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New York Zoo Gets Bongo Antelope ft - It:.:; mM *8 TEN EXCUSES" FOR HOLDING UP SCRUB ; : *Jliis bongo iuitt'lojio, a jii.rc secies".from Mombasa, ilriU&U. „li;is>t Africa, arrived oft thesteamer Ahiericni) I$anker «ntl was transported to its new home . In the Bronx zoo. New. York. The only one of its kind in captivity, the bongo antelope is ^ tiuiitj creatir^ Avhith rarely VeWtires ;fron» ';tl». forest. deeps In '.the'. Abe'rdare mouhtnlHVth East Africa/ *•"•* •••• A,* ^y-".' .-.v. "•, 1'--' - ; ^" "J To 1 d Items of Interest Take the Files of the Plaindeater of Years A<o his premises are made free from the dirt and other unsightly obstacles that gatheir during, the falji and winte* months. v John: Claxton left'last week for West Baden, Ind., where he hopes to be relieved from the extreme pain caused "by rheumatism, thru the mud baths treatment. • Signs of spring are noticeable almost daily. The scissors grinder made his appearance Tuesday morning. FIFTY YEARS AGO TWENTY YEARS AGO Butter was declared firm at 34 cents on the. Elgin board of trade Monday. , Duck shotting has been exceptionally good thus far this spring and .The stones are being hauled for an ]oc^ .nimrods have been enjoying the addition to the Catholic church m this J sport to its fuUest extent^ % 'a^' _ . , ; • It is being rumored about town C. B. Curtis will occupy the cheese that application will be made for anfactory building near the red bridge, |<other galoon for McHenry this spring, for a pickle factory the coming Well McHenry needs another saloon season. . • I or two Hunters are bringing in a few] it is being rumored about-town that ducks these days, but they are not | application will be made *for another veiy plenty as yet The cold weatner! Faloon for McHenry this spring. wtfl have a tendency to make the hunt- ( Well McHenry needs another saloon ing short this spring. j or two Quite an extensive business has: Traffic was compietelv blocked on been done in the sheep market m this the c & N w right-of-way near vicinity the past few weeks. F K. Algonquin on Monday on ^count 0f a Granger hfis for , landslide which covered fifty feet of marsh of Russell, Kan,, 1,200 sheep, ° ; which will be shipped frbm this , Most of the water has been let out station the last, of this week. E! of the pond ^ Borden company Lawson, also of Russell, Kan., has doe9S not believe .taking chances, bought 1,000 which he will ship It is| a de£d certaintv there will be no from Ringwood about the same time, flood from that source this spring. Iney are a fine lot of sheep and the price paid has averaged about $3.25 per head. ..." ' Costly Boarders Arouse Ire of Economist. ^ R. ARNOLD. Rural Economist. Atrrliral Extension Service,. Ohio 8tUi University.--WNU Service. Moratoriums may come and go, yet there never can' be a moratorium ~on the feed consumed by inefficient, unprofitable crtws. Such animals, however, have certain excuses for existing at the ixpehse of the farmer. Although I oelieve the smtb co>w runs tip costly board* b|.p9,^th.out. making adequate returns, I . think the lazy farmer's reason for keeping her might helisted something as follows: 1. She consumes a lot of cheap feed so that I need not haul it to market. "" 2. She reduces my taxes, as her value is low.'V. • '•'& if she dies^ I do not lose vgr.v takes INDIANS STILL HOLD TO PRIMITIVE FEARS North Carolina Cherokee* Retain Ancient Customs. Washington, D. O,--Witches, wizards, ghosts and a strange assembly of supernatural figures still hold their sway in the'Cherokee Indian settlements in the Great Smoky mountains of "North Carolina. Some of the primitive beliefs of the isolated people are ' related by Dr. Frans ftl. Olbrechts In his report of a study of the medical practices of the area recently Issued by the Smith- .. .*• her, 5. She Is . dry a large part of the year and doesn't require any care. 6; She never yields mtich milk and does Just about as well on corn and fodder as she does on balanced ra tions. 7. It make's little difference whether or not I milk her on Sunday. 8. I am never pestered by neighbors who want to buy her. 9. She keeps down the surplus of dairy products and in this way Is no small economic force in the agriculture of the nation. 10. I never have to sit up nights worrying what to do with all the money I get from my cream check. TEN YEARS AGO Hitching onto bobs brought back the days of real sport ?to many of our youngsters during the past week and the second storm of Sunday made sleighing quite the popular thing. Recent storms, which in some places have left the roads in almost im- • :• •, r-.v S*, FORTY YEARS AGO Superintendent Wire will hold teachers examinations in this village on Friday of this week. This section was treated to a fine warm rain on Monday, and it looks ,, .... , ,. now as though spring would soon be ?af fle condition, have greatly cur- ),ere • j tailed general business in McHenry Miss Amy Owen gav6 a Progressive !duJng th? ^ ,week °*! ™or®* Euchre party to the young folks on! carlpaf Saturday evening last j state road between Woodstock and Milo Howe had the'misfortune to )®h^ma J n's *?i11 have already arrive<| run a rusty nail in his foot one ;ln. Wood stock and is stored in the old last week. It was quite painfal for a! ®reT,nK comPany warehouse, few days, but is now getting better I St ,Patrick's new church hall, which Walter Besley has commenced the joccupies the basement °f the beautiful study of Dentistry in the office of; Veyr church edifice, was most auspic- How Low Butter Prices Lead to Better Herds How present low butterfat prices force dairymen to keep better cows," Is, clearly demonstrated in .Special Bulletin 152, by E. A. Hanson, extension division at Minnesota University farm. Calculations based on a large number of records kept in Minnesota Dairy Herd Improvement associations show the relation between ln'gh butterfat production and the profit which a cow can make, for her owner. When butterfat sold for 50 cents a pound and feed was valued at the prices prevailing from 1924 to 1929, a Cow producing 100 pounds of butterfat a year returned $10 over feed cost. A 200-pound cow returned $o2 a year over feed cost, and a 300- pound cow $92. However, with butterfat at 25 cents a pound and feed costs as of March 1932, the 100-pound cow loses her owner $11 per year; a 200-pound cow Returns $9 over feed cost; and a 300-pound cow $27. These figures make It very clear that the lower butterfat prices are, the more careful dairymen must be to keep «nly high-producing cows. Dr. Colby, at Woodstock Oied--On Monday 6, at his home south of this village, Jaines Purcell, aged 65 years. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The question now arises, Should McHenry go dry, where will that $20,000 to $30,000 go to that is spent annually in our saloons? Nick Justen is now spending his working hours behind the counters of the C. Gr. Frett grocery, beginning his new duties last Monday morning. annual spring cleaning up time is here and it is the duty of each And every property owner to see that i iously opened before a large audience here last Saturday evening. In the presence of over five hundred laity and a number of priests from Chicago and Rockford dioceses £he Right Reverend P. J. Muldoon, D. D , bishop of Rockford, solemnly dedicated the beautiful ilew church of St. Patrick, McHenry, last Saturday morning, St. Patrick's day. Indians in Alabama The « nickasaws, Choctawd, CrWlB, |-others. Cherok es, Apalaches and Allbamas were » cupying the territory now Included In Alabama what Pt Soto passed through In 1540. ; ' Decoration for the White House Why Are Cows Culled? In studying the answers of the cow testers to the questionnaire sent out by the Oklahoma agricultural college, we find that out of 147 cows removed from the herds in 1931 the following numbers and causes were given: Contagious abortion infection, 5; reactors to tuberculin test, 2; unprofitable producers, 45; sterility in cows, 4; old age of cows, 5; accident (automobile) 10; Udder trouble, 3; sold for dairy purposes, 52; died, 13; slaughtered for meat, 2. This proves that tested cows can be easily converted into money, since 52 were sold for dairy purposes. The next highest disposal of cows comes In line with the boarder cow which cannot remain In the cow testing association herd. The accident loss shows too high In relation to the Fifteen of these were killed and maimed In one herd. Soon the total state summary of this study will be published.--Hoard's Dairyman. ;• : Care of the Dairy Cow A good dairy cow Is one of the hardest working animals on the farm, for her system is severely taxed In Converting hay, grass and grains into Wilk and butterfat. How great the ttrain of producing milk is seen In ibigh producers getting thin and in an tinthrifty condition Just before the close of the lactation period. When these high producers are fed carefully, this condition is less noticeable, but thin cows should then be allowed to go dry for the time necessary to build up body reserve. Tests along ^hese lines have demonstrated that a good cow will produce enough more milk following a six to ten weeks dry period to pay for the feed and care given while the animal is &ot being milked.--Dakota Farmer.".. - Silage in the Ration . How much silage a cow should be fed each day during the winter depends on the weight of the animal. A cow will consume about three pounds of silage to each 100 pounds live weight. In addition to this feed, eaeh animal should have all the legume hay she will consume with a grain ration based on the amount of milk produced. Equal parts of ground limestone and steamed bone meal should also be fed at the rate of two pounds to each 100 pounds of the concentrate ration. Hv|« Elm Tm An elm tree 16 feet 10 Inches In circumference 6 feet from th# ground has been located by a wholesale lumber dealer of Canisteo, on one of bis tracts In New York state. Forbes \V. .Morgan (left) of New York, uncle of President-Elect Roosevelt, standing beside the 84'/6-pound sail fish which he landed off Miami beach after a 85-minute struggle. The prize, which measures eight feet and Is the largest caught this winter, is to be sent to the White House as a gift to Urn next President, after It has been mounted.^ Gathering Calk "Grlggllng" is to apple trees what "gleaning" is to corn fields when vtl' lagers are allowed to gather undersized and fallen apples after the mala crop is harvested.--Tlt-Blts. sonian institution. Prominent^'among the supernatural beings are the "two little red men," sons of the thunder, who always roye about together wearing caps of purple and red surmounted by a .peak described as "something like a German military ' helmet." They are looked upon as friendly beings and Inveterate enemies of the "black man" who lives In the west and Is a symbol of disease and. death. - - Then there afe the various kinds Of, "little people" who seem to represent a close approach to the European fairies. They are described as very small with long hair falling to their heels. There are colonies of the "little people" in the mountains, rocks, forests and water. They live In settlements just as human beings, £nd hold datives and councils. : Make Whoopee at Night Frequently theirv\ music and danc Ing can be heard at night by lonely travelers. As a rule they are Invisible, but rarely gifted individuals may see them. Usually they are kindly Inclined toward men and may care for and feed a lost traveler. But they are .feared as causers of disease and are believed to choose children as their victims. Ghosts are greatly feared, although they are not considered malignant. But, Olbrechts was informed by the Indians, they feel homesick in the ghost land to the west and make their friends and relatives sick In order that these may die'and join them. Dreaming of a dead relative is considered the first symptom of a disease Sent by the ghost. That is the chief reason, Olbrechts says, why the Cherokees try to drown the memory of the deaden merrymaking, however much they may be affected by the loss. Most feared of all are the witches and wizards, living human beings who are , malignant and believed possessed of supernatural powers. The witch harms simply because it Is an inherent trait of his or her wicked nature. Whatever the witch can steal of the life or vital principle of the victim he adds to his own. This is why, the Cherokee explained, witches are always rendering themselves Invisible and hovering about sick people. They put their mouths over those of their victims and steal their breath. Some say "they like the taste of sick people's breath because it is sweet." Witch'e Various Forms. ; The witch is able to take the form of various animals flying through the air or living under the earth. Favorite forms are those of the raven and earthworm. When traveling about at night, Olbrechts was informed, a witch frequent^^fcpes through the air as a flame oriPffiiving light. The visit of a suspected witch to a house where one of the inmates is ill is countenanced with frantic fright. It is the practice for several relatives or friends of the patient to watch the bedside during the night to guard against witchcraft. The watchers are apprised of the' coming of a witch by dropping powdered tobacco on hot ashes. .Any particle of the dust catching fire Indicates by its position the direction from which the witch is coming. If the dust alights on the center of the ashes it is a sign that the witch Is directly overhead and should the tobacco catch fire with an explosive sound it means that the dreaded creature fs in the room. In this case the explosion will cause the death of the witch within a few days. The most effective protection against witchcraft, Olbrechts was Informed, is to shoot the witch with a bullet around which hair from the crown of the head has been wound-- a custom which may have been borrowed In part from the white mountaineers. In order to do this it is necessary to see the malevolent being in its regular human form-- which can be done by fasting until sunset for seven days and drinking an infusion of a shrub to which, it is believed, the witches themselves owe their power la part Even mere recognition ; Is likely to be fatal to the witch. Burns Clothing Seeking Nightshirt With Match Fresno, Calif. -- Antonio Ascrizzi won't look for his nightshirt with a match hereafter. One night recently, when he looked in the clothes closet for his sleeping garment by the light of a match, he set fire to the clothing hanging there. Firemen estimated the damage at about $100. Professor Says Movies Substitute for Liquor Des Moines, la.--Motion pictures, •ays Prof. W. H. Bohlman of Drake university, "are the modern substitute for getting drunk." Both offer temporary escape from life's ordinary pace and both throw the Indulger into a$ unreal situation, he says. A Mining CoBTeairac* Architects have a lot to learn so long as a man has to cuddle an overcoat and hat on his lap in any public hall or get fallen arches from waiting in a check room line.--Toledo Blade. Washington, March 22--It now appears that the strong antidotes utilized by President Roosevelt have effectively purged the nation of fear and uncertainty. Confidential and public reports harmonize to the extent of declaring that millions of hitherto indifferent citizens have a new concept of public affairs and the vital part that their public servants must play in their personal life. In other 'words, the imperious law of interdependence has been recognized as necessity forged a bond between the people and their government. This tangible outcome of extreme measures has greatly fortified the Chief Executive and the Congress in their joint efforts to avert panic and shorten the life of the depression. The frontal attack on the negative and ominous forces which were rapidly undermining the country revealed that the people could respond with a spirit of faith and good will nothing short of inspirational. Changes occur with such rapidity that it b well nigh impossible to i chronicle the trends within a few \ words. It must suffice to probe bec- N-rfeath the surface of a few developments. First, when you have time to catch your breath in the swirl of everchanging economic factors, you will observe this-- that the Congress has kept in step with public sentiment. It has empowered the President t<^make sweeping changes at once to maintain the, credit of the government. They did not dare run counter to his wishes and thwart his aims. The futility of legislative attempts to economize was recognized by everybody except a handful of Congressional insurgents. They talked loudly about "danger of surrendering their Constitutional rights" but the oratory was largely for show purposes. In the end the advocaj^sC of states rights swallowed their princi pies and other zealous guardians of "Congressional rights" capitulated as the folks back home knew of the urgency of definite action. A bogeyman was hoisted when it was privately hinted that continued abortive efforts of the national legislature to deal with the emergency might eventually force changes in our system of government. Worried over the prospects of retaliation from organized veterans, government workers and others affected by the economy bill legislators are privately predicting that the measure passed at the insistence of President Roosevelt will give them more headaches. Many of the lawmakers are regarded as highly paid mess.enger boys for their constituents. Some of these constituents adversely affected by the curtailment of the government allowance and their pensions are bound to pester their legislators here to have their compensation adjusted- This intervention will require numerous trips to the Veteran's Bureau and eventually to the White House in order to satisfy the demands of beneficiaries of the government's bounty, who are adversely affected by Presidential orders. While several emergency measures have been bludgeoned through Congress by public demand, there is reason to assume that the agricultural bill will not have such easy sailing. The farm groups cannot agree even with a proposal which is obviously a compromise. The need for relief in the agrarian regions may be as urgent as in other localities. It will require something in the way of magic to lift the deadweight of politics. It will be an achievement if the White House recommendations blast the ties of inertia which has burdened farm legislation. It is said in official circles that the President knows full well that the activities of the many bureaus at the Department of Agriculture could be curtailed or abolished. Yet the feeling exists that the re-organization axe will fall lightly there because of the alleged "farm influence." The Department of Commerce is slated for drastic changes. It was former President Hoover who developed this agency into its present magnitude while he served as Secretary of Commerce. Doubt as to the usefulness- of certain functions of the department developed from the "prosperity is just, around the corner" Of Julius Kline, Mr. Hoover's at the Commerce Department. Kline persisted in over-optimistic predictions in the fa|© of contradictory evidence and lost the confidence of the public. More that '25 per cent of the department's activities will be • eliminated. Several other Federal agencies will be consolidated or abolished within a few weeks as an economy step. The political aspects of the beer question having been temporarily laid aside with the enactment of the acini inistrat ion measure the economic phases now become an absoi bing topic. The government will be interested in the volume of consumption because of the revenue returns. • The bill provides a Federal tax of $5.00 per barrel, which is expected to yield a national revenue of at least $150, 000,000. The state and municipal governments, likewise, have the same feature at heart as special license fees for distribution and sales are expected to bring enormous revenue to their treasuries. It is reported that 26 states will be ready from a legal standpoint to sell beer, and these states represents, a majority of the population. The question of distribution must be worked out by the state authorities within the next few days, Sentiment is apparently against the return of the saloon as an outlet for b^er. There will be authorized dispensaries. If the saloon returns it will be in relatively few localities. The price question is naturally, uppermost in the minds of consumers. Indications are that beer will be sold by the brewers at $12.00 to $14.00 per barrel. The average barrel contains 31 gallons, but the wastage is estimated at 10 per cent so that the number of glasses will, range from 224 to 714, g on the numbed of ounceglagses to the barrel, ajid at five cents a glass. A gross revenue to the dispenser would be $22.25 per barrel. The American Federation of Labor believes that 1,250,000 persons in the brewery and allied industries will be put back to work within a short time, and the grain prices and the prices of other ingredients will be correspondingly increased. Jnd Tunkint' Philosophy jud Tunkins says people now want less working, time and more pay In order to enjoy themselves during the extra spare time. A Japanese boy, who was English, was told to write a thesis on the banana. This la, the suit: . . ' "The banaria are great remark fruit. He are constructed in the architectural style as sausage, difference being skin of Bausage are habitually^ consumed, while it is not advisable to eat wrapping of banana. "The banana are held aloft while consuming; sausage are usually left in reclining position. Sausage depend for creation oa human being or stuffing machine, while banana are pristine product, of honorable mother nature, ih case of sausage, both conclusions are attached to other sausage ;• banana on other hands are attached on one end to stem and opposite termination entirely loose. Finally, banana are strictly of vegetable kingdom, while affiliation of sausage often undecided." MIGHT HAVE KNOWN k>t: I '• Mrs. Henpeck (reininiscently)--Did you expect me to accept you the night you proposed? Mr. Henpeck--Yes. It was Friday night the thirteenth of the month. Your apartment was number thirteeu on the thirteenth fiooriind the elevator boy who took me up eyed. Finality "How did you come to break off yoor engagement to Miss Snowball?" asked Uncle Moses of u darky. "In the first place, Uncle Moses, she wasn't berry young, and she didn't hab no money, and jawed like de debbel, and, secondly, she would not hab me, and went and married another niggah, so L.tuk de advice ob my fren's «"4 Jess dropped her." j Try our classified ads--they sort bring results. Dining in New York's Famous ; * ^ Hotels Means Dining Very Well $ « 9 * •j**j«j m j ** ?; sf * Z r 9 * Ik t? r * a * * * - * * • ?'• ~ : *Hsmr JiSiiwitSWwiv. The Hotel Biltmore with the Grand Central Station to the Right. Louis Seres, Chef, Hotel .Biltmore, New .York.; Visitor's to" New York have "an ';3/ opportunity to be guests at internationally famous hotels. The iHotel Biltmore is such a hotel. Its ^international fame rests on its •Superlative service and a number jpf distinctive features.\ The Biltmore was opened on New gear's Eve of 1913, has 1,000 rooms ysnd employs 1,200 persons. In the ibotel is the famous Meditation tChapel, a lovely restful nook, the jonly room of its kind in the world. .The Biltmore stands at the very .doorway of New York City, facing the Grand Central Terminal and filling the entire block between [liadison and Vanderbilt. and 43rd jlnd 44th Streets. In a hotel such as the Biltmore, ;«ne dines well. Chef Louis Seres, jln charge of the hotel's many Jkitchens, is a noted person. He grossed on the S. S. "George Washington," with the late Woodrow \Vilson when he. made Us famous "peace voyage."' • i r&tiy • • -,1. - ^ Aft*jJ. .Now" that recent" nutritional re* search has revealed the fact that canned pineapple Contains mors known health values than anyj other fruit or vegetable'which has been subjected to similar study# guests in greater numbers each dajr^ are ordering canned pineapple dally, in some form. Here Is the recipS( for pineapple meringue which Is so popular at the Biltmore. "Spread a layer of vanilla fla? vored sweet rice on a deep dish* and set some half slices of canneft pineapple thereon. Cover with of? ' dinary meringue, shaping the lattef like a dome. Decorate with ths , same iperingue, sprinkle with icing j sugar, and place the dish in ths' oven to cook slightly the meringues "On withdrawing the dish froflSy the oven, and with the aid of Mt, piping, bag, garnish the decorativif. portions alternately with apricot; and red currant jam, also few sujp£ ared cherries and lozenges of aO)| gelica." Loot* Principle C«ri Tftorthumberland county. P&-, organized In 1772 to suppress "people of loose principle" who made the Susquehanna river frontier of-that day » wild and lawless place, i THE SKY RIDE. "BIG THRILL" OF 1933 WORLD'S FAIR Two great steel towers each 625 feet high are already mounting to the skies as work fwogresses on the spectacular feature of Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition, the Sky Kide. , As this drawing shows, the towers, 1,850 feet apart, will be connected by cables at the 200-foot level. Over these cables rocket cars will carry passengers. From observation platforms atop the towers the visitor will be able to see Chicago and its surrounding area in all directions, south to the dunes of Indiana, and east across the blue lake to Michigan. High •peed elevators will lift visitors to the rocket cars and to the observation platforms. One tower b being erected on the mainland aer^fa U Um HaU oi Science the.other oa Northerly Island, 'qorth of Social Science HalL , . ^ " T~ /~