The Clinton News Record, 1931-02-05, Page 3ize Narrows Width of Field of Vision ,
To the many harmful effects of noise
-on the human body and mind now at
tractng so much attention frommedi•°
.,cal men and health experts a new one
.has been added by recent tnvestigar,
tions of Professor P. P, Lazaret/ and
Kuper, reportedto the Russian'
Academy of Sciences in Leniigrad. It
is aclecroa5e in the field of vision of
the eye when loud noises are entering'
the ear. Normal people do moat of
their seeingtwith a tiny spot at the
cantor •of',the retina or nervous msm-
braile at the back of the eyeball, at•
which spot the precision of vision is
greatest. Moot people can see some-
thing", however, even; out of the COI'
110.,1'S' of their' eyes, for the retina
•covers the whole back of the eyeball.
By special apparatus oculists are able
to mark .off on a chart of the' retina
the exact l/nests to which ;sight does
extend outward from the center of the
retina; that is the field of view Which
any individual eye possesses. rested
in this wax some;,''eyes turn: out to
have wide fields or view;pthers.have
narrow fields. Tho field of view may
be narrowed, also, by eYe d/seasos,
'poisons of other bodily disorders. Pro
Nasser Lazarev and. Dr. Kuper now re-
port that it also 7s narrowed when'the
Person 'concerned is hearing, a. loud
noise. It.was discovered soe time
ago during noise tests 'ln the New
York subways that dim lighting ap-
parently makes noises seem louder
thou , the same noises would do iii
brighter light. Now the Russian in-
vestigators ropoet the reverse relation,
that noise decreases the width of
vision of the eye if not its sensitivity.
'Can dian P ;::st y
At Argentine Sig w
Also Agricultural and Orchard.
Produce to be Fea-
• Ottawa.—Poultry, eggs, ripples and
potatoes will be featured in the exhibit
which has been sent to the British film -
Tire Trade Pair, Buenos Aires,4Argen-
t/na, by, the Dominion Department of
Agriculture, whose exhibit will" epre-
:sent•not fancy exhibition stock but
the best Of, the practical . commercial
.supplies which • Canadian farms have
'to offer.
Canada has sent several shipments
or registered and high-quality breed-
ing chickens to the Argentine within
the last few years, In a recent ship-
ment, which went forward from Saint
John, were forty individual birds, of
which twenty-two are registered and
eighteen are from record. perform-
ance flocks. The registered birds have
been selected from the best breading
stack hi New Brunswick,, Quebec, On-
tario' and British Columbia, while the
• R.O.P. stock comes from Saskatche-
wan and British Columbia. The breeds
represented include the Barred' Ply-
mouth Rock, Rhode island Red. White
Wyandotte and White Leghorn.
Ar:angements have been made to
display cones gnthents of Canadian
graded eggs, the grads "extra" being
featured for the export trade. The
Argentine Imports considerable quan-
tities of eggs.
The Fruit Branch of the Department
have forwarded displays of apples and
potatoes. fn the apples exhibit rhes
new rommercial pack, along with
boxed fruit, is beteg featured. -
Front Ontario representative es -
titbits of certified seed potatoes have
been secured. The varieties featured!
will include the Dooley, Greve :lawn-!
fain and Irish Cobbler,
Asserts wr.tl,Wn
ce
mill ' Ile th orad
Speaker Throws Philippine
Audience,Into Commotion
With Fiery Speech
,Manila -.The Philippine Herald, a
nationalistic newspaper, recently
quoted • Manuel Roxas, Speaker of
the house,as saying in a speech
Met the Philippines ' were "writhing
fn hell," and as predicting some day
the white man would fall . and the
brown race would rule the world.
The newspaper said Senor. Roxas
threw his • 'audience at Santa Criz,
Laguna Province, Into commotion
when he bitterly declared: •
"The Philippines 'are now writhing
In the throee of hell, a hell of sla-
very and foreign domination. Our
country, the .greatest mother of us
all, because she made us what we
are and gave us what we have, is
weeping, 'pleading, crying to " us, her
chlldren, to come to her ald arta save
Liter from eternal damnation,"
Predicting 'world supremacy of . the
brown race, Senor Boxes said:
"Ali things have their rise and fall
... The black man had his day of
supreme power and glory. Black
Conerals roan Egypt, Cathago and
i'abylou once swept the plates of
Europe and eougaered the Waite peo-
ples,.inhabiting the ContIueut .
"The white man succeeded the
black and today he still rules su-
pren.e, he still dominates and tyran-
nizes, he still looks 'own on all oth•
or races as inferior. But the day
will come when the whites will also
bite the dust and taste the bitter
fruit of tyranny. Then will come
the brown man's turn, Ho will he'd
the world 1u his [lauds and rule su-
preme over alt outer races,"
Selling British Goods
Victoria Tlmos: B •itIsli industry in-
tends to send 5,000 of its most ex-
pert salesmen to the British Empire
Trade Exhibition at Buenos Aires
with an objective of $250,000,000
worth of orders for Britcilu's workers..
. Irrespective of what may be, ac-
•oomplished at the adjourned Ifnperie'
Economic Conference at Ottawa this
summer, if British exporters are real-
ly alixlous for Canadian business,
their best plait would be to send an
army of expert salesmen to Canada''
For it would be fairly sate to say
that for every representative of a
British commercial house who comes
to this country soliciting business,
there are at Least fifty from the Uni-
ted States. They find it parr -'£o
•establish tate personal contact.
Italy's Birth Rate Falls
According to the reports of the Insti-
tuto Coutrale di Stastica, the number
of births in Italy in 1929 was L035,866,
or 32,709 less than the preceding year,
says the Itaiian correspondent of the
Journal of the Ameriean Medical As-
sociation, The birth rate, which in
1928 was 26.08 per thousand 01 popu-
lation, dropped in 1929 to 25.09. The
lumber of deaths in 1928 was 638,818,
:and in 1920 060,609, au increase of 21,-
79L
1;791, Hence, the mortality rose from
1.5.59 ,to 15,08.
The excess of births over deaths
was 837,257 'in 1929, which signified a
decrease of 54,491, as compared" -with
1938. -
Bras ford Has Lowest -
, Tuberculosis Death Rate
Brantford,--Flamiltotr was recently
' 'credited with having the lowest tuber-
culosis death rata in the world, 38 p.c.
100,000 population. However, the re-
cent annual report of the Brantford
;Board of i:Iealth. challenges this re-
•cotd. The. tuberculosis death rate for
Allis. city is at the' low figuro• of 24,5
;per 100,000 Population, an average for
:1928, 1929 and 1930. The City Council
-:.recognized this remarkable record by
-sending letters of congratulation to
'the Sanatarinm and the various or-
•ganizations in the cause of anti -tuber-
culosis worii-ltere. -. -
Spring Fa,shi,i►,n Will
Show Hoop -Skirt
Victoria Era Dress Also Will
Be Seen This Spring
'New York—The hoop skirt—with
modifications—is true for a comeback.
This was dlsctosed recently by
Amos Parrish, fashion experts, in dls•
Cussing Spring styles at itis semi-
annual fashion "clinic".
And not only the ltopp-skirt idea,
originated and worn by the Empress
Eugenie, but several fashion ideas in-
spired by Queen Victoria, aro duo 10
grace the 1931 miss. Among those
will be modern versions of rho Vic-
torian Rifted jacket to be worn as
evening jackets with evening cos-
tumes.
Other inspirations for Spring have
been derived from the ancient Greek
goddeses, whose costumes, Mr. Par-
rish explained, consisted of a piece
of cloth dl -aped around them is a
very artistic, yet very simple way.
"Long, straight flowing lines," he
said, "peplums or short tunics on
skirts, draped necklines, cowls and
scarfs, draped- girdles and sash ties
are some of the important fashion
,details that are Greek in their inspira-
tion."
The question of dross length, he
said, is no longer a questipn.
"For general street anddaytime
wear," he said, "skirts worn by a ma-
jority of women this Spring will be
middle -calf length; for the more
formal afternoon wear the lower -calf
length will be most popular, and for
evening wear, ankle length"
100,000 a Year Draw
Bath Mishap Insurance
Loudon—An eminent insurance au-
thority said more than 109,000 people
drawing compensation of $1,600,00a
receive fatal or serious injuries in
bathrooms every year.
He listed these as the most- com-
mon of 'accidents:
Drowning after being overcome as
the result of a heavy meal; electro-
cution while reading in the bath and
holding an electric lamp in a wet
hand, and gas poisoning due to faulty
manipulation of water heaters.
The hundreds of broken limbs, he
added, represent another real hazard.
Frozen Me,. t Proves Tastier
if C +, eked' Without Thawing
Frozen. beef should not be thawed and thawing, itis believed, break the
'before cooking but should( be eawod-or "tiny cells and 'fibres of the meat and
chopped apart while still frozen stiff,
put on the gips or'•tnto the oven and
.cooked in that condition, allowing the
thawing anti the coolctng to go on side
by side. Meat too cocked, it is report-
ed by experts of:tloa City of London.
Health' Department; will be tenderer
and will have a better flavor than. the
.same meat if allowed, to thaw out, be
fore cloaking. Mitch beef and other
meat now.is frozen hard in Australia,
.South America, and elsewhere and is
shipped thus to the markets of Europe
.or -of the United States. Health' auth-
orities approve' this frozen meat as
wholesome but many cooks and other
experts consider it inferior In flavor
and- sal.ittg quality to meat which to.
merely kept cool in a refrigerator but
Men of Letters Meet
Two prominent men of literary world met -for first time when George "AE" Russell (centre),
Irish, poet, and . Gilbert. K. Chesterton (right), famous English journalist, paid visit to home of Prof:
William Lyon Phelps of Yale (left).
Canadian Apple
Output Declines
Problems Are Discussed at
Quebec Pomological
Society, Meeting
Montreal, =Fruit farmers of the Do-
minion have at least one advantage
over other Canadians, for according to
G. Ie. McIntosh, fruit commissioner,
they have not felt the depression and
suffered so much as other farmers,
have during tate past year, although
there has been a smaller demand and
a slightly lower price for their pro-
duces The apple production for 1930
was 3,165,936 barrels, of which 134,400
were produced la Quebec, this being
53,000 barrels less than in tit: previous
year, The total for the Dominion was
about 750,000 barrels less than in 1929,
the biggest drop being in Nova Scotia
where the 1930 crop was 934,600 bar -
role as against 1,737,870 In. the pre-
vious year. In Ontario the figures
were 602,500 as against 878,502, New
Brunswick 33,660 against 35,000 bar-,
rals. The only province to increase
its crop last year was British Colum-
bia,' where the pro:lurtlo:t- was 1,5ii0,-
776 barrels as against 1,101,357 iu
1029, Commissioner McIntosh told the
members of the Quebec Pomological
Society recently that this decrease in
yleld had been very opportune as the
smaller supply had had a tendency to
steady the market.
A talk on the importance of adver-
tising Canadian apples, particularly in
the newspapers, was given by E. 11,
Luke, who pointed out that if the
value of their products were not kept
constantly before the public, they
mould not compete with the tropical
and other fruits that were fighting for
a place in the market. The value of
co-operation in advertising was also
emphasized, at the same time point-
ing out that to get the best results
they should limit their advertising to
two or three varieties and educate the
nubile to took on those varieties as
being synonymous with the word apple.
tnseot Control
Other papers given was a treatise
allow some. of the juices or other
flavoring substances to escape. The
work of the British experts goes'to
donfirm this view, for they also find
that the quickest possible freezing
produces meat of the best flavor;
Quick. freezingprobably allows no
time for the cell structure of the moat
to be broken downand quick cooking
without preliminary thawing allows
no time for the meat juices or flavors
to escape from cells that do get
broken as the meal/ thaws. The new
way Of handling. frozen meat, eo-
;pecially 111. restaurants'andother large
kitchens where tools are at hand to
cut up the hard, frozen meat as easily
as ordinary meat, may help to remove
the present=popularprejudice against
never aotualiy frdten, \ The freezin" 'r the flavor of the frozen variety.
Jon insect infestation and control by
Charles IS Fetch, Dominion Entomolo-
gist at Ilemm[ngford, and'an explana-
tion of the importance of each farmer
i keeping a set of simple accounts so as
to see how he stands every year. This
Was given by James Coke, of Ottawa,
and elicited the remark from the presi-
dent, E. N. Browne, MC., that the
farmer was the only man who could
work at a loss and still make a good
living, while the farmer's wife was, he
cdnsidel•ed, the bravest woman iu the
world.
"Fred is so poetical. When I ac-
cepted him he said he. felt like au im-
migrant entering a new world.'
"Well, 'there's sense as well as
Poetry in that, Wasn't he just land -
ea?"
Punctual Briton Refuses
To Retire at Eighty -Nine
London Although Richard Mat-
hews of Stony Stratford, Bucking-
hamshire, 'who has just celebrated
his eigiity-ninth b[rthduy, could re-
tire an a pension, he prefers to re-
main at his work.
He has .had sixty years of un-
broken service with a local firm and
during that time has never been late
for work. He is so punctual that
his fellow -workers set their 'watches
by him.
Value of Jewels
Detected i' y Rays
Schenectady, N.Y.—Synthetic sap-
phires can now be detected from the
natural stones by electric trays.
Exposed to the rays of a catiihode
tube, recently developed at the Gen-
eral Electric Company laboratories
here, alt stones glow or radiate col-
ors. When the tube is withdrawn.
the natural stones cannot be seen
while' the synthetic jewels centime-
to
ontinueto glow.
In adidtiot to sorting the natural
from the synthetic stones, the rays
also help to determine from what lo-
cality the stones were obtained. The
different lues of the colors tell the
story. One type of sapphire will not
glow tinder the tube rays. Thus is
this stone immediately identified.
Dr, W. D. Coolidge, associate direc-
tor of the research laboratories of the
General Electric plant, le responsible
for the development.' Because liter-
ally millions of jewels are used an-
nually for bearings in meters and
other delicate instruments, the new
device is found by manufacturers to
be a time saver as well ar an accur-
ate gauge of values.
Tests Have also been made with
diamonds and it has been found that
synthetic stones tura decidedly
brown when placed in the rays.
whereas there is no change in real
diamonds, I)urther experimental
and research worlc is still being done
along this line.
The cathode-ray tube somewhat re-
sembles the X-ray tube in external
appearances, The electrons xpelled
from the end of the tube appear as a
ball of purplish haze and are shot
forth at the rate of 150,000 miles per
second, which is said to be the
fastest speed ever accelerated by
man. This is about 300,000 times
faster than the speed of a bullet from
an army rifle.
Sleep is fleeting death; each sun-
rise finds us all new-born.—From the
Chinese.
Finish 7,000 Mile Cruise
,chn;
A i,.Miami, Tile. `Glom -
like anfl .,.,ou ..Walter, 18 and 23' ysara ,of age, o: Est,tc,i.a, after they attired in M , on
pletion of their 132 -day, '7,000•mile. voyage from Tr I -i -t, T...4., p":•t and capital of their homeland, in their
26 -foot sailing boat. -
FARM PROBLEMS
Conducted by Prof. Henry G. Bell, Dept, of Chemistry,
Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph
-i-O-l4�f •o
The following aro some questions
and answers'for our column:—
G.B.J.—Could you give me the aver.
age weights at three month periods
of a growing calf off the beef breeds
until it was thirty months 'old? Say
ono born the first of May and also one 1
born the first of October. I have the'
figures for yearly pentacle but they
don't give the nforination 1 want.
Arts.—Calves very a: great deal in
their rate of growth, ,particularly as
there' aro so many different .ways of
handling calves of the beef breeds: A
great deal depends on how the salt is
used durlug the -summer, as most
calves that -are kept in the stable and
fed well during thewinter will lose
cpe-siderable` weight during the' first
fewsummer months. The first three
months 'average daily gain 'would be
around' ,93 pounds;• the second: three
months' average gain would be around
1.4 pounds; the third, three months'
average gala. woUld be around 1.45
pounds; the fourth three months' aver-
age daily gain 1.5 pounds; the fifth
three months' average daily gain, 1.7
pounds; the sixth Clue months' aver-
age daily gain 1.75 pounds; the
seventli titres months' average. daily
gain 1.75 pounds; the eighth three
months' average daily gain 1.6 pounds;
V- s ninth three months' average daily
gain 1.6 pounds; and the tenth three
month's average daily gain 1.6 pounds.
(Answered by S. C. Steckley, Prof. of
Animal Husbandry).
J,W.D,—(1)Wotdd you advise apply-
ing fertilizer on a potato crop before
planting? In using 1000 lbs. per acre
would it not be advisable to apply say
600 lbs. broadcast th.ee or tour days
before planting and the remaining 400
lbs. with the planter?
Ans.—The Department of Chemistry
is carrying on experiments regarding
amounts and placing of fertilizers
when applied to potato crops. The in-
dication so far seems to be that fer-
tilizers placed on the level to under-
neath the hill of potatoes gives best
results. However, the experiment has
not been conducted long enough to
give definite answer under wantons
conditions. If one could tell the type
of weather that was likely to prevail
the answer would be simpler. For
instance, in a wet -summer fertilizers
placed from the level ) above she hit
give better -results than those below
while the reverse 18' the case in
ponied.
Your contention does not seem s
be borne out by experiments else
where ;50 to the advisability of. broai
casting part of tho fertilizer when as
application of 1090 lbs. per acre w
more is to be made: Ntaine Experi
Mont Station and New Jersey-Bxperi
inert Station both have long tiros as
periments on this point and both hay,
reached the s .me coaeltision, that ni
lbs, o o isail"
rtoeesu1500lts aro obtainedttheacro by applyinygg005' al
of the .fertilizer with a good potat,
planter having fertilizer attachment
rather than; broadcasting part of th,
fertilizer as you have suggested. How
ever, when sne. looks "at the question
from the broader viewpoint as to th,
effect of the fertilizer on the followini
crops in the rotation, the answer 1
obvious. If -all c : the fertiliser 10 coo
fined to rows the effect will Certain!:
be a ridged grain crop following thl
potato crop, investigations show tha
the lateral root growth of potatoes I
very rapid and quite extensive. Tbi
too wouldpoint to the advisibtlity e
lianclling the heavy application of fe
ti)izer the way you have suggested,
(2) What advantage has an organ!
fertilizer eine It chemical fertilizer?
Ans.—Fertilizers carrying nitroga
or any other Ingredient in organ/
firm are generally claimed to is
s..perfor in tbbeir physical effect upo
the soil. That is to say they are su
posed to act' like. humus from prat
sources, adding to the water -hold/
capacity of the soil an,; improving i
c mdition for bacterial growth. € f ti
amount or urgauic matter, In the f
Mize: I: considerable, ills eontentic
will have ec.10 weight. Knelt of tl
nitrogen supplied in organic Carrie
has to waft for bacterial action hero
it is liberated, hence the a0tioa pftl
organic carriers is prolonged beyor
that of the purely mireral Carrie
The nitrogen in each cake:is the so
element that is supplied byboth m
eral and organic carr/ers, hence t
rapidness with which it is avaIlal
will determine the suitability of t
carrier of nitrogen in the fertiliz
Ter the crops en which they are to
used,
Sunday School
Lesson
February 3.• Lesson V1—Jesus the
World's Teacher --Luke' 6; 27.42,
Golden Text—As ye would that men
should do to you, do ye also to
them likewise.—Luka 61 31.
ANALYSIS
I. THE nova, LAW, Luke 6: 27-3.4.
II. eo0's ExAMO'LE, Wee 6f435, 36.
III. CHRISTIAN STANDARDS, Luke 6: 2.7-
42.
I. TAE ROXAL LAW, Luke 6: 27-34.
INTRODUCTION--x'auioften contrasts
Judaism and Christianity in this way:
Judaism, he says, is a religion of law,
Christianity of freedom. I'ie regarded
Jesus Christ as the great Liberator,
in contrast with Moses, the law -giver.
-Yet here, and in other passages, we
we have what is called "the royal law"
of Christ. There is no real contradic-
tion. The scribes and Pharisees sought
to lay down a rule for every .occasion
of human life; their code was elabor-
ate, fuss", impossible for many people
to obey. Jesus, on the other hand, laid
down great principles, sometimes in
the forte of general rules (such as
"love you. enemies"), sometimes in tate
form of particular illustrations (such
as, "if your enemy smite yon on the
one clteelt, turn to him the other
also"),• Whereas, then, the scribes
and Pharisees sought to give anon a
map, indicating every detail of the
way, Jesus gave men a compass, and
bade them guide their steps by this
compass and the stars.
We are not to apply these com-
mands of Jesus, therefore, clumsily,
and by rule of thumb; it is the spirit,
not the letter; which is binding. I' it
instance under modern social condi-
tions is may not be Christian to give
to every beggar who corns to our door,
without risking any questions. On the
other hand, we must bo careful not to
water down the commands of Jesus
till they become easy and insipid. Int
studying his teaching, our task is
threefold; first, we meet try to under-
stand what his words meant to Isis
hearers, then what principle underlies
them and third, what is their applica.
Hon �o our own conditions and duties.
II. 000'S EXAAI1LE, Luke 6: 35, 36.
The fundamental principle underly-
iny the teaching seems to be expressed
' in verse 35. It comes to this: we are
to treat others as God has treated us.
Jesus' thoughts of God and of duty
are intimately associated, God is the
Fattier who sends Ms sun and rain to
bless the just and the unjust; he is as
good to the thankless as to the thank-
ful; he treats his children, then, not
according 4o their need. We, there-
fore, are to treat our neighbors, not
according to their deserts, but their
needs, as God has treated us, This is
the great prin„iple of Christian jus-
tice. What our enemies need of us,
what beggars need, what sinners need
is our love, and we must be willing to
do for them whit.ever love demands.
Love implies that whatever may he
the needs, or troubles, or sins of out
neighbors. we treat them as brothers,
and seek their highest good.
III. CHRISTIAN STANDARDS, Luke 6: 2'1-
42,'
V. 27. "Your, enemies," to a Jew,
would caturall1y menu "th'e Romans,"
though private *enemies might be in-
cluded. One reason why Jesus was
rejected end repudiated by his people
was that he would have nothing to do
with their hatred of the Bolters, and
their longing to be at their enemies'
throats. Lovina` our enemies must in-
clude loving ettr national enemies. Ts
loving' our enemies ctnsistent with a
soldier's duties?
• V., 4Chris`ians are to pray for
their persecutors, for diose• who
swindle them and -tell false tales about
them. They must ,reat people in 1
same spirit in which they pray
them.
V. 29. Amongst the Jews a e
temptuous pat on the cheep was
garded as a deadly insult.
V. 30. Giving alms .o beggars sv
in Palestine, almost the only mails
means a,. "social service."
V. 32. Tire word translated "this
implies that thele should always
something "extra," something bey(
what the world expects in the flee
liners of Christians.
V. 34. "To receive again as mu
means to get their capital hack. Jt
might not charge one another inter
on loans.
V. 35. We must show kindness
love's sake, not to gst n reward;
goodness is rewarded all the sante.
Vs. 37, 38. Either tilers will tr
you as you treat them, or God t
treat you as you treat others.
Vs, 30, 40. You must learn be£
you can teach; even when you
teachers, you, like your Master, s
not judge and condemn,
Vs. 41, 42. Jesus must have ems
when ho said, "You must cast 1
great timber out of your eye bei(
you can see to take the splinter
of your brothels'
Vs. 43, 44. The Christian life is r
obeying rules, but having love in yo
heart, and letting love naturally
press itself.
Old Deeds Teti of Well Whel
Richard Ill Once Got a Dri
London -,--An interesting discove
In the titin deeds of two old cottag
at Sheepy Magna, Leteesterershi
near the battlefield of Bosworth, w
a Latin inscription which has bo
translated as follows:
"With water drawn from this we
Richard the Third, King of Englen
assuaged his thrist when fighting
the most desperate and hostile ria
ner with Henry Duke of Richmon
and about to lose before night 15
life, together with his sceptre. Au
22, A.D, 1485."
There is a large well in the go
Glen of the cottages.
"Your husband has a splendid me
019 I am told."
Yes. Why every time he gets
cold ha can sit down and figure o
Just how aril where he got it."
France to Hold Annual Salo
For Artists Under 15 Yea
Paris—French artists "under t1
age of 15 years are to have the
own annual 'salon.
The Military of rine Arte is
sponsible for this 1:novation a
more than 2,000 In:Jars have se:
drawings from all parts of Frau
representing "The House oe 10
Dreams."
A. selection of wetter colors execu
ed by pupils . of tits Paris punt
schools is to be a feature 011150 flri
salon,
Larger Gasoline Tanks
New cars are shorviirg something(
a treed' toward larger gasoline tank
especially clown in that sector whey
feel reservoirs have been smalles
' Two habits that probably will nti
be changed radically by the large
tanks aro those sr running :out
gas and saying "five' gallons, plonee�