HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-9-23, Page 6MENACE E CH ,.ICA L WARFARE: INTHE
EUTURE., OVERRATED, SAYS SCIENTIST
Philadelphia, Pee—Cities : in were ai
the future Ia:sed have no fear of being
wieed oast by chemical warfare, it was
asserted at a meeting of reserve offi-
cers of the chenlleal warfare service
of the United States army, held in
connection with the American Cherie
ica1Society convention.
Pear of chemical warfare weapons
more ie-: eele than those used in the
world we: was unfounded, Col, G. E,
Brigham. executive office of the
chemic a' warfare service of the army
told the gathering.
"Mua:tard gas used in the late war,"
he said, "produced only 29 casualties.
for each ton used, and of these only
one death was caused for every ton
and a half used..
Idling automobile motors are cost-
ing American motorists $80,000,000
annually, and also fast creating d'an
gerous health conditions in the large
citiers, delegates to the congress were
told.
The menace from carbon monoxide
exhaust flumes is 'assuming serious
proportions in the congested trai.'flc
leentres, Prof, Alexander Silverman
head of the Dept, of. Chemistry o the
, University of Pittsburg, told the coxa
grecs.
t Rubber from the guayule shrub of -
i fees the United States its most favor-
ablemeans of meeting the world rub-
ber demands, the society was in-
formed,
1 A cure for diabetes was the peal-
bility visioned before the Society by
• Prof, Gabriel Bertrand,. director: of the
I Biological Chemical Laboratory of the
Pasteur Institute, Paris. He told the
division of,chemdstry of medical pro-
ducts, experiments with nickeland
cobalt have produced encouraging re-
sults ill treatment of the disease.
These two metals have been found
present in the human body, Prof. Ber-
trand declared, especially in the pan-
creas gland.
"We have found that oases, of simple
diabetes,exoluddng the consumptive
type, may be benefited, sometimes to
the extent of the complete suppression
of the sugar output," he declared.
Old Signal Tower at
London Radio Fair
'I�ndon.—Reproduction of the scene
o first wireiess signal sent across
the Atlantic, the twenty-fifth miniver -
saw of which will be celebrated Dee.
12, ems a feature of the National
Radio Exhibition opening at Olympia
on Sept. 4, and continuing until Sept.
18. Nearly a quarter of a century
ago three dots, representing the Morse
letter "S" was radiocast from Eng-
land to St. Johns, Nild., and the old
barracks on. Signal Hill at the latter
place has been reproduced in honor
of that event.
Two hundred British wireless rearm -
lecturers and dealers exhibited latest
designs in accessories and new sets.
The outstanding tendencies of the late
ter seem to be simplification of control
and better quality of amplification.
Frau's Vacuum Cleaner is
Doom of Bee Invaders.
A vacuum cleaner has come • in
handy as a bee chaser for Frau Minna
Liebenow, whose husband, Richard,
runs a bakery and confectionery -store
in the Berlin :suburb of Neukoelln. At-
tracted by the fragrance of the pastry,
ch000late, cake and other delicacies,
a swarm of bees entered the Liebenow
storeby an open window and took
ee--
eom late assion of the appetizing
i? Bass 1>pet g
eatables on the counter.
Liebenow fled in terror and yelled
to bis wife, who was cleaning the, car-
pets in the sitting room with a vacuum
cleaner. She thought for a moment
and then hurried into the .store. and
England Will Replace Thous-
ands of Old 1Vlilesstones.
England's "lying milestones," some
of them nearly as old ate England's
green -clad, rolling hills, are to be re-
placed by new mileposts which will
tell the truth.
Thousands of the stones, which for
centuries were absolutely ,aocurate,
are altogether out of date now owing
to modern road improvements- which
have taken short cuts here and there,
or changed some of the roads built by
the Romans, who made' their thorough-
faree as the crow flies, straight cross
caun try, and dared anyone to even at-
tempt to interfere.
The Ministry of Transport has de-
cided upon a new standard design for
the new posts and has startedd in re-
measuring the •roadways of the coup -
try;
NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL AT WORK
Lord Willingdon, who will arrive in Canada to take iip•the duties of gov-
ernor -General early in October; is shewn above at work in his studio. in Eng-
land. In his younger days he was a famous cricketer.
Cows Milked in -Heart of
London's Shopping District
London.—In London's busiest shop-
ping centre ten contented cows are
-Milked twice a day and give 160
quarts of milk. They are housed in a
shed in Clipstone Street, Tottenham
Court Road, at the back of a dairy not
far from Oxford Circus. Charles Por-
ter, Medical. Officer of Health for -the
district, reports that they are "prob-
ably very much better looked after
than many of their eisters in the coun-
try." These city cows never see any
green grass during their milk -giving
career, and when returned to the coun-
try roam about the pasture ill at ease
for a day or two.
Good -bye -Hurrah.
Good-bye to the Town—good-yrs!
Hurrah! for the seta and the sky!
In. the street the fiflwer-girls cry;
In the streets the. water -carts ply;
And a linter, ,with features,awry,
Plays fitfully, "Soots wha -hae.” . .
And over the%rooftops nigh`
Conies a waft like a dreaniof the May;
And a lady -bird lit an my lie;
.And &'.cock -chafer came with the trey:
And a butterfly (no one knows why)
Mistook my Aunt's cap fora spray;
And "next door" and "over the way"
Tile • neighbors take wing and fly:—
Hurrah for the sea and the sky!
•
And elven Miss• Morgan. Lefay
Is flitting—to far Peckham. Rye;
And my Grocer has gone—in a "Shay,"
A'i'chaeologis'1. Hunts And my Tailor bar gone—In a "Fly„;
Good-bye to the Town!—good'byet
New Paris Umbrellas Lost. River in England
in Picturesque Colors
The supposed existence of a "lost"
Umbrellas are shedding their sombre
black in Paris and are becoming quite
picturesque in soft blues, delicate
pinks,- light,. water -green and "dawn"
yellow, colors that were the rage in the
"Citizen King's"daye. -
:Umbrellas ,are" covered .with taffeta
and edged with a broad ribbon striped.
in the .gayest of colors. .Their handles
may be a crutch of light yellow
or a
dog's head with a. collar set with color-
ed carhurteles, or a pert little monkey
with a ohain',,The Louis Phillippe um-
brella has become a formidable rival
to the "Torn Thumb' umbrella, which
has become smaller than ever.
calmly sucked upthe bens, ono by one,
with the vacuum cleaner.
Research Work'Urged in
Queen. Victoria's Marble
Bathtub for Sale
London.—Queen Victoria's marble
bath is for sale. Although it cost more
than £550 it can be purchased for
1200.
When Sir Robert Peel was Prime
Minister he invited Queen Victoria to
stay at Drayton Manor, . his mansion
Dear Tamworth, and went to enormous
expense in making his home fit, to re-
ceive his royal guest.
He engaged Italian craftsmen to
construct a bath cut out of a. solid
block of white marble. The bath was
made five feet seven inches Iong, and
as Queen Victoria's height was gener-
ally accepted as being under five feet,
she had ample room for her ablutions.
Jewish New Year.
The holy season of the Jews come
on Sept. 8 and lasts until the
evening of Sept. 30. The 8th is Rosh
Hashana, or New Year's Day, and the
30th is the Shemini Atzereth, the
Feast of the Conclusion. In the Jew-
ish tradition, the Rosh Hashana marks
the anniversary of the creation of the
woad, supposed to have taken plate
5,687 years ago. It is a day set apart
for introspection and self-examination.-
-MUTT
elf-examination.-
=MUT 1' AND
(C+AUTT TOLD Me TO 'e
Suite Tb cAte. Hese
AT NINE O'ii .oats - Ase.
Ira A 1oB x H Are -
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Tropical Diseases.
Men of first-rate scientific promisee
are being allowed to drift into the
over -stocked professions, instead of
being encouraged to undertake 're-
search work in connection with tropi-
cal diseases, In the opinion of Sir
Farmer, of • the ..Imperial College of
Science, addressing the Empire Uni-
versities Congress at Cambridge.
Sir. Arthur Shipley, chairmen of the
Imperial College .of Tropical Agricul-
ture, said the tropic's were increasing-
ly becoming a greatersserveir of food.
Whoever could find; a cure for the fun-
gus which destroys bananas, he de
river five miles lane. running fifty feet
below the surface in Staffordshire Val-
ley, England, is being investigated by
} George H. Wilson, e. p,eominent arch-
aeologist, - who- .is- exploring subterran-
ean passageways in the district.
He has found: a waterfall forty feet
underground and a lake containing
,perouliar species of black fish. The ob-
ject. of the explorations is to find an
underground stream of, Stafford water
to •supply isolated farms.
•
Noted Medico Demands "the Right
to Write."
ciared,. would •make an enormous' for-
Fire!
or=
tuna. .-.s
Fire !�
Last year Canada had over eve
thousand forest fires burning over an
area of nearly two million acres of
which 90 per cent. were caused by
human,. agency and carelessness. April}
18th to April 24th was Forest Fire
Prevention Week in Canada and the
United States, but for every serious
citizen of both countries, each week of
the summer months should be a Fire
Prevention Week, in so far as per-
sonal responsibility and carefulness
can ensure.
JEFF—By Bud Fisher.
i
Sir Wm. Arbuthnot Lane.
The right of British physicians to
write articles :educating the public in
health matters has been raised by the
resignation of Sir WiIiiann Arbuthnot
Lane 'trom the British Medical As-
sociation, as a protest against pre-
venting such writing. When an article ;
bearing his name, and illustrated with'
has photograph, appeared ori restaur-
ant menus, the medical association or-
dered
rlered the photograph ph covered with
white paper ,on beery copy of the
menu,
And it's 0 for thecsea and the sky!
And it's•0 for the boat and the bay!
For •the.white• foam whirling' by,
And the sharp, salt edge of the spray!
For the wharf where the black nets
fry,
And therack'. "and nd the oarweed
way!
For the stroll when the moon is high
To the nook by tht`Flag-house gray
So Philiis, .the faw'ai-footed, hie
For a h,ansoni. Ere close of the day
Between' .usa "-world" must nee—
Good-bye to• the Town!-Good-byeI
Hurrah! for 'the sea' and the sky!
Austin Dobson.
—ter--_
Something a Little Smaller.
• A town girlWileshad married a well-
to-do. countryman was asked by her
husband whether she would like to
have a cow, of her own, so that the
household could have ltd awn supply of
fresh` milk. She agreed willingly; and
the couple went to a fare to purchase'
a•cow The former, who was, perhaps, less
truthful than the majority of his kind,
told ihem,that his cow was far superior!
to any other that had ever lived. As
to her milking capacity she gave ten )
I
a day.
The•bri'de performed a rapid calcula=
tion and said to her husband
"We 'canneveruse all'thatmilk. We
don't need race a big cow. Why not
buy a calf?"
Silk'From Sea -Shells.'
Two Berlin scientistesiles•R. O. Her-
zog .and Dr. G. Keinike, claim,, to have
made artificial silk from the heads,
claws, and feelers of grasshoppers;
wasps, beetles, and locusts, and also
from sea -shells.
These insects and the sea-sheflls
contain a substance caP•ed chtri,n,
which can be turned; into •a gelatine -
like .mass and worked into a thin
film, or forced through tiny holes and
thus made into threads. '
The threads which are very fine in
texture, are strong enough to-- be'
woven into cloth,
�`(ELt iNG botV't'
Do ANY Coote'.
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••••Cao4d from Coast to Coast •
iiiiliiax, N.S.—•Considerable .sivae
titie;s of 'swerdesh are being shipped
from' Nova >"cotia to the Boston mar-
ket
ket ,:gt the pees» t, time.. This eam-
xnodity has found a good market in
Boston and shipments to that city
average ::,ne nd ten to fifteen thou-
sand pewees ;nTa day during: the ship
ping season.
Woods't;ock, N.B.-Investigation of
New Brunswick as a suitable centro
for an, elctensive land settlement
scheme is the object of a party of
financiers, which' arrived here recently
to inspect the farming section of this
district. The party includes the Lon-
don Manager .of the Hudson's Bay Co.
Overseas Settlement Ltd., and repre-
sentatives tlf two prominent. Canadian
insurance companies.
Montreal, Que.—The leipawa mill:`of
the Tnternationai Paper Co. at Temis-
kerning,'Que., is .now, devoted entirely
to the production of sulphite pulp to
be used in the manufactures of rayon.
Reduction of rayon.' prices on June 1
last has stimulated sales to'en extent
that the demand for raw material hes
made this step necessary.
Toronto, Ont.—Unofficial estimatesi
prepared by the authorities of the
Dept. of Commerce, Washington, fore-
cast an expenditure this year' ap-
proeehing X190,000,000. as the amount'
that will probably be spent'liy Amer-
icans visiting .Canada. This estimate,
of course, is only tentative and It is
more than likely that the total amount
of money left in Canada by Americans
thisyear will exceed the $200,000,000
meek.
Winnlipeg,, Mtn. --.Farmers eonsti-I
tote 'the, largest . iutomobile-owning
class in Western Ca}mde." Of 241:,226
cars in the three Prairie Provinces,
166,796 or 05 per cent. are in the
hands ,of farmers, according to a sure
vey. by Manitoba Government author -It Registration of automobiles in
Canada at present totals- 719,2(16, or
an sveregee of one ear to every 11.8
people: G
Saskatoon, Sask --The Robin Hood
Flour Milling Co,, of Moose Jaw, it -
is reported, has,leased the Interpi ovin
oial Flour Mills of Factoria, five miles
north of here, The mill, which '!las a -
capacity of. 800 barrels a day, will be
overhauled immediately by the pur- ,
chasers with a view to starting operal
tions in October,
Calgary, Alta. --Wheat on farms in
Southern Alberta is running more
than 40 bushels to the acre on spring
plowing and in the late sown crops. i
A . nnumber, of faa,-mera in the Granum ,
district, south of here, are getting
yields close to 50 bushels to the acre,1
The earlier ripened grain is not so' •
heavy, but is yielding above 25 bush -1
els and is of good quality. It is stated
that the average for the entire proe!
vinee will be more than 20 •bushels to
the acre, which on a wheat area of
6,500,000 acres, should bring the total
yield to at least 120,000,000 bushels.
Victoria, B.C.-During theo first six
months ofthis year the mills of Brit-
ish Columbia exported 368,505,343 feet
of logs and lumber. This ie an in-
crease of 45 per cent. over the,quan_
tity : exported during the correspond r
Ing period of lust year. • •
From the Mouthe of Babes.
By asking too many questions- five-
year-old Paul brought to an abrupt end
an aufainobils 'ride` he was enjoying
with his, uncle..,
Paul. was first attracted by a done
sparrow which'held the middle of the
road until the car seemed almost upon
"Did you run over that :sparrow?"
questioned the youngster.
"Nope, we'd have felt a bunip if we
had," his uncle assured him.
"Well, did you:ever run over a' spar-
row?" ' a • 1
• a
"Never did." 1
"Then hew 'do yuan. know; you would
_feela bump when you run -over one?" in limited quantities between the pro -,call at Scyr•oe, a:Ionely island in the
The' uncle; groaned , iu d quickly coemerisnowpact
doter and. coner scat- o.Egeate avhere ides the isolated grave
changed; the ,subject; .>attempting to ly solved -by the use of insulating car- of Rupert Brooke.
there
the tables and place his nephew 'tons, accordingto:information naw Of al:1 .Britain's war graves—and
on the defensive.. :, •available.., A onoern on Long ?eland rite nearly, a. million ,of thein
" lif h ear scattefece o'er Euro e and the Ease --
should
"'What -would d you da this i has •succeeded in perfecting •a' simple Y p
should stop out here and'we'couldn't paeicage that win kee the fish dry and
shoeces Rupert Brooke, the young sol -
get it started?" ee said. in p i• diet -poet, is 'almost it thennly one which
:�� collditian far"travel.ing, and
"I'd cut down` a tree and make a Li h is u$ tendar as.it is not maintained
which may he sent ,either by , e�cpr-osir
horse to pull lis," Paul deeided,: gland- or b parcel post,
. de ndin en the by tlle•war Graves Commission.
ssion.
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This is the sixth year that St. Berne -
in at a nearbywoods•.y
K ail
e Awriter
an "Packing andShi
a n
- bhi,n founded :gallant a
bas da n r
dft de
hcan't.mal. horse gut ofby g A
Oyou e a
"Ole ping"(New York). has the follovQing. ..,
'has candlrcted these tours. As well
a tree." to Fay of. these packages:
"Sure=diddn't you ever 'beat of a ,..: "The , aartoiis run in four sizes`'to as ;catering for the. ordinary: tourist: --
woo len horse? 'the St Barnabas Fnnnd. give's'financial
d , carry 12, 20;' 30 and 50 lbs., and when
' And' that's when the uncle turned filled make unit acka es weighingaid; .to those taken need it, and' in this
19, 28, 39' and 6.q. lbs g way it• has seine 6,000 poor re-
'
uni ue feature latives to' the graves of their kik on
q - of ;the shipping the. battlefieldy people h'ko could `never
crirton is the insulation inside. This have gone had it not been for this help.
Natural Resources Bulletin.
The traneportatnon• of fish has al- -
Emanuel Hahn,
ways been an i i'tan�t, problem in The noted sculptor, at work''en" the
y l ememorial! to Edward Hanlon, the
Canada w here the, .distances between
centres of'popul'ation are eoneiderable.: great .Toronto oarsman. :
Refrigeration has been the chief ane-
tilted of packing fish -for travel, but , Rupert Brooke's Grave.
this is a cosily process 'and requires '
that condderable,quantities be handled,A 01r -image party has Just left Len -
at one time. Leakage from melting don on a visit to the Frenoli, Belgian
ice, the "extreme perishability of the and Italian` battlefields, a democratic
product and the need fe'r re -icing and party, consisting of M.P.'s and colonels -
prompt. sale,has made thistraffica and majars-'o 4 •ex -'tummies visiting
inor-eor less distasteful business that their old fronts, who will, share Com
must - be constantly kept 'separate mon ,Gables for meals and have the
from dry freight. run oil;.the whole ship, The pilgrimage
The whole problem of handling fish ship the Stella d Italia, is dire also to
The Achieverdent.
Jehan, the carver, who fol years had is in the form of air chambers which
plied are filled with dry sea•grass and a top
His tooth onjocund toys for serf and: cover of the same' kind provided. The
squire; 'edible partsof the fish are \vrarpped
Felt ere his end a strong and fierce up in 2-1b. packageseein vegetable
- desire' parchment paper and ted with a rib-
Onoe-if but oneq!—.to carve the bon of tying material. No preservative decree calls. for I igh:aild Spattees.
Crticifled. • is used..They were sponsored by Lady Stath,-
"The success of this new system is spey. The spattees°,. are made .of
But his. accustomed hand -his: will de- attributed to the fact that by having a shower -proof wool, acid designed to
{ Hied • hermetically sealed compartment with' protect dainty shoes and 'stockings in
Day -long be labored i na convent, the commodity pre -cooled, a low tem- wet weather. They look like the erre-
quire; 1 perature is •maintained until the box nary leg covering used in the. Scotch
Then,, asnight felly thrust' back the is opened at destination. In` fact, it costume and reach within about three
profferedhire, has been found that a fish .carton can'inehes of the knees.
And fled into the :dark his shame .to • ride 48.hours without damage to, the
hide:. ,• contents:': --'`
and
Canada is fortunate in possessing
SourPMilk
But long,.long after.did the `Brethren vast qof suitable instr atin CausesPotatoes Loii Life
quantities, g �
tell , l sea weed (eelgrass) c.Iase to. its
Of wonders. God lied Worked through t Mantic .fisheries...Each: tide brings..in London.—Potatoes and sour . milk
that strange road, ":- its quota of leaves tarn. by, the tides was a diet to 'which Mrs, Josie ilayes,
Row sinners,- who all• other splem.s with- l from vast sarbinerged' flats of the of Holyeross, .Tipperary,' attribute!
• stood, !growing material. . This is gathered her longevity.
Bowed, like :ripe corn, to'its majestic by ox teams, and hauled -out en:the' 'She" is dead at the age of 104. Two
spell. gravel beaches to dry, •much like hay.' days before her deathMrs. Hayes dug
Eeigrass makes an excellent lining' potatoes for dinner apd carried them
c`L mirth �ddvine by anguish unsubdued! for houses throw hits abilit to re 'into the house. SheJua nines children
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London Fashion Orders •
Spattees,for Milady -.,
London. --London's ; I•atest fashion
A laughter •that defied elle ranks
hell.! pof vent the passage of his all of whom sarvive.' The eldest of
g t and it is
excellent as a sound dtadener and. in, them is V0.
- —G. 'i Hort. pacts for all purposes that an .insulat-
mg material is :required.'
The comnlon housefly sounds the
`Intregri'�y in ,Art.
note i
F in flying. i
y g This means that its
beautiful the art the more
wings vibrate 335 times a second. The 4 A o find` them-
Those•, who wake u t
selves' famous have not been else in it �s essentially the work •of • people
honey -bee soundsnd. A, implying 440 vi P g , who are striving for the Put-
biationa a second, en the job.
• filiment of the la}v and Lee realization
---- ~ ,°•- ••-• of ,a loveliness which 'they have not
1 yet attained,- Which they Peal P ven
i farther and farther from attaining' the
'more they strtvai for it., Ana yet, in a
still deeper seek, it is the work of
: people who know' also that thej- are
• j right -Ruskin.
"Titania's Ralae," the avoalcie fi i
'des' house, cor_lected by Sir Nevi'''. -
Wi°kinson 'during the •vast 1 wenty-two
year's, has ` a;ie.ady gait, ??ed $22,:=r01
for the be•rtefit of cripp.aci Children• 11
is now en a world tour.
G
eo pg-
,0 q•
ii111i1$i' 41" fl 11!X1
telegi
.09
It takes '150,000 bees e full working'
day to gather and prepare a pound of
honey, which retails for 'a few cents:
Canadian Honey 18 now Sold in regu-
lated grades and it is finding ready
sale inl. Europe and elsewhere, where
its excellent fla,at and grddin; is
rapidly being recognized,
Prince 'Edward Island is one •of the
few places in the world wbore tuber-
culosis incattle' has been absolutely
irradi.cated. Righty -six per cent. of
the Island is covered with well—
stock-'ed farm holdings and the possibilities
for quality stodk amid fur farming are
exceptional: