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"THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, NOVEMBER / 16, 1931 . Edition of 1800 Con- "tained Puzzling i CO 'Calgary, Alta-- How - many Brie corns would it take to en- cle the globe? This grievous roblem 'which racked the brains £ schoolboys a century ago, was J d in a treasured copy of h ters Plain and Practi- Arithmetic." owned by a resi- ant of this city. First edition of work burst upon thc methe- matical world in the year 1800. ~ "Barleycorn" to most péople foday has a doubtful meaning but {when we learn in the tables con- | tained in "Practical Arithmetik"" ; that it represents a measure | equal to one-third of an inch, the ! solution becomes comparatively . easy. i Under "Recommendations" "published along with the preface there is a letter dated 1799, signed by Professor Josiah Meigs, of "Yale College," and { 'another by Noah Webster, who . was just as much an authority : in his day as his brother Daniel i is today. MARITIMERS IN HUDSON BAY Seamen still Anxious . For "News of Home District Winnipeg, Man, -- Memories + of the Maritimes fail to fade even before the frosty breeze off Hud- son Bay. From Churchill, new frontier seaport on the Bay shore, came a demand from two Canadian seamen for the result of the International schooner races--tiwo days after the races bad been rum, "Depression has hit our news service", commniented the query, signed by Capt. G. D. Pentz, who piloted the test-steamers Farn- worth' and* Warkworth out of the harbor in September with their grain-cargoes, and Bill Harris, another Maritimer who super- vised the "trimming" of the car- goes for the Canadian depart- ment of railways and canals. The answering message made at least two men happy In Churchill--for the Bluenose of Halifax won the schooner-title, FIND BIG GAME IN THE WEST Upper Athabasca District Supplies Remarkable Specimens Edmonton, Alta.--Species of big game animals from Alberta are to find a resting place in the Bavarian museum, in Munich. Dr. Fritz Gerl, Bavarian physic- jan, just returned from a big game hunt in the mountains north of the Upper Athabasca, has received a permit for this purpose. The doctor's bag contains sev- eral remarkable specimens of moose, deer, caribou bighorn sheep and brown bear. If possible the doctor intends arranging for the transportation of a live elk from the Banff zoo. Seventy-eight per cent of - the school teachers in the United States arc women, married "Margaret could have anvbhody she pleased." "Then why is she stil single?" "She never pleased anybody." 'More mothers & a t children's delicate digestions, 2 each year.. check Colds WAYS at once! More and more mothers year turn to the double action of Vicks VapoRab in check» ing colds, coughs, sore throat and spasmodic croup; LATEST STUDY I§ CROV-DLOGY Coos Are Subject of In ) Edmonton, Alta.--Dr. William Rowan, professor of zoology at the University of Alberta, has created a new "ology." This latest study is for the purpose of study- ing crows and their migrations. The professor believes that by side-tracking Old Mother Nature it is possible to give migratory crows the "reverse instinct," causing them to fly north instead of south, To carry out his experiment the professor built a huge aviary in which 400 of the genus Corvus were housed. It appears that in- ternal secretions are the secret of the "instinct" which gives the feathered flightsters direction. These secretions, according to the professor, are controlled by light. In an effort to put the "instinct" into reverse the doctor used an artificial lighting system. A longer period of daylight is being provided instead of the usual shortening days and this, the professor points out, has a direct effect on the internal sec- retion which, in turn, affects the migratory instinct. Two years ago crows were kept by the pro- fessor under similar conditions. When released they turned to the north instead of to the south, One was shot down as late as Feb, 28 in the Lesser Slave Lake district after experiencing a tem- perature of 60 below zero with- out any fill effects. DEW RECOGNIZED AS VALUABLE Life Say Scientists | Winnipeg, Man.--Long regard- | ed as of little consequence among the phenomena of nature, dew has recently come into its own. It is recognized among scientists as an important factor in plant life, both as a source of molis- ture and as a contributing agent to the development of such plant diseases as wheat rust and po- tato blight. Scientists have run into an ob- stacle, however, in their attempts to study dew and its effects. They have no way of measuring either the density of dew or its dura- tion, There is a golden opportunity for some bright young inventor or research student to make a name for himself and at the same time make a real contribu- tion to agriculture and to science by perfecting a device to mea- sure dew. | { Rubbed on throat and chest at bedtime, Vicks acts through the skin like a plaster: At the same time, its medicated va- rs, released by the heat of the y, are inhaled direct to the air-passages: This double action of Vicks breaks up congestion and eases breathing, thus prevent. ing the night coughs which so en rob both mother and child of restful sleep, VICKS MILLION JARS USED YEARLY ! ovis Almost éveryone knows that dew is the more or less light film of moisture which forms on the ground in the evening, caused by a sudden cooling of moisture-lad- en air. Sometimes there is a heavy dew and sometimes a light one, Sometimes it lasts all night and on into the morning. Sometimes it lasts only a short time. What is needed is an instru- ment which can be placed out- side and will automatically re- cord both these features of the dew. The effect of varying de- grees of dew on different aspects of plant life could then be deter- mined, It has been determined that some plant diseases, due to fun- gus growths cannot thrive with- out dew. The spores rest on the plant leaves but require mois- ture to cause them to germinate and damage the plant. Rust is of this character. If one knew how much dew is necessary to give the rust a chance one would be able to foretell the damage likely to reeult to crops. Manitoba has no potato blight, a disease which causes great dam- age in other provinces. This is '| gaid to be due to the dry climate. i| There is not emough dew in Man- itoba to give the blight spores a chance to germinate. GRANITE BLOCK FOR CORNER-STONE Transportation Was Big Problem for Yale University falgary, Alta. -- A solid block of granite, four feet square, cut fibm the precipitous cliffs of Mount/Sir Donald, at Glacier, re- cently will form the corner-stone of the Lord Strathcona Mem- orial Building at Yale University. The stone was taken from Mount Sir Donald at the request of the University authorities because 'the mountain was named in hon- | or of Lord Strathcona when he was Sir Donald Smith, Herculean efforts on the part of all available section hands on the Canadian Pacific Railway at t' Glacier were necessary before the | Great care was huge stone brought to rest at the foot of the mountain. necessary In guiding its passage down the steep mountain slope. This prov- ed to be a mere preliminary how- ever, Transportation to Glacier sta- tion, four miles took four {| days. Movement of the huge mired | taking, and less liable to illness ® | than their fairer: sisters. stone over a pony trail Is Important Factor in Plant| A get late-early now, HIGH PRAISE FOR Second to None Teaching Ra Winnipeg, Man, -- Canada's medical institutions rank second to none in teaching and equip- ment, according to Prof. G .A. Buckmaster, G.A., M.B, and Prof. Wm. Wright, F.P.CS, M.B. These two distinguished sur- geons recently conducted prim- ary examinations for fellowships of the Royal College of Surgeons in Australia and New Zealand. They will conduct ten examina- tions for Canadian students be- fore turning to London. Both were loud in their praise of Canadian medical units. "They are as good as one would wish to see, in teaching, equipment and the whole schéme of de- velopment," said Dr. Buckmaster. Dr. Wright added that he knew of no places better equipped than Toronto and McGill universities. Since their arrival in Canada they have visited leading medical institutions in the west for the first time. Discussing modern trends to birth control the visitors express- ed approval. Both were emphatic that adoption of birth control methods should commence with stringent control of feeble-mind- ed individuals, They recommend- ed segregation of tlrese people instead of operation on their per- sons. ART INTERESTS HAVE BENEFITED Depression Has Given Im- petus to Study of Art Fdmonton, Alta. -- Tll-winds of economic "depression'" may have clouded the industrial hori- zon but they have blown im- merse good to the art interests of Canada, This is the opinion of H. O. McCurray, assistant di- rector of the Canadian National Art Gallery, at Ottawa, who has just completed a tour of western art centres. "Attendance at the art schools throughout Canada is larger than ever before, and the work of such institutions has not suffered." Mr. McCurray believed. "of course there is a depression in the purchase of works of art be- cause there is less money to spend, but the interest is greater then ever." Mr McCurray was warm in his praise of art centres visited in the west. - Galleries at Edmonton and Vancouver he rated as "first class." It is the intention of the National Gallery, he said, to bring certain national art treas- ures from Great Britain for ex- hibition purposes in Canada. In- terest shown in the new move ment would help greatly the scheme, he thought. Formerly it was not possible to move these treasures outside of Great Bri- tain. Recent amendments to the law by the MacDonald Govern- ment, he said, now make this pos- sible. "The west is filled with artistic energy and in the process of ra- pid artistic deveolpment," he commented, enthusiastically. RED-HAIRED HEADS SOUGHT IN PARIS ---- London.-- Red-haired women, so long over-shadowed by their blonde sisters, are coming into their own again, Hairdressers in London and Paris state that a reaction has set in against the once all-con- quering: blonde, Many blonde women, they declare, are having their hair dyed red--not e flam- ing Titian, but a "deep shade of coppery chestnut." A cabaret in the Champs Ely- sees first reintroduced the fash- fon by engaging a troupe of red- haired dancers. Now the man- agers of several Paris theatres are looking for '"red-heads." "Very Lovely" There is no sign yet of blondes being ousted from the choruses of London musical shows, but the head of a leading school for mannequins told a re- porter recently that there is a growing demand for red-haired models. "Mannequins with natural red hair are very scarce," she said. "Hair of this color looks very lovely, particularly with evening dress, and any skilled model with beautiful red hair can safely say that her hair is her fortune, She is always in demand." An official of the Hairdress- ers' General Committee, an or- ganization representing more than 10,000 hairdressers, said. "There are signs that red hair 'will become as popular as it was just before the war. Women are finding it expensive and difficult to keep fair hair in condition and properly dressed, Bleached hair is an excellent foundation for the new tint." : , Natural red-haired women, who, according to the anthropo- logists, are fast disappearing, are supposed to possess special characteristics. They are, for in- stance, said to be quicker tem- pered, more efficient and pains- ®, "Days Drawing In." It begin 1, MEDICAL UNITS| PROPOSE MAKING LEGAL REMEDIES SINPLE 10 OBTAIN Special Court to Handle Suggested London. -- The Telegraph says editorially: | '"The proposal to simplify the legs) remedies for family difficul- ties which was put before the Law Society deserves considera- tion. A special Court of Do- mestic Relati . was B: d by Mrs, Appelbe, before which should come all minor cases of matrimonial disagreement. This Family Court would never try a case until the home and en- vironment of the parties had been investigated, it would be rrimarily friendly, and it would work for appeasement. One of Mrs. Appelbe's critics declared that it was already too easy to induce the law to interfere with domestic life, and the facilities had encouraged mischief-making. She might reply that the friendly investigation wheh would be the practice of the new Court would minimize such evils. The project is worth discussion in the light of Canadian and American experi- ence of such a system and of the opinions of our judges and ma- gistrates." At Folkstone Miss Carne Mor - rison, in her paper on Family Courts, read before the Law So- ciety said that she would bring bastardly cases and adoption and guardianship of infants, as well as ordinary matrimonial affairs, within the purview of the propos- ed courts. Miss Morrison argued that the atmosphere of a ecrim- inal court is not a suitable one in which to adjust family differ- ences. Most of the parties to these cases could not afford to be rep- resented, and how was anyone to ascertain the cause of dissension znd the true facts with a garru- iouz wife in the box and a tongue- tied husband below the dock, or vice versa? In her own experi- ence she had found that the hus- band was the one who suffered most. While in America the re- verse seemed the case. "The resent state of matrimonial law and practice is appalling," she declared amidst "Hear, Hear!" Peculiar Club For Writers of Books London.--The Pen Club is a society to which all are eligible Canada's Standard Co HE sales of BU Remedy S Mixture in Canada exceed that of any other cough and cold remedy. Better --that's why -- and different. BUCKLEY'S is not a soothing syrup, but an anti- acid, penetrative mixture that goes right to the root of the trouble, and clears it up in double ick time. Take no chances--take BUCKLEY'S. t "acts like a flash" i the bronchial tubes, iag the cough, Opens and helps to build up what the cough tears down. A SINGLE SIP PROVES 1T! At any drug store -- two sizes --75¢ and 40¢ OVER 4,000,000 BOTTLES SOLD ,,, who have ever published a book. There were present, therefore, at the 10th anniversary dinner a really mixed collection of all sorts, colors, religions and hooks. 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