HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1930-01-09, Page 4MODETIN SCRIBES.
Diem Still Earn Thou Idving by Use
of the ren.
Penmanship isnot quite a lost. art.
Thero are still men whose skill and
speed in the use of the pen is their
nolo Means of earning a living. These
mon aro known es scribes, and they
copy mit deeds and other processes
of the law.
Then are employed by ftrms aflaw
statlon''00 la England, who receive
from the lawyers the rough drafts
trout which the deeds aro engrossed
or copied.
The chief qualildeations of n scribe
are gond penmanship and a high de-
em?, of accuracy as a copyist. A
knowledge of legal forms and phrase-
oingy is Rosen101, since many of the
drafts are written in abbreviated
Ialiguinge,
Goose quills, cut and shaped by
thin writer, are coed for "toiling" the
beadings and endorsements of the
deeds. This part of the work is !lone
in Old English or German lettering,
Before the war nearly all title
deeds wore written or engrossed on
parchment, Owing to its high cost,
however, parchment Is now' rarely
n:,i d.
When It is employed trio skins
must be subjected to special treat-
ment In oder to 0010in a smooth
writing surface and an even flow of
The surface of the skins is rub-
-lied with pounce—a mixture of
1'ronch chalk and resin—the powder
being applied with a soft cloth pad.
When the skins aro oxoe.ptlonally
roneli and greasy it is sometimes ne-
cessary to Scrape them with a knife
le fore applying the pounce.
Since the licribe Is pact by rellt0,
He rate of speed is Important. All
work le divided into folios of seventy-
two words, the average rate of pay
per folio being 2 hied, A fair tate of
r'pond Is from ten to twelve folios an
hour, with a total daily output of
about seventy folios, or roughly 5,000
words,
City Buried In a Jungle.
The yell of centuries of oblivion is,
net lost to be torn from the ancient
city of Cecil, which for three hundred
;.ears hos lath crumhllng to ruin in
the dense African jungle only fifty
miles front modern Mombasa.
Prof. Pleuro, of the University Col-
lege of Wales, who has been visiting
lcenya Colony with the members of
the British Assoclalion, believes that
t;edi;known in Konya as rho "buriesa
city," is of Persian origin and at least
f, f10 years old. The rules disclose a
fine Arabic writing, especially in the
mosgoee and tombs,
Prof. Pleura thinks that Grill
would well repay Investigations by
archaeological and ethnological ex-
ports. He does not believe these
would be difficult In vlew of the pro-
fusion of evidence provided by the
ruins.
The town was known to the tribes
on the coast for many gears, but it
was slue—mod by thein because they
regarded it as being haunted by the
spirits of the dead, who wreak spe-
cial vengeance on intruders. The
lighting of a fire in the precincts of
the ruins wan considered particularly
dangerousby the Negroes, even if the,
file was only a cigarette.
Stone Age Village Sito Found,
The site of a village dating back
to the end of the new Stone Age has
been discovered and excavated at
Needling, a pletureagne towel a half
hour's train ride from Vienna, and
Ioug a favorite haunt of antlers. It
stands on a low 11111 at a. little dis-
tance from the town. 011ier relics of
antiquity nearby date hack to the
middle egos and to a time In the Iron
Age, about 700 II.C., so that the his-
tory of (lumen settlement Imre now
riles more or less continuously from
4,000 B.C., the date of the newly -dis-
covered village, dowii to the modern
Mee represented by the town of
Noodling,
Nothing much Is left of the Stone
Ago sottlernent, Not ores a post hole
shows whore the houses were, but
many blackened stones tell of hearth
Oros andfragments of pottery and
ire ren stone and bone Implements
loll of housekeeping. One metal tool
Lae been 'unearthed, a copper chisel.
This 10 of a pattern similar to copper
end bronze chisels that have been
found In sites in lower Austria and
10 Saxony, indicating an early north -
south trade route passing through
this place.
Pots 510*11 of 1;nsvinn Hooka,
Although no formal ban has been
issued against the Intruductlon or
sale of Itussian 500ke in Italy, the
Tri eist authorities have clearly
shove that they do not wish the
works of modern ltnsshin authors to
be read in Italy, says the home cor-
reepoaident of the Christian Science
Monitor, Orders have recently been
given to booksellers all ovo' Italy to
cine the sale and gradually with-
draw from circulation the works of
jTolstoy, 17ostoiecsky, Turgenov, Go-
ggl, Gorky, and other Russian
Authors.
The ban is now restricted to Rus-
,sion authors, but it is not improbable
that :1 may he extended to authors of
ttiother natinnalittes. Italian public
iibl rues are, of scone, provided with
,Bei lallo1 literature, but these boobs
aro only allowed to remain Idle on the
shelves and cannot be consulted by
Students. -
Clock that Never Stops.
There is now a clock we can "get
end forget," It never needs winding,
Oreo every 80(1 days (or there-
phonts) you alip in a tiny concealed
battery, Inexpensive to hey, and the
check goes on for another two - odd
'ye) 15.
Nothing gets it out of order. If
some accident stops it, it restarts it-
self. Neither shocks nor vibration I
can affect its regularity. It is made in
07011 imaginable variety.
Owes U. S. $20,000,000,0110,
Including war debts, the world
,oivcs the United States of America, In
pudic and private Mane, the euor-
*nous sura of $20,000.000,000.
QUEER FISH
Reebo Expedition l0nond cheat Fiala
to Work On In Bermudas---
Nev Variety of liel.
„Having already discovered more
than 200 varieties of deep water lteh,
forty seecimeus being heretofore un-
known and 11001issffled, Dr. William
Beebe, head of the Bermuda Oco1110-
graphlu Expedition, is exultant, The
twelfth expedition of the department
of tropical research of the New York
Zoological Society, which has been
at work at Nonsuch Island hos ac-
complished unexpected results, writes
a correspondent of the Christian Ss1-
cnce M0111(0r from Hamilton, Ber-
muda,
Hundreds of prepared specimens
have already been packed and are
ready to he sunt ttortlr. These fucdude
some handy visible to the naked eye
as well as graduated fishes up to the
Largest creatures of the deep, There
aro hundreds of bottled microscopic
specimens.
Many of rho deep-sea fishes are
fitted with electric lighting appara-
tus, outdoing man, it would seem, by
1,000,000 teal's,
11 appears the deeper down, the
blacker the fish. An exceedingly in-
teresting specimen is a huge black
eel brought up from a depth of tliou-
s1u,ds of foot, with a mouth that loops
as if it might easily swallow him-
self It is only a short distance
sonic of Bermuda that the European
eels have their breeding place, but
you 10111 not find any of the Beebe
,'els among them, The new variety
has never before been known and
will he christened later. There are
throe or four great fish black at
night. The black eel though, in
length, is king of tho lot.
Dr. Beehc's principal troehlo is
that he found its field of research
here far too rich. He has been prac-
tically breaking new ground In this
expedition. Modern expeditions do
not, as a rule, find much that is ab-
solutely new, Rather the work is de-
voted to gaining more accurate
knowledge of what is already known.
But in Dr. 13cehe's case every other
specimen taken from the briny deep
is a new varletY.
The Beebe expedition is working
largely on fish that live h1tlf.a mile
below the surface of the sera,' Thus,
within ten miles of the coast `fine,
the expedition has three different
classes of fish with 101 101i to deal.
There are those found near the shore;
which are well known in name at
least; then there are the surface
ocean fish, and finally the fish found
on the ocean bottom.
The fish found at a depth of half
a mile are largely known till over the
world. Identical specimens have been
taken off the coasts of Japan and
Ireland.
A special feature of the work car-
ried on by the Beebe expedition is
deep-sea diving, for the observation
of the habits of fish, and the condi-
tions under which they live. At a sea
depth of halt a mile conditions are
vastly different from condltlots In-
shore or on 1110 surface of the water,
Three physical differences are the
most striking—the lack of light, the
great pressure and the low tempera-
ture. Total darkness prevails, the
pressure is about a ton to the square
inch instead of the more 15 pounds
to the square inch, and the tempera-
ture is so cold that when the fish
are brought to the surface they must
have 11y water,
A tare fish was once found 111 lce-
londic waters, with two flaps of skin
attached to two parts of Its body
without apparent design. Inside the
skit flap was only rine organ
Icelandic specimen was a female
about two Poet in length. The male
of the species was never found, Dr.
Beebe has now discovered the young
—both utalo and female—of thls roto
species. Both are perfect in form
and practically miniatures of the
full-grown fish. The made fish, 09
found by Dr. Beebe, has an array of
small grappling hooks attached to
the mouth,
A Valuable Cohn Collection,
Most of us try to collect money ---
and aren't von' successful. But we
confine our attention to the "current
coin" of 10 -day, says an article it
Answers. Of a different kind is the
collection of coins made by Mr, Far-
ran Zerbe, of New fork, who has
spent forty years in acquiring speci-
mens of the money of different na-
tions and periods. This collection,
which has just been sold to au United
Sates hank, was valued at $50,000,-
000 heforo the groat war. The most
curious thing about some of the old-
time money is its bulk. Thus, a slab
of copper, two feet long by a foot
wide, andowedghingthirty-ono pounds,
was once worth thirty-five shillings
In Sweden. Tea compressed into
bricks, tobacco, and condensed milk
have also served its coins. Cattle and
salt Wore other forms of money fav-
ored by some primitive communities,
and when these came Into contact
with Europeans, bullets and gunpow-
der also very frequently became "cur-
rent coin."
A Railway Thrill.
Two French railway engines were
recently sent off at high speed from
the ends of a given. length of rail,
They were to teat a. uew apparatus
for preventing train accidents, and
Mid when a collision seemed inevit-
able the apparatus brought them to
a, standstill at a distance of twenty
yards.
The apparatus is also applicable to
level crossings, and a demonstration
showed that when a train came with -
inn one mile of a crossing it caused
lamps on the gates to light. up; as
the train continued the gates shut
automatically and 0 loud bell started
ringing.
It Is maid that the apparatus can
bo applied to electric or steam mil -
way systems.
A. Giant Cod,
A codfish, caught orf the coast of
Irci nd recently, woe seven times the
11011=11 ,1010. It weighed, when gut -
'kat, just on 100 pounds.
Thirty Per Cenl, of the People Are
Left -til} od,
The question, "Are you tight or
lett eyod7" bids fair to rival in im-
portance the old query, "Aro you
right or left bandecl7'' A new ri0(011
telt by means of which an experi-
menter cart determine whether an in-
dividual is looking with the tight or
left eye has been proposed by Prof,
Walter Miles of Stanford tlulvoi'sbty,
says a Science Sorw']eo bulletin, The
test stakes 1100 of n V -scope and fs
subllciently objective and simple that
It can be tried on young children,
Groups can be tested nt one tiule.
In the population as a whole. 115
per emit, have the right eye domi-
nant, itis found. Thirty per cert, are
left -eyed, and five per cont. have mix-
ed vision. The relation of right-eyed-
ness to right-handedness, or vice
versa, is considered insignificant, but
Is still obscure. About. 50 per cent.
of the left-handed have boon found
to he left -eyed.
Tito uncomfortable state of con-
sciously ;tieing double is an abnor-
mal condition known as diplopia.
But double vision is inevitably the
outcome of having two eyes, Only
within a limited field do tho images
of the two eyes fuse so thatobjects
are seen single. To overcome the con-
fusion that would resnit from our
seeing double, ocular dominance has
developed• The right of way is given
to tho image of the dominant eye,
This image appears to he the more
substantial of the two, and the image
of the other eye tends to be sup-
pressed,
CURIOUSLY CONSTRUCTED FISH.
• Unpleasant -Looking Catfish tins an
Unusual Spine.
The very unpleasant -looking cat-
fish has an unusual spino which tits
into a peculiar socket joint, says a
naturalist, By a slight downward or
forward twist, described by Dr. D.
ettnrr Jordan—the highest authority
on fishes ---it may be sot immovably.
A slight turn In the oppoeite direction
releases ;lie joint, This tact is known
(0 the catfish and, it is stated, is
readily learned by the bright Amer-
ican boy, Tho weapon, evidently, is
eft etive as a means of wreaking re-
venge, if not in repelling attack.
Large birds that swallowed catfish
hied of Um wounds from the spine.
Fishes, that began to feed of young
catfish had the walls 01 their stoln-
Vs torn by the spires, and died.
%saner fate overtook fishes that
swallowed the sticltleback. In some
parte, of America the stickleback, 1'm'
this reason, is known as the, salmon.
killer. it Ie another version of Gold-
smith's story of the ocean and the dog,
The man reoove'rcd from the 000; It
Wile the log who died, •
Cone et cabOsh, known 110 store-
cats and, mad -toms, found In the
Sou dwelt - and 1Veste rn;;7aatos of
Au
mecn,`_1)10n special nrgaus of of-
fence: At the hnsr of Iht.,breast,
e0111 yin's very lagged tI1Fi'o i0.a
strum, e b livee:d.-'lo be a poison
gland trau3 h, tt0'akntlnre h _ xot
berm :tennitoly .A19,00 411. Wounds
made h,t' I010 ,fuser feel Like a wound
made by ,he slum; of as ir.,1(1.
5111'; li:ABOG11:01'H.
Machine Registers Evart "Strength's
of Laughter,
eeod :el-fimee, comedian, Lafo-
F;r'aI h ,l,"'in e y b,' the boon of card
tiled 1;. entertainers iu the future,
for 0-1'. n' a0Iaratua has been iipent-
od t,, '.00 the exact 'sile'u'rfh" of
the ie. 1t cue rci 03 (01111)1 picec
in tt 0tire or tore t hall 1t 1)10'
iste e ,r. truth ai,d uo.hiur; but ,he
truth.
'rite machin will prc0uniably have,
ra I uu. tri e':note absolut
sand 10011d ft music:0 comedy tail to
leen , up to eerati'll it will nci: 1 intact
be passible to suspect that. the failure
ua
11 lie 50 the crltdco, Also the eel -
tie's work will be made easier. in-
stead of,prainiug an aetho s wit, or
dieemiting a comedian's qualities, It
vtill uc recusary only to Bay at the
cud L-ofngraph 100, or 50, or 0, as
the emet may bo. -
Af,er a first night the public w111
be able to 000 the 100(11101(01 aiee and
frill of the needle—how it began at
"fitter," rose to the inlddlu sphcrce
of "chuckle" and "laugh," hast to
the higher "outburst" or "scream,"
or retched the sultans heieh,s of
"ii000, c l t,"
1 LAILSTONIsi,
Ball., of fee Langer Than Orangt0
Telt In Texas.
How big do hailstones grow? asks
au Old Country periodical.
d.
1u 18.47 hail:armee teat tnnasured
14 inches in circumference are said
to have fallen fu New South Wales.
Others weighing 41/2 pounds 1ve10 rei
ported after a storm at Cazorla,
Spain, in June, 1829.
Thousands of balls of Ice each as
large or larger Unto oranges, fell at
Dallas, Texas, causing nearly $500,.
000 worth of damage,
The moat amazing report; of such a
bombardment from the mkies emote
from Cette, I'France. Lr O, tuber, 1844,
such huge hailstones ate add to have
fallen that they wrecked dwellings
and sank .vessels anohored (dr sb1ie,
Tho formation of large hailstones
begins at heights estimated at be1-
tween 15,000 and 40,000 loot above
the ground,
Women's Own Bank,
Because it is felt that many (vomit
do not wish to entrust the dedicate
ruanagement of their financial al'fa'u'e
to male bank clerks, au Amsterdatp
bank has opcued a branch cribs run
entirely by a staff of women for we-
nu:u clients only. The mauagerees of
the new braucji states that she ex-
pects, in partictalar, to secure the pat-
roaiago of divorced women and wi-
dows. Her staff would deal qudotly
and secretively with their clients'
t.liudrs.
A 00101'le40 Crab,
The ghost crab is 10 ('011100 because
tn1 its pale, shadowy UP )ea,raaoo,
Rheumatism T
Part of Nature
Plan
She offers her healing herbs
to stop suffering
Whim Amnion was wilderness, Indians
were using herby sucecsslully. From
the, lledmen, 50 years ago, James'
Gallagher Infused herbal secrets and
compounded (0)ll irhel'e 1k' hsl [Muse -
hold Remedios, Tris 1001ous Kidney
Remedy has helped many a sufferer
from Rheumalism.
This fine, tithe -proved remedy, drawn
from the heart of Nature, heads and
cleanses kidneys. Quickly slaps back-
ache dizziness and other nagging kidney
and bladder ailments, Try itt For
sale, by
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CARD OF TI-IANKS
It is needless to say that 1 em exceed-
ingly proud al the magnificent vote which
I received al the hands of the electors on
Monday, resulting in my election as your
civic head for 1930, and I thank all those
who in any way contributed to my suc-
cess,
'That 1 may be worthy of the confidence
reposed 50 me shall be my aim throughout
the year.
Sincerely yours,
J. R. CUTT
CARD OF THANKS
Everyone who in any way assisted in
electing me to the council on Monday,
has my sincere thanks. I left the matter
entirely with lite v"lers and their decision
makes me feel proud indeed.
I shall, 00 in the past year, endeavor to
transact all business for the benefit of our
municipality.
Respectfully yours,
CHAS. BELL
CARD OF THANKS
I wish everyone. who helped in any way
to toll up the splendid vole which 1 receiv
ed on Monday, to accept my sincere
thanks. While not 5ucccsslul,!level the.
less the vote polled for me was most grat-
ifying.
Yours truly,
E. c. LAUND1'
'10 THE ELECTORS OF THEi
'1 OWNSIJIP 01) 1-BULI.E Er
Ladies sled Gentlemen:
1 am thankful lou the atmlwrt I /O. 'y
cd without making a personal ea 'cos. It
shows that the people have col teles c, in
me for my past service. i•apeci; Icy l
thank the people 00 the north east slue 01
the tewnsldp lit their geed role.
Yours truly.
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CARO OF THAT Ki.
I wish to thaulrail these who assaied
in my electioti'to the<,Conucri Beard u1
Blyt5' far the year 1 13Q. 1 shall salve 1 '
mutt the cdriflden4`: lepnbed 111'(11':.
lien s, t Illy,
�itv Inn 0'aI( 11'.
GAIID OF 1 itMKS
Just a weird to drunk all tin's wlu help
r•d to elect me to the couc(U1.100 IWO apd
the assurance that 1 shall strive to do my
best for our village ah'a whole.'
Respect(o;iy
George 11100,.
y:
CARD 01a,THANES
1 thank all those most kindly who sup -
potted ane in the election on Monday 'for
the splendid vole whirl) 1 received.
1 amain yours always
J, C. Heffton
CARD OF THANKS
Thanking the voters of Monis for the
confidence placed in me by the vote on
Monday f will endeavor to deserve
W. J. Henderson
Lonr,iemhore.
Group Nu. 1 of the Women's Institute
will have a social afternoon in Commun.
icy Ilall, on Thursday Jan. 10. There
will bemusic aintests, etc.. At the close a
pork & beans supper will be served. Pro-
ceeds in aid of cemetery fund. Afternoon
open to all. Come and enjoy a Pork &
Bean supper.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Women's Institute met in Community
Hall, on Jan. 3. with lifty-seven present.
It. was decided to have the annual pie
social, date to be set later. The program
committee ale Mesdames R. Townsend,
A, Wells, H. Adams 0. 11cCall and Miss
L. Brigham. The question of raising
funds in rid of the Cemetery Sinking Fund
was discussed and it was decidsd to divide
the Institute into four groups, each group
to be respou'ible for some sort of enter-
tainment, to be put on every few weeks„
the proceeds to go Lu the Cemetery Fund,
The program for the afternoon was as
follows:—instrumento;, Mrs. 11. Adams,
solo, Mrs. E. Adams, rcading5. Mrs. G
Moon and Mrs, D. Carter. Lunch was
serverbby seven ladies and was much cn-
joyect by all.
Friends will regret to learn that Mrs.
John Denholm is confined to her bed with
a severe attack of lagrippe,
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ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual meclmg of Blyth Ilor1Ouh
tural Society will be held at St Andrew's
United Church Manse, on Tuesday even-
ing. Jan. 21st, st 8 0'01,(111, /1.l;1od at tun
dance requwsted.
Rev. Geo Weir, A 11 t.Ist/lee
President. See. protean
iter crviddie.
KELLY --In Morris on Dec. 2701, to Mr.
and Par. 114 Kelly, a son,
EtAWKINS-1n Forest on New Years
,'av to Rev. W. B. and Mrs. I4awhins,
a
caughter--Elizabeth Ann.
GOW-In Woodstock General hospital
on Jap, 5th. to Mr. and Mrs. William
Gow (nee Lad., „'@loon) a daughter,
WOOD WANTED
Tenders will be received by the under-
signed uta until coon on Friday, January
101h, 1930, for supplying St. Andrew's
United Church wish ten cords of good
Body hardweod (btcph rind maple), 20 in-
chcs in length.
C. I3A R R 17TT,
Secretary, Blyth, Out.
ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of Blyth Gibe
Band will be held in to
W'dncsrla:
Allintc1
are cordi-
Rev. G