Zurich Herald, 1931-07-23, Page 6First Book Ever Published
In Brazil Is Unearthed
Twenty -Page Volume Gives Account of Arrival of Bishop
t
of Rio de ,Janeiro and dears Date of 1747 Reveal -
i ed by Inventory of Palace Library
Rio de J'aueiro:--Tie first book pub- script which lead been neglected for
xisiled in Brazil has been unearthed in years.
the old arehiv:es in the library of Ita- Bibliophiles claim that theyellowed
jivaraty Palace. and age -worn book represents the first
It Is a very small volume of twenty handiwork of Brazilian printing, and
pages, -which gives an account of the point to not only the date appearing
arrival in Brazil on January 1, 1747, of on ties title page but to a note in long
the Bishop of Rio de Janeiro, Trey hand appearing on one of the first
Antonio do Desterro Malheyro, and on pages, which says "Primeiro livro hu-
lls yellowed title page is the date presso no Rio de Janeiro e no Brazil"
"Auno de M.CC. XLVII." The book (first book to be printed in Rio de Jan -
was actually published early} 1747. eiro and in Brazil). The handwriting
The book had been stored in one of is declared that of. Baron do Rio
the libraries of Itamaraty Palace for Brauco, Brazil's greatest statesman
many years, unknown to anybody, un- and one of itsgreatest of literary fig -
til a complete inventory was made ures.
;recently of Itamaraty Palace, which Brazil's most recent literary And is
houses the Ministry of Foreign Rola- to be placed in the National Museum,
Lions.. The valuable book was thea there to be treasured along with its
discovered in dusty tomes of menu- other early Colonial mementoes.
Bavaria Preserves
Old Cloisters
Former Dwelling Place of
Monks . at Freising is
Now a Brewery
and College
In cities and villages, or hidden
away in quiet valleys, surrounded by
forests and with mountains in the
background, lie the cloisters of Ba-
yaria, says the information office of
the German. National Railways.
"Unadorned, often Iooking more like
barracks than anything else, one.
would pass them by," the .information
office continues, "were it not that a
mighty dome or towers show that
these are buildings dedicated to God,
where monks and nuns, shut off from
the world, have consecrated them-
selves to works of peace and charity.
From the warm sunlight outside one
enters cool halls, walks through the
echoing corridors, and stands in a lofty
room with heavenward striving orna-
mentation, pillars and colors, filled
with the murmur of prayer and song.
"Southern Bavaria is especially rich
in these wonderful buildings, whose
history often reaches back to the
eighth or ninth century. Remains of
ancient cloisters from the earliest days
of the advent of Christianity to this
part of the country are preserved In
the walla of many of these old edifices.
From here the monks went abroad to
vela the -heathen to Christianity a tk V
tilled their lands industriously, and
were zealous in. collecting and pre-
serving literary treasures.
Linked With Orders' History
"The history of many of these clois-
ters, often intermingled with legends,
is interesting and instructive in its
bearing on the development of the or-
ders to which they belonged, but also,
and even in higher degree, for the
growth of the church.
"Then came the year 1803, when the
King of Bavaria and his Minister,
count Montgelas, decreed the dissolu-
tion of the cloisters, conflcated their
lands, sold their valuable treasures
and 'pensioned' off monks and nuns
with 1 gulden a day. Since that date
many of these splendid buildings re-
mained unoccupied and fell into decay
or were used for secular purposes un-
til thirty years later thew were re-
stored to the various orders. But
many a cloister had already been sold
to private persons, many an art trea-
sure had found its way to a museum
or library, so that many cloisters pos-
sessed only the fame of their past and
had to begin anew.
"More and more they devoted them-
selves to social welfare, used their
great rooms for schools or were taken
over by the State. In the Weihen-
stephan, in Freising, where devout
monks once lived, there is now a brew-
ery, with an agricultural college. The
St. Mang Cloister, in Fus:sen, now
houses a museum and government of-
fices.
"Weyarn, a new building from the
seventeenth century, between Munich
and Holzlcirchen; St. Zeno, in Reich-
enhall, and Frauenworth, in Chiemsee,
have become educational institutions.
In Irsee, in the Suevin district be-
tween Buchloe and Kajfbeuren, the
former convent is an asylum for the.
mentally deranged.
"The Augustinian Chorherrenstift,
in Berchtesgaden, founded in 1108, has
been rebuilt into a palace which is
occupied by the former Bavarian
Crown Prince Rupprecht. Niedermuu
stet, the Benedictine nunnery in Re-
gensburg,' has been an episcopal resi-
dence since 1821.
Art Works in Cloisters
"But monks or nuns have remained
in or returned to many ether cloisters
and devote themselves. as before to
the service of the Church, the care of
their art treasures and the cultivation
of their lands. These splendid ancient
abodes of faith and their Churches
testify to the fame of centuries and
of gifted artists. Long negleeted, they
were gradually rediscovered, and the
creations of architects, painters, wood-
carvers and stucco workers were re-
cognized as the culmination of a rich
and independent art.
"Especially harmonious, work was in Metten, mentioned in documents et.
achieved during the baroque and ro- .the year 770; the splendid propertiotte
00000 periods in A1toPitstet', twenty of the imperial hall in Ottobeuren,
miles from tiachatt (near Willett), ' founded in 764, with itis library of 15,-
now occupied by the nun's of Si, 3 zid. { 000 volumes. Alt these represent a
..
get; in Aldereba0h, Lowei~ Bavaria; l hi cry of religious art.,,
Apple Vitamins
Lost in Peeling
Interesting Discovery by
British Food Investiga-
tion Board
London,—Much of the "goodness"
of an apple is destroyed by peeling, it
is stated in the report for 1920 of the
Food Investigation Board of the De-
partment of Industrial and Scientific
Research, just issued.
One of the most important sections
of the Board's task, in its investiga-
tion of problems- connected with . the
transport and storage of food, deals
with the multitude of problems con-
nected with apples. In the current re-
port it is stated that Vitamin C is not
equally distributed in the tissue of the
apple, but that it is at least six times
as concentrated in the peel as in the
region of the core.
It is gratifying to note that, of all
the types of apples examined by the
Board, the English Bramley's Seed-
ling has the highest Vitamin C con-
tent, while, at the same time, it loses
only a small proportion during stor-
age. Since, however, the Bramley's
Seedling is a cooking apple, and cook-
ing apples are, as a rule, peeled as The Guides here wear white tunics
the first stage in their preparation for and no bats or shoes.. They are nim -
the table, it would seem that much of ble with their fingers, weaving mats
their vitamin value is destroyed at and baskets, and are quick to pick up
the outset. the rhythm of a country dance. They
The Boa d's report is interesting in follow the, general Guide training in
Nature `lore, handicrafts, and physical
�tlie `reef amount of work dorso.
in examining food supplies from all fitness, but all teaching is done in
parts of the world. their native speech, Luganda.
Search for micro-organisms which To -day, over 900,6'00 strong the Girl
can flourish in cold storage has led to Guides have their new London Head -
the discovery of a particular organism quarters, with offices, reception rooms,
which emits a strong musty odor cap -
A Charrniil g
Annual Richmond horse show was he d at Richmond, Loudon, over
Period of six days. It is biggest horse s`, w of year to be held in the
British Isles. Miss Cockburn and her y, Peter, an entrant at the
show.
GirlGuide e Ne his i and oy the welt very much.
3 l Pe�Os some of you Leaders are
in thillsame position as we were?
Two Companies My ydvice to you is this:
The 5th. Cuttack company in India. (1) .ead .everything you can about
They are the lepers and in playing the them."
game of Guides they have found a new (2),Think of the Guides whom you
hope and interest in life. See them in fronromotion by sticking w;here you
their blue saris and white blouses, have trained and are keeping back
learning about birds and flowers, play- are. j '
ing games and singing songs round a (3),tAnd just think — isn't it a
camp fire. The Guides are in the grip Guides duty to climb higher and at -
of their terrible disease, but their taro larder things?
motto is: Th L am quite sure you will not
"We rejoice that those who enter here V ecit e to take this step higher in.
Need no longer abandon Hope. "Guid life" and become a Ranger.
The 1st Gayaza Company in Uganda.. } 5. Ex -Patrol Leader.
KY t to Observatory
able of tainting foodstuffeeparticular-
ly fat and eggs, at a considerable dis-
tance.
Laboratory experiments have shown
that frozen pork can be exported from
Australia and New Zealand and manu-
factured into bacon in this country.
This discovery has already achieved
results, and the report states that a
considerable number of frozen car-
cases are now being used in this coun-
try
ouptry for conversion into bacon.
The problems connected with the
storage of foodstuffs have led to the
devising of many special instruments,
and it is recorded that among them is
a delicate apparatus which announces
the arrival and disappearance of dew
by means of a telephone.
Grass Heritage
How many ages did my lean. forbears
Stretch limbs along warm grass, when
food was done?
How many youths dreamed dreams
of love where none
But nibbling sheep could watch them
fliug their prayers
Upon the wind—or by the whirled, red
flares
Of camp -fires heard. old battles lost
and won?
How many women, hoping for a son,
Wove sweet -grass cradles, humming
unawares?
And I, their child, am asked to he con-
tent
With twenty floors between me and
the ground—
Forget the marshes where wing -shad-
ows pass,
Oh tangle with curved reeds that
storms have bent!
Not even shriek of drills can stop the
sound
Of old, ancestral winds along the
grass.
—Helen Molyneaux Salisbury, in
Harper's Magazine.
.,...WITH ,TIE ->,
PNISCOUTS
We are glad to notice that several are looking forward to a revival' of
the old "Autelope Patrol."
Recently, we notice, 30 Scouts left
England to attend the 20th Birthday
Camp of the Czechoslovakian Scouts,
at. Prague.. England, Scotland, Ireland
and Wales were all represented, and
wo think that this is a splendid ges-
ture of friendship to our foreign
brothers, to join with them in their
anniversary celebrations;
A large group of Toronto Scouts
took part recently in a special "Can—
ada Night" display in connection with
the Lions Club Conference which was
held at the Coliseum, Toronto;
Who would like to be the possessor
of a Stalker's Badge?
First of all you must be a good
photographer, and have a camera, and
then you must be pcssessed of lots of
patience, for the requirements of the
and there is to be a special Boy Scout Stalkers Badge are as follows:
Handicraft Exhibition. What about To take a series of ten photographs
of ten different kinds of wild creep
tures (mammals, birds, reptiles or
fish) from life, and be able to give pate
ticulars of their lives, habits and mark-
ings.,
Lonies have applied to attend Camp
with Regular Troops who have ar-
ranged Scout Camps in different parts'
of the Province. We surely hope that.
they have a good time, and thoroupgh-
ly enjoy themselves.
Incidentally far more Regular Troops
asked to have Lonies go to camp with
them than we could acoommodate, and
that shows that wo must be quite popu-
lar with our brothers in the "Regu-
lars."
We are interested to note that our
old friends at Sault Ste. Marie, who
now have a Troop of their own, are
camping at Root River with 35 Scouts
and 5 Leaders under canvas.
Lone Scouts living in the Picton Dis-
trict should note that the 'Piston Fair
is to be held on August 19th and 20th,
Report New Planet
Iiydto, Japan. A new planet has
..13,w0Acoierecl by the Kyoto Astron
dfiilea.,t Observatory. It is 180,0.00,000_.
miles Miopi the earth, the observatory
said.
According to the Harvard Observa-
tory a planetary object located ap-
proximately 180,000,000 miles from the
a library, and a restaurant, and th-1earth wpui;i be ofcomparatively small
new building is to be the Home of size, other hiss it would have been dis-
covered .centuries ago.
The distance given would locate the
object 'iii_the region of minor planets
between lliars and Jupiter, it was said.
This raglan is known to contain num-
we are strong. Grant us tp grow in erous mifior objects varying in size
numbers and in strength that we may from'rraotically nothing to as high as
resolve to work steadfastly for Thee seve#al hundred miles in diameter.
In. the world that is Thine." t
Going Up the Rangers Pal slennes Walk
Dear Leaders—Quite a long time
ago our Guides Captain suggested that , Abroad With Cats
the older Guides should become Pais.—The creature of the moment
Rangers. is t e Siamese cat: Several of them
Somehow we did not like this idea can 'e: `seen on leads, like dogs, walk -
at all. "We would rather be Guides;' ing kith their mistresses in the Bois.
we said; but after several talks on They area intelligent and some will
the subject we have decided to be walk to heel like a well-trained dog.
Rangers.
Two of us were Patrol Leaders enol Not Powress
one a Patrol Second, so this means
promotion for some of the younger "My brother has a gold medal for
Guides to Leaders and Seconds, and funning five miles, a silver medal for
what capable Leaders they will make! swimming, two cups for wrestling, and
We now realize the mistake we badges for boxing and rowing."
made in not joining the Rangers earl- "He must be some athlete."
ier, as we are now keenly interested "No; he's a pawnbroker."
putting in an entry, and have it re-
corded that a Lon Scout won a prize?
How many Lonies will visit the
Canadian National Exhibition this
year? It will be a special Scout year, That does not sound so very bard,
as besides the usual parade to the Ex-
hibition by the Scouts and Cubs of
Toronto District, numbering some-
thing like 2000 Scouts, "Scout Day"
will include a special "Grand Stand
Display" by Scouts and Cubs, where
you will be able to see exhibitions of
Bridge Building, Pyramids, Signalling,
Tent Pitching, Jungle Dances. Don't
miss it! And also you may have the
opportunity of meeting the Lone Scout
Commissioner, your Scoutmaster and
the mysterious "Lone E" who writes Scout Troop, we have room for you in
this column each week! the Lonies, if you are a keen, ener-
Guides all over the world, for they
have all lent a hand in building it..
May we remember tits Swiss Guide's
prayer:
"0 Lord. our God, we are many and.
does it? But you really will have to
exercise quite a lot of patience in era
der to obtain ten really -good photo-
graphs which will pass the test.
This, too, is lots of fun, and those
of you who have a camera would be
well advised to get busy on this badge
right now, in order that you may make
the best use of the summer light.
Are you a Lone Scout? If you are
between the ages of 12 and 18, and
cannot become a niemiler of a regular
We notice that the Harriston Scouts
are beginning to revive their activities.
The Lonies there have bad a pretty
hard struggle for existence, but they
are "keeping their end up" and we
getic boy.
Write for particulars to The Lone
Scout Department, Boy Scouts As,
sociation, 330 Bay Street, Toronto,
Ont.—"Lone D."
Sharp Decline Reported
in Cost of Foodstuffs
Ottawa.—The cost of living in Can-
ada has fallen 12 per cent. in the last
18 months. At the end of May the
index of the Dominion Bureau of Sta-
tistics, which is based on the year
1926 as 100, stood at 90.4. The begin-
ning of 1930 recorded the high point
in recent years, 102.1.
The most pronounced reduction was
in foodstuffs, the index, dropping from
'10G.5 to 76.7.7.
The Leather Industry
Ottawatl—The boot and shoe indus-
try in Canada revived strikingly in
March and April this year, according
to a report of the Dominion Bureau
of Statistics compiled from 164 of
the 170 factories operating in the
country. The output tin April was
1,669, 917 pairs as against 1,574,405 For the gifted girl, particularly, the
pairs in April, 1930, and 1,492,526 matter of recreation is difficult be -
pairs in April, 1929. The March pro- cause her early maturity develops in
duction figure was 1,729,930 pairs as her an interest in the rougher activi-
against 1,594,865 pairs in March, 1930 ties of boYs which her sex inevitably
and 1,712,852 pairs in March, 1929.
"Bright" Child a Problem
In Social Adjustment
New York.—Do not feel sorry if your
child is not the brightest in the school,
because the mentally superior young-
ster
oungster usually has a hard time of it and
makes himself a special problem in
the matter of social adjustment, ac-
oording to Science,Service.
In a report to the National Commit-
tee for Mental Hygiene, Dr. Leta S.
Hollingworth, of Columbia University,
srrbwe`ii"t'b"aCt a'hti+1"p%od gees
selves .handicapped in many respects.
The brilliant boy or girl may become
indifferent to school work and fall into
habits of idleness and daydreaming aa
a result of the ease in which the or-
dinary
rdinary lessons are mastered. Find- -,
ing themselves uninterested in the
same gamesas their older and larger
classmates and becoming a constant
target for their attacks, the "bright"
ones suffer considerably.
The Man Who Smiles
Blessings on the niau who smiles!
I do not mean the man who smiles or seven the child may be insisting on
for effect, nor the one who smiles logical, satisfying answers to quos-
when the world smiles. I mean the
man whose smile is born of an inner
radiance, the man who smiles when
the clouds lower, when fortune
frowns, when the tides are adverse.
Such a man not only maks a new
world for himself, bat he multiplies
himself an hundredfold in the
strenght and courage of other
—George L. Perin.
prevents her from pursuing.
In the home, Dr. Hallingsworth
stated, the situation is sometimes very
embarrassing to the parent of the pro
cocious offspring. By the age of six
men.
in Schaftlarn, founded in 762, whose
Benedictine abbey now contains a high
school; in. Rott, on the River .Inn; in
Weiten.burg, on the Danube, or. in Rot-
tenbuch, near Fusser,
"Hare one finds treasures, There is
the impressive halo of the altar in the
famenstiftskirche, in Altenmarkt; the
altar in Aldersbach, rising toward the
vaulted roof; the wonderful Virgin itt
Wetteahausen, dating train the
seventh century. There is the library
Aviatrix "Resting Up"
In .p ..latae i.,i:stc,el hy Ci
Clarence UEnihorliu, Iter ad riser, malemalelvicltols, Leafy hurt at Si. John, NOW
Brunswick On first lei. of her ro3'bc ed transatlantic flight, arrives front St, yohn at Armonk, New Yeek,
, � p
airport, She was immediately whisked away by ambulance to her Baine at Rye, where site will rest
a bit before stalking another !light ettet pt.
tions. In addition, an almost develisti
cleverness as well as a marked tend-
ency to argue may be early noted. And
where the parent is less intelligent
than. the' child the latter is likely to
run the household and thus reverse
the customary social order.
Unbridled Words
Words that would be better left
unspoken are numberless, and yet
how frequently we offend, often
hurting without a cause, or ,without
a thought. Just a few hasty words
—to ease our mind we say—and a
heart is made sore and resentful; a
bitter taunt, or -a slighting tone, and
perhaps a hard pressed, struggling
soul has lost hope, or a broken con-
fidence and a cloud conies between
friends, which, perhaps, only long,
long, years will dispel.
We little know how dearly we pay.
for the doubtful pleasure of saying
cutting things; we think they sound
clever — and regardless of others
feelings we are proud of our smart-
ness—but in this matter it is easy to
sow grains of discord and ill wilt;
that shall return to us in a big sheaf
of unavailing regrets.—M.I.
Beach Raiment to Be Gay
Paris. -Seaside clothes,, from paja•
mas, hat and: swimming Suit to the'
accessories like shoes, belts, bags and
scarves, must be of brighthue and
bold design this Summer. Shiny hats
in straeework'lend themselves to the
new big patterns in lacquer and tussah
silly cart be bacl' in lovely shades of
brilliant orange and green.
Loveliness
There is always something lovely'
bathe earth or in the sky;
rot the stars dune bright above us,
Though the roses Mede and die.
Woods are never without music,
There is always "some sweet strain,
As the robins keep tis piping
Till+ the patrlts come back again.