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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER, HYRUM, UTAH 0 came to the shores, approximately men, took part in the battle. It was the first attempt on the part of the British to work out an elaborate strategical plan, which had for Its object the crushing of the American army at one blow and the breaking of all resistance. It was the first time the Americans ever met German troops In battle the Hessians under De Heister. The bones of some of the best men of Maryland lie under the ground-m- en who saved a nation but no shaft rises, no green park Is there. The plan for the restoration of the Vechte house contemplates Its use as a museum for historical objects. The Brooklyn Heights Forum, which has been urging the establishment of the park, has a plan to put q, stadium and playground there and erect two dignified memorial shafts. One of these shafts would be faced with white Rutland, Vt, marble, and built In 13 sections to represent the 13 original colonies. The other would symbolize the 48 states. 25,-00- s- and covered when the land was Place Where Americans First filled in. AH these years Brooklyn has never Fought Under Own Flag to the spot Maryland has, howmarked Be Museum Site. ever, a bronze tablet which bears testimony to the heroisms of the sons of Maryland. The first national battle fought ,ln America was that of Long Island.- - It was the first battle In which American troops fought under a flag of their New York. After years and years of indifference and neglect something has been done at last to set aside as a park and national shrine Brooklyns most historic ground the site of the Battle of Long Island. The board of estimate has voted to acquire the buildings on the block where the chief engagement of the Battle of Long Island was fought Here General Stirling, August 27, 1778, with less than 500 men, held back 20,000 British and charged them five separate times, preventing the British from closing the Iron ring, so that the Americans might escape across the marshes to the refuge of the Inner line of fortifications on Brooklyn Heights. And, If the present generation does not know It, Washingtons officers realized to the full the mighty deeds performed by General Stirling and his Marylanders that day and called General Stirling "as brave a man as ever lived. Near 148th Anniversary. Now the first step has been taken to clear the ground for a memorial park In which shall rise dignified which shall stand forever a reminder of the valorous deeds performed there on that day. It Is an appropriate time for action, for In another year one hundred and forty-eigyears will have passed since the Marylanders stood against the best troops Europe ever sent to these shores and fought them to a standstill, although outnumbered twen. ty to one. And while they held them at Nicholas Yechtes old stone house the shattered remnants of the Continentals escaped across the marsh lines In the very nick of time. The stones of that house, which possessed the added distinction of being Washingtons headquarters before the battle, are still burled under the ground, historians say, and the house may be restored. It was, built In 1689 col-u- own. It was the first time American troops met the flower of the British army In open field fighting and proved a match for them. The largest British army that ever Octopus Is Heath, department of zoology, Stanford university, California, state that this Is physically Impossible. Professor Heath describes the octopus as being "of a shy and retiring disposl-tlo- n. San Francisco. Devilfish, better known as "polypus octopus bongkong-enslare being caught at Santa Cruz, Cal., like files in a trap, and the tentacles are being shipped to fish markets In San Francisco, New York rnd other cities, where they are sliced and sold at from 50 to 60 cents a pound, according to O. B. Florence, secretary of the California state fish exchange here. Mr. Florence says the sliced octopus tentacle makes a succulent table delicacy when properly fried. While fishermen emulate Victor Hugo and other writers of fiction by telling of terrific battles with giant devUfish, usually ending by explaining how the fish reached one of Its eight arms above the water and wrapped It around the boat, breaking the craft In two, Mr. Florence and Prof. Harold s, . The devilfish has no bones or no structure of any kind, says Mr. Florence. "It cannot Bwlm, but can only float on the water, or propel Itself on the floor of the ocean by means of fas- tening its suckers on a rock and pulling itself along. Don't Frighten Fishermen. Each of the eight tentacles Is covered with suckers, and these form a vacuum when fastened on an object. Fishermen haul them out of the traps with their bare hands and throw them In boxes In a manner that Is extremely undignified to a fish that has an age-olfictional reputation of being a man killer and boat smasher. In the picturesque food shops that line the narrow streets of San Franciscos colorful Chinatown, the tentacles of the devilfish may be seen hanging from hooks alongside many other edibles that are strange to the native American. On' the floors of the wholesale fish houses here the devilfish may be seen stacked in Jellylike heaps, with tentacles. In some cases, extending ten feet across, five feet fronj each side of the small, head. The traps at Santa Cruz, where the majority of the devilfish are caught Pacific coast, are built like fly, traps, only much larger. The traps are; d jnade of wire, with a en- trance for the octopus to squeeze through In order to reach the bait. Changes Color In Moment. Instead of being a lighter, the devilfish protects Itself from attack by: changing Its color and hiding from its enemy, according to Professor Heath.' He says: "To agility and naturally acute senses should be added their surprising abiUty to change their color to harmonize with that of their surroundings, so that prey and enemies alike are usually unaware of their proximity. This color change Is based upon minute elastic sacs filled with pigment' and supplied with muscles for causing their expansion. As a devilfish crawls about on the. sea bottom Its color can be seen to change in a twinkling from deep chocolate through dull red and to gray. If sand or rock Is encountered on the residence of Mr. and Mis. Hoeard Verbeck of Los, Angeles, Journey the skin Is usually thrown The after having been cut In two, was moved more than a mile, from one boule- into lumps and ridges, so that under vard to another, while a party of notables," Including the mayor, society all conditions the body la practically Invisible. leaders, movie stars and artists made merry. ht Mveiii FOR Tale FairyGRAHAM jywm mnw BONNER. uwow- - n .reran BARNYARD "" LADIES "Quack, quack, said Mrs. Duck. "Shriek, shriek, yelled Mrs. Goose. Cackle, cackle cackle, said Mrs. Hen. Moo, moo, moo, said Mrs. Cow. "Ma-a-whined Nanny Goat. Weve thought out things for ourQuack, selves, said Mrs. Duck. quack, we have done that That is the truth, shriek, shriek," yelled Mrs. Goose. You have said words of sense and said Mrs. honesty, cackle, cackle, Hen. To be sure, to be sure you have, moo, moo, moo," said Mrs. Cow. You have, you have, said, Nanny Goat Ah, yes, you havel I was a charming young hen," said Mrs. Hen, and a charming Madame Hen I will always be. But I like my own name better than I do Mr. Roosters name, and so I have always kept my own. Such has been the way all the hens have done. I am very sweet and friendly, said Mrs. Duck, but I, too, like my own name better than Mr. Drakes family name, and so I have kept my own name. And all the Ducks have done the same. The family name Is so pne. splendid Just what I have done, shriek, I told Mr. shriek," said Mrs. Goose. Gander that I would be his devoted mate, but that the name of Goose was so famous a name I could not give It up for the dull name of Gander." And I said the same to Billy, said Nanny Goat. I told Billy that I loved the name of Billy, but that I wanted to be called Nanny all my days, and Billy shook his goatee and said that he thought the idea was good. Im so gentle and so placid, but I told Mr. Bull that I like my name of Cow so much. It has such a pleasant, lazy souiid. Yes, I quack my genial, friendly way about the pond, but I did Insist upon keeping my good old family name of Duck, said Mrs. Duck again. The Mr. Roosters crow and seem so conceited, said Mrs. Hen, but theyre not bossy. They said we should keep the good old barnyard Hen family name for ourselves. Ah, said Mrs. Duck, we love our family names. There are people who a, ma-a-a-- a, ot Sliced Tentacles of "Devilfish, Caught Like Flies in Trap, Table Delicacy. ifi? CHILDREN CRY Daddys , cup-shap- d House Moved; Gay Party Goes On egg-shape- d on-th- CflSTORlfl" Especially Prepared for Infants and Children of All Ages Mother! Fletchers Castorla has been in use for over 30 years to relieve babies and children of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhea allaying Feverishness arising therfr from, and, by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation ot Food; giving natural sleep withont opiates. The genuine bears signature Say It With Trees. The old slogan, Say It with flowers, has been greatly magnified by the American Tree association through its president, Charles Lathrop Pack. The message of good will sent by the association to France is told with of huge forest trees 1. e., the trees will become large. They are forwarded In the form of seeds. These will be propagated in French nurseries and then, when sufficiently grown, will be used in reforesting devastated France. That method will be much more costly than the airplane method of distributing seeds of trees In Hawaii, which was used recently, but the seeds are too precious for France to handle by any such broadcasting. Philadelphia Record. - mil-lio- Shave With Cutlcura Soap And double your razor efficiency as well as promote skin purity, skin comfort and skin health. No mug, no slimy soap, no germs, no waste, no irritation even when shaved twice dally. One soap for all uses shaving, bathing and shampooing. Advertisement. Human Machine. Brains was the subject of a lecture the other day by Sir James Cant-lithe famous surgeon. As an object lesson of what brains could produce he began by showing a new machine which has been devised for the use of men who lost, their arms In the World war. It Is worked by the toes. With the aid of the machine an armless man ate a meal consisting of soup and meat course, with a drink at the end. He then lit a cigarette, washed his face, wrote a letter, folded It, and put It in an envelope, which he addressed and stamped. He also turned over the pages of a book, and performed many other remarkable , erations. e, op-- Exonerated. Flint Your neighbors seem to e - be stuck up." Nisher They speak to me. cone-shape- m Belong to the Good Old Cow Family. have great books In which are the histories of their family names. Well, we dont need to have histories written about our names. Our names speak for themselves Yes, anyone can tell Just by looking at me that I belong to the good old Duck family. And anyone can tell by looking at me that I belong to the good old Cow family," said Mrs. Cow. So can anyone tell by looking at me that Tm a member of the famous Nanny Goat family," said Mrs. Nanny Goat. Anyone can tell by looking at me that I belong to the good old Hen family, said Mrs. Hen. Ah, yes, she continued, Mrs. Duck is right. Ouj names speak for themselves. We dont have books wTitten about our names, nor do we have to trace back the family, names In great books In libraries, Were much more Important than that Yes,' were really Important. Really important, quack, quack," said Mrs. Duck. Really Important cackle, cackle, Mrs. Hen repeated. Really important, moo, moo, said "I -- 1 CHSSEBROUGH MANUFACTURING OX (CensoUdaMd) New Tort Cut Street Vaseline RegUS.PM.Off Yellow or White PETROLEUM JEU.Y - CATTLE EAT DEAD FOR Y PHOSPHORUS THEY CRAVE & the small amount of it In the soil. Element Lacking in Regular Food The very animals have learned that bones are a very rich source of the substance South African Districts. they crave, since the skeleton Is made New York. Cattle so crave a cer- up almost entirely of calcium phostain substance which is lacking from phate and they satisfy their desire for their food In some districts in South phosphates Just as many animals Africa that they eagerly search for gratify their appetite for salt at salt the bodies of dead animals and greed- licks. Acute osteophagia occurs In almost ily devour their bones, even though the flesh still clings to the skeletons and all the animals in certain regions for ven though the dead animal be one about ten months In the year, accordof their own mates. Such Is the state- ing to Doctor Green, and only abates jin . ( ment of Dr. H. H. Green of the division of veterinary research at Pretoria, South Africa, In a recent report on this strange condition made to the American Society of Biological Chemists. Osteophagia, as this habit of the cattle Is termed, results directly from a lack of efficient phosphorus in the food adequately to supply the body; the low content of this element In the food can be traced to bone-eatin- for about two months while the grass Is very young. This disease can be prevented, experiments proved, by the use of phosphate manuring In the soil or by the administration of phosphate to the animals affected, but In the latter case It reappears again when this substance Is removed from the diet According to this scientist, osteophagia In Itself does not usually result fatally, although It may affect the growth of young cattle or. lessen the production of milk In cows, results which are also attributable to the low phosphate content of the food. Its economic importance lies In the fact that It is Indirectly the cause of a fatal bovine disease, common In South Africa, which Is known as lamzlekte. This latter disease, characterized by a paralysis of the throat and neck muscles, lameness and a humping of the back. Is caused by a toxin produced by microorganisms harbored In decayg animals in ing flesh. The to their attempt gratify the desire for phosphate eat bones together with ad- Mrs. Cow. hering putrid flesh; this Tesh too often Really Important, said contains the toxin which causes lam- Nanny Goat. zlekte. Really important shriek, shriek," said Mrs. Goose. Really important, really ImporDogs Held Brainier Than Men. tant, shouted all the barnyard aniBend, Ore. Only women and dogs mals together, and then they all sans have enough brains to "keep off the this song: grass wan the declaration of 0. EL. We have names so fine after Bishop, That are really a sign landscape gardener, Of the splendid families finishing an acre tract of the city park To which we belong! which ha had Just seeded to grass, now we sing And covered with men's tracks, In dlsre. This song, Of the splendid families gard of warning signs. 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