Zurich Herald, 1933-10-19, Page 2Latest Notes
In Science World
SEVEN NEW JAGUARS.
Scientists of the National Museum
in Washington have just discovered
seven new kinds of jaguars, the,
largest extant members of the eat
family in the New World. Previous•
ly only nine species were recognized.
One usually thinks of new scientific
finds as resulting from expeditions to
far off and strange places, The mu-
seum scientists, however, ciseovered
the new species right in their own
backyard, in the present collection of
the institution. Dr. Edward J. Nel-
son, associate in zoology at the mu-
seum, and Edward A. Goldman, senior
biologist of the United States Bio-
logical Survey, were the men who "re-
worked" the museum collections to
discover the new finds.
Reporting the results of their inten•
sive ztudy in "The Journal of Mam-
malogy," Nelson and Goldman state
that their work shows the ferocity of
the big cats in their attacks on other
animals.
"It is doubtful," says the report,
"whether any wild or domestic animal
is safe from their onslaughts. Cattle,
horses and hogs are included in known
jaguar depredations, and many ac-
counts indicate their special fondness
for the flesh of peccaries (small wild
hog -like animals)." The range of the
jaguar extends from Arizona and the
Rio Grande Valley south to south-
central Argentina.
SLEEPING SICKNESS.
Recent reports of the outbreak of
"sleeping sickness" fn this country
emphasize again that the name is a
misnomer. It cannot be expected that
the public will call_ the disease by its
medical name of encephalitis lethar-
gica, but some other choice might be
made. The confusion arises because
some cases of encephalitis have sleepi-
ness as a symptom in certain stages.
It is not always present, however, and
in some cases increased activity may
be shown.
The real sleeping disease is African
sleeping sickness, found in Equatorial
Africa and South America.
In the history of medicine encepha-
litis is still an "infant." First report-
ed during the World War it is still
undecided among scientists whether it
is really a "new" disease or whether
it has only been recognized since 1917.
One theory supporting the idea
that it is "new" considers it as having
existed hi interior China, unrecog-
nized by medicine, for centuries and
that it was brought under the medical
"spotlight" when many Chinese labor-
ers were brought to Europe during
the war years.
On the other side of the picture is
the known fact that part of the ap-
parent increase in such a disease as
cancer is due to the much better diag-
nosis in recent years over that for-
merly prevailing. Some scientists feel
that a sizable share of mental disor-
,, ders, with paralytic symptoms, now
diagnosed as encephalitis, once es-
caped detection just as cancer for-
merly did.
What causes encephalitis is still a
n.ystery, although it is strongly sus-
, pected that some filterable virus is the
agent. If so it puts the disease in the
24sa•'of liana, rabies and the com-
mon cold. The first two have been
conquered and headway made against
the last. Encephalitis is such a
"young" disease in comparison with
its three virus colleagues that studies
to combat it are still in their infancy.
One group, however, has been organ-
ized to study the affliction. This is
the Matheson Commission on Ence-
phalitis started in 1928 to foster re-
search on the disease. The first years
of study were devoted to a compilation
of all the existing literature on the
subject, with an elaborate index to
ready research. Following this labor-
ttory research was effected which
was instrumental, in connection with
independent findings by other scien-
tists: in showing that the disease is
probably caused by a filterable virus.
With the identity of the causative
agent now fixed within limits the
problem of attack is under way. The
recent outbreaks have spurred those
efforts,
ANTARCTIC BROADCASTS.
When Signor Guglielmo Marconi
arrives in New York one of his first
appointments will be to discuss radio
problems incidental to the Byrd ex-
pedition to Antarcticia with Admiral
BYrd.
Much of the transmission from
Little America will be by short wave
and radio engineers regard the pro-
posed regular, scheduled broadcasts
as the most difficult commercial engi-
neering problem ever undertaken in
radio.
One trouble is that the transmitter
at Byrd's base will have a power of
only 1,000 watts, hardly more than
the amount of energy used in a house-
hold electric iron. Many broadcast-
ing stations, it will be recalled, use
50,040 watts power.
The biggest obstacle in the proposed
job will be meteorological conditions,
not particularly the weather, but the
magnetic disturbances which produce
static and some types of fading. The
shortwave link in the chain of trans-
mission is about 10,000 miles. While
radio engineers have spanned greater
distances the successful results were
not obtained with such a lack of
meteorological data, low transmitting
power and geographic inaccessibility.
Autumn
The year is growing old! Man claims
the right
To taste in age the ease his youth
may earn;
But not so Nature—tired and spent,
her plight
'Tis to be faced by storm and strug-
gle stern.
Though dying, she must summon up
her will,
And own nor snow, nor frost, nor
wind her master;
For though the leaf decay, the sap
stand still,
Her progress travels deeper, if,not
faster.
The glory of the spring she sets in
train
That, when the turning year shall
slide the panel,
Young growth shall kiss to beauty
death's dark stain,
And last year's dust shall prove the
new life's channel.
—Eva Nendick, in "John o'London's
Weekly."
650 Years Old
Next years the city of Jonkoping,
Sweden, the centre of that country's
match industry, will celebrate its
650th anniversary. It was founded in
1284.. Situated in Southern Sweden,
in the province of the came name, it
now has a population of more than
30,000.
THE
Mysterious ISlasqucradc
By j R. W[LMOT
.
SXNOI'SIS.
At a London dan club Molly Car-
stairs meets Roger Bailing' who prom-
ises to P;et her a job.. The following
morning Molly is stopped by a policeman
and taken to the station where she is
identified by a Air. and Mrs. Silver as
theirmissing niece. She discovers she
is being used as a decoy in a gambling
house, The Silvers next tell Molly that
Major Carstairs her father is returOin*
from India. Molly meets her supposed
father and they take a ttat in town.
tiog•er l3aritng attends a dinner given hY
her father, She uses he' loss of mem-
ory as explana,ion .of her silence. Th,
real Molly Carstairs writes demanding
money and silence. •
CHAPTER XXIV. :e
Major Aldous. Carstairs hated tb
distrust anyone without very good
cause. He had been back in London a
month and he had enjoyed every mo-
ment of it. But at the back of his
mind there was a recurring doubt.
He had expected Molly to be chang-
ed.
hanged. After all, when last he had seen;
her, she had been but a baby. Now she
was a woman; and the process of
change from ene to the other he real-
ized could quite materially aiter.a per
`son, and when he added to thisr„ie
fact that the girl had suffered a to
porary disturbance of her memory,
he wondered why that little doubt of
his still persisted.
It has been said that a mother al-
ways knows her own child, but 'whe-
ther the paternal parent is so gifted
has never been proved to the satisfac-
tion of the scientists. The elemental
link that binds mother and child to-
gether is something stronger than:in-
stinct, but there is no link with the
father that is at all comparable.
Major Carstairs hated the doubt
that was in his mind. The girl. was
strange to him, it is true, but under
the circumstances what could be more
natural? When a girl of Molly's age
suddenly finds herself in the possession
of a parent whose society and influence jor Carstairs seemed somewhat differ -
she had never known, the individual ent and her panic increased when she
"I stayed at home for once," she
smiled. "I had thought of going down
to Chelsea to visit a friend, but I de.
tided after all to settle down with a
novel. I felt so tired, as I told you
at breakfast, that I went to bed ridicu-
lously early.
"You don't think we've been rather
going the pace a bit too much?" he
inquired. I should hate. to think that
your're knocking yourself up."
"1 don't think :that's possible," she
laughed, brightly. "And there's no
'need for you to worry yourself about
nye," she added. "I'rn as fit as a
fiddle,"
"You don't appear to be eating much
lunch," he intimated, doubtfully,
Molly leaned across the table.
"Young women who desire to protect
their figures against the ravages of
obesity never eat much lunch," she told
hien, seriously. "You wouldn't like to
watch me grow fat, would you, now?"
But though Major Carstairs joined
in the laughter with her, he sensed
that there was something weighing
heavily on the girl's mind; something
in fact,. that had not been there yes-
terday.
As for Molly, she had lived in a
semi -dream since her visit to the real
Molly Carstairs the night before. Fear
gnawed at her heart. The secret which
she carried there was growing too big
for her to share alone. There were
times when she felt like buttonholing
the first person she met in the streets
and pouring out her story; throwing.
herself on the mercy of anyone. • It is
a form of hysteria not entirely un-
known, and comes of acutely concen-
trated introspection; the bottling of a
highly gaseous mixture in a vessel too
small to allow of expansion under
pressure.
She was aware, too, that today Ma -
reactions on one another are certain
to be unusual, and it was this thought
that comforted hien most in these mo-
ments when doubt assailed him.
He felt it would be an impertinence
on his part to question Paul Silver
about the girl. Silver and his wife
had, ostensibly, been very good to her,
but when he had questioned Molly
about the Silvers—when, he recollect-
ed, he had suggested making,them a
present in recognition of all that they
had done for her, the girl had, begged
of him to do nothing until she was
able once more to remember something
about the past.
Her request had struck him as being
rather odd, but he had, nevertheless,
fallen in with her wishes. Yet this
and a host .of other thine had fed
the fires of his doubt unta'l now he
felt as if he could know no peace until
he had positive proof of Molly's iden-
tity.
Tomorrow he determined to run
ever to Paris. It was_ fortunate that
he had recalled, from one of Silver's
letters to him, the name of the finish-
ing school Molly had been sent to. He.
would inquire there. He would' arm
himself with a photograph of her—one
hick he had persuaded her to have
taken a week ago.
Tonight they were to pay a visit to
the Silvers at Hampstead, Paul Silver's
having that morning telephoned to say
that they would be delighted at the
prospect of knowing how father and
daughter were faring. Well, he would
mention, quite casually, of course, that
he had some business on hand in Paris
and that he would be away for a day
or two. It was alsb his intention to
ask them to ,"keep an eye on Molly"
during his absence. Or perhaps it
would be better still if he entrusted
her to Roger Barling. He decided
that, in many respects this latter
cc urse would be preferable.
Molly seemed rather out of sorts, he
thought, and over lunch which they
took at a West End hotel he asked her
where she had been the previous night
while he had been speaking at Sir
Hugo's meeting.
wondered whether he suspected any-
thing. And Molly's fears would have
been heightened had she known that
Major Carstairs that morning had
been informed by the caretaker of the
building that at eight -thirty the pre-
vious night a gentleman called inquir-
ing for Miss Molly, and that it was
this, and this alone that had prompted
the Major's inquiry at lunch as to
where she had been the night before.
During the afternoon Major ,Car-
stairs had an unexpected visitor. "My
name is Blayton," the smartly dressed
man informed hhn, "and I'm from
.Scotland Yard. No 'cause for alarm,
Major," he added, noting the sudden
elevation of the Major's eyebrows, "I
merely wanted a few words with you."
"Anything I can do to help so ad-
mirable an institution," responded the
Major, indicating a chair. "Have a
drink, Inspector?"
"Thanks, no! I'm on the water-
wagon for a few days. A touch of
liver, you know. .
"Now, Major, I want to know some-
thing about an old friend of yours—
fellow named Silver."
The Major's face went a shade
darker.
"Am I obliged to answer your ques-
tions, Inspector?" he asked, frigidly.
"Not at all, Major. To be frank, I
hardly expected -you would. But I'm
also a hopeful one, and in this case I
rather think you're going to do as I
ask."
"Hopeful be damned!" exclaimed
Carstairs. "Whathave you got against
Silver?"
Inspector Slayton rubbed his hands.
"That's better," he enthused. "Much
better. Again to be frank I've got'no-
thing—nothing at all. I'm merely in-
vestigating a case of a young man who
literally killed himself after a visit to
Silver's house. He was ruined."
. "I• don't understand, Inspector."
"Gambling," mentioned the Inspec-
tor tersely.
Carstairs nodded, comprehendingly.
"You mean that Silver runs a place
of that sort?"
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"I don't know," replied the detective,
guardedly.
"I'm afraid I can't help you, In-
spector. I know very little about the
man in recent years. Twenty years
ago I knew him in India. He seemed a
decent, reliable fellow. He's been look-
ing after niy daughter for me."
"Has he, by jove! Perhaps she will
be able to help, Could I see her?"
"I'm afraid you can't. You see, In-
spector, she's suffering from a partial
loss of memory, and though she's been
with the Silvers ever since she was an
infant, she can't remember—yet"
The Inspector looked disappointed
and struggled from his chair. "I'm
sorry about that," he said, as he reach-
ed for his hat. "But if you do re-
member anything, you'll let me know,
of coarse."
For a moment the two men stood
facing one another. There was the
glint of determination in both their
eyes.
"I'll think it over, Inspector," an-
nounced the Major.
That night Molly was in her room
dressing preparatory to their evening
at Silvers. She hated to have to go.
She did not want to see the smirk on
Paul Silver's face and to be able to
interpret his thoughts, but to protest
to Major Carstairs might appear un-
natural and a little ungrateful.
She was to wear a new evening
gown for the occasion. Major Car-
stairs had insisted on that. It lay on
the bed ready for her to put on. She
was seated at her dressing -table when
•suddenly the door behind her opened
without the usual preparatory knock.
Turning., swiftly she saw Major Car-
stairs standing there, and the heavy
color mounted to her face.
"I'm sorry, Molly," he apologized,
"but I thought you would have been
dressed.»
"That's all right," Molly laughed,
trying to cover her confusion. "I
won't be five minutes. I'm afraid I've
been dawdling." • Saying this she turn-
ed from him, thinking him gone, but
when she glanced into the mirror be-
fore her she was appalled to see him
still there.. She turned again. He
was staring at her with wide-open
eyes and his face had grown pale.
"What's the matter?" she asked,
quickly. `,'You look quite ill as
if. "
"That's all right," he faltered.
"You'll hurry, won't you, Molly?"'
On the other side of that closed door
Major Carstairs stood there transfix-
ed. He was conscious of a quickening
of his heartbeats; conscious, too, of the
clammy moisture on his brow. Today
he had had his doubts about Silver
strengthened; now his doubt about
Molly had risen to a certainty. This
• girl was net his daughter. He had ac-
cidentally proved that beyond all sha-
dow of doubt. For even the years
could not have erased from 'aer shoul-
der the mark of The Muskra which the
old Indian ayah had pleaded to be al-
lowed to place there when the child
had been born—the mark which signi-
fied her high caste.
(To be continued.)
- Winter Threat
Edward J. Fitzgerald in the New
York ,Sun.
1 had not known Aut'•.lmr would raise.
et. brown
A barrenness of branches to a sky
Heavy with threat of snow. The sun
vent down
Behind trees rasped by suddee
winds and I,
Who walked this field, know, in Haat
brittle sound,
Winter's slow fingers stretched along
the ground.
Black will be seriously rivalled this
season by the new color triumph—less
Of wine or wild blackberry.
Tourists Are Attracted by
Home Near London, Ont.
A correspondent of the Lender
(Ont.) Free Press says:
"Driving into Tilbury, in Ken!
County, from the south on highwa3
No. 2, niauy a tourist's eye has been
arrested at the boundary of the town
by a long floral border outlining that
side of a home, first because of the
huge patches of red which punctuates
it, and, secondly, because of its un-
usual length, well more than 20 feet.
Succumbing to a curiosity which be-
gan with this border, but grew as the
eye swept over the general view, two
eastbound tourists drove up the ap-
proach. The host and hostess, Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Powell, accompanied them -
through the grounds.
"The highlights of the border were
the wine -reel flowers—hibiscus. In de
licate pink and white combinations of
these colors it appears at intervals in
this border, where countless other
perennials also find what seems te'be
just the right spot for the best effect,
though the authors of this beautiful
spot have never consulted a landscape
artist. Their designs have been their
own. The beautiful lane -like approach
was originally a public street, with its
cut -stone roadway bordered on the
north side with a well -grooved green.
sward. Fifty feet is the total -width 01
sward road and border."
A Chuckle
Wife—"But I inclosed a small' file in
the last pie sent you, Bert."
Convict — "That's your biinkin'
pastry again, Lis. 1 didn't notice it."
NEIGHBORS TALK
"I am employed in a theatre and it
a problem to make ends meet, as
help support my mother and sisters. 1
like to dress well Put haven't very
much to spend on clothes. To give.
the appearance of variety -to my slew
der wardrobe I change the color of a
dress or stockings as soon as the
things become faded. I always use
Diamond Dyes for the work — using
them as dyes for dresses and as tints
for stockings. I.have always gotten
stich perfect results that our neigh,
bors talk about the great number of
new things I have,
"I learned about Diamond Dyes from
our wardrobe mistress. She says she
has• tried all the dyes on the market
but none do 'such splendid work and
are so easy to use as Diamond Dyes,
I.understand they are the world's most
popular dyes—and they deserve to be.".
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