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Excavations at Kish Reveal
Traces of Prehistoric Deluge
A history of the work of the Field
Museum -Oxford University Joint 'Ex-
pedition to Kish, Mespotamia, which
has been in operation since 1923, had
unearthed traces of what Is believed
to be, the world's earliest eivilzation
and has found •evidence to support
some of the Biblical stories of evente.
in ancient Babylonia, was published
in leaflet form recently by Field Mu -
seem of Natural history.
Henry ,Field, assistant curator of
physical anthropology at th museum,'
who was one of the principal members
of the expedition during two seasons'
of excavations, is the author. The
pamphlet contains fourteen'photogra-
vure illustrations .of scenes on sites
of excavations and of some of the
' 'principal objects of archeological In-
terest brought to light,and also a
map of the British mandate of Iraq,
in which fish is located, and a map
of the buried 'city which is slowly be-
ing uncovered by the excavators'
picks and. shovels.'
The historical sketch by Mr. Field
shows that to date the expedition,
which is still in operation, has reveal-
ed the culture and the artistic attain-
ments of the inhabitants of Kish and
IS neighbouring city, Semdet Nasrl
from the earliest occupation, about
8,000 years ago, down to the Arabs
of yester-year. Temples, palaces and
other buildings in which Sargon,, Ne-
The Present Past and Almost the Future in Motor Cars
buchadnezzar, Hammurabi and other,
famous ancients once enacted part
of their' 'hour upon the stage" have
been bared by the expedition.
While excavating one of the great,
palaces the members of the expedi-
tion were. rewarded, Mr. Field relates,
aAs ' oecg esdm•ue elumlml au tent
boudoir of a woman of Tush, finding
copper mirrors and hairpins tipped
with lapis -lazuli knobs, copper toilet
casae containing manictn'e sets of pin-
cers, tongs and nail files, and paint
dishes and brushes, once used for col-
oring lips, "cheeks and eyebrows.
Thousands of museum objects have
been unearthed, including the oldest
wheeled vehicle in .the world, many
important tablets containing records
how being deciphered, unique ex-
amples of painted ware, remarkable
art objects of various kinds, jewelry,
intimate. personal :belongings of the
ancients and numerous other antiqui-
ties.
Ancient cemeteries of Kish have
yielded to, the excavators' spades hu-
man skeletons and various objects
buried with the dead. In the lower
stats of the excavations have been
found traces of the flood which en-
gulfed Babylonia hi Noah's time and
indications of a similar delugeet an
earlier period. Many data has been
obtained concerning the history of the
Sumerians, the principal settlers of
Kish.
Farm Notes more and more a specialized line in
which' a knowledge of the details. con-
cerning the production of a high
SKIM MILK AND BEEF SCRAP grade product is a necessity. No
FOR POULTRY article of food, they claim, has such
While skim milk has again and a direct relation to the nation's
again been proved an excellent food health, and the public are quite within
for poultry during the winter season their rights indemanding that the old-
it can be dispensed with without ser -
and
dairyman with his careless habits
ionsloss, provided beef scrap is fed in and limited knowledge of sanitation
itplace. To test these two feeds give way to the better trained, more
with winter layers they were fed to careful producer.
flocks side by sideat. the Northern--
Ontario Experimental Station. The FLAVORS AND ODORS IN MILK
Superintendent, Mr. Smith Bailin- Flavors and odors in milk have a
tyne, in his report, published by the very direct bearing on the consump-
Dept. of Agriculture at Ottawa, states tion of this product. Substances res -
that one hundred pullets were used for ponsible for undesirable taints in milk
the test which was carried on for four. are usually present in quantities too
successive years, beginning at the first
of November, and continuing until
April of each year. The birds were
divided into two pens of fifty each.
.The ration given was the same in both
cases with the exception of the skint
mills and the beef scrap. The scratch
grain consisted of two parts each of
Wholewheat and cracked corn and one
part each of whole oats and barley.
The dry mash was made up of equal
parts' of bran, middlings, corn meal,
ground oats and barley. The beef
scrap wasfed from a hopper and the
eldm milk from a drinking vessel.
It was found that the average cost
of the food per year was almost the
same, amounting to $74.22 when the
eldm milk was used and $73.52 for the
beef scrap ration. The number of
eggs laid amounted to an average per
year of 4,648 for the skim milk fed
lot and 4,994 for the others. The cost
per dozen of eggs and the profits were
practically equal.
This test, Mr. Ballantyne points out, Department.- In the handling of milk
goes to show that where the farmer for the trade provision should be made
has a supply of skim milk there is for the daily samplingfor quality and
practically no advantage in using beef for the detection of flavors. Not only
scrap, but where skim milk is not is it necessary, according to these
available beef scrap may be used with authorities, for the man inspecting in.
profit in the feeding of winter layers. coping milk to be in a position to re-
— jest unsuitable supplies, but provision
BIENNIAL AND ANNUAL SWEET should be made for the periodical test -
CLOVER
small to he detected by chemical
analyses, Indeed, according to the
views of the Agricultural Bacteriolo-
gist of the Dept. of Agriculture at
Ottawa, there are no tests available
for the dejection of these substances
other than the senses of taste and
smell. The consumer is quick to ob-
serve objectionable flavors and to
change his dairyman on slight provo-
cation from this cause. Fortunately
the pasteurization process removes
slight flavors from certain foods that
have been given the cows. Such strong
flavored substances as garlic, gasoline
and rancid disinfecting material are
not so easily improved. Milk handlers
should promptly reject milk possess-
ing these flavors es being unsuitable
for human consumption.
Messrs. Johns and Lochhead, Bac-
teriolagists of the Dept. of Agricul-
ture, make this recommendation in
their. bulletin "Testinethe Producers'
Milk for Quality" published by the
In the growing of sweet clover for
hay the biennial' varieties have pro-
duced higher yields than .he annual
variety Ruben in Northern Ontario.
The biennial sweet elover both white
blossom and yellow blossom varieties
were sown side by side with the an-
nual variety on clay loam soil which
bad been in potatoes the previous year..
Tho rate of seeding was twenty pounds
per acre both for the biennial and the
annual varieties. The .biennial var-
ieties wore harvested toward the end
of July of the second year of their
growth, and the annual variety early
in September of the year it was sown.
The biennial varieties grew much tall-
er and yielded correspondingly higher:
White blossom sort readied' a height
of sixty-one inches and the yellow
blossom forty-eight as compared with
forty inches reached by the annual
variety. Both varieties of the bien-
nial gave yields of eured hay above
two tons to the acre, the white bion
some yielding 1,707 pounds in excess
of the two tons, the yellow blossom
gave about two tons and one-half. The
i'oturn from the annual variety was a
little better than one mid one-half tons
to the acre,
GRADING MILIBIION QUALITY'
Producers, dealers and consumers Sf
milk for the most .part realize the
Justice of the principal of valuing thie
product aecerdnng to its quality. While
payment on a grade basis is regarded
as the quickest' method to obtain im-
provement, and the easiest means of
obtaining quality at a high level, yet
even where no difference in prices ex-
ists the producer of the high grade
niflk
benefits through the gradual
elimination of the careless shipper
who constantly fails to meet the sten-
dard set.,
This .question of grading milk for
city trade is discussed at length in
Bulletin No. 123 of the Dept. of Agri-
culture at Ottawa, by the Bactriolo-
gists: Hissers. Johns and Locbhcad, PASTORAL SCENE FROM GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE
who held the view that the production Rustic "tranquillity hems in this ancient vehicle and its driver along quaintshores of SL George's Cove on the taupe coast.
of milk _for slay trade is becoming
ing for sediment, and also for the
keeping quality. Such a system, it is
stated in bulletin, would entail little
extra work at the receiving plant, and
would provide sufficient inforniation
for the ranking of the shippers in
order of merit.—Issued by the Direc-
tor of Publicity, Dom. Dept. of Agri-
culture, Ottawa, Ont,
The best way to take leave of the
stock market is with a good buy.
OLD TIMERS AND THE BLUE BIRD iN POSSESSION
Captain Campbell's famous racing car, followed by old-time cars, in procession at recent Lord Mayor's Show
British Rhineland Troops `Horne' 1 Kingly Courage
After Occupation of 11 Years!A Tale of King Edward VII
That Adds to the Honor of
His Genial Memory
The "Dorset Year Book" is always
good reading, and one of the most
interesting features is that contribut-
ed bb Mr. Newman Flower, who re-
lates how Sir Frederick Treves had
sent hint a manuscript of his reminis-
cences.
Commander Thanks Wiesbaden Officials and People for
Courtesies Extended Under Trying Conditions--
Difficult
onditions—Difficult Duty Fulfilled Diplomatically
London. --The second battalion of conspicuous. I can tell you it has been
the Royal Fusiliers who returned to a•pleasure to work with them in keep -
London recently from Wiesbaden were ing public order in this area.
among the first units of the British "We are naturally pleased to be
army of occupation to reach the Rhine going back to old England and to
Dec. 13, 1918, and the last British know we shall be taking up our nor
contingent to leave after almost'exaet- mal duties once more. The memory
ly 11 years. of our long sojourn in your wander-
"Happy to be hone again," 'declared ful Rhineland will always remain with
the troopers although many admitted us. Our life here has helped us to
understand the German people better.
You on year part have learned to
understand the sterling qualities of
the British soldier.
"It is with expression of my most
sincere wish for peace and good will
for all time that I say to you fare-
well,"
Wiesaden will not be completely
evacuated by the withdrawal of Brit-
ish, as the Interallied Rhineland High
Commission will remain, presumably
until June 30, 1980.
until June 30, 1930. -- Christian
Science Monitor.
regret at parting from German towns-
people, among whom they established
a reputation for justice, fair dealing
and courtesy.
Lieut. -Gen. Sir Wlliant Thwaites,
at the ceremony of hauling down the
Union Jack, delivered an address in
German following a friendly call upon
the municipal authorities of Wies-
baden. Speaking from the steps of
the Rathaus, the Britsh commander
said:
"I come with guy staff he the naive
of the British army, which I have had
the honor to eonunand in your beau-
tiful Rhineland. I have come to take
leave of you. With my departure the
evacuation so far as it affects our
army will be completed.
"Since we cane into this zone you
Germans and we English have work-
ed together in delicate circumstances.
It hasn't been pleasant to you and it
hasn't been easy for us, but I feel we
can congratulate each other upon our
behavior to each other.
"Un our part we have been ful-
filling a duty. I have always endeav-
ored to make the situation as easy as
possible for you. It is not for me to
say whether we have been successful
or not. The ordinance of the Inter -
Allied Rhineland army command have
had to be complied with.
"In our official relations with you
there always has been the greatest
courtesy shown by the Prussian and
Hessian governments. We have been
very much aware of this courtesy. It
has considerably helped to ease many
difficult situations. The readiness of
the German police to co-operate with
the British military police has been
recognized by us.
"Your police are a well -disciplined
force whose courtesy always has been
"To a tailor any enulosu•e is a
pressing engagement."
Maritimes Wait I When the ice Sang
�!Cble Ship's Return Harold and Lucy~ were sitting on
the stairs fn the midst of a pile of
Serious Changes May Have story books.
'Jail it a shame. Harold," said
Taken Place in Fishing Lucy earnestly, "that magic things
Banks and Eastern Pro. don't happen any more?"
winces Await Return Uncle Warren put down his paper
and came'from the next room.
of Cable Ships "Oh, don't they?" he said. "1 want`
Halifax, N,S.—As poen as the fleet you children to know that once, foy
of cable ships operating out of Bali- nearly a year, I traveled daily past
fax return to this port with repbrte an Enchanted Marsh!"
as to the condition and present posi- "An Enchanted Marsh!" echoed the
tions of the trans-Atlantic -cables, a children,
conference of the engineers and ex- Uncle Warren sat down en - the
parts, of ale the cable companies will lower stair.
be held in Halifax to study the re- "Oh, the things that marsh told me
ports .and to prepare for further steps and showed mei" he said. "I think 1
in remapping the ocean -bed which has must have had the key; for-, during
been disturbed by themarine' earth- the whole time, other people were
quake which snapped cables and did a going up and down the road that led
great deal of harm to submarine by the side of the Enchanted Marsh,
mountains and valleys• and not once did I hear anything un -
Ships' soundings show that there usual mentioned."
has been a serious change in the Bob looked down at, his uncle with
strata and underseas conditions and that expression boys usually assume
it will be some tine) before the full when magic things are mentioned.
extent of the change 19 known. "Would you like to hear about the
That there may be further changes time when the ice sang?" Uncle War -
was indicated by a quake which shook ren asked. Lucy was eager and Bob
Guysboeo county on Thursday night curious,
and which was followed by a second "That was several years ago," he
tremor on Friday morning last. went on. "I left college for one year
Neither shock was serious but ac- and taught a little rural school back
cording to experts it would indicate in the hills. It was the brightest,
that the earth is not settled down yet crispest March morning when 1 dis-
fronrthe recent yawn which disturbed covered for the first time that the
the submarine depths and shook the marsh' was enchanted. Ug to that
coast of Nova Scotia and Newfound- time I had merely thought of it as a
land. reedy waste of alders sad hummocks,
Beyond cryptic messages to the ef- And 1 had felt rather cross at it the
est that all are well on board, none night before when, coming home in
of the four cable ships operating out the rain, my horse had had to go
of Halifax have made " any of their splashing through the muddy water
progress public. that had come pouring over the road
Working for over two weeks it is from that marsh.
not believed that any of them have„During the night, however, the
yet secured the broken ends of cable. weather had changed; and this par -
Terrific storms have lashed the seas. titular morning was delicious, with
Ships coming into Halifax bear a March sunrise, red, and happy,. and
tales of tragedy to small craft and of fol of important things to do. You
tremendous storms and these have should have seen that marsh as we
swept with full force on the Edward came down the hill that led to it.
:Y * u * 0
"Before long,” says Mr. Flower, "I
was award that I was reading the
finest book of reminiscences I had read
for many years, The material ab•nit
Ring Edward's operation alone show-
ed him a greet figure .of courage, a
man who fought his doctors to go to
his Casonation, and so keep faith with
the British people. If ever the hero-
ism of a British King was revealed,
it was revealed in that manuscript.
"King Edward had hidden his mal-
ady in order that the public should
not be alarmed. The doctors, the
nurses, went to Windsor numbered
and not by name, so that the arrival
of these medical people should not be
known. Treves was 'Number Six,'
and he used to go to Windsor in a
tweed cap and a tweed suit, and get
off at a station before Windsor and
walk the rest of the way. These were
the instructions of a king to spare
his people an iota of anxiety regard-
ing the Coronation.
"When I read the manuscript I
realized the pluck of the king who,
against the advice of his doctors, eame
to London bowing in agony to the
crowds that applauded him. I knew
that these words of Treves would show
what a figure of courage the king
had been.
"Then one morning my telephone
rang violently. Answering it, I heard
Treves' voice at the other end. He
said, 'Bring the manuscript at once'
(tae certain bank). I met him there.
He snatched the manuscript out of
my hands greedily. 'What are you
going to do with it?' I asked. 'It shall
never be published,' he answered, and
locked up the manuscript in his pri-
vate safe.
"It has never been published, and
it never will be. Indeed, I believe it
has been destroyed long since."
Girls will be girls, and so will be
grandmothers,
A Delight to the Eye and Baini to the City Dwellers Nerves
"im
Jeremac, the John W. Mackay, the
The water had all gone Bohn during
Cyrus Field, the Lard Kelvin, the the night; but Jack Frost, very busy
1atc, Gambia, and the All-American. The
in the meanwhile, had covered the
tatter, which was rushed here from rviecle expanse with a coating of shell
the south to aid the situation. lee. Mr. Sun, rising early, had done
Five launched miles of new cable, tiro rest. :Too never could have •
rushed from England is being hastily ima`-iired the beauty of those scrolls
set in condition for northern waters. and flourishes and lacy fringes, all
Lunenberg fishermen returning to tinted with the magic colorings
port state that although earlier ru-
mors had the Grand Banks shifted
they have found no change in condi-
tions and find fishing about the same
as in other years. It is also possible
there may be found a shift in the
course of the Gulf Stream.
It will be some time, however, be-
fore the experts can gather here to
study plans and to make arrange-
ments for a scientific observation of
the sftuaitem.
Reason For Row
Over Text Books
The West is l ;sing Troubles
With Textbooks Printed
C . er the Line
Van aver, B.C.—Following a chal-
lenge recently issued by members of
Vancouver School Board regarding his
policy of scrapping school text books
not printed within the Empire, Hon.
Joshua Hinchliffe, Provincial Minister
of Education, bearded the lions in
their den and in an address here cited
several reasons.
He stirred his audience by quoting
passages from one school book des-
tined for use in schools where Men-
nonite children are being educated.
It holds up the British Navy to ridi-
cule and depicts United States villag-
ers singing "Yankee Doodle" to fife
and drum, while the British ships ap-
proach.
A British naval officer on a warship
is quoted as saying: "Quick, then
back—there is a regiment of Yankee
soldiers there."
The Minister was heartily applaud-
ed when he remarked that this sort
of reading is excellent, no doubt, for
young people in the great Republic
to the south, but is not calculated to
create young Canadians of the type
this country desires.
Another book, printed in the United
States, as quoted, wherein the Glory
of the Stars and Stripes is printed at
length with emphasis regarding the
necessity to love and honor it.
Ho intimated that the Department
will not be satisfied until all such
books are purged from British Colum. -
i la schools.
brought by the sunbeams. The alders
too must bare been out all night at:
a fancy ball, for they still wore their
party dresses of hoar frost and were
blazing with scores of jewels of alt
kinds,
"My pony, Betty, seemed unwilling
to venture upon the place where the
ice lay across the road. Perhaps she
did not want to spoil those dainty pa-
tens. Anyhow we waited, both of sus
willing. Then, all of a sudden, the.
sweetest, strangest music came to ni,j
ears. I can't describe it—like laugih-
ter from lots of tiny throats,, or per-
haps as harps might have sounded.
when they used to make them ofi gold,
or even like little bugles blowing
from ever so far away. No use trying,
to tell you what it sounded like, bad
Betty heard it too and lifted her head
It seemed to have been made just fag_
us, for all had been still when we firs&
came,
"Then in an instant, f knew. White
we watched, the wind had come; and
the alders, moving in the wind, shle
eyed the shell ice which clung to
their stems, thus making those tinkkc
Iittle showers of music which the
frosty air was just right to catch. OC.
course, it did not last long; but we
listened as longus we could, and theu
went crashing on our way to school."
"Oh!" cried the children, "can't we
go to the marsh and hear the ice
sing?"
Uncle Warren shook his head. "11.
couldn't happen often, he said. "That
day everything was fust right—wind;
frost, and water. Though the En-
chanted Marsh showed me all setts
of wonderful things, never since that
time have I heard the ice sing."
First Things
The first of the new year is a geed
time to think about first things. They
are to be found in the New Testa-
ment as nowhere else. For guidance
in the relationships of life, a matter
of increasing importance in this
crowded age, are these.
First be reconciled to thy brother.
First oast out the beam out of Mile
own eye.'.
If any man desire to be first, the
same shall be last of a11, and servant'
of all.
And into whatever house ye enter,
first say, Peace be to this house.
He that is with sin among you, let
hiiu first cast a stone.
The husband man that laboreth
lnnst be first partaker of the fruits.
Aud for one's own direction, that
life may be brought into its richst
fulfilment are:
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all the"
soul, and with all thy mind. This is
the first and great commandment.
But seek ye first the kingdom of
Goll, and his righteousness and all
these things shall be added unto you.
EARLY MORNING
Heroine—"Tee, and there by the In the morning, when then West un -
gates of the mansion -I began to sob, willingly, let -this thought be present
'HHe•here I stand ii -barefooted in Who —I am rising to the work of m human
s•s-snow':' been e. --Marcus Aurelius.
Comedian—"How realistic! Itow '-'
was it received?" Ii Khat the style makers ea/ IS trudr
Heroine—"Why, the gallery began : those who ` are selling pktrt00
to throw old boots."
tshould hurry to cover..