucoside contained in the fruits
close to where the seed is attached.
The pungent principle derived from
this glucoside is an essential oil.
Why Called “Journey Cake”
In Colonial times, corn bread was
called journey cake, and was probably
cooked for carrying on a journey. The
word has hecome johnny as it lost ite
significance,
How Trees Are Labeled
To lubel trees, the Department of
(Agriculture uses aluminwmn Gipes
tacked on pieces of board which are
screwed fast to the tree,
Why Name “Methodists”
Methodists are so named owing 1c
the methodical strictness of their lives
and religions exercises,
\Yhy “Sad Irons”
The word “sad” used in connection
#ith iron means heavy or weighty.
Said agent |
shall receive, sort, and count the votes
given In at said election, in presence |
Greek Discus Thrower
Originated Quoit Game
| The modern game of quoits is a
descendant of the ancient Greek dis-
| cus throwing, with two differences:
the quoit is ring-shaped, flat on one
| side and rounded on the other, and
| the throwing test Is one of accuracy
| rather than distance. There are few
traces of it in Europe.
! England and Scotland.
the games prohibited in the reigns of
Edward III and Richard II, in favor
of archery, It is played with two pins
18 vards apart driven into the ground
| feet in diameter.
weight but usually of nine pounds,
They must not exceed 83% Inches in
| diameter or be less than 3% inches
| in bore, nor more than 23% inches in
web, Players must stand within 43%
feet of the center of the end and at
one side. Each player has (wo
quoits, In championship matches,
gquolts more than 18 inches from the
pin are called foul and removed.
Measurements are made from the mid-
dle of the pin to the edge of the quoit.
Quoits landing-with the fiat side up
are fouls,
Apple Cultivation
Apple trees should begin to bear, as
Thus twice William fought against |
It apparently |
| originated in the border country of |
It was one of |
with one inch exposed, situated in the |
center of a circle of stiff clay three !
Quoits are of any |
OCEAN'S SUPPLY OF KELP
MAY NOURISH HUMANITY —
While government chemists
were extracting potash, iodine
and acetone from seaweeds
during the war, it was learned
that the weeds contain impor-
tant food values. At the Uni-
versity of California, dried
kelp (Macrocystis pyriferz)
was fed to cattle and the cattle
became fat. It was fed to sick
rats ard they got well. Now,
Prof. G. W. Cavanaugh, head of
the department of agricultural
chemisiry at Cornell, has found
that kelp contains all the ele-
ments contained in food and liv-
ing flesh “in a complex colloidal
combination with chlorophyll and
the precious vitamins A, B, D, E
and probably F and G.”
Many seaweed ingredients
are now being used In medi-
cines.
It stands to reason that sea-
weed preparations should be
beneficial; because, when life
was in its infancy, the weeds
of the sea, algae especially,
were the fundamental foods—
as they still are to denizens of
the seas. In a number of Cali-
fornia cities, Ojal for instance,
kelp inead is becoming a com-
modity. It is sald to contain
ocean salts in about the same
proporiions the same salts are
found in human blood.
Fads come and go, and kelp
bread may be no better than
most fads. The proof of its
value will be found in the eat
ing. Each day brings a new
bread, und if kelp bread proves
to be more than just another
kind, Southern California has
a chance to become a bakery
for the world; its shores are
lined with groves of Macroeys-
tis pyifera—the real foresis
primeval.
|
How Astronomers Find
FN WI Ie 3 NINN He Fe FNS TAA IE He He INDI He Te FFI Je Ue Te UF 3 He 3 UHI Te FI I Ie FTI IH 0 IIIT I
i mukes his eariier comedies a paradise |
| reflections,
i
The relentless hand of time, aided |
and abetted by the heavy gunfire of |
modern war, and strengthened by
little final push from the wind,
‘ory of the United States.
The old mill at Billericay in Essex,
England, from near which the Pilgrims
set sail for the new land, has collapsed.
Its huge beams of solid oak, which |
stood the strain and stresses of time
and work from the days of Pilgrims
down to the outbreak of the World
war, have at lust found their burden
too heavy, and, ‘as the foundations
weakened, gave way during a storm.
The old mill was closed during the
war, as the location was considered
too dangerous for the grinding of the |
grain of the nearby countryside. La- |
ter it fell under suspicion as a rendez
vous of German spies and was boarded
up. Heavy gunfire was frequent in |
this section, and the vibrations grad-
“ally weakened the old structure.
At a house, close by the mill, was
the scene of the meeting of the Pilgrim
band just before it set sail for Amer |
| ica. Close by, also, another pilgrim,
but one bent upon destruction, came |
to the end of its journey, for one of
the large German Zeppelins fell in a
field adjacent to the mill i
The construction of the mill was al
most entirely of oak, and the huge |
| shaft for the wheel was a tremendous
| oak trunk. No nails or spikes of any |
! Kind were used in the construction.
- Shakespeare's Zest in
Life Shown in Writings
Shakespeare's enormous zest in life |
of delight, writes Prof. Walter Raleigh,
in My Magazine,
The love of pleasure, if it be gen
erous and sensitive and quick to catch
from wisdom and tact. It has no re-
spect for the self-torturing activities |
and energies of a vengeful and brood-
ing mind, or for those bitter thoughts
that spend themselves in a vain agony
| upon the immutable past.
Velocities of Nebulae | |
able and retpospective. Jealousy born |
Frequently we see where some as-
cronomer-scientist has measured the
speed or velocity of certain stars or
distant nebulae. All of which causes
the average person to wonder just how
such velocities are determined. The
secret is that the astronomers have a
method all their own. They use the
velocity of light itself as the speed-
ometer. And they determine the speed
of stars directly from the stars’ own
light, Dr, Milton IL. Humason, of Mt.
Wilson observatory, has measured the
| velocity of spiral nebulae as high as
Those on top are measured first, |
| a rule, when they have been planted |
| six to elght years, Certain varieties,
| as the Yellow Transparent and Wage- |
ner, may bear considerably younger,
| and others, such as the Norehern Spy
| and Yellow Newton, not until they are
somewhat older, Individual trees of
the same variety vary somewhat in
this respect. The age of a tree is
| usually reckoned from the time it is
| planted In its permanent place.—
Washington Star.
One More Success Recipe
T. D. writes with regard tv a joke
recently printed In this column: “The
threat of the merchant to an em-
ployee who had asked for a raise that
if he wasn't careful he would be made
a partner, and so get nothing, recalled
to my mind a bit of advice once given
by a successful man:
“ ‘Work faithfully for eight hours a
day, and don’t worry, and in time you
, may become a boss, and work twelve
hours a day and have all the worry.”—
Boston Transcript,
| Want Gaelic Broadcasted
In an effort to preserve thelr Gaelic
language, the Welsh are demanding
| that it be used In broadcasting instead
of English, The radio has taken the
English language into the home of
| thousands of Welshmen who hitherto
| have neither heard nor spoken English.
A special committee reports to the
government that English is Introduced
into the schools too early, “before the
children have grasped their own lan-
guage.”
Winding Up the Ingersoll
Robert Ingersoll was famous for
the library of infidel books which he
possessed. One day a reporter called
on Mr, Ingersoll for an interview, and
among other questions, asked: “Would
you mind telling me how much your
library cost you, Mr. Ingersoll?" Look-
| Ing over at the shelves, he answered:
anyhow, the governorship of Illinois,
and perhaps the Presidency of the
| United States !"—Contact,
The Squirrel
A teacher of the fifth grade had
cead a description of a squirrel, pre-
paring the children to write about the
squirrel in their own words. After
| some explanation of the words she had
used, the teacher urged the pupils to
describe his motions and actions, She
| received the following result from a
| future author:
| “The squirrel shews that he Is cun-
ning by undulating his graceful tail us
he eats nuts.”
12,000 miles per second. Photographs
taken through the 100-inch reflectors
at that observatory show the spectra
of faint nebulae which seem to be re-
ceding from the earth at more than
that speed.
How Flyers Apply *
Dope is a somewfat viscous soli:
tion of cellulose nitrate. The name
dope is given to that substance used as
an application on the fabric cover-
ing of the wings of an airplane for
| the purpose of shrinking and protec
“Well, my boy, these books cost me, |
tion. A dope must shrink so that the
tautness of the dope-covered fabric Is
satisfactory for flying. The tautness
should also remain fairly constant un-
der various weather conditions, The
dope film must act as a protective cov-
ering for the fabric in order to pre-
vent the rapid deterioration due to |
weathering. An opaque dope is used
because a clear film is transparent
through sunlight, which is the greatest
factor in the deterioration of dopes
and fabric. Dope increases the tensile
strength of the fabrie, Increases ‘the !
tear resistance and- reduces skin’ fric-
tion. re
How Lips Tell Character
A German professor has been con
ducting a scientific investigation of
lips and their secrets. According to
him, & man's mouth—or a woman's—
tells quite a lot about character, Lips
may also, according to this investi.
gator, provide a clew to a person's oc-
cupation, Telephone girls, for in-
stance, develop full, flexible lips in the
course of their duty—because speak-
ing very clearly and distinctly, giving
each syllable Its exact value, Is neces-
sary in their work. But lips may be
deceptive, The professor belleves that
great thinkers have thin lips, but he
has also found thin lips among native
races on the lowest level of culture
and intelligence. So, even when silent,
lips may lie,
How Fish Breathes
Fishes do not come to the surface
to breathe, but extract the
air from the water, which contains
dissolved air. The exchange of car
bonic acid gas for air Is effected by
means of the gills, Most fishes have
teeth, though these are of various
kinds and are, In some species, not
located in the Jaws, but on the inner
surface of the mouth or pharynx, In
| the esophagus or elsewhere,
How to Preserve Books
Books bound in leather should be
| of deprivation is a passion as common
| raises his highest examples of human
Shakespeare's villains and evil chax
acters are all self-absorbed and miser-
as mud. Deprivation sweetly taken,
with no thought of doubling the pain
by Invoking a wicked justice, love that |
does not alter when it finds alteration
but strengthens itself to make amends
for the defects of others—these are the
materials of the pinnacle whereof he
goodness. His own nature sought hap-
piness as a plant turns to light and |
air; he pays his tribute of admiration |
to all who achieve happiness by ways
however strange. \
ye
Electric Light Invention
— - -
| man, Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, F. R. |
|
It was a Northumbrian English |
|
S, a native of Sunderland, who first Ji
| Invented electric light. More than 20 |
~ years before Thomas Alva Edison took
' out his patent, Swan had demonstrated
|
kept polished with a reliable furniture
cream If you wish them to wear well |
and look attractive on your book-
shelves, All frayed edges should be
gummed down with fish glue,
How Fruits Are Colored
done, Kerosene burners are still used
to some extent, but ethylene is mow
often used.
|
| lke growth that has the peculiar
| property of collecting mud, thus rais-
in the presence of the great scientist,
Michael Faraday, the possibility of il
lumipating the South Foreland light
house by electricity ; and in 1862, light
ing by carbon filaments was officially
Installed in the lighthouse at Dunge-
ness. Swan left to his country and to
the world three great bequests—elec.
tric lighting, artificial silk, and bro
mide printing,
Education
I consider a human soul without edu
cation like marble in the quarry, which
shows none of its Inherent beauties
out the colors, makes the surface shine
and discovers .every ornamental cloud,
spot and vein that runs through the! |
body of it. "Education, after the same
manner, when it works upon a noble |
|
i
until the skill of the polisher fetches |
virtue and perfection, without which
such helps are never able to make
their appearance.—Addison.
mind, draws out to view every latent | |
!
1
Wash Hands te Get Gold
All workers In the faciories where |
¥old pen points are made have their
overalls. waghed on the premises, says
Tit-Bits, the wash water being put in ||
tanks to let the precious dust settle
and be saved. The water in which the
workers wash their hands is treated in
a similar manner. At the end of the
day the girls on the slitting and polish-
ing machines have to comb and brush
their hair for minute fragments of the
metals,
Gayly Colored Moth
The tapestry moth is not so
aon in the United States as the
making or the webbing clothes
and is larger than either of them, hav-
ing a wing expanse of about three-
com-
fourths of an inch. It is more strik- | fk
ingly colored. The head and basal
third of its forewings are black, while |
the outer two-thirds of the wings are
creamy white, though more or less
obscured on the middle with gray. The |
legs are uniformly pale gray, i
Use for Rice Grass
A rice grass that appeared in Essex, |
England, about 60 years ago, is being |
used to reclaim land from the sea and |
also to guard sea walls. It is a rush-
is hardly distinguishable |||
| :
|
| ing the shore level inch by inch and
The coloring of citrus fruits Is a i
delicate process which Is carefully
adding shore land that can be used
for pasture or tillage. The grass Is
being exported to other countries
where it will be employed for the
| same purposes,
SUSPENSION OF MANY
Suspension of a number of col-
leges will result from the economic
James L. McConaughy,
t of Wesleyan University,
told the local alumni group in Uni-
versity Club.
“The economic pressure likewise
will decrease the nummer of students
until only the stronger colleges with
ance of some of the weaker colleges. .
—
A High Authority |
STANDARD STATISTICS SAYS:
"It is no longer a matter of probability, but
rather one of incontroversial certainty, that a con-
certed and aggressively vigorous effort to materially
expand the volume of bank credit outstanding is go-
ing to be made during the near term future.”
"Governmental authorities, bankers and busi-
ness men will be working together toward this end,
under a plan which is more comprehensive and care-
fully drawn than any that has been tried thus far dur-
ing the current depression, as a business stimulus.”
"It is our judgment that this impending stren-
uous effort to stem the tide of deflation,-this "Big
Spring Push’’- as it is being called in Washington-
has a better than average chance of success.”
| THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
BELLEFONTE, PA.
3 Baney’s Shoe Store §
r WILBUR H. BANEY, Proprietor
J 80 yeers in the Business
COMFORT GUARANTEED.
BUSH ARCADE BLOCK
iL BELLEFONTE, PA. 3
lS SERVICE OUR SPECIALTY SPECIAL ORDERS SOLICITED Sp
Il For the Lowest I
Prices on Men's I
I Winter Overcoats |
that you have
EVER Known
A. Fauble |
See...
| Our Windows i
a
Fon nn