HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1930-01-16, Page 5PAGE 5—THE BLYTH STANDARD—January 16, 1930
H. A. McINTYRE, L, D. S., D. D. S
DENTIST
Office hours -9 to 12 1 to 6
BLYTH-Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Evenings by appointment,
'Phpne 130,
Dr. W. Jas. Milne,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON.
CORONER COUNTY OF HURON.
Office—Queen Street
Residence—Dingley Street.
BLYTH, • ONTARIO
J. H. R. ELLIOTT,
NOTARY PUBLIC & CONVEYANCER
Fire, Accident, Sickness, Employer's
Liability, Plate Glass, Automo-
bile and Live Stock Insurance.
BLYTH, (Thane 104) ONTARIO.
l.Ol+TUS E. DANCEY.
BABRAVER, SOLICITOR ,NOTA RY
PUBLIC, CONV)iYANCRIt,
MONEY 'fO T.OAN.
(Mee— Queen Street BLY'I H, ONT
S11N l,lhli, ASSURANCE CO. OF ChN1fl!,
PROSPER OUS & YB00ItESSiVF
It leads Ilse field amerg Canadian
Companies.
11. It. LONG, District hlanaam,
0uderich
THO11AS GUMMY.
AUCTIONEER,
CODERICN, - ONTARIO
learnt Stook Sales a spaoinita, Order
Idtt nt the 131yth Standard O0lee will be
promptly
my expense,
to. Telephone toe
dates
Di.J. C. Ross,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Office hours -10.30 to 12 2 to 4 7 to 8.30
Except Wednesday evening,
Phone No. --Office 51; Residence 69
BLYTH, ONTARIO
MY OPTICIAN
Wflht8 CitU Drug Stare
.UR. W. J. MILNE,
Fine, Spectacle Ware and
Accurate Lens Work
a Specialty.
wr?
QUEEN ST., BLYTH
�IIz� WING1iAM MONICA!, WORKS
has the largest and most complete
stock, the most beautiful designs le
choose from in
MARBLE, SCOTCH AND CANAL).
IAN GRANI'T'ES,
We make a specialty of Family Mon•
uments and invite your inspection.
Inscriptions neatly, carefully an%
promptly done,
Electric tonis for carving and letter
ing
Call and see us before placing you,
order.
Kohl. A. Spotton,
I/INGHAM. • • ONTARI1
the Industrial Mortgage ane Savings Cot
SARNIA ONTARIO
Money advanced on first mortgages on
lauds. Parties desiring money on farn-
nrnrlgages will please apply to the under-
signed.
ndersigned.
J. IL R. ELLIOTT, Agent,
i3LYTi-I, - ONTARIO,
C. E. TOLL, L.D.S. D.D.S
DENTIST
hlottrs 8.30 -12 1.30 - 0
Wednesdays at Monkton,
'hones 124,-4212
James Taylor
License A tioneer for the County of
Huron. s attended to in all parts of
the co Satisfaction guaranteed or
' no pay tiers left ;,t The Standard
promptly .,attended to, Belgrave Post
Office.
PHONES:
Brussels, 15.13. North Huron, 15.623
The Standard Club
bing List:
Standard and Daily Globe $6,75
Standard and Mail and Empire6,75
Standard and London Advertiser 0,75
Standard and Free Pree 6.75
Standard and Toronto Daily Star 635
Standard and Family Herald 3.00
'Standard and Farmer's Sun. 3.50
Standard and Can. Countryman 3.40
Standard and Farmer's Advocate 3.00
Standard and W:eky Witness185
Standard and Work : Wide 3.90
Standard and 1'resbvterian 4.50
Standard and Poultry Journal 2.90
Standard and Youth's Companion 4.50
Standard and Northern Messei'lger 2.5c,
Standard and Can. Pictoral 3.95
Standard and Rural Canada2,70
Standard and Farm & Dairy 3.00
Standard and Saturday Night 5.50
Standard and McLean s Magazine 4,75
7110 Standard,
•++444+++++4444+4+9,+4441+4+4++++ +
SCHOOL
SUPPLIES
We have now in stock a
complete line of Public and
High School supplies:
Text Books,
Scribblers,
Drawing Books,
Loose Leaf Books,
Exam. Pads,
Rulers, Inks,
Rubbers, Paints,
Water Colors,
Compasses,
Slates, Pencils, &c
The Standard Book
and Stationery Store
The Standard Real
Estate Agency
The following very desirable properties
have been Hated with us at very low pric.
es. We also have a number of farms and
village lots which we are offering for sale
Get in touch with us when you are in the
market to buy either village or farm pro-
perty:-
4 storey brick dwelling on the corner
of King and Wilson Streets, Three -
eights of an acre of land. This property
Is in excellent state of repair and can be
purchased at a very reasonable figure.
lk storey frame dwelling an Morrie St.
Three-fifths of an acre of land, This is a
desirable property ter anyone requiring a
comfortable home at small price.
l5 atorey frame dwelling on Dinsley
St. In good state of repair and moat de,
airably located. This property can be
purchased on excellent terms,
lj storey frame on Dinsley St. (known
as the Graham properly). This can be
purchased at a very low price to close up
the estate.
Ili storey brick modern equipped dwel-
ling on Dinsley St, eat. Desirably situat-
ed and cat{ be purehaeed at little more
than hall the present coat of construction
A real snap for anyone desiring an up -to•
date home.
4 storey frame dwelling on Morris St.
* Hall acre of land with small stable. This
* property can be purchased with only a
small payment down.
2 storey brick dwelling on Dinsley St.
Modern in every particular. Ifuarter of
an acre of ground on which there is a
good stable and garage,
1 storey frame dwelling on Queen St.
North. Quarter acre of land with stable.
Get our price on this property.
1 storey frame, aahpalt clad dwelling
on Morris St. In splendid repair. A
good buy for small money.
+ li atorey brick dwelling on Morris St.
In splendid repair. Three-elghts on an
acre of land on which is situate a good
stable and garage.
2 storey brick dwelling on Queen St.
Ten acres of land. Good brick stable. A
most desirable property for anyone desir-
ing a small acreage of laud.
A very desirable 2 atorey brick dwelling
on Queen St. One quarter acre of land,
Property in excellent condition. Moat
desirable location. Thie property can be
purchased for little more than half the
coat of construction today.
1'a storey frame with cement kitchen.
atable on premises, 15 acres of land, A
good buy.
10 acres of land on which la situate a'
good comfortable frame cottage, barn,
driving shed and the land in a first.clase
state of cultivation.
The pr.rperty known as the old fire hall
on +he eaet side of Queen Street. This
building is now used as a garage, It can
be purchased at every reasonable figure,
Frame cottage on Mill Street, J acre of
land, A very desirable and comfortable
place for persons requiring on a small
home.
15 storey frame dwelling on Drum-
mond Street, Stable on the premises,
Can be purchased at a very reasonable
figure.
The Standard Real Estate
Agercy
BLYTH, ONTARIO
{
44++++++ +4+++++++4+++++++ +4•++++++++'I•++++++++++4+44.
It Costs No More
To Fireproof
Your Building
WHEN you build a new' house or
repair an old one be sure to use
Gyproc.
Gyproc also gives quick construction;
insulation against cold and heat—and
fuel economy.
Write for free book, "Walls That Reflect
Good Judgment," containing interesting infor-
mation on home planning with Gyproc, Roc -
board and Insulex,
CANADA GYPSUM AND ALABASTINE, LIMITED
Paris Canada
43
G-fireproof
1 Wallboar
-CW'r- s!tf. `r- For Sale By
Blyth Planing Mill - - - - Blyth, Ont.
DOUGLAS D MAJOR, L. V. C, M.
Organist, Choirmaster
Knox Church, Goderich
Supervisor Music Public Schools.
(Certified.)
Teacher of Piano, Voice, Organ and
Theory.
A few vacancies for pupils Apply
arunto, Mrs Poplestone,
Phone 80, Dinsley St., Blyth
FARM FOR SALE
100 acres of good land, being tot 21 en
the 12th con. of the Tp. at llullett, 10
acres of bush and pasture. 0n the farm
is situate a good 15 storey brick dweiling,
frame barn 60x50 with stone stabling and
water in stable. Cement driving shed
5900 trot. Cement hen house. Drilled
well. Ali land ie good state of cultivation,
Hydro passes the farm. Farm situate id
miles ism 131yth. 'fwenty.live acres fall
plow( d 1 acres fall wheat, For particul•
ars apply to Fred Austin, 11, R. 1, Blyth.
FARM FOR SALE
100 acres one and a half miles from
Blyth. Comfortable house, good barn
and outbuilding., 6 to 8acres of bush.
Apply to N. Radford, Executor of the es-
tate of the late John Scott.
To THE ELECTORS OF HULLETT
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I wish to express my sincere apprecia-
tion of the confidence yon 've reposed to
me by electing me a .f Hullett or
the year 1930. T to n '. is not very
good condition ft tat 'i Ily at th present
time, but if the C.0 cil wit cooperate
with me, in tigur ng e est' ates a little
closer, without i juring t township. I
hope to be able t get ck to solid ground
without raising t to t rate very material.
ly. Wishing you the compliments of
the season,
MAT. ARMSTRONG.
An attractive Offer For Our
Readers.
The!Standard costs $2,00 per year. The
Family Herald & Weekly Star costs 81.00
year. Any home may have these two
publications every week in the year at a
special bargain rate of $2.75.
The Standard will supply you with all
the local news of your community The
Family Herald & Weekly Star will supply
you with the best weekly newspaper, the
Nat agricultural paper and the best Fatu-
ity magazine on the continent. Subscribe
1 or renew now to The Standatd,
UNIVERSAL htil':a,,
Expert l'lydona New ,Alloy, /lard as
Steel, I,tt,tless, light In Weight.
A metal harder 1100 tt steel ltult4
blade, Wenger than the steel tvlros
used for dean -sea soundings, as ruadr
less as gold or platimtm, and as light
as aluminum not only would be a
great boon to modern industrial eh*
Hutton, but Is very likely to be SUP -
piled, according to Dr. lay Jeffries,
president of the Amerlcau Society for
Steel Treatment.
Even now, metallurglnts ran obtain
almost any single property that they
want by selecting ammo metal, says
Popular Science Monthly, Chromium
and the new alloy called carbolloy
are very hard. Vanadium steel and
other iron alloys aro strong and
tough, Tungsten and osmium are ex-
ceedingly heavy, Aluminum, magne-
sium and the still newer beryllium
are very light. Nickel, tantalum and
other metals are good restetera of cor-
roaien. What Dr. Jeffries bonen for
is to find one metal with all these
charactertattca or with most of them.
Probably tho future universal me-
tal, competent for nearly nil metallic
uses, will be an alloy, The proper -
ilea of the pure metallic elements are
apt to be unchangeable. Mixtures and
alloys mean possibilities of useful
alteration. In the aluminum alloy,
duralumin, the metal now so largely
used for aircraft, small additions of
copper and other metals make the
luntlnunt, whtch io 110 pure state is
quite soft, as hard and strong as
many kind of steel. Meanwhile, the
lightness of the aluminum is re-
tained,
FJSILY FAC'1's,
Oyster Produces About 400,000 Eggs
Annually.
The tree - climbing crab Is to be
found In the West Indies. Being
particularly fond of coconuts, he
climbs the trees la search of them,
and nips then off with his great pin-
cer claws.
Oysters are very nervous crea-
tures; a sudden thunder -clap trill kill
many hundreds of them. It has been
calculated that an oyster produces
about 400,000 eggs annually, M
which only about 400 reach matur-
ity.
Limpets do not manufacture a.klnd
of "glue" try which they stick; they
adhere simply by the power of auc-
tion. Allinpet measuring two inches,
or,.even less, can iwithstand 0 pull of
more than 56 pounds.
The herring spawns altogether
some 30,000 eggs on an average, but
barely one in 2,000 of these lives to
any size.
The sturgeon lays seven million
eggs during its lifetime.
The most speedy flab lo the tarpon,
which is able to move at the rate of
80 m.p.h. Sharks can manage 50
m.p.h, when the occasion demands it,
while the humble trout ambles along
at the rate of 30 tn,p,h.
The finnan haddock got its name
because It was cured at the village of
Findon, or Finnan, near Aberdeen,
one of the chief ports in the king-
dom, where it was first sanded.
First Sidewalks of Paris.
It is just a hundred years ago
since platforms along bridges, quays
and streets for the convenience of
pedestrians began to appear in Parts,
It was then that they began to pro-
vide sidewalks for the boulevards
which were the ehief arteries of the
capital.
It is an odd fact, but the name
existed before the thing, It is to be
Lound in Montaigne, with a very spe-
cial sense, "To mount the sidewalk"
was equivalent to appearing 00 the
scene. Voltaire and Carmantelle em-
ploy the word In she sense of a reie
to fame and fortune. in 18'19
Parisian boutevarda were first built
of Volaic lava, then, despite the high
price of the tutorial, of granite. But
tt was soon discovered that however
hard the granite and lava might be,
they were quickly worn down by tine
shoes of the walkers. It was then
that they began to use asphalt, The
first order of the prefect of the Seine
regulating the width of tete sidewalks
1s dated April 16, 1846,
A Drag on Indian Children.
White children are brightaer than
Indian children not so much because
of then' racial heredity as because of
more favorable home and aortal con-
ditions, is the conclusion of Dr. T. R.
Garth of the University- of Denver,
says Science Service.
Tho mixture of white blood In an
Indian does little to raise, his intel-
lectual standard, Dr. Garth has
found. Contpuring the average intel-
ligence of full -blood Indians, he
found that the average for the In-
Mau
rthan child Is 70. The average for In-
dians with one-quarter white blood
mixed in their heredity is 74. Half
bloods rate 76, and those with three-
fourths white blood rate 77. The in-
crease in int.'lligence attributable to
iuvery admixture s th s alight.
Education and opportunity, on the
other hand, mean a great deal to the
Indian, its they mean a great deal to
the Negro, Dr. Garth pointed out.
Disguised as an Arab.
How a Frenchwoman spent many
years in the desert disguised as an
Arab is recalled by the erection of a
monument to her In Paris a few
weeks ago.
She was Isabelle Eberhardt, an
authoress who died a year ago. The
daughter of a French soldier in Af-
rlea, shee became enamored of the life
of the Arab and, disgn)efng herself
as one of them, lived for years udder
the name of SI -Mohammed without
her natfonallty or sox being sea-
peeted.
Sauerkraut.
It has been estmated that approxi-
mately 250,000 tons of cabbage were
made Into 400,000 barrels of sauer-
kraut in the United States last year
and eventually sold to mummers for
163,500,000.
I' h : m i! that more thau 07,000i-
300,000 is Invested in the United
States by citizens of other countries.
JAP 6115 I �ti uS T RY
CONDITIONS fll;t\'(i it:'<1'If)Ly 1.1t•
P1801'1ED IN NIP'PON.
800,000 Women tend PirIs LIve In
Factory Dornritorfea •-- Silk Reel-
ing, Cotton Spinning and weaving,
Eke., hoe,
"Ohio go zal maahita!" the writer
called softly in her best Oriental tone,
as, rambling along the countryside, a
half -opened door revealed a email
girl grinding rico by hand, A soft
Wanner of white had settled on all
nearby objects, even hinging the
long eyelashes of the child who seem-
ed to be dreamily distant from her
employment and only eubeenaclouely
turning the heavy stone. The grin-,
ing oeased as the round, serious rae4
surveyed in surprise the foreign wo-
man greeting her in Japanese, writes
Kate herby in the Christian Science'
Monitor,
"Mayr I come 1n?" An older slater
with a rosycheeked baby strapped
on her back and an English spelling
book In her hand, appeared from a
dark corner and smiled a pleasantly
serious Invitation to enter, as she
drew forward the red sweat stool, It
developed later that 0110 was attend-
ing a night class for girls about a
mile distant and could understand
slowly spoken simple English. The
stranger learned all about the farm
of tive acres owned by dila family.
It was a large farm in that neighbor-
hood, most of them being only two or
three acres in extent, The taints aro
divided by narrow strips of uncultl-
rat.ed land a loot or two in width.
About half of tlta produce of these
tenant farmers goes to the owner for
rent.
Then Matsu, the girl with the
baby, took her guest behind a screen
and explained how the line rice flour
was used in the thin little calces, and
In the delicate "100011!,'' the ealte for
birthdays and feetfn'als. 'shin child
was evidently the housekeeper, ter
the mother and another sister worlt-
d In a silk factory, where she too
would go as soon as the baby was a
little older. Girls are more dexter-
ous in this industry than boys, so are
always in demand. Another and lees
pleasant reason for their popularity
is that they are paid less.
Two other sisters were engaged in
paper mill where the beautiful Hee
paper, aa soft as silk, is made. The•
rying process requires very careful
andllog, it is made up into books
and other thirgo; all the bindery
work being done by girls.
While western organizations are
opening up other avenues of work,
such as stenography, typewriting,
clerkships In stores, etc., it is it the
textile industries that the great 1110-
jordty of girls and women in Japan
are employed in silk reeling, cotton
apinning and weaving, etc„ even
though in these industries wages are
lower and hours longer than in cler-
ical positions. 13u1, as little Matsu
explained, the 12 -hour day will soon
be reduced to 11 or less. The big
factories aro putting up fire escapes,
providing lunches in some cases, and
meeting the expenses of employes
who aro injured. Also night work
for girls and women 1s to be prohibit-
ed. In 1925 there were 181,032 men
and boys employed in the textile lt-
dustny, and 781,590 women and girls.
This preponderance of women and
girls r:sat's 1u a ',^eat number of
"recruiting a0rut0,.. ',t i00 men conn,
out to the rural homes with presents
of money or other g11'ts for the par-
mite,
arelite, and show pictures of the f11
factory buildings where the girls wi'-
work To the girls they paint the joy a
of city life, as compared to the nt:'1
routine on the farm and existence
the poor little cabins. Maty fueled,
have opened dormitories for thri-
employes, where in a spirit of We,-
nalism prevailing since feudal limas,
the owner supplies the food at 1e se
than coat. The supervision Is rather
strict, as, Inc Instance, the girls aro
not allowed outside the company'::
compound oftener titan once 0 100!.
The conditions in these dormitort, s
are being rapidly imam red. The regu-
lations call for only 16 sirls 10 a
huge 1'o0111, Iwo in a hod. Tho 110(1,
called a "Intim," is made of heavy
Quilts laid directly on the matted
floor, Tlda couch is rolled up In the
morning and put away. The food, too,
which' formerly was of poor quality,
is now of higher grade and served 1n
larger rations. -
Since 500,000 women and girls It
Japan live in factory dormitories,
according to Harada's "Labor Condi-
tions it Japan," these improvements
aro Important. Particularly is thio
true as this small country, with Via
60,000,000 inhabitants, increasing at
the rate of approximately 900,000 a
year, has a comparatively small
amount of arable land and few min-
eral deposits and is therefore rapidly
turning to industrialization as 0
soln-
tinn of he economic problem,
Rut better than all the , ontmottll
and industrial changes that h in•
lath n plait^ In the last slaty yasIs 0
the new spiritual outlook of the puc-
ple, The old philosophy of fatalism
and cairn resignation to a life of
hardship and toll is, ander a stere
favorable environment, fust giving
way as the possibilities of 0 brighter
and happier mode of living appear.
Little Matsu told with gloving 03':a
about the club at the nit;,ht. ee hnt,l
and of the new games and roc roalions
out o1' doors on the weedily holiday;
and, too, of learning to cook and to
sew, and the singing, which she liked
hest, of all.
The surf was creeping down hclrhul
Um western (tills, painting a vfvi.l
picture of a sweet girl with her brhy
hrothcr standing in the low doorway
or the little cabin, as a soft voice.
called, "Sayottara, Saycnaral„
Origin of aInearnnf.
Macaroni 's, said to have keen
brow, lit franc China and iiitroduied
into Ti nope by the cerneins, front
wealth so100e 1110 Italixir, learned ,if
it 3'.s method of manufaeturiug It
was considered to be a grant secret
at the time.
•r I
SEE OUR FINE LINE OF GOODS
FOR
ZCZiCZCLE 0 ife$
CONSISTING OF UP-TO-DATE
Footwear, Men's 3 i nishings,
Garters, , Arm Bands, Ties,
Scarfs, Caps, Braces.
A FINE DISPLAY OF
Towels, Handkerchiefs
Ladies' Scarfs.
G. A. MACHAN,
Phone 88 BLYTH, ONT.
DOUGLAS D MAJOR, L. V. C, M.
Organist, Choirmaster
Knox Church, Goderich
Supervisor Music Public Schools.
(Certified.)
Teacher of Piano, Voice, Organ and
Theory.
A few vacancies for pupils Apply
arunto, Mrs Poplestone,
Phone 80, Dinsley St., Blyth
FARM FOR SALE
100 acres of good land, being tot 21 en
the 12th con. of the Tp. at llullett, 10
acres of bush and pasture. 0n the farm
is situate a good 15 storey brick dweiling,
frame barn 60x50 with stone stabling and
water in stable. Cement driving shed
5900 trot. Cement hen house. Drilled
well. Ali land ie good state of cultivation,
Hydro passes the farm. Farm situate id
miles ism 131yth. 'fwenty.live acres fall
plow( d 1 acres fall wheat, For particul•
ars apply to Fred Austin, 11, R. 1, Blyth.
FARM FOR SALE
100 acres one and a half miles from
Blyth. Comfortable house, good barn
and outbuilding., 6 to 8acres of bush.
Apply to N. Radford, Executor of the es-
tate of the late John Scott.
To THE ELECTORS OF HULLETT
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I wish to express my sincere apprecia-
tion of the confidence yon 've reposed to
me by electing me a .f Hullett or
the year 1930. T to n '. is not very
good condition ft tat 'i Ily at th present
time, but if the C.0 cil wit cooperate
with me, in tigur ng e est' ates a little
closer, without i juring t township. I
hope to be able t get ck to solid ground
without raising t to t rate very material.
ly. Wishing you the compliments of
the season,
MAT. ARMSTRONG.
An attractive Offer For Our
Readers.
The!Standard costs $2,00 per year. The
Family Herald & Weekly Star costs 81.00
year. Any home may have these two
publications every week in the year at a
special bargain rate of $2.75.
The Standard will supply you with all
the local news of your community The
Family Herald & Weekly Star will supply
you with the best weekly newspaper, the
Nat agricultural paper and the best Fatu-
ity magazine on the continent. Subscribe
1 or renew now to The Standatd,
UNIVERSAL htil':a,,
Expert l'lydona New ,Alloy, /lard as
Steel, I,tt,tless, light In Weight.
A metal harder 1100 tt steel ltult4
blade, Wenger than the steel tvlros
used for dean -sea soundings, as ruadr
less as gold or platimtm, and as light
as aluminum not only would be a
great boon to modern industrial eh*
Hutton, but Is very likely to be SUP -
piled, according to Dr. lay Jeffries,
president of the Amerlcau Society for
Steel Treatment.
Even now, metallurglnts ran obtain
almost any single property that they
want by selecting ammo metal, says
Popular Science Monthly, Chromium
and the new alloy called carbolloy
are very hard. Vanadium steel and
other iron alloys aro strong and
tough, Tungsten and osmium are ex-
ceedingly heavy, Aluminum, magne-
sium and the still newer beryllium
are very light. Nickel, tantalum and
other metals are good restetera of cor-
roaien. What Dr. Jeffries bonen for
is to find one metal with all these
charactertattca or with most of them.
Probably tho future universal me-
tal, competent for nearly nil metallic
uses, will be an alloy, The proper -
ilea of the pure metallic elements are
apt to be unchangeable. Mixtures and
alloys mean possibilities of useful
alteration. In the aluminum alloy,
duralumin, the metal now so largely
used for aircraft, small additions of
copper and other metals make the
luntlnunt, whtch io 110 pure state is
quite soft, as hard and strong as
many kind of steel. Meanwhile, the
lightness of the aluminum is re-
tained,
FJSILY FAC'1's,
Oyster Produces About 400,000 Eggs
Annually.
The tree - climbing crab Is to be
found In the West Indies. Being
particularly fond of coconuts, he
climbs the trees la search of them,
and nips then off with his great pin-
cer claws.
Oysters are very nervous crea-
tures; a sudden thunder -clap trill kill
many hundreds of them. It has been
calculated that an oyster produces
about 400,000 eggs annually, M
which only about 400 reach matur-
ity.
Limpets do not manufacture a.klnd
of "glue" try which they stick; they
adhere simply by the power of auc-
tion. Allinpet measuring two inches,
or,.even less, can iwithstand 0 pull of
more than 56 pounds.
The herring spawns altogether
some 30,000 eggs on an average, but
barely one in 2,000 of these lives to
any size.
The sturgeon lays seven million
eggs during its lifetime.
The most speedy flab lo the tarpon,
which is able to move at the rate of
80 m.p.h. Sharks can manage 50
m.p.h, when the occasion demands it,
while the humble trout ambles along
at the rate of 30 tn,p,h.
The finnan haddock got its name
because It was cured at the village of
Findon, or Finnan, near Aberdeen,
one of the chief ports in the king-
dom, where it was first sanded.
First Sidewalks of Paris.
It is just a hundred years ago
since platforms along bridges, quays
and streets for the convenience of
pedestrians began to appear in Parts,
It was then that they began to pro-
vide sidewalks for the boulevards
which were the ehief arteries of the
capital.
It is an odd fact, but the name
existed before the thing, It is to be
Lound in Montaigne, with a very spe-
cial sense, "To mount the sidewalk"
was equivalent to appearing 00 the
scene. Voltaire and Carmantelle em-
ploy the word In she sense of a reie
to fame and fortune. in 18'19
Parisian boutevarda were first built
of Volaic lava, then, despite the high
price of the tutorial, of granite. But
tt was soon discovered that however
hard the granite and lava might be,
they were quickly worn down by tine
shoes of the walkers. It was then
that they began to use asphalt, The
first order of the prefect of the Seine
regulating the width of tete sidewalks
1s dated April 16, 1846,
A Drag on Indian Children.
White children are brightaer than
Indian children not so much because
of then' racial heredity as because of
more favorable home and aortal con-
ditions, is the conclusion of Dr. T. R.
Garth of the University- of Denver,
says Science Service.
Tho mixture of white blood In an
Indian does little to raise, his intel-
lectual standard, Dr. Garth has
found. Contpuring the average intel-
ligence of full -blood Indians, he
found that the average for the In-
Mau
rthan child Is 70. The average for In-
dians with one-quarter white blood
mixed in their heredity is 74. Half
bloods rate 76, and those with three-
fourths white blood rate 77. The in-
crease in int.'lligence attributable to
iuvery admixture s th s alight.
Education and opportunity, on the
other hand, mean a great deal to the
Indian, its they mean a great deal to
the Negro, Dr. Garth pointed out.
Disguised as an Arab.
How a Frenchwoman spent many
years in the desert disguised as an
Arab is recalled by the erection of a
monument to her In Paris a few
weeks ago.
She was Isabelle Eberhardt, an
authoress who died a year ago. The
daughter of a French soldier in Af-
rlea, shee became enamored of the life
of the Arab and, disgn)efng herself
as one of them, lived for years udder
the name of SI -Mohammed without
her natfonallty or sox being sea-
peeted.
Sauerkraut.
It has been estmated that approxi-
mately 250,000 tons of cabbage were
made Into 400,000 barrels of sauer-
kraut in the United States last year
and eventually sold to mummers for
163,500,000.
I' h : m i! that more thau 07,000i-
300,000 is Invested in the United
States by citizens of other countries.
JAP 6115 I �ti uS T RY
CONDITIONS fll;t\'(i it:'<1'If)Ly 1.1t•
P1801'1ED IN NIP'PON.
800,000 Women tend PirIs LIve In
Factory Dornritorfea •-- Silk Reel-
ing, Cotton Spinning and weaving,
Eke., hoe,
"Ohio go zal maahita!" the writer
called softly in her best Oriental tone,
as, rambling along the countryside, a
half -opened door revealed a email
girl grinding rico by hand, A soft
Wanner of white had settled on all
nearby objects, even hinging the
long eyelashes of the child who seem-
ed to be dreamily distant from her
employment and only eubeenaclouely
turning the heavy stone. The grin-,
ing oeased as the round, serious rae4
surveyed in surprise the foreign wo-
man greeting her in Japanese, writes
Kate herby in the Christian Science'
Monitor,
"Mayr I come 1n?" An older slater
with a rosycheeked baby strapped
on her back and an English spelling
book In her hand, appeared from a
dark corner and smiled a pleasantly
serious Invitation to enter, as she
drew forward the red sweat stool, It
developed later that 0110 was attend-
ing a night class for girls about a
mile distant and could understand
slowly spoken simple English. The
stranger learned all about the farm
of tive acres owned by dila family.
It was a large farm in that neighbor-
hood, most of them being only two or
three acres in extent, The taints aro
divided by narrow strips of uncultl-
rat.ed land a loot or two in width.
About half of tlta produce of these
tenant farmers goes to the owner for
rent.
Then Matsu, the girl with the
baby, took her guest behind a screen
and explained how the line rice flour
was used in the thin little calces, and
In the delicate "100011!,'' the ealte for
birthdays and feetfn'als. 'shin child
was evidently the housekeeper, ter
the mother and another sister worlt-
d In a silk factory, where she too
would go as soon as the baby was a
little older. Girls are more dexter-
ous in this industry than boys, so are
always in demand. Another and lees
pleasant reason for their popularity
is that they are paid less.
Two other sisters were engaged in
paper mill where the beautiful Hee
paper, aa soft as silk, is made. The•
rying process requires very careful
andllog, it is made up into books
and other thirgo; all the bindery
work being done by girls.
While western organizations are
opening up other avenues of work,
such as stenography, typewriting,
clerkships In stores, etc., it is it the
textile industries that the great 1110-
jordty of girls and women in Japan
are employed in silk reeling, cotton
apinning and weaving, etc„ even
though in these industries wages are
lower and hours longer than in cler-
ical positions. 13u1, as little Matsu
explained, the 12 -hour day will soon
be reduced to 11 or less. The big
factories aro putting up fire escapes,
providing lunches in some cases, and
meeting the expenses of employes
who aro injured. Also night work
for girls and women 1s to be prohibit-
ed. In 1925 there were 181,032 men
and boys employed in the textile lt-
dustny, and 781,590 women and girls.
This preponderance of women and
girls r:sat's 1u a ',^eat number of
"recruiting a0rut0,.. ',t i00 men conn,
out to the rural homes with presents
of money or other g11'ts for the par-
mite,
arelite, and show pictures of the f11
factory buildings where the girls wi'-
work To the girls they paint the joy a
of city life, as compared to the nt:'1
routine on the farm and existence
the poor little cabins. Maty fueled,
have opened dormitories for thri-
employes, where in a spirit of We,-
nalism prevailing since feudal limas,
the owner supplies the food at 1e se
than coat. The supervision Is rather
strict, as, Inc Instance, the girls aro
not allowed outside the company'::
compound oftener titan once 0 100!.
The conditions in these dormitort, s
are being rapidly imam red. The regu-
lations call for only 16 sirls 10 a
huge 1'o0111, Iwo in a hod. Tho 110(1,
called a "Intim," is made of heavy
Quilts laid directly on the matted
floor, Tlda couch is rolled up In the
morning and put away. The food, too,
which' formerly was of poor quality,
is now of higher grade and served 1n
larger rations. -
Since 500,000 women and girls It
Japan live in factory dormitories,
according to Harada's "Labor Condi-
tions it Japan," these improvements
aro Important. Particularly is thio
true as this small country, with Via
60,000,000 inhabitants, increasing at
the rate of approximately 900,000 a
year, has a comparatively small
amount of arable land and few min-
eral deposits and is therefore rapidly
turning to industrialization as 0
soln-
tinn of he economic problem,
Rut better than all the , ontmottll
and industrial changes that h in•
lath n plait^ In the last slaty yasIs 0
the new spiritual outlook of the puc-
ple, The old philosophy of fatalism
and cairn resignation to a life of
hardship and toll is, ander a stere
favorable environment, fust giving
way as the possibilities of 0 brighter
and happier mode of living appear.
Little Matsu told with gloving 03':a
about the club at the nit;,ht. ee hnt,l
and of the new games and roc roalions
out o1' doors on the weedily holiday;
and, too, of learning to cook and to
sew, and the singing, which she liked
hest, of all.
The surf was creeping down hclrhul
Um western (tills, painting a vfvi.l
picture of a sweet girl with her brhy
hrothcr standing in the low doorway
or the little cabin, as a soft voice.
called, "Sayottara, Saycnaral„
Origin of aInearnnf.
Macaroni 's, said to have keen
brow, lit franc China and iiitroduied
into Ti nope by the cerneins, front
wealth so100e 1110 Italixir, learned ,if
it 3'.s method of manufaeturiug It
was considered to be a grant secret
at the time.