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MENACE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE IN THE FUTURE IS OVERRATB, SAYS SCIENTIST PhiWWpWa, Pa. -CiticB in wan of proportiona in tho coiig«8t«d traffic the future need have no fear of being centres. Prof. A.oxander Silvenn»n wiped out by chemical warfare, it wu« head of the I^ept of Cheniiatry of th» assvrtwd at u rrtcetinj,' of iverve offt University of PitUburtr, told the con- cera of the ih<Mnical warfare service gretia. of the United SUtes army, held in Rubber frcni the ({uayu'.e shrub of- connection with the American Chem- fers the United Statea iU moat favor- ical SociMy convention. > able raeana of nieetinR the world rub- F««rof chemical warfare weapons 't'«r <ten>«nd«, the society wa8 in- more te" '.i.e than those used in the 'o'^ned. world w: was unfounded. 0>\. C. K. y..^ cure for diabetea was the powA- BriKhan, . xecutive office of the bllity v.sioned before the Soocly by Chemic. ..varlure iH>rvice of the amy P*^/ ^^''-'tl Bertrand director of the told th • gathering. ' Biological Chemical lyaboratory of the "Mil; . ird (fiiB used In the late war," he saitl. "pn>duce<i on'.y 2S^ casualties for e*ch ton used, and of them) only one death waa caused for every ton ami a ha'.f used. Idling automobile motors are cost- ing American motorists $80,000,000 annually, and also fast creating dan- gerous health conditions in the large Panteur Institute, Paris. He told the division of chemistry of medical pro- ducts, experiments with nickel and cobalt have produced encouraging re- sults til treatment of the disease. These two metals have b<*n found present in the human body, Prof. Ber- traml declared, especially in the pan- creas gland. We have found that cases of simple cities, delegates to the congress wore ^Hj^^tee, excluding the consumptivo ***â„¢- I type, may be l)enefited, nometimes to The menace from carbon monoxide the extent of the complete suppression exhaust fumee is assuming serious I of the sugar output," he declared. Old Signal Tower at London Radio Fair London. â€" Reproduction of th<» scene of tfte first wireless signal sent ncroas the Atlaiiiio, the tw«>nty-fifth anniver- sary of which will be celebrated Dec. IB, waa a feature of the National Radio Exhibition opening at Olympia on Sept. 4, and continuing until Sept. England Will Replace Thous- ands of Old Milesstones. England's "lying milestones," some of them nearly as old as Euglajid's groen-clad, rolling hills, are to be re- placed by new mllei>oat8 which will toll the tPith. Thousands of the stones, which for centuries were absolutely accurate. 18. Nearly a quarter of a century ] are altogether out of date now owing ago three dots, representing the Morse ^ to modern road Improvements, which letter "S" was radiocast from Eng- • have taken short cuts here and there, land to St. Johns, Nfld., and the old or chanRed some of the roads built by faarrtusks on Signal Hill at the hitter ' the Romans, who made their thorough- plttca baa bean reproduced in honor fares as the crow flies, straight cross of thmt event. country, and dared anyone to even at- Two hundred British wireless manu- tumpt to Interfere, facturers and dealers exhibited latest ' The Ministry of Transport has de- designa in accessories and new sets, i cided upon a new standard design for The outstanding tendencies of the lat- the new posts and has atartedd In re- tor seem to be simplification of control meaaurlng tlte roadways of the couu- ^mim MB' ' "v. ! 1 fli ^^^^^^^m*'- 5 "^^d^l ^ ^k. ^" /' -r. Canada from Coast to Coast NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL AT WORK Ix)rd Willlnedon, who will arrive In (!auada to take up the duties of goT- ernor-General early in OctobBr, Is shown above at work In his studio In Eng- land. In liLs younger days he was a famous cricketer. and better quaHty of amplification. Frau's Vacuum Cleaner is Doom of Bee Invaders. A vacuum cleaner baa come In handy a« a 1k»>.- chaser for Frau Minna LlebtiDow. whoB4 husband. Richard, runs a bakery and co^ifectlonery store In the Hsirlln suburb of NeukooHn. At- tracted by the fragrance of the pastry, chocolate, cake and other delicacies, a swarm of bees entpred the Llebenow •tore by un open window aud took complete |K>HHC8sl<jn of the appetizing eatables on the couutor. Llebtnow lied in terror and yelled to his wife, who was clenBlng the car- pots In the sitting room with a vacuum cloaii(.''r. She thought for a moment and than hurried into the s^tore and calmly suckod up the bec«. one by one. with the vacuum cleaner. try. Cows Milked in Heart of ] Good-bye â€" Hurrah. London's Shopping District Oood-bye to the Town- good-bye! Hurrah! for the sea and .the sky! London. â€" In Ix)ndon'8 busiest shop- ping centre ten contented cows are milked twice a day and give 160 quarts of milk. Tl ey are housed in a shed in Clllpstone Street, Tottenham Court Road, at the back of a dairy not far from Oxford Circus. Charles Por- ter, Medical Officer of Health for the district, reports that they are "prob- ably very much better looked after than many of their sisters in the coun- try." These city cows never .see any green gra.ss during thedr milk-giving career, and when returned to the coun- try K)am alwut the pasture ill at ease for a day or two. Halifax, N.8.â€" Considerable quan- tities of sirordfish are being shipped from Nova Scotia to the Boston mar- ket at the present time. This eorn- modity has found a good market in Boston and shipments to that city Average around ten to fifteen thou- .•and pounds a day during the ship- ping season. Woodstock, N.B.â€" Investigation of New Brunswick as a suitable centre for an extensive land settlemtnti scheme is the object of a party of • financiers, which arrived here recently i to inspect the farming section of this ; district. The party includes the lyor- ; don Manager of the Hudson's Bay Co. ; Overseas Settlement I;td., and repre- ' sentatives of two prominent Canadian â-  insurance companies. - Montreal, Que. â€" The Kipawa mill or the International Paper Co. at Temis- knming, Que., is now devoted entirely to the production of sulphite pulp to be used in the manufacture of rayon. Reduction of rayon prices on June 1 last has stimulated sales to an extent that the demand for raw material has made this step necessary. Toronto, Ont. â€" Unofficial estimates prepared by the puthoritiee of the Dept. of Commerce, Washing^ton, fore- cast an expenditure this year ap- proaching $190,000,000 as the amount that will probably be spent by Amer- icana visiting Canada. This estimate, of course, is <m^ tentative and it is J more than likely that the total amount I Archaeologist Hunts Lost River in England The supposed cxlstenco of a "lost' river Jive nilhti long, running fifty feet New Paris Umbrellas in Picturesque Colors Umbrellas aj^ sliettdlng their sombre black In Paris and are becoming quite 'below the surface In Staffordshire Val- plcniresque In soft blues . delicate ' ley, p:;ngluiid. Is bsing investlguied by pinks, light water-greon and "dawn" j George II. Wilson, a prominent arch- yellow. coU)r» that were the rage in the ' apologist, who is exploring subterran- "Cltlsen King's" days. jean pas-saBeways in the district. Umbrellas are covered with taffeta | He has found i watprfall forty foet and edged with a broad ribbon striped undergmund and ;i lake containing In the gayest of cok>r8. Their handles 'percullar speciHe of black llsh. The ob- may be a crutch of light yellow or a jp,.t of th« exploration.q is to find an dog's hood with a collar set witircolor ed carbuncles, or a pert little monkey with a chain. The I/ouls Pbllllppo um- brella has be<K>me a formidable rival to the "Tom Thumb" umbrella, which has become smaller than eiyftr. underground stream of Stafford water to supply isolated fa. nia. Queen Victoria's Marble Bathtub for Sale London. â€" Queen Victoria's marble Noted Msdico Demands "the Right to Write." Research Work Urged in Tropical Di8<i'ase8. Men of flrst-rate scientlllc promise are being allowed to drift Into the i over-stocked proiesslons. Instead of ; bath is for sale. Although it cost more! being encouraged to undertake' re-; than ifibO it can t>e purchased for search work In connection with tnyil- 1 £200. ! cal dlM«UBcs. In the opinion of Slrj When Sir Robert Peel wa.s Prime j Farmer, o^ the Imperial College of i Minister he Invited Queen Victoria to! Science, addressing the Empire Unl- stay at Drayton Mano--, his mansion J veraltlea Congress at Cambridge. | near Tnmworth. and went to enormous! Sir Arthur Shipley, chairman of the expense in making his home fit to re- Imperial (V>Uege of Tropical Agrlcul- ceive hi» royal gueet. I ture, said the tropics were Increasing- He engaged Italian craftsmen to ly becoming a great reservoir of food, construct a ball) £u\ o'ut of a solid , Whoever could find a cure for the fun- ' gus which destroys bananas, he de- clared, would make an enormous for- tune. b'*ck of White marble. The bath was nwde five feet seven inches long, and as Queen Victeria's height was gener^ ally accepted as t>eing under five feet, â- he had ampis room for her ablutions. Jevrish New Year. Fire! Laat yefr Canada had over five In the street the flower-girls cry; In the streets the water-carts ply; And a lluter, with features awry, Pla}Tj fitfully, "Scots wha hae." . . . And over the rooftops nigh Comes a waft like a dream of the May; And a lady-bird lit on my lie; And a cock-chafer came with the tray: And a butterfly (no one knows why) Mistook my Aunt'a cap for a spray; And "next door" and "over the way" The neighbors take wing and fly: â€" Hurrah for the sea and the siky! . . . And even Miss Morgan Lefay Is flitting â€" to far Packham Rye; And my Grocer has goneâ€" In a "Shay," And my Tailor has gone â€" In a "B^y"; â€" Good-bye to the Town! â€" good'hye! And It's O for the sea and the skyi And It's O for tlie boat and the bay! For the white foam whirling by. And the sharp, salt edge of the spray! For the wharf where the black nets fry. And the wrack and the oarweed sway! For the stnill when the moon Is high To the nook by the Flag-house gray! So PhlMis. the fawn-footed, hie For a hansom. Ere close of the day UetwjMjn us a "world" must lie, â€" Good-bye to the Town? â€" Good-bye! Hurrah! for the sea and the sky! â€" Austin Dobson. Something a Little Smaller. ."V town girl who had married a well- to-do countryman was asked by her husband whether she would like to have a cow of her own, so that the household could have Its own supply of fresh milk. She agreed willingly, and the couple went to a fare to purchase a cow. The farmer, who was, perhaps, less triithful than the majority of his kind told them thot his cow wa.s far superior to any other that had ever lived. Aa to her milking capacity she gave ten quarts a day. The bride performed a rapid calcula- tion and said to her husband: "We can never use all that milk. We don't need such a big cow. Why not buy a calf?" of money left in Canada by Americana this year will exceed the $200,000,000 mark. Winnipeg, Man. â€" Fannen oonMi- tute the iMTgeat automoMle-owning cUm in Western Canada. Of 241^26 cars in the three Prairie Province*, 166,796 or 96 p«r cent, are in the haiids of fanners, according to a sur- vey by Manitoba Government author- itifo. Registration of automobiles In Canada at present totals 719,206, or an average ot one ear to every 11.8 people. Saskatoon, S««k.â€" The Robin Hood Flour MilUng Co., of Moose Jaw, it is reported, has teased the Interprovin- cial Flour Mills of Factoria, five miles north of here. The mill, which has a capacity of SOO barrels a day, will be overhauled immediately by the pur*^ chasers with a view to starting opera- tions In October. Calgary, Altn.â€" Wheat on farms in Southern Alberta is running more than 40 buoheU to the acre on spring plowing and in the late sown crops. A number of farmers in the Granum district, south of here, are getting yields close to BO bushels to the acre. The earlier ripened grain is not so heavy, but is yielding above 25 bush- els and 1« of good quality. It is stated that the, average for the entire pro- vince will be more than 20 bushels to the acre, which on a wheat area of 6,500,000 acres, should bring the total yield to at least 120,000,000 bushels. Victoria, B.C. â€" During the first six months of this year the mills of Brit- ish Columbia exported 368,505,343 feet of logs and lumber. This is an in- crease of 45 per cent over the quan- tity exported during the correspond- ing period of taat year. ^^%i From the Mouths of Babes. By asking too many questions flv«- year-old Paul brought to an abrupt end an automobile ride he was enjoying with his uncle. Paul was first attracted by a lone sparrow which hold the middle of the road until the car seemed almost upon him. "Did you run over that sparrow?" questioned the youngster. "Nope, we'd have felt a bump It we had," his uncle assured him. "Well, did you ever run over a spar- row ?" "Never did." "Then how do yoa know you would feel a bump when you run over one?" The uncle groaned and quickly changed the subject, attempting to turn the tables and place his nephew on the defensive. "What would you do If this car should stop out here and we couldn't get It started?" he said. "I'd cut down a tree and make a horse to pull us." Paul decided, glanc- ing at a nearby woods. "Oh, you can't make a horse out of a tree." "Sure â€" dlddn't you ever hear of a wooden horse?" And that's when the uncle turned homeward. ( Sir Wm. Arbuthnot Lane The right of Hrltlsh physicians to •The holy season of the Jews com- 1 «"«• o«. nearly two million acrt^ of manced on Sept. 8 ami lasU until the which 90 per cent, were caused by evoning of Sept. 30. The 8th is Rosh : human agency and care.ee«ne.s.H. April thousand forest flres burning over an wrlte^artlcles eiiiicatlug the public in health matters has been ralseil by the reslgna^on of Sir William Arbuthnot Inline from the British Medical Aa- Ha-shaiH. or New Year's Day, and the I«th to April 24th was Forest Fire ' nodatlon. a« a protest against pre- 30th is 'the Shomini Alzereth the Prevention Week In Canada and the | venting such writing. When an article Feast of the C>>ncluslon In the' Jew- Ignited .States, but for every i-vriousl hearing his name, and iirustrated with lihTivlition the Ro.sh Haahana marks citizen of both countries, each week of j his pholograiih. appeared on restaur- tfca'ini.iverslary of tha creation of the the summer months should be a Kire|Hnt menus, tlie medical a.ssoclation or- world supported to have taken place Prevention Week. In so far a^ per-jd.red the ph,.toKraph covered with 6,6«7 'y«ar(Mi^) It is a day set apart sonal responsibility and carefulness i white paper on every copy of the for introspection and -olf-exaniiiiation can ensure. ! menu. SiUc From Sea-Shells. Two Berlin sclentlsta. Ur K. O. Her- zog and Dr. U. Keinlkc. claim to have made artificial silk from the heads, claws, and feelers of grasshoppers, wasps, beetles, and locusts, and also from Bca-slieMs. These Insects and the Bea-s>heiUs contain a substnnoe called ch'ltrin, which can l>e turned Into a gelatine- like mass and worked Into a thin film, or forced through tiny boles and thus made into threads. The threads which are very flne In texture, are strong enough to be i^oven Into doth. The Achievement. Jehan. the carver, who for years had piled Hla tools on Jocund toys for serf and s<iulre. Felt ere his end a strong and fierce desire Onceâ€" Jf hut once!-â€" to carve the Crudfled. But his accustomed hand his will de- j nled Day-long he labored I na convent quire; Then, aa night fell, thrust back the proffered hire, And fled into th« dark his shame to hide. ~ But long, long after did the brethren tell Ot wonders God bad worked through that strange road. How sinners, who all other x>leas with- stood. Bowed, like ripe com, to Its majestic spell. A mirth divine by anguish unsubdued! A laughter that defied the ranks of heH! â€" O. M. Hort. The common housefly sounds the note F in flying. This means that its- wings vibrate 335 timee a secorkd. Tlie' honey-bee s»und« A, implying 440 vi- brations a second. Natural Resources Bulletin. The transportation of fish has al- ways been an important problem in Canada where the distances between centres of population are considerable. Refrigeration has been the chief me- thod of packing fish for travel, but this is a costly process and requires that conlderable quantities be handled at one time. Leakage from melting ice, the extreme perishability of the product and the need for re-icing and prompt sale, has made this traffic a more or less distasteful business that must be constantly kept separate from dry freight. The whole problem of handling fish in limited quantities between the pro- ducer and consumer is now practical- ly solved by the use of insulating car- tons, according to information now available A concern on Long Island has succeeded in perfecting a simple package that will keep the fish dry and in good condition for travelling and which may be sent either by express or by parcel poet, depending on the size. A writer in "Packing and Ship- ping" (New York) has the following-, to say of these packages : "The cartons run in four sizes to carry 12, 20, 30 and 50 lbs., and when filled make unit packages weighing 19, 28, 39 and 60 lbs. > "One unique feature of the shipping carton is the insulation inside. Thia is in the form of air chambers whicfi" are filled with dry sea grass and a top ' cover of the sanoe kind provided. The edible parts of the fish are wrapped up in 2-lb. packages, in vegetable parchment paper and tied with a rib- bon of tying material. No preservative is used. "The success of this new system Is attributed to the fact that by having a hermetically sealed compartment with the commodity pre-cooled, a low tem- perature is maintained until the box is opened at destination. In fnct, it has been found that a fish carton can ride 48 hours without damage to the contents." Canada is fortunate in poesessing vast quantities of suitable ii>sul«ting sea weed (eelgrass) close to its .At- lantic fisheries. Each tide brings in its quota of leaves torn by the tides from vast submerged flats of the gTownng material. This is gathered by ox teams and hauled out on the gravel beaches to dry, much like hay. Eelgrass makes an excellent lining for houses, through its ability to. pre- vent the passage of heat and it ie excellent as a sound deadener and, in fact, for all purposes that an insalat- 'ng material is required. Those who wake up to find them- selves famous have not been sleeping on the job. MUTT AND JEFFâ€" By Bud Fisher. .>--