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PT used, Relics of Andree Polar Expediti on ; Put on Exhibition in Stockho __Btockhelm--An exhibition ot relics ~ found at Viton (the White Island) of * 'the Andree polar expedition is being shown at Stockholm. In the exhibit are the three sledges and the boat which Andree's party g There also is Andree's sweat- er, with his pig diary which gave to the world the description of their long walk across the ice. There are note-books, calendars, diaries and all the books and maps which the ex- pedition carried with them. On the wall is the balloons flag. In different cases are to be found various instruments, clocks, money, and the camera carried by the ex- pedition. Elsewhere one finds the clothes worn during the expedition, the guns, tools, instruments, sewing materials, needles and threads, a wooden box with a number of match boxes, canisters, food tins, household implements, parts of the tent and poles, and Canadian snowshoes, Two items which attracted special attention were Nils Strindberg's fountain pen and a 'kerosene stove. When the fountain pen was picked up, after having lain in the ice for 33 years, there was some ink left and it proved to be in perfect condition and could be used. When the stove was found the men tried the pump and kerosene spurted forth, After this oil was removed and fresh put in, the stove operated perfectly. The income of this exhibition Is to go toward the fund which was start- ed in the autumn in memory of the three Swedes for their brave contri butlon to the history of geographical research and aircraft. As an ap- preciation of thanks to the Nor- weglans who found Andree ana for the help and courtesy shown in Nor- way during the transport home, this fund will be open for both Swedes and Norwegians. Canada to Stage Rifle Matches? Under the heading "A Canadian Bisley, the Montreal Star makes the following observations: Sportsmen everywhere will commend the scheme to establish a Canadian Bisley Meet on the Connaught Ranges this com- ing summer. It is proposed to hold one competition in which teams re- presenting Western Canada, Eastern Canada, and the National Rifle As- sociation of Great Britain will shoof, This will be known as "The Canada," and will be conducted along the same lines as the competition for the famous Kolapore Cup at Bisley. An- other competition, to be known as "The Empire," will be based upon the conditions governing the Mackinnon Cup competition at Bisley, and will be open to marksmen from all over the Empire. By thus augmenting the annual Do- minion of Canada rifle matches, the D.C.R.A. is'providing greater facilities for "Canadian marksmen to {improve their sheoting, and at the same time 1s deing something vital for the cause of sport in Canada. Rifie shooting demands nerve, self-control, endur- ance, the ability to lose gracefully, and a very keen sense of sportsman- ship. for many years past. Canada, by virtue of her pre-emin- ent position so many times at Bis- ley, is surely entitled to have a modest Bisley of her own. It is not too much to expect that the proposal will be received sympathetically in other parts of the Empire. It may, indeed, be the beginning of what will eventually be a series of Empire Bis- leys, held from year to year in the self-Governing Dominions in rotation. Such a scheme would have many at- tractions, and would serve to stim- ulate ctill further interest in one of the finest of sports. Do Drivers Ignore Road Sign Warnings The old adage to the effect that familiarity breeds contempt is as true of automobile drivers and pedestrians as it is of other individuals. The above is merely a short way of | | \ | cate Fresh Salmon On Sale In Newfoundland Out of Season Fish, Streets Bare of Snow, Indicate Shift in Arctic Current St. Johns, N.F.--Many hundred pounds of Atlantic salmon fresh from nets of local fishermen have been on sale here, creating a situation unl- que in Newfoundland. Streets are as bare of snow as in October. Grass is green and plants are growing out of doors. Mere mildness of weath- ed might be attributed to a freak of nature, but the presence of salmon in quantity in these waters indicates that ocean currents have something to do with it. Salmon are caught here In May and June on their way to ascend rivers for spawning, and sometimes in November on their way out. Be- inz found in gliore waters at this sea- son would 'indicate 'that the Arctic current, which is usually supposed to wash these shores, ha: been deflect- ed and some offshoot of the Gulf Stream is sweeping near these coasts. These qualities the Bisley | Last season codfish and bait fishes Meet has encouraged and developed | falled to appear In the south coast. waters of Newfoundland. Local opinion {is that the earth shocks of November, 1929, when a tidal wave took twenty-seven lives and destroyed $500,000 fishing prop- erty In the Burin area and smashed a score of telegraph cables, were re- sponsible for some change in ocean currents, At any rate, the warmest summer. in Newfoundland history followed last season, and now the un- seasonable presence of shoals of salmon and mild weather would Indl existence of some unusual phenomenon. During all the month the presence of large flocks of robins in varlous parts of Avalon Peninsula has been most marked. The whole situation is most unusual and Is puzzling to the residents. ee pee For Slipping Gears It the car shows a tendency to slip out of second or high gear when pulling, temporary relief can be at- tained by driving slowly and keep- saying that the longer a driver sUDS y;p the hand on the gear shift lever. by a dangerous corner or school at The harder the pull the more likely high" speed without accident, or the it is to slip. more often he passes a car going up a fairly closed. hill without mishap, the more careless he gets. Education of drivers and pedestrians rather than guards and safety devices will eventually reduce the number of traffic accidents to a minimum, says Dr. A. R. Lauer, associate professor of psychology at Iowa State College. Studies have indicated that safety de- vices eliminate only about 20 per cent, of accidents. 3 Dr, Lauér urges the education of the public, and especially school children, in safety habits. Drivers, he says, need to be acquainted with their dan~ gerous driving habits and impressed with the necessity of correcting them. Apparatus to test the ability of drivers to respond quickly to various driving situations and to avoid accl- dents is being constructed, under the professor's guidance. ride nies Alberta Wells Set New Record for 1930 Edmouton, Alta. --Setting a record in the history of the province, Alberta Oil Wells, in December, 1930, pro- duced 175,572 barrels of various kinds of crude and naptha oil. Figures for the whole year ended December 31, 1931, just released 1,433,844, as com- pared with 999,12 for 1929. The year's production according to the various fields was as follows: Naptha from Turner Valley Lime- stone, 1,314,039 barrels; Light Crude from Turner Valley, 50,345 barrels; light crude from Red Coulee, 653,917 barrels; heavy crude from Walin- wright, 9,739 barrels; heavy crude 'from Ribstone, 1,873 barrels; heavy crude from Ckiff, 3,731 barrels. rently Every man 's like the company he is wont to keep. -Euripides. So keep the throttle Barely showing his age, Lloyd farm at Churt., { George, national figure in English politics, is seen (above), on hig sixty-eighth birthday, spent on his Vancouver Sets January Record Highest Average Temperature Recorded in Last 25 Years Vancouver,--The month just past was the warmest January on record in Vancouver, it was announced re- cently by E. B. Shearman, official weather observer. Not only was the mean (average) temperature of 43.1 degrees highest, its' nearest competitor, 40.05 degrees in January, 1914, but the maximum of 58 degrees on the 18th was the highest thermometer reading record- ed in the 25 years el which of- ficial records have been kept. The average temperature in the 25 years period has been 35.4 degrees. January also came close to setting a rain record with 11.24 inches, which was exceeded only fn 1925, when January set a record of 12.15 Inches. The 25-year average had been 8.08 inches. There was not even a trace of snow during the past month. ! | January 9 was the coldest day, the | thermometer recording 29.1 degrees in the early morning. -- STEAMER GARAGEGS Motorists will soon be able to go down to the sea in automobiles. A sea-golng garage Is mow under con- struction in one of the huge liners of the Dollar Line and sailings from New York to Manila, via California, Hawall, Japanese and Chinese ports will begin this summer. This garage will provide first-class seven-league boots for motorists, for it will be possible.tp motor in Call- fornia one day, and a week later drive through the streets of Hong Kong or Shanghal in their own car. The garage will be conveniently located so that motorists will be able to drive thelr cars abroad through the side without difficulty, Space for more than 100 cars will be provided. .' U.S. Heads List Of Unemployed Canada Has Lowest Percent- age of Unemployment of Any of the Principal Nations Ottawa.--According to a report of the International Labor Office of the League of Nations received here on Feb. 7th, the United States had the highest percentage of unemployed among members of trade unions in December of any of the principal na- tions. The percentage of unemployed trade unionists in that month were: Per Cent United States Germany Great Britain Australia Hungary Denmark Norway Canada ! w Total registered unemployed in Ger- many was 3,977,000, and in England 2, 306,963. Italy reported 534,356 wholly unem- ployed and 22,126 partly unemployed. France and Belgium had comparative- ly few unemployed. The biggest na- tions have yet to win the war on unem- ployment. erin a------ 250 Canadians Buenos Aires.--It was announced here recently that a delegation of 250 Canadian business men and indus- trialists, headed by a delegate named by the Canadian Government, will arrive in Buenos Aires March 13 on board the liner Prince Robert. The Canadian visitors will stay here until March 23, visiting the British Trade Exhibition and the principal centres in Argentina, semper cfm A woman writes to say the domes- tic servant is not the only one who likes change. The taxidriver asks for it, t>o. ' think of it? er Typhoid Fever Death Rate Highest in Rural Communities By John Burke Ingram "Well, John," said Mrs. Henry as they watched their three children walk down the road to the school-house half a mile away, "we may not have all the conveniences that city people have, but at least we have the satis faction of knowing that our youngsters are being brought up in the healthy, open countryside, and not in some _gofigested, disease-ridden city!" How about that loving, staunch Speech of Mrs. Henry's? What do you Do you still believe that the country is a "healthier" place to live in than the city? Because if you do, you're wrong! Once upon a time cities were disease ridden, and the country was by comparison free from sickness, But for years medical science has been learning more and more about the art of keeping people | well, and most large Canadian cities, | with their efficient public health de- partments, can show a cleaner bill of | health than can the average rural | area. When I started to write this article, 1 intended to tell you something about | typhoid fever. Perhaps I have wan- dered a little from my subject, but if | 50, the wandering is justified, because typhoid fever furnishes an outstand- ing example of bad health-manage- ment in rural areas. In big, congested cities where you would expect to find most typhoid, you actually find the least, and in rural Canada, where you would expect the fresh air and sun- light to keep this disease down, you actually find a death-rate from typhoid fever that is not merely as high, but | many times higher, than the rate for a city like Hamilton, or Toronto. And the fact that these valuable rural lives are being wasted emphasizes our great national need--a system of full-time rural health units--full-time medical i departments of health, similar to those which Quebec is rapidly organ- {izing in all parts of that province. Typhoid fever is a germ-produced disease. Cities have conquered it largely by keeping the typhoid germs from being swallowed by their citi zens. Typhoid germs live and multi. ply and thrivs in milk and in water. Canadian cities kill the germs before their citizens drink the milk and the water, by chlorinating the water and pasteurizing the milk. One should remember in considering a rural source of water supply the well-known scientific fact that water will not run up a hill. If a barnyard or any place where waste Is thrown ried down into the well. It is the tops of wells or cisterns, either crack- ed or not sufficiently protected, which will cause the trouble. The ten or twelve feet ut the top of the casing may also be a source of danger as water may flow close to the surface of the ground and get into the well before it has had time to be thorough- ly purified. If the tops and upper parts of the casing are water tight then surface water and imperfectly filtered water can both be kept out. The matter can be summed up by saying that the thing most to be avoided is the en- trance of any surface drainage, be- cause this is likely to be the means of carrying disease-producing germs from persons who have or have had certain diseases -- including--(one is tempted to say especially)--typhold fever. It is especially the shallow wells which collect surface water that are dangerous. Surface water of course drains iato the well, quickly bringing with it much of the surface minutae. Even spri.gs which most people con- sider to be absolutely pure actually " i World's largest dirigible, which Is now being constructed at Akron, Ohlo, is rapidly nearing completion, the huge 76-foot nose having Only tall assembly is yet to be added, and then the task of putting en the outer fabric covering will begin. recently been put in place. Gigantic Dirigible Under Construction A -- -- is situated on a higher level than the { well then sewage may easily be car- have been found to be almost as dan- gerous since frequently they gather a considerable proportion of the surface water, Deep wells were found to be best of all from a health point of view. Deep wells were found to be more than twice as satisfactory as springs tand more than three times as satis- factory as shallow wells insofar as freedom from typhold germs is con- cerned. Now then as to the question of milk. To one not familiar with the methods used by an up-to-date health department in preventing disease, It may seem strange that milk which Is produced In the country and carried to the city can be made more®pure at the end of its journey than it was at the beginning. The answer to that little puzzle is of course in the process of pasteucization. There are so many ways in which typhold germs can get into the milk. A fly settling upon the rim of the milking-pail may deposit a small quantity of germs which In a single day can breed untold millions. A hair from the cow's udder can do the same thing. Typhoid germs fre- quently find their way into the milk pail from the hands of the milker. The entire journey of the milk from the] moment it leaves the cow until it is | taken into the human mouth Is frought with danger. At almost any | stage of its journey typhoid germs | may contaminate the milk, In fact wlien I say that fr.m the moment it { leaves the cow's body the milk is in danger of contamination I am under- stating the case. The cow herself may not be h-althy and the contamina- tion may take place even before milk- ing. Of course in addition to the danger of 'typhoid spreading by means of vater, milk and food there Is the obvious and ever-present possibility of the spreading from person to per- son. Quarantine regulations do much to stop this in the city and where they are enforced also in rural parts. Unfortunately quarantine regulations are not enforced as strongly in many | rural parts as t.ey are in cities. 'Compbell Sets Goal | | At 300 Mi. An Hour |Says New Record of 245 miles Did Not Provide Any Thrills | | | Daytona Beach, Fla.--Captain Mal- | colm Campbell's greatest ambition is | to drive an automobile 30) miles an | hour, | The 46-year-old British race driver, who on Feb. 5th hung up a new world's land speed record of 245 miles an hour on the beach speedway here, expressed such a Jesire while mak- ing preparations for his return trip to England. "It 13 my very great ambition to | | be able to drive a car at that speed," | he declared as ha opened and read hundreds of cablegrams and tele- | grams, received from all parts of the | world, congratulating him on his ree- ord-breaking achievement in lis huge Bluebird racing car, "I have said that I am not satis- fied with my present record of 245. That is true, but I do not contem- plate any more record trials soon. There is plenty more speed In my Bluebird, but these trials ara so beastly expensive. "Perhaps, If I can find some mil- lionaire who wlll help finance such an undertaking, I shall shoot for the 300-mile mark within the next few years. There is nothing I should like better to do. I should say that at present it is my greatest ambition." Campbell would make no definite predictions as to when he thought an automobile speed of 300 miles an hour would be attained, but dnti- mated it would be within the next three or four years, | Campbell declared he would have no fear in trying for a speed of 300 miles an hour, provided he had a cart that was absolutely stable and a course that was perfect. "l am what you call a fatalist. H belleve that I am not going to get mine untill I am supposed to. When that time comes I shall be ready to meet it. But why talk of that now. I have no fear. [I absolutely get no sensation of thrill while traveling at 30 fast a speed." rare ml ini, Advice to the Rich London Morning Post. There la at the present moment a widely held belief that the private Individual can help the unemployment situation by spending less and saving mora than usual. We think that this bellet 1s mistaken. Not, fndeed, that we de- preciate the virtue of thrift; if there had been more to it in the period since the War the country would have been more prosperous than fit has been. But additional thrift at a time of depression like the present merely adds to the capital surplus for which there is no immediate use; spending, on the other hand, by thoge 'whose Incomes are unimpaired, will help to keep the markets active and promote employment, Ou advice, therefore, is that those who can should spend, not extravagantly, but normally, Girl Guide News For Patrol Leaders I have bgen Patrol Leader almost two years now, and have only lately found a way in which to keep the in- terest of my Guides during patrol time. In our company each patrol has a small room, but we, too, have to "leave no trace behind." In our patrol room we have a large table and several chairs. We appoint- ed a guide who could attend the meet- ings early; she arranges the chairs around the table and puts the charts and pictures up with thumb-tacks. Our New Year's resolution was to have a log book. We bought a hard- covered book, and to make the cover interesting we pasted on a birch-bark trefoil on which we printed the name of our patrol and our motto. We are also starting a nature log book, in which we will keep pressed flowers and leaves, pictures, ete, with ac counts of each. Patrols might also subscribe to the Girl Guide papers. These, with a badge book and several other Guide charts obtained at headquarters, are very helpful if left on the table. I find it best in patrol time to have somes one special thing to do, as then there is not so much time to be slack. Signalling, physical exercises, drill, knots and many other things need to be reviewed often Within our patrol room itself we have made it homellke by cutting out pie- tures of officers and verses on Guide work, from old Rally programmes and pasting them on cardboard. We have a patrol ladder, the first rung being Tenderfoot and the last First Class, as the Guides win different badges they climb the ladder. In one corner we have a stave on which is our patrol flag and a "Be Prepared" pennant. We also have a knot board of the Tender foot and Second Class knots. Cushions with the patrol emblem or crosses of the Union Jack might also help make a cosy corner. A cover for the table, of which each Guide could work a corner might also help. These things could be made quite inexpen- and need not all fall on the Leader, if each Guide would chip in, Hoping this may be of a benefit to some Leader.--E.W, sively, Italy to Issue New License Plates A new system of lettering license plates which allows 'highway police to instantly identify what part of the country a car comes from is now be- ing tried in Italy, according to The Autocar. Instead of a set of letters and fig- ures which could only be interpreted by a code, cars have been classed oc- cording to provinces--in Ontario this would correspond to counties--and these provinces are Indicated by the first two {initials of each. For ex- ample cars from the small province of Torino have TO preceding the | numeraly; those from Palermo have PA and so forth, The Royal Automobile Club of Italy iy responsible for this reform. This motoring body is almost a govern- ment institution, and is entrusted with the task of collecting car taxes and issuing licenses, It is, however, responsible to Premier Mussolini for all its. actions, as illustrated by an incident described by an official of the club. The scheme for lettering the license plates was submitted for the approval of the dictator, Mus- solinl passed his pencil approvingly down the list of provinces and thelr abbreviations until he came to the RO in front of Roma, "Rome {3 eternal and cannot be ab- breviated; make the necessary change," he ordered And so it came about that, while the residents of the various Italian provinces carry two initials on their license plates, the citizens of Rome have the privi- lege foll word "Roma." of using the Why Peacock Feathers Are Considered Unlucky Many people will not keep p=acock feathers in th mes because they consider them unlucky. The super- stition which associates these feath- ers with misfortune is supposed to be based on an anclent mythologics tale, Accordi to the mg Sud version of the myth. Jupiter fell in love with the beautiful lo, and to pro. tect h from the wrath of jeal- ous wife Juno, he transformed her into a white h whereupon Juno, who saw through the trick, persuad- ed her husband to give her the hel fer, which she placed under the vigil ant surveillance of Argus, a fabulous being with 100 eyes, 50 of which re- mained open even when Argus was asleep. Jupiter sent Mercury tg slay Argus and deliver To, a task which Mercury accomplished by lulling the hundred eyes of the mon. ster to sleep with stories and sooth- ing tunes on a lute. Juno, In mem- ory of Argus metamorphosed him in- to a peacock, her favorite bird, and transferred his eyes to ts tail, where they form ' the beautifully colored disks, From this story Argus-eyed came to mean jealously watchful, and the peacock's tail became the emblem of an evil eye. --d} ees In submarines the United States Navy is strongest with 85; France comes next with 82, then Japan with 87, and Great Britain fourth with 68.