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The Irish standard., 1914-01-31
QuInIne In india.

1T is estimated that one.sixth of the
worlds supply Of quinine is used in In.
dia," said a well known Chicago doc.
tor at the Hotel Stafford.
Java now gives the world more qui'
nine than any other country. At one
time India tried to lead the world in
the supply of quinine, and II that coun.
try should at present take steps to e1'
tend the culture Of cinchona it may not
only protect its own interest, but per
form worldwide service.
I'm 1886. 100000 pounds Of bark
were exported from Ceylon; but in
1910 the exports had fallen to 10000
pounds. For a number of years qui.
nine has stood at such a low price that
bark producers have had only small
margin of profit. Under these circum'
stances 1t is hardly likely that they
have continued to plant largely. and
there is great risk, therefore. that q
rapid advance in price may take place
ut any time. Although at present there
are some thousands Of acres in India
planted with cinchona trees. yet In
order to minimize the risk of great
enhancement in the price of quinine
in the early future it would be we'll II
the acreage under cinchona were large
y extended"
The Irish standard., 1914-01-31
The Falling Leayea.

There is no more thrilling, solemn
sight in all the range of nature than
the falling of leaves. In the begin.
ming. few at time. they come drift.
Ing, circling downward, utterly care.
less and unobtrusive, yet deeply pur.
poseful. With sigh they seek the
warm, pungent earth which is to each
one of them the ultimate breast of
God. Then more and more of them
come. BY and by the dim, shining
temple is full Of the soft stir of their
passing-frail shapes, crossing the mo-
tionless lines of the trees, floating
athwart the shadows. animating the
inner gloom. Their faint, signing whis-
per voices the silence of the forest
more poignantly than the hymns Of
the hermit thrush. If the wind still
forgears, they fall slowly, freeing them
selves of their own accord, knowing
the uttermost joy of self-abandonment.
Multitudes fall together, however, 60
Ing hand in hand to their common end.
Multitudes. multitudes in the valley of
decision. They know what they want,
and they take it together, deeply salts.
feld.-The Atlantic.
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Growing More Lavender.

Owing to the continuous rise in the
price of lavender essence the acreage
devoted to the cultivation Of lavender
flowers in the Marseille consular dis
trict has increased considerably. The
fact that barren soils, unproductive
for other purposes, may be successful
ly utilized renders this industry par
ticularly attractive to the farmers in
this part of France. Thin, rocky soils,
we'll exposed to the sun, situated at
an altitude of 1872 to 1887 feet, are
best adapted for this purpose. Suit
able soils at lower attitudes, unless
properly fertilized, seldom give salts
factory results. Experience shows
that flowers cultivated at attitudes of
1888 feet produce the best essence.
Truffles are often planted between the
rows, that every foot of soil may be
put to use.
The Irish standard., 1914-01-31
Trick Of Ski Jumpino.

The art of ski-jumping Is not so
easy as it looks before trying, nor 90
hard to learn as it might appear after
the first attempt. At the start, OF
takeoff, come down as though you
were coasting on the ski, then at the
moment of the take.off bend the body
well forward from the hips and throw
as much of the weight as possible into
the knees. AS you leave the edge OF
the jump straighten quickly at the
hips and secure as much as possible
the effect of jumping straight out into
the air. While in the air hold the arms
as still as possible in the position that
best preserves the balance, keep the
ski points slightly down, az near al
possible parallel with the slope of the
hill. The body should be perpendicu.
lar to the slope and the skis kept
well together. On landing. advance
one ski ah far as possible without up.
setting, bending the knee of the Len
that Is advanced. Keep the skis to.
gether and parallel. The rest is prao
tice-and more practice.-Outing.
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CLIPPING FILE WORTH MUCH
Man In Responsible Position Goes So
Far 40 to Consider It Invaluable
In His Work.

'The man who isn't constantly
studying the methods in his particu-
lar line seldom rises RICH in this
world" says the chief mechanic of a
division Of a railroad entering New
York. "And above all. the man who
studies must have the faculty of stor-
ing away the important facts for fu-
ture reference.
II make it a point to read all the
important periodicals published con-
corning mechanics and some that re-
late but remotely to my line of work.
l don't pretend to memorize all that
read, but l have system that have
followed for the last twenty years.
and have found it to be invaluable.
I maintain private clipping file.
my clipping file has saved me end.
less work and worry at various times
in the last twenty years. I make q
practice. when reading periodicals, to
clip and file away, carefully indexed.
anything that consider might at some
time be of value to me. Then when l
have use for it, I know where to find
1t.
"And another thing. make reading
business, and keep constantly at it =
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GROWING CHILD NEEDS REST
According to Eminent Authority, Hours
Of Study Should Be Restricted
With Much Care.

As soon as the child begins to grow
rapidly all Intellectual exertion should
be checked. Such is the theory which
DIR. c. MERCER, the famous English au.
thority on children, expresses in an
article in the London Lancet. Espe
cially when there is any family tend.
ency to nervous or mental disorder,
rapidly growing children should be
withdrawn from school altogether un.
til the period of rapid growth is over.
Mercier does not think that intellec.
tual work at high pressure is harmful
to either boys or girls as long as food,
sleep and bodily exercise are sufi.
cient; but he is sure that pressure Of
intellectual work in those who are
growing rapidly should never be per
mitted; and If growth be proceeding
very rapidly all intellectual WORK
should be put aside.
Doctor MERCER insists that it IL
scarcely possible to give growing chill
dren too much to eat, and it should
always be borne in mind that the car
bohydrates-starch. sugar and fat
are mainly fuel that is burnt up in
producing muscular movement, and
that the proteins are the main elements
In the formation of tissue. Conse
quently, it is a mistake to restrict the
meat ration of children.
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The Dancing Bushman.

That wonderful Bushman who lived
for several years at kimberley and re.
sisted the temptation to learn a word
OF English. Dutch or ANY known
South African language" while con.
versing volubly in his own unknown
tongue, is now back from Paris. Once
more he has been put under the mi.
croscope. the horoscope and all the
other instruments of the Cambridge
Anthropological laboratory. Professor
Duckworth assures us that this is not
only Bushman, but type Of Bush.
man unrecognized hitherto" We sus.
pect, however. that he will go down
to history. or whatever may be his
destiny, as the Little Legpuller. For
our Bushman signalized his reception
at Cambridge by giving ian exhibition
Of dancing to large audience in the
new examination hall of the univer
sity." With the tango all the rage.
why not establish a chair of dancing
at Cambridge and install this already
distinguished South African?-South
Africa
The Irish standard., 1914-01-31
WHEN TRAVEL WAS NO JOKE
People Of Today Would shudder at
the Hardships Taken as Mat
ter Of Course Years Aoo,

Travelling in the thirties of the last
century, even in the more thickly set
tied states of the Union and with the
most advanced forms of transporta-
ton at the travellers command, was yet
something to face with all the forth
tude that could be drummed up. The
Philadelphia Record gives a glimpse
Of what that travelling was like:
"On November 26, 1888, a car made
the first trip over the Portage rail-
road. This was the most remarkable
engineering undertaking of the times.
The railroad was Sc miles long, ex.
tending across the Allegheny noun.
tains from Hollidaysburg to John.
stown. There were ten inclined planes.
five on each side Of the mountains.
Engines at the top Of each plane pulled
up four cars at time. The ascent on
the east side measured 1898 feet.
Then there was tunnel of SIC feet
and a descent Of 1,172 feet on the
western side. Passengers on canal
boats entered the cars at Holidays.
burg, embarking in other boats on the
western side and thus continuing their
journey to Pittsburgh. Later boats
were built SO that they could be taken
apart into three or four sections and
placed on car for the trip over the
mountains"
Folk who quarrel over the lateness
Of train might feel better if they re-
minded themselves of what a boon
their own belated transportation
would have been to their grandpar.
ents.
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Relics Of Old EdInburoh.

Old wooden water pipes have just
been unearthed in Edinburgh, opposite
the McEwan hall. They seem to be OF
elm, bored through the center and
with the ends tapered so as to fit tight
ly into the aperture. Each section is
about eight feet In length and over 8
foot in diameter. Specimens of thi.
old water piping, which dates probably
from the seventeenth century, are al
ready in several of the city museums
SO that the two sections now found
will be removed to the water trust
yard. This old pipe track was proba
bly, part of that which conveyed waite,
from the Borough loch to supply the
Society Of Brewers" the name "soci
ETY." being still attached to a few
houses at the west end Of Chambert
street and Bristo. The name Of
Windmill street, small street or
the east side of George street-recallt
the fact that a windmill in those by
gone days was used for pumping the
water from the Borough loch to the
brewers Of Bristo.
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LONDON FULL OF BEGGARs
Mendieants and cadeers Appear IN
the Great Metropolis In All
Sorts Of DISCUSSES.

There are many professional beg.
gars in London, who have their own
copyright methods of extracting coin
from a sympathetic and credulous pub
lie. You may perhaps have come
across the distressed governess, out
of situation, who asks you in Oxford
street the way to walk to Turnham
Green, and is so staggered at the dis
lance that you ask her to accept the
bus fare
Then there is the Transatlantic
journalist stranded in the metropolis.
He is too proud to seek aid from some
of his millionaire friends at the Cecil,
but II you could?-and perhaps you
do.
Most artistic of all mendicants II
the old lady of grandmotherly appear
ance dressed in black silk. She ie up
in London for the day. and some one
has robbed her Of her purse. She has
called on her solicitor, but unfortu.
nately he was out. What shall she
do? You give her the train fare and
she promises to send the money on to
you If you will give her your address.
But II you are wise you decline, and
thus escape a shoal of begging let.
tiers. For addresses of benevolent
persons have market value among
the cadging fraternity. - London
Chronicle.
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The Lady Who Smokes.

One of the social matters as to
which English and American women
differ is that the cigarette in public
in the mouth of one of the gentler sex
is still classed under the head of EAST
ness" both in Canada and the United
States, whereas English ladies smoke
in restaurants and railway trains and
other public places, and neither they
nor the men think it anything out Of
the way.
Five years ago, however, before our
English lady in restaurant after din
ner smoked cigarette, she probably
asked the men of the party If they
thought there was any harm in her do.
ing so. whereas now lady's cigarette
case is opened as soon as the coffee
comes round, and she thinks 1t unnec-
essary to make the apologize remark.
In New York, the lady's cigarette in
public is still taboo" in many of the
restaurants; but the custom is begin
ming to make way in America. Wheth-
er husbands and fiances find smoky lit
tie mouths as pleasant to kiss as lips
that are not smoke-dried is their own
business.
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MAKES PRETTY EVEN MIXTURE
Problem Play and Mental Arithmetic
In About Equal Quantities Met
With In Life.

Life Is an even mixture of problem
play and mental arithmetic. The other
fellow is perplexing problem and
sometimes vexing one. 1t is aston.
ishing that he does no better. He does
nothing but make a mess of things.
Experience to you is never a predi.
gested breakfast food. 1t is a nut to
crack. and only good mental digestion
will get away with it after you get to
tho meat. Everything that happens to
you is backed by rule. Its start and
finish are the memorable logic of ap
piled or mtsapplied principle. That lie
where you do your figuring. Light.
ming calculators have been known to
figure ahead. That is where the say.
ing Of looking before leaping comes
from. 1t is the spiritual parallel CT
intricate calculus. Some people never
were good at figures. Life keeps
sweet because there never was any.
body who did not like to try.
The Irish standard., 1914-01-31
PecuIiarltles Of sIano.

Among the slang synonyms for
hat" is "cady." which is supposed to
have a Hebrew origin. and has been
long in use in Whitechapel, London,
as witness a popular song of 1886, in
which the refrain supplies one of the
few rhymes to lady" MET a lady
-aised my cady." 1t is doubtful whetn-
er any article of apparel has so many
slang alternatives as hat. A by no
means nothing but contrary STAR.
"tile," "golgotha," canister" "cas.
tor" chimney" "colleger," "cock and
pinch" Cow shooter" david" dig.
gers delight" "fantail," "gomer."
"goss." moab "molocher," muffin
cap" mushroom" pill box" "stove
pipe." "thatch," truck" and "weeiee."
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QUITE STRONG ON ECONOMY
OF Course. These Remarks May Never
Have Been Made, but Here They
Are, Anyway.

DO you know, I'm getting so
don't care for eggs any more. Honest,
I used to like them for breakfast, but
now don't care whether ever get
one. It's no hardship for me to go
without them, I assure you"
Sometimes my mother says: why
don't you use more butter on your
bread?' She thinks l ought to eat a
lot of it, but don't. Besides, what's
the use of eating a lot of something
you don't care particularly for, espe.
cially when it's expensive?"
people. think, would be whole
lot better off if they ate less meat
I used to think that meat was neces.
sity. but I don't any more. Why,
could get along on about a pound OF
beefsteak a week. l think it's all
ridiculous nonsense. paying such aw
full prices for meat"
isn't it fierce the way some girls
and women want to deck themselves
out in furs? They look positively bar.
barous with the heads of animals
hanging on all over them. Wearing
Of fur is relic Of barbarism anyway
so think. A good warm cloth coat
is plenty good enough for me, and
always will be-"
Il can't for the life of me see why
married people get SO worried every
year over the price of coal. Coal is
going up all the time, know; but
people always get a lot more of II
than they really need. Nearly every
house you go into is overheated, and
the people suffer in consequence. II
I were housekeeping I'd buy just as
little coal as possible. and then use
1t sparingly, so that the folks in the
house with me would have some
chance of keeping healthy."-Brook
Ign Times.
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ireIand's sianposts,

ireland is the country for useless
signposts. During the last few years
there has been an outbreak Of Gaelic
League activity in the country. Among
other manifestations it has taken the
form Of erecting signposts with Gaelic
inscriptions. There is one such in the
little village Of Omeath. in County
Louth. It directs the traveller to Car.
lingford and to Newry-but it directs
him in an unknown tongue. It is not
easy to see what useful purposes is
served by such signpost. For the
inhabitant knows his way without any
such assistance and the English.
speaking traveller is unable to ind It
unless he happens to consult one Of
the villagers. not one Of whom-so far
az have been able to discover-can
either read or speak q single word Of
Gaelic.-Londop Chronicle.
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"Don't Speak" Club.

The Moscow prefecture has just
confirmed the statutes of a newly.
formed club in that city the chief fea.
ture Of which is the absolute silence
imposed on its members within the
club precincts.
Any infraction of this cardinal rule
Involves a monetary penalty. The
club is we'll appointed and luxurious.
ly equipped.
Gesture is the only medium Of inter.
course among its members. The same
rigid regulation obtains at the club
buffet and in the dining-room. as well
as in the library and general rooms.
Orders are conveyed to the silent
walters by means of tablets they car.
ry.-Daily Mail.
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TIME TO EXERCISE CAUTION
Strenuous Exertion Of Any Kind 10
Not for Those Who Have Reached
Middle AGE.

The dancing craze has brought M
once more the question of exercise
for mfddle'aged people, and both sides
have been taken with fervor. A pro.
fessional strong man is quoted as say
ing that golf is too severe for men
who come to 1t late, and recommend
ing a, weekend of complete rest rath-
er than exercise for people of years
who feel run down. Perhaps that is
the safer side to take If one must
generalize, but generalizations upon
such question are very difficult. Age
is not properly to be measured in
years, but in the actual condition of
the individual; SO great are the eff.
fects of heredity, habits, environment,
ETC.. that a man of sixty and one of
forty may be contemporaries. But GER
tainly after middle life is reached it
Is the part of prudence to make sure
that there are no weak spots before
going in for more active life. There
is something in the saying that a man
Is as young as he feels, but one is
apt at times to feel younger than
he Is. and in one of these paroxysma
of youthfulness, such as the contagion
Of the tango may bring on, he can cas-
lily by indiscretion do himself an in.
jury. No doubt those who stand most
in need CT caution are those who in
youth have been noted for strength,
agility and skill, and who have long
led sedentary life. They are apt to
be impulsive and energetic: they have
a pride in physical accomplishment
and a high standard; what seems to
them a mere romp may be really a
severe tax upon vital organs long &C.
customed to nactivity.-Springfield
Republican.
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Literal View Of Man.

Chesterton reminds us that II We
face man with the cold and fishy eye
Of science. we cannot overlook the
ludicrous and damning fact that he
has two legs. To see him waddline
over the ground on these two points
Of. support is more, he says, than any
'one could bear with composure, did
he not view the apparition with q
gaze tempered by affection. good ma
ture, and faith. Yet, as he tells US
there is one still more unforgivable
'fact about man when we view him
with the literal eye. How can one
ever again view with favor, still lesl
with love, a being whom one has &C
tually caught In the act Of making an
opening in his face into which hi
puts portions Of the outer world7-
Richard G. Cabot. in the Atlantic.
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Great Britain and Slavery.

Serfdom in England was finally abol
tshed in 1860. For century after.
wards colonists and others on a visit
to England were allowed to bring their
slaves with them, but by a judgment
of the queens bench in 1872, when
an attempt was made to regain pos.
session of a fugitive slave it was de
cided that no man in Great Britain
could be held as slave. An act for
the abolition of slavery throughout the
British colonies was passed by the
British parliament, chiefly through the
exertions of Wherefore, in 1889, and
on August l., 1884, nearly 5000 slaves
became free. Their owners were com.
pensated by the British government to
the extent OF f20,OO0,0O0 sterling.
Slavery was abolished in the East
Indies. then under the control of the
East India company. in 1898. Great
Britain had nothing to do with slavery
in South America or the United States.
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;aADIUM FOUND Is; Is: BALTIMORE
5ut Deposits, However, Are Not Elk.
pected to Be Commercially
Valuable.

A deposit of radium bearing ore
within the city limits of Baltimore
may be seen by anyone who strolls out
beyond the Wyman property. near Wy
man park, to the abandoned quarry,
which was formerly known as Wyght's
quarry. says the Baltimore Sun.
Unfortunately the ore is not plenti-
full enough to make it worth while to
extract the radium, according to DR..
Joseph T. Singewald of the geological
department of Johns Hopkins univer-
sity.
That small deposits Of uranium ore
were to be found in the quarry has
been known for at least twenty-five
years, says Doctor singewald, by the
savants of the Hopkins. but it Is not
commercially valuable.
The ore is found in pegmatite dikes
or layers and crevasses in the rocks.
1t was probably deposited there, thinks
Doctor Singewald, in a molten state
as pitchblende. BY oxidation and de-
composition it is now in the form Of
autunite, or uranium mica, SO called
because it is composed of thin fakes
like ordinary mica, but has q greenish
yellow tone that is unmistakable to
the expert in such things. Radium is
extracted from autunite in q very
small way in Portugal.
The only important sources Of ra-
dunn known at present are the pitch
blende mines in Austria and the car.
hottie deposits in Colorado. Formerly
that carnotite ore was sent to Europe,
to be used for making dyes from the
uranium. Then 1t was found that the
European purchasers were getting
radium as well as dyes and there was
great rush to get the radium mines.
A large part Of the deposits have been
reserved for the uses of medicine and
science through the efforts of Doctor
Kelly working In conjunction with the
United States bureau of mines.
The Irish standard., 1914-01-31
Valuable Pennies.

The familiar old English saying,
Take care of the pennies and the
pounds will take care of themselves"
proves its worth whenever big coin
collection Is sold. In London few
days ago penny coined in the reign
Of Aethelred brought $500 (s100) by
auction. One which was minted when
Alfred was king was sold for 5000.
These were coins dug out of "finds,"
either the secret stores of the thrifty
of one thousand years ago or the ruins
of some ancient disbursing Office.
There is great deal Of hidden treas.
ure in the earth, and IL Aethelred pen.
MES are to be found in veins it would
pay English capitalists to start mining
operations. The numismatists cannot
expect to continue the trust" which
has been SO enormously profitable to
them.
The Irish standard., 1914-01-31
SQUIRE HAD SIZED HIS MAN
Pompous Lawyer Got Little the Better
Of Interview With Keen
Old Justice.

To q certain southern town, on legal
business. came most pompous young
lawyer, who, Notwithstanding his
name was McNaught, had an excellent
opinion of himself. He found it nee.
essary to talk with Squire Gardner.
an unpublished justice, who had no
good opinion Of anything, and espe-
cially of anyone who had good opin'
ion Of himself. The squire had never
heard of his visitor till he called and
he was a poor hand at remembering
names. but he was an expert in hui.
man measurements.
The young lawyer proceeded prompt
ly to say what he had to say, the
squire listening. but watching. Pres.
emily he thought it was time for him
to say something.
Hold on, Mr.. McCipher," he began.
my name is Mcknight" the law.
yer stiffy corrected him.
Excuse me, excuse me-" apologized
the squire, and finished his remarks.
It was not long before the squire
again felt called upon to speak.
"Well, now. MI. McZero-" he start
ed in.
Il said my name was McNaught,"
the lawyer interrupted. sharply.
Again the squire apologized, doing
10 profusely. and the lawyer conclud.
ed his consultation. He was not feel.
ing very kindly towards the squire.
but he thought It wise not to manifest
his feelings, and said goodbye with q
fair degree Of politeness.
Goodbye, Mr.. McNothing." said the
squire. as innocent a. q lamb, and a.
the visitor walked pompously out Of
the ONCE the squire chuckled.