The Brussels Post, 1920-6-3, Page 3Was Columbus First?
The popular bellef that Christopher
Columbus was the nest to Westover
America, itt 1402, has had another
eltoclt.
Tho theory that I3udd1.)lat miasio)tar•
las first vlslted America in the fifth
century was put forward come yearn
ago by Professor Joins fryer.
Hieroglyphics have now been d'ie-
coverea on the fonttdtttlon stands ot
the tetaamldu' of San Jaen Teot!buttoan,
in Mexleo, which are stated to be
1lntilar to symbols used to tho Chinese
ua
Iang g
o. Those lend color to -Pro-
tosser Fryer's' beliefs,
Ho palnte out that front early times
the Chinese classics, as well es the
historical, geographical and poetical
works, allude, le a country or continent
far to the east or China, under the
name of Iousutg or !Neu.
The narrative of only ono visit to
Ituertag Is (ln record in Chinese Itietery
-t • Hui t •
Met c l 11 a Shoe, a fico n
r of Cop-
Ilene
'op-
h ne at veleta the ceter=. ti Bttddhtet
Ir'. '•it;'•
1 It l I i �
A t4 ., in early times.
Phi eerier v e '- tai's that Hui alien,
ill ea. avar 4,0 D., intuit, tea reign
of the 1 utpean. serum `a1.1.!1, cams ;'root
the tatrta .:[ l yo, 1, I t tetaww
rho ,•,,ni tI of tit I ,...,.,i t' eei, Ile
we,. tr. 1 I: tate tempo t- ad au en -
eta, eel ,,.. t -i tee in•ratip.ti t.atdai
L, I: t , .l.;;r 1 to inttrretale him
u•,ut ^t n r „ tit:.• , .nn.u'y ,tad to tape
((see hi hat,.:'r ill vcritittA.
aal the d •. triptaa,te t;ivea of the
veleta- 't elle mot •apt- and
their mark Lunar tti applying I
to ti letsitic Poo -t in genet -el, and to
lti••s:t', it,au'1 te_t t•. T_ 1
i'e ,to, the' W'or`d.
The pr.r:,en1 population of the world
dor.., not exceed 1,lotiatme00. yen
ata even distribution ni people, rela-
t;vois to urea and Nail protluetivenose,
the planot air witiclt wa dwelt might
attppnrt 6,000,000,000.
But the tiistributica is exceedingly
uneven, In India and China there are
to many human beings that the failing
of crape even slightly below the nor-
mal fir a,t:nttie sensors means famine,
britt ing death to multitudes. A pr;tne.
cense of the age -long turmoil in
blurt re is overerowdiag, which mattes
trete:era wars inevitable.
'there. Is plenty of room la Africa
and South America• when the conquest
et tho triple, (mainly a matter of die -
ease elhttinatten t shall lyric been ae
colnplitfted. Tru• latter continent--
to•dny relatitely vecart territory for
the most putt e;pettialiy ireett's pops -
lateen, breut:.e, ea.Ve In the tar south,
it to so bounteously watered.
A "FOD`3" Flower. .
fire calla Fly, tvlticit alas cultivated
on a large :scale itt Egypt, azul prob-
ably ill Palestine, ltou antis of years
{ i ago, was aunt is grown r,r a fond plant.
it develops t:adal ;round, fleshy tubers
that annowhet teat -110(e legatees,
though more clot,„,,,ed in .,hope. \V.ith
Preliminary boiling they may be cook -
tel for the table by frying,. baking, or
itt any other way Out potatoes are
evoked.
Large areae arc ttowadaya d. voted •
in Fitn•lda to the culture of the calla
tor it; tubona. 1t grows admirably in
ewantp laude that are useless for
other purposes, the yield et a single
moist acre being enormous. In olden
flutes, la Egypt, calla tubers were one
of the meet important food crepe.
They wore grown over extensive areas
is each statue! season of the Nile's
ov endow.
Postman as Fairy Godfather.
he little 1t'reuch boy can experience
a joy that is unknown in this country.
Ills father cr mother, or kind aunt,
may have a generous impulse, and
e'cnd itlm a poetc•:trd which will carry
more fan with it than any condo card,
such as they aril:narlly love.
Ott the opposite side to the address
Is a large space devoted to alone print-
tine
rinttug, which is signed by the generous
relative, and commands the postman
te han:l over to that lucky boy, at his
ewe deer, some w'co little sum, per -
baps ave or ten francs, The space de-
voted to correspondence is about tut
tech strip down the side, the right pro-
porti'ou for a small boy.
Think or the joy of answering a
postInen t• knock, and findIng yourself
preeeulcd with au extra bit of pocket
money quite unexpectedly! it -adds a
aew thrill to life,
India's Gigantic Rice Crop.
Much work is being done .by the Ag-
ricultural Departlnant of India to im-
provo the rice crop in. that .country,
,t4tod le being raised on governtnent
farms, and as the result of detnonstra-
tforte ,•urried out by the egricuitttral
step:traucats in the villages trans-
pkuiLtlion of rice is gaining in popular
laver, Tho Government la carrying
atlt a very largo program in developing
communications rind Irrigation;;, even
itt remote corners of India, to combat
the effect of draught on the, cr'opa.
The first forecast of the area under
rice in British India tor 1010-20 perces
It at 73,200,000 acme• morn than last
your.
Buy Thrift Stamps.
The number thirteen, although rota
eidered Far from being unlucky in
these days, is missalg from the se-
quence in nineteen well-known streets
in London.
The Russian Empire ooneists of one-
sixth of the land eutfaco of tato world.
.It has a total area of 8,610,000.squaro
anilea. Half of Europe and the whole
of Northern Asia are inducted Within
ata hoteadartoe.
ANAEMIA ROBS Il°S
VICTIMS BY STEAL' tl
Conditions of 'Zeldin Blom] That
Could be Corrected Easily Are
Stealing the Health and Ener-
gy of Many Men and Woolen,
and Boys and Girls.
Anaemia, which lltorally means
`•'.00dless'ness, le one of the most 'no-
velette troubles of the present day. If
neglected It is apt to develop Into per-
nicious anaemia, ono or the most hope-
less disertees. Wille enema:, ettarks
men attd boys, it is more prevalent
among Young girls and women' and for
thus reason every woman, particularly
every mother, should know how to re
•
cegnlzo the sighs or this trouble which
tttakea it approach no gradually Lund
to stealthily that it is often fair eta
v:tuf 1 before the reamer of the
trouble vetoed. Otto , •neral esaul•J
tern et en:totnl t to patter. The chortles
grata -illy lu.elime- 'ala ttntthe laps
bt+t ne pale or elate. With title lee;
t0
Make Up "Cosec Mind.
Ile alight have been rn nethine hu''
ldrnty of brute -
Ana.
-
Ahtl to labor lie ; ,t r pi -,.a•
Yet 1'111 Mary ht ra; taut taut tel. :,ca
I ern eine
lie has never math r c ht t' u' )0e..
Ile always con lidet't 1 Just what'tt
would do,
And would hope snntctlting
find;
But the tame that he tit, tt !tt, hero
gross,nncitt'tallt
Ile gross,
And he )ever could stake up lits
mitre]. •
Quite often he might. have got on tate
Bond title,
And ltavo ridded to power an
wealth;
But lin never felt able at once to de
clde
That Else damp wool:1XL ittjare his
health.
tI P'ortuuo would knack at hit door he
wool. wait,
To ler hetet=: and ler :male; ler was
Mind*
t,u ,
if he evened or follevael 't.was ;taw:Iytt
too lotto,
leer ha t;tver goolcl make tip his
nihil,
liappil oro.
s 'there.; jay ht the ng of i r lir.
Awl at r�.. tt ion iltt't "r1 t11' etc.,
i 1%-r,.'4 jay bt tie w•t-
1 10 ', r.:tti a tit '1:1 a 1It. r•iar of the
• Oh, it - ,erne ani get
a
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