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THE McBPSHRY PLAINDEALER, McHENRY, ILI* * " - • •-» • • ' •« > *r; 3 - ^ k, * v * . f - f • ^ r V£f> ; 1,804,187,631 jT^TS People in en Per Cent of People Live to Cities of More Than 100,000. i i .--Scattered over the dace of ttfti earth is a total population of 1^04,187,031, only 7 per cent of which la in cities of more than' 100,000 Inhabitants, according to statistics compiled here and based largely on 1922 census reports. Only thirty of the seventy nations listed have cities of or above the 100,000 class, which is the lowest counted within the classification of "large cities." Approximately 40,000,000 of the globe's inhabitants live In the eighteen centers having a million residents or more each. Abont 90,000,000 live In the smaller cities, of which there are only 393 In the whole world. The average large city la said to number some 320,000 souls. From these figures, it is stated, every forty-fifth human resides in a city housing millions, wlille every fourteenth finds hla home la a large city of some sort. New York Biggest City. ' New York la given as the largest city in the world, with a population of &820.048. London is qpcoad with Old Glory Flying on Nest of Loyal Robin Topeka, Kan.--Mr. and Mrs. . Joseph Davies, 415 Buchanan street, have a family of 100 per cent American robins in a pear tree in their back yard. Either Madame Robin or Friend Uusband, in their search for building material for a nest, catne .across a small American flag, and wanting to bring up their children as law-abiding citizens, wove the flag Into their nest. Enough of the flag remained loose to wave in the breeze, and has attracted much attention. 4,483*149, and Berttn third with &808.- T70. Europe leads the continents in point of population. It has six cities in tile million class--London, Beriin, Paris, Glasgow, Vienna and Moscow--and 193 with more than 100,000 Inhabitants. Of the European countries, England has 53 large cities, Germany 45, Italy 16, France 15 and Russia 15. It is considered surprising that Asia has more large cities than North America. Six of the 92 Asiatic cities house more than a million apiece. These are Shanghai, Hankau, Calcutta, Bombay, Tokyo and Osaka. British India is credited with 30 large cities; China has 20, so far as available records show, and Japan numbers 19. including three in ter foreign possessions. United States-Leads. North America follows Asia, with TO large cities. Four of these--New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Mexico City--are placed in the million class. Of the nations on that continent, the Husband's Radio Set Dragged Into Court A radio set has been named as corespondent my Mrs. Emma E. Maypother, of New York City, In a separation suit against George Maypother, wholesale druggist The wife said her husband Insists on sitting up most of the night "listening in on concerts and what-not," then keeps her awake the rest of the night, quarreling. I American Room in the Paris War Museum Opened United 8tates leads with 06 large cities, 12 of which record more than a half-million Inhabitants. Twenty-four large cities are located In South America, Brazil having 13. Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro are the only million-resident centers. Australia counts eight large cltle* none of which runs up Into a mllllo Record Black Base Catch. Ellzabethtown, Ky.--Roy Bond, one of Elizahethtown's star fishermen, made the record catch for the season at Nolln. He caught with hooli and line twelve small-mouth blaqk bass Which weighed 24 pounds. Eye Hazards m Two Hundred Thousand Accidents to Eyes of Workmen Occur Each Year in Industries. frew York.--Two hundred thousand accidents to the eyes of workmen occur In industry each year, and approximately 16 per cent of the total blind population of the country, or 15,000, represent the industrial blind. These are two of the facts developed in an investigation of the eye hazards of industrial occupations which was conducted last year by the Bishop of Syracuse Consecrated ' Scene in St. Patrick's cathedral. New York, when Kt. Kev. Daniel Joseph Owley, D. C, wijis consecrated as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse, N. T. Two archbishops, sixteen bishops, and more thaA a hundred lesser clergy were present. national committee for the prevention of blindness. The. study covered every state In the Union and every industrial occupation in which ttere is an ae> cldent hazard. The report points out that much already has been accomplished toward alleviation of the eye accident problem in industry, but all this Is merely, a beginning. Many Hazards Existing. "There are still countless plant* whose operations present serious eye hazards, in which no goggles or other protective equipment are available. There are many plants where workmen still keep goggles In their pockets except when they are watched. There are still plants In which toothpicks, matches, handkerchiefs, pocket knives, and even the tongues of workmen. are the instruments employed to remove cinders and other particles from the eyes of fellow workers." Industrial accidents, the report says, are responsible for an Injury to a human eye every two and one-half minutes, day and night, 865 days a year. "The solution of this problem," the report says, "depends upon three forces: Legislation, education and ae> tual accident prevention service to Industry. t Suggestions Are Made. It makes the following general state* ments: L The elimination of eye hazards In Industry is not only a moral obligation, but a good business proposition. 2. Goggles at best are a handicap; the first effort, therefore, should be directed toward the elimination of the hazard itself by changing the processes of manufacture, by redesigning machines and tools, or by guarding machines and tools at the source of accidents, usually the point of operation. 8. Few people have perfect vision to start with; greater attention should, therefore, be given to the examination of the eyes of employees, to the correction of defective vision of industrial workers and to a consideration of the condition of the eyes of the individual worker with relation to the visual requirements of the work that be Is to do. far View of Union Printers' Home View of the new Salle Amerlcaln (American room) Of the Interallied War museum in Paris, opened recently with a ceremony at which Ambassador Herrick was present. Note the Liberty motor in case in center foreground. 2 MORE WOMEN 1 JOIN THE ARNY M (1 ' * Of Those Who Hare Been Restored to Health by L jdia E. r«kha«'$ t Vegetable m -li Reindeer Prove Boon to Alaska Herds, Unknown 33 Years Aqo, Now Number 250,000 With $6,250,000 Value. Washington.--Reindeer have trtSI the place of the whale, seal and walrus as food in Alaska, according to the bureau of education of the Department of the Interior. It Is estimated that there are about 200,000 reindeer, with evaluation of $6^00,000, In Alaska. "Thirty-three years ago there was not a single reindeer in Alaska," the bureau of education said. "At that time the Alaskan Eskimos were eking out a precarious existence upon the few whnie, seal and walrus that they were able to catch. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, United States general agent )f education in Alaska, was then making a tour of the Important villages along Alaskan and Siberian shores, and across the Bering strait, but a few miles away, with climate and country exactly the same, there, were tens of thousands of tame reindeer supporting thousands of natives. Funds Were liaised. "Returning to Washington, Doctor Jackson brought the matter to the attention of the commissioner of education and a fund was raised by private subscription to introduce the reindeer in Alaska.' Out of a sum of some $2,- 140 the commissioner purchased 16 reindeer In 1891 and 171 In 1892 In Siberia and brought them to Alaska across Bering strait. Since then congress has made annual appropriations ranging from $5,000 to $25,000, with the result that ihese small herds have multiplied until the total number of reindeer has now readied 250,000, the latest figure. "It is estimated that there are In northern and western laska over 200,- 000 square miles of treeless regions that are worthless for agricultural purposes because of the extremely cold climate, but which will furnish pasturage for at least 4,000,000 reindeer from which can be irnwn a tremendous meat supply. Besides being used for meat, the reindeer are used by the Eskimos to furnish milk* their skin provides clothing and bedding and In the frigid winter season they sre used for rapid communication between scattered villages. Natives Instructed, "A systematic Instruction of the natives In the herding of reindeer is now *J carried out by the bureau of education. The plan consists of selecting young Eskimos as apprentices for a term of four years during which they are instructed in the herding of the reindeer. At the end of each year they are given a prescribed number of reindeer. Upoirthe satisfactory termination of their apprenticeship the natives become herders and assume entire charge of their herds. In order to safeguard the reindeer Industry the regulations of the bureau of education forbid the disposal of female reindeer to other than natives of Alaska. There are restrictions regarding their being killed for meat," Ice Cream Production Shows Heavy Increase Washington.--Reports to the department of agriculture from 2,673 factories showed an Increase of 13,000,000 gallons In the production of ice cream last year over 1921, the total for last year reaching 161,000,000 gallons. The department also announced that production of creamery butter last year totaled 1,153,515,000 pounds, an in crease of 100.000,000 pounds over 1921, while the output of cheese was 370,- 000,000 pounds, an Increase of 14.000,. 000 pounds. Production of oleomargarine and condensed and evaporated milk in 1922 showed a decrease of 2tjr 000,000 and 33,000,000 pounds, respectively, from the preceding year's output. V Milwaukee, Wisconsin - "TfarfiTfctf pain in my left side and I could not lift anything heavywitbout having a backache. I tried diffeet ent things. Then?I saw Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound adverin the new»- papers and began talcing it as the directions said. I feel very good now and can do all my work. i I recommend the Vegetable Compound to all my friends, and you can use my testimonial letter." --Mrs. HATTIE WARZON, 870 Garde* St., Milwaukee, Wis. Gained in Every Way Buffalo, N. Y.--"I had some troubles that just run my health < so that I lost my appetite and Mt miserable all the tun6« X could not lift anything heavy, and a little extra work some days would pot me in bed. • friend had told me to try Lydia K. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound audi I gained in every way. coold eat better and felt stronger. I had found nothing before this that did me so modt good. --Mrs. J. GRACB, 291 Wolfca Avenofc Buffalo, N. Y. Knot In a Qood Em. WhatT Harrodsburg, Ky.--D. J. Divine of Rose Hill exhibits a very curious egg of small size he got on his farm. One end of the egg Is smaller than the other and is curved in the shape of a knot. Divine says he never saw anything of the kind before. Others say likewise. BRITISH VESSELS TO • HAVE OWN AIRDROMES Invention Facilitates Landing of Planes in Small Space. London.--Every building in London with a flat roof has become a potential airdrome by reason of the invention of apparatus to facilitate the landing and taking off of airplanes from the decks of Britain's aircraft carriers. The business man of the future. English air experts predict, will ride in an elevator to the roof of lils home and leave by airplane. The Invention which will make this possible will enable every navy of the future to put to sea with not only s vast dumber of airplanes, flying boats and seaplanes, but its own airdromes and workshops, say these writers. Already some vessels have been converted into aircraft carriers by the United States, Great Britain and Japan, but the British admiralty has laid •down ships of this kind which are held to be better than those of any other power. They have not only been provided with airplane landing facilities. but are as well equipped to carry out repairs PS IS any ground station of the royal air force. The decks of these aircraft carriers ere entirely free of all obstructions. The funnels for carrying away smoke are set on the starboard side. The recent appearance of two of these huge aircraft carriers In the Dardanelles threw a fright Into the Turks, who believed thera tobe strange monsters of the deep. Iti the new type of aircraft carrier there are two decks connected by huge lifts. The upper is the airdrome deck, and the lower ts equipped with workshops for carrying out repairs. There are also supplies of necessary spare parts, ranging from a propeller to a complete engine, all ready for Instant use. The flying deck is fitted with a searchlight and landing-light tower, which make It possible for a machine to land at night, the light illuminating the deck of the vessel and the surrounding water. There are also cranes for hoisting on board flying boats which need repair. It is now possible for the fastest machines to land with safety on the deck of an airplane carrier. An arrangement of nets brings the airplane to a standstill without danger, and a machine which attains a speed of three miles a minute can land In a dlataope of not more than ftyrty'feet Where Army Aviators Met Death s .Picture taken from the air showing the Union Printers' Home situated la a choice spot at Colorado Springs. Colo., and surrounded by beautiful grounds. ARITHMETIC WAS KNOWN TO THE ANCIENT INCAS Existence of Well-Oevetoped System of Figuring Proven. fJwm, Peru.--The fact that ancient Inca civilization In Peru possessed an efficient calculating machine has been established by a recent discovery of Francisco Loaysa of Lima. The instrument consists of a knotted cord or "qulpu," unearthed In a prehistoric tomb near Cajamarca. While it has been well known that the Incas made use of "qulpas" In common with many other aboriginal peoples In the ne*v world, Loaysa Is the first historian who has been able to Interpret and describe fully the use to which this device was put. His studies show that the Incas had a welldeveloped system of arithmetic, based on the decimal system, and that they employed the "qulpu" for purposes of . - j ' . " V rapid calculation In subtraction, multiplication and division. The "master qulpu" discovered by Loaysa consists of a cord about 16 yards long, containing 100 knots. These knots are divided Into 10 unequal sections by as many sliver beads, representing the odd numbers from 1 to 19. The sections are of different colors. Including brown, yellow, blue and green. The colors are Important factors in the calculating process. The silver beads placed between the groups represent the even numbers from 2 to 20. By counting according to the rules discovered by Loaysa, all arithmetical operations can be carried out In n rapid and mechanical manner. Calculations Involving tens, hundreds and thousands are possible by this device. Many simple form- of "quipus" have been found In Peru, but this Is the only highly developed one yet discovered. These master cords were not in ordinary use. but were probably reserved for the royal statisticians. Soviet Is Winning Fight Against Veils Moscow.--Communist purty workers say they now are at last having some effect in their campaign to modernise the Moslem women of the Near Bast. It took hundreds of communist "missionaries" nearly two years In some localities to persuade the women to remove their high veils and participate In politics. Now, In Adjerbijan alone, however, more than 22.000 women have organised in Industrial activity, while workshops for feminine Mohitrnroedana, where they are taujrht that the role of woman Is far different from that of the usual Moslem conceptions, hare heen established by hundreds In. Turkestan, Bokhara and elfewbere. .•jWiiiii,; Since there were no table Implements In early Greece, glove often used to huud'e hot foou. Five months' unrelenting search through the mountains of California and Arizona for Col. Francis Marshall and Lieut. Charles Webber ended when their wrecked airplane and the bodies of the two men were found Cuyamaca mountain. The illustration shows the wreckage of the plane, cross marking spot where the bodies lay, and 9*'.401 McKlnncy, who found them. j Catfish Is Too Much S for Kentucky Rattler • Albert Edelin, a farmer, of • New Haven. Ky., killed a rattle- I snake a few days ago which had • tried to swallow a three-pound a catfish. The fish, in struggling • to escape, had expanded its gills J l and driven its fins through the i • snake's sides. Neither the fish J a nor the snake could release it- * • s e l f . a - Boasts of His Tiny Mules. Yuba City, CaL--While Missouri and Kentucky may boast the raising of the largest mules, Sutter county Is laying claim to the two smallest mules. James Bevan owns the two little animals. One weighs 44 pounds and Is 30 Inches high, while the other stands 28 Inches high and tips the scales at 34 pounds. Bevan believes they are (be smalleft ' mules In the world. . . FRENCH NOW PROVE "BIG ; BERTHAS" SHELLED PARIS Obtain Plans of German Guns With Range of 75 Miles. Paris.--The statement toy I.eon Daudet, deputy and well-known journalist, tnat the "Big Berthas." commonly believed to have l»een used fcj the Germans in firing on Paris in 11*18, never existed, caused s sensation in French newspapers. . • His theory was that a ,g'm of that kind could not have been tired at such long range, and that a new type of electric gun was used, whicn was concealed in some remote building <>n the outskirts of Paris. "I.e Matin," however, came out with the statement that absolute proofs of the existence of the Berthas are in the possession of the French. They have the German plans of the guns. The "Big Bertha" was not very different from the ordinary naval gun, that the tube varied In length from 100 to 125 feet and the tube of the naval gun was a little less than 05 feet. Its force was due not to electricity but to a highly explosive powder. The exact character of the projectile Is known also. It was s shell with a false point. This Idea of the false point for guns firing at long range was originated by the French. The false point is of very soft steel. There are two bands of red copper over the part of the shell opposite the fuse hole, and above these bands are a number of grooves. The weight of the projectile is about 200 pounds. The guns were used to fire from distances of 70 to 80 miles. There were six of them In use and they were operated by German marines under the command of an admiral. The location of the guns northwest of Laon was discovered by French aviators and French shells from the Vallly-sur-Alsne district fell near the guns, putting them out of commission. and wounding several of the soldiers stationed there. Later the Germans Installed a gun in the region of Ham. It was considered strange by some that they did not concentrate all the Berthas on one point The results would have been much more successful. The French made this same mistake at the beginning of the war, preferring to have their fire distributed ratttfr tfcan concentrated. Has First Coin to Bear Letters U. S. New York.--Junius Guttag of this city has a cent that he values at $10,- 000. "It Is the first coin to bear the letters U. &*" says Mr. Guttag, "the first coin upon which the decimal system was based. The date of it is 1783. It is the size of a dime and is made of silver, worth about three cents." 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