TILLAMCOK HEADLIGHT. AUGUST 15, 1918. fer over origin of dog what scotland is cether All Kinds Had ■ Commen Ancestor Has Long Been a Mat­ ter of Dispute. I 00|N0 GOOD REASON, TOOI Thia Little Country Has Already Cheerfully Done Very Much More Than Her Share. | fhe ancestry of the dog has been | occasion of much controversy, se­ lling to Leo S. Crandall’s book, rts." Many naturalists have con- sred that It Is descended from a lie ncestor, such as the common f of Europe. Darwin, however, ns toward the theory of multiple tin, and advances much convincing of In support of his belief. It Is lely known that many savage tribes ’® dogs, which appear to be simply f-tamed representatives of the par- wild doglike animals inhabiting (I liar same regions. "he dogs of the American plains In­ ns closely resemble the small pral- wolf, or coyote; the husky of the ■th country Is plainly not far ro­ ved from the gray wolf; the Ger- a sheep dog and the Samoyede are kingly wolfltke In appearance, -ether our present dogs are the re- t of crossing these many simple nvatives of wolves and jackals ong themselves, or whether there ■■ an original ancestral dog, now ex- ■ct, with which the blood of other ■•cles has become mingled, we have E yet been able to determine, though ■ many primordial animal remains fe come to light. According to St. George Mlvart, the rgo Is the only wild dog still exlst- K which meets the requirements of | ancestor of our modem breed«. Bto species is found throughout Aus- Illa and fossil bones which have been ■nd show Its presence there from fy early times. We are pretty well acquainted in this country with the part Canada is tak­ ing in the war. We have been advised from time to time of the Individual sacrifices being made by the people to the north of us. We know only in a general way what other people are doing. So It comes as refreshing news to hear from the lips of such a man as Hurry Lauder the heroic work and sacrifices of the Scots. More than 300,000 Scotchmen are under arms, or have given up their lives In the struggle. And Scotland is a small country. In the cities and towns there are no more eligible men —no more men fit to bear arms. They have all departed. Scotland is a land of old men and women and little chil­ Explained at Last dren—and crippled soldiers. It Is not Mr. Flatbush—Why In the world the Scotland of three years ago, with a husky set of strapping young fellows does a woman always get off a street tilling the fields and working in the car the wrong way. Mrs. Flatbush—She doesn’t. mines and mills. “Of course she does. Instead of fac­ Not only that, but the people do not complain. There are no riots because ing the way the car io going, she faces of the conditions—no murmurings the other way.” “That’s because the conductor takes against their fate. The war Is on; the Scots will fight It out. That Is the her beyond ths street she wants to get spirit one finds In Scotland, among off at, and of course she wants to face those old men and women and among the way she’s going.” the little children. It Is the spirit one More Imposition. finds out In the trenches, where the "Mrs. Diggs is going to read an Im­ Scottish soldiers stand on guard and portant paper before her literary club.” meet the enemy face to face. “Ah! In that case. Professor Diggs The history of Scotland is too well understood to call attention to it here. will have to drop his scientific investi­ The record of the Scots, made In the gations for a while.” “He won’t be compelled to hear her long ago, still Is fresh In the mind of every one who knows history. So It read it, will he?” “No, but he’ll probably have to write Isn’t necessary to state that the Scots LLUSKS MAKE GOOD SOUP are born fighters, that they are not it” going to give up. They have done In Probably. Up on Florida Beaches by the this war exactly what those familiar The old colored man had climbed with Scottish history expected them to Waves They Are Collected and do. And they will not fall at any time Into the dentist’s chair. Sold to Hotels. “Shall I give you laughing-gas, in the future.—Columbus Dispatch. uncle?” queried the tooth doctor. lMong the Florida beachea a very “Not till the toof am out, boss,” ■»mon and familiar kind of rock Is TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF CZAR replied the old man. "Reckon folly composed of the shells of a fall species of mollusk, oval In shape Movie Operation Was Privileged to mebby Ah’ll feat mo* lak luffin’ den.” Id half an Inch long. It Is called Qet “Close-Up" Views of the Im­ bqulna," and Is hard on the feet if prisoned Former Russian Ruler. Vernacular. e walks over It without shoes. “Why did you discharge your cook?" In beds below the line of low tide Tn “Donald Thompson In Russian," “She said she wouldn't be repri­ p mollusks of the same kind, alive. the movie photographer tells how he Mr bivalve shells are pink, blue and succeeded In getting a picture of the manded.” “Did she express herself to that ef­ I other colors, quite brilliant, so that czar after the revolution had begun. I places the beaches are beautiful to He went out to Tsarskoye Selo, the fect?” “Yes, but what she really said waa, p eye, great numbers of them being palace near Petrograd where the royal rown up by the waves along the family were confined, and from a dis­ T won’t take no sass offen nobody.’" pre. tance saw the czar and his son walk- Point Blank. Under such circumstances they soon tog In the yard. “The servants must Jack—And when I proposed at the P. of course, leaving their pretty have told hlm,| writes Mr. Thompson, ells to adorn the strand. But there •for the czar sent word to me to come dance she asked for time to think it e always plenty of live ones at the saying that he would allow me to make over. What do you suppose she did iter’s edge, and these are gathered a picture as close as I wished. I told that? Bess—Well, a girl naturally hates to I ^quantity at some of the winter re­ him that I had met him before In 1915, ft» by boys who collect them with and had made pictures of him then at think of disagreeable things while en­ kes and carry them In baskets to the the front and at Lemberg. He remem­ joying herself. Itels for sale. bered and Immediately spoke of Meuse, A HINT. [They are used for soup, being the English photographer. While I Jessed to a pulp In order to extract was making pictures and the camera lair Juice. The latter, strained ‘and was being re-loaded so that I could fated, affords a very delicious table put in some new film, several of the iverage known as “coquina broth.” soldiers came up close, while the czar is particularly recommended for In- was watching .how the camera was llds and persons with weak dlges- loaded. They were smoking. One of «• .- them elbowed the czar away and at the i> ______ same time blew smoke directly in his The Sap of Spring. face. But the czar didn’t show that he i When the sup of spring is bursting annoyed by this. After I had made lie fetters of winter the general hu- some motion picture films of him and |*an heart beats high. A few of us his son, and also some still photo- nNosophers receive amid the rich but 4*aphs, I saluted and said ‘good-by.’ vber tints of autumn a happiness that He answered ‘good-by.’ While walk­ Fie would not exchange for any other ing away I glanced around. He was •ason, but we are a minority, and still looking after me and talking to ■nail. The head of one cf the moat bls son.“ -pportant departments at Washington, ho thinks about the processes of man- “Strafe" Made Prize of War. nd, has a theory that makes a regu- ' The British have taken “strafe." In r curve of the relation of the seasons an announcement from the Oxford Uni­ i the appetite for war. As the buds versity Press the fact is officially made >en, every nation thinks It is on the known. The captured word has been Father—Agnes, is that young man lge of victory. This curve rises for a taciaded, not to say interned, in the bile, begins to decline in the summer latest volume. Volume IX, of the Oxford still there? Daughter—Yes. papa. ad gets well down In the autumn, dictionary. And as a trophy of war it Father—Then ask him to bring In he period therefore, when statesmen. has been treated after a characteris­ the morning paper before he goes, will they bad decided to make peace, tically British fashion. Its fiat Teu­ you. dear? mid do it most easily. Is from the ton “a" has been changed to the long ays ot goldenrod and autumn browns Ekigliah “a" as of “safe.” and from Exactly. * Just before the greening of the two syllables it is reduced to one, so By subterfua« be got away Pds. The story of coal, a tragic that it may rhyme with "chafe." From cope oo the qui vive, And ao became, as one mietet say, gto the poor, helps this curve, but Nor does the process of eliminating A subtorfusitlve. > to In it much of sheer poetry, to- Germany In this verbal instance stop ident of more solid things,—Nor- on the mere point of pronunciation. A Proud Declaration. Hapgnod In Leslie’s. To the compilers of the Oxford lexi­ “I miss the well-rounded periods you con it to “ v. slang." So in captivity il 1 this word of portent originally fierce used to employ In your orations." How 8cout* Can Help Nation. “I may be shy on well-rounded pe­ 11 Offer your services to some gnrden- loses not only In quantity but in qual­ riods," replied Senator Sorghum, “but lr M a patrol. He will be able to pay ity. To quote the London Times, as you will notice that I come to a full on for your labor. Make his crop cited by the dictionary makers, “strafe stock quicker.” be best In your neighborhood. Show to becoming a comic English word." he world that the boy scouts can rise A Final Opinion. York Road 8«t Fre«. o any emergency. “What did you think of the tech­ The final step In clearing old York Plant a garden at home. No mat­ nique of the prima donna last night er how small the space. Forego the road of its toll gate incumbrances was Mrs. ComeupT’ six toll gates bo ­ taken recently and ower garden this season. Plant veg- "Why. It was all old style. It even tables If you have no garden, use tween the city line und Hatboro will | window box. You will be delighted hereafter cease to vex the users of this was buttoued down the back.” vtth the results, no matter how small Important highway. Philadelphia abol­ Mutual. ished all toll gates within her limits he crop. Do It now. •Grace — Percy says his dog is as In­ some years ago, but these nuisances j Offer yonr services to your teacher o help in securing the necessary tn- still continue to maintain a state of telligent as he is. Dolly—Oh. there’s no doubt about It. brmntlon to establish school and home siege about this city except on the Del­ aware river front, where the ferries Percy Is proud of the dog and the dog gardens. Don’t be a slacker. I Ask your city officials to organize to perform a similar part. The ferries is proud of Percy. kelp conserve the food supply of our will remain until the Delaware Is Nowadays. fountry. Have them offer vacant space bridged, but the toll gates must go, Beggar—Could you spare a hungry nr cultivation. Show your patriot- and are going.—Philadelphia Press. man a nickel? am. Arouse theirs.—Scout News and Choliy—Yes. If you'll tell me where “Tell T. R. It’s Miks." bulletin. From New York comes the story of a man can buy anything to eat with a former resident of Belleville who a nickel. Ship on Giri’s Back Bar to Society. | A ship on a girl’s back Is a bar ro was kept busy night and dny answer­ ing telephone queries regarding the Rustic Plutocracy. ver entrance Into society, according to health of Theodore Roosevelt during "Thousands of dollars pass through ttato Senator Alfred J. Gilchrist, of the latter*« recent illness at Roosevelt a bank teller’s hands dally.” New York city. The senator declares “That's nothing. Think of what hat ■ Brooklyn girl is barred from ao- hospital. The man had a telephone number passes through a farmer's hands who ■lety because, when ten years old, a similar to that of the hospital. milks twenty cows."