Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, January 29, 1932, Image 7
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. 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