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The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
LOUIS CrommeIin Chiefly
Responsible for Progress
of Irish Linen Industry

Iscufs CrommeIn, who fed from
France after the repeal Of the Edict
of Nantes in 1899, is chiefly RESPONSE
BILE for the Irish linen industry. When
he left France he was accompanied
by a number of refugees who helped
him greatly improve the Irish linen
trade. In It'll, when the board Of
trustees was formed to encourage and
extend the manufacture Of linen in
ireland, the machinery in use was very
simple and was worked principally
by hand Soon after, in 1925, new
machinery was invented and applied
for many of the processes.
In 1865 DR.. James Ferguson Of Bel
fast received a premium from the linen
board for the successful application of
lime in linen bleaching. He intro
duced the use of sulphuric acid in
ITO. Up to that time the acid en-
piOyed was buttermilk and soil OF
cattle applied instead Of alkali.
After that improvements took place
rapidly. Potash for making dye to
boil the yarns and cloth came into use
in 1889. and chloride Of lime, the
bleaching agent. in 1895.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
FEAR OF YANKEE SLANG

of vaunted English purity of speech.
"The child at the pictures is pick
ing up a new language from the
slangy American films" says a critic
In contribution to the London Daily
News headed ''The Vulgar Tongue"
II visited two picture theaters to-
day for the express purpose of col
lecting slang phrases and Of noticing
the effect Of the new language on the
child as we'll as on the adult. What
the villain said to the hero when the
latter started to argue with him was
Cut out that DOPE and a hundred
piping voices repeated the injunction.
The comic man announced his mar
riage to the belle of Lumbertown by
saying, I'm hitched.'
"Of course, the American child can
comprehend these things much bet
ter than the British child, who Is quite
unfamiliar with such phrases. Imag-
inc a child going home to mother and
asking the meaning of fly cop We
may admire the terseness of the
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
America Is Surpassed by
Europe in Eating Potatoes

In this country the chief and practf-
caliy only interest in the potato today
is as a vegetable for the table. We are
greatly surpassed in this use by Eu-
rope, and Germany In particular. In
that land the average annual per
capita consumption was seven bushels
in normal times. while our own was
two and a half. The laborers of east
ern Germany ate seventeen bushels
per annum. The other European coun-
tries are. as rule, far above us and
the diet of many an Irishman is said
to be potatoes and spring water-for
breakfast, dinner and supper. In add1-
ton to this direct consumption, uses
of the potato largely unknown to Uncle
Sam are for flour. starch, dextrine,
glucose and alcohol.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
No Two Persons
Are Alike
Difference in | Hands. Feet
and Limbs

1T is a scientific fact that no two
persons in the world are alike. Stop
for q moment and think and one will
realize that this Is true. Take any
one Of your friends and you will cas-
ity recall that while two have one or
more points of similarity there are
dozen different features in which they
DO not agree at all. Whoever heard
of twins that were alike in everything?
They may look the same in general
way, but they are not; there will be
one or more characteristics that will
absolutely identify one from the other.
Getting down to actual facts, no two
sides of a person are alike; the left
Is different from the right. The right
hand is larger than the left, but the
left foot is nearly always larger than
the right. persons right arm is
longer, heavier and larger than the
iets. possibly because it is the work
ing arm of the body, while the law of
opposites DEGREES that the left leg shall
be slightly larger than the right. Again,
one ear is always larger than the other
or one shoulder is higher than it's COM
panion, and so it goes on down the
line.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
ALASKA OFFERS ITS PULP

Columbia not far south Of the Alaska
boundary line, the governor asserted.
Under the present laws the pulp max
ers cannot enter the reservations with
any certainty that they will be allowed
to stay.
Alaska's great forests stretch over
approximately $4,000 square miles, an
area nearly equal in size to the state
Of Indiana, according to estimates
made by government officials.
Several hundred million feet of good
pulp wood, including western yellow
pine, hemlock. Sitka spruce, white fix
and lodnepole pine, are on the forest
reserves alone.
The Tongass reserve, in southeast.
ern Alaska, is especially adapted to
the manufacture Of pulp and paper,
forestry officials have reported. There
is plenty of water power, ocean hor.
bors open the year around, timber
skirting the water and weather sim
liar to that of the Puget sound.
The governor intends to ask Wash.
ington to restore the reserves to the
national domain or to open them to
the pulp industry.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
Chinese Schools in lava
Established With Hope of
Keeping Language Alive

In the hope of preserving knowl.
edge of the Chinese language, litera-
ture and the Confucian ethics, Huel
Kuan schools were established in
every large town In Java as bait to
the youth Of the land. The schools
are thoroughly modernized and
voungster can study English and other
European languages, geography, his
tory and score Of other things un-
der competent instructors. so long as
Chinese is studied at the same time.
AS further inducement to attend
ance, all Chinese instruction is car
ried on in the mandarin. or official
Chinese language, so that any student
who returns to China will be prepared
to talk to the educated Of all prov
inces and will not be confined to
petty boundaries Of any of the numer-
Gus Southern dialects. Chinese, how
ever. gets little attention from the
Students who seem to regard the
study of 1t as useless drudgery, and
who devote their whole time and in
terests to the subjects which will be
of most assistance to them in the COM
mercial world All local business in
Java is conducted in Malay, and all
foreign business in English.
Scores of patriotic youngsters who
graduate from Huel Kuan schools go
to China yearly, upon their gradua-
ton. and enter military colleges there,
eventually finding their way into the
Chinese army.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
Of All Sounds in Nature,
Few Thrill Like Bark of
Squirrel, Naturalist Says

"As one pushes through the fringe
of underground which skirts the for
est and seats himself, at daybreak, on
stump or fallen tree to watch and
listen, the woods become instinct with
life" says Arthur f. Rice in Boys
Life. "The blue jay sounds his trum-
pet call, the crows hold noisy consul
tatiOn over their plans for the day
and a ruffled grouse whips the twigS
of the pine with her wing as she leaves
her rOost. The chipmunks scurry
about from stump to stump, now rush
ing precipitately to cover. now COM
ing forth again to take critical view
Of the intruder. Their larger cousins,
the red squirrels, come out from the
hemlocks and. perching on a dead
branch. rattle out a challenge to all
comers. At last comes the sound for
which you have been waiting and
which makes the heart beat faster.
1t is thrashing among the boughs of
the hollow maple nearby, telling you
that the gray squirrel Is out after his
breakfast.
Away he goes toward some big oak
or hickory, scattering shower Of dew
from the leaves as he jumps from
limb to limb, revealing his course
by the springing branches he leaves
behind him. If his suspicious are
aroused by anything he sees or hears,
he stops, cocks himself up on limb
or plasters himself against tree
trunk and barks disapprovingly. ac-
centing each syllable with a jerk Of
his broad tail. OF all the sounds In
nature. there are few which thrill me
like the bark of the gray squirrel"
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
Nearly rs Institutions of Learn
ing in the Country Now
Seek Funds.
LARGEST SUM IS S25,OOO,OOO
Northwestern Wants $10,000,0 for
Buildings Alone-Higher Pay for
Professors Promised by All
Campaign Committees.

New York.-Nearly seventy-five col
leges throughout the country are con-
Quoting campaigns for endowment
funds to increase the pay Of their pro-
fessors and to provide new buildings
and facilities. 1t is estimated that the
total sought is more than 2OO,OOO,OOO.
Five of the largest institutions in
the country-Harvard, Princeton, Cor
nell, Northwestern and New York uni
versity-are engaged in campaigns,
and the total sought by these five uni
versities alone is $7O,7OO,0OO. North
western seeks $25,OOO,OOO. Harvard
already has promises of $12,OOO,OOO,
toward her desired fund Of 5,25O,-
600. O. nell's goal is $10,0OO,OO0.
Princeton desires $14,OOO,OO0, and New
York university has set $6,45O,OOO as
her minimum in a campaign to be
launched late this month.
Pittsburgh Wants $16,oOO0oo.
Other large sums sought by some Of
the smaller colleges carry the total
above $1O0,OOO,OOO before the first ten
campaigns are enumerated. Boston
university also wants $1O,OOO,OOO. The
University of Pittsburgh intends to
raise $16,OOO,OOO in the next five years.
Oberlin college of Ohio is to raise
Sc, 1885, 900, and ten other colleges are
campaigning for individual funds of
$3OO0.O00 each.
+ Although Columbia university here
hoc OIL
paign Cor funds, her president, DR..
Nicholas Murray Butler, has intimated
that money might be sought for the
completion Of the institutions building
programs. Two of Columbia's associ-
ated institutions, Barnard college and
Teachers college, are appealing for
funds. Teachers college seeks $3,OOO,-
900, $1,5OO,0O0 of which is to be used
for a new library building, and the
alumnae committee of Barnard asks
$5OOOOO to complete the $1,O0O,OOO en-
dOwment fund.
All of the large eastern colleges
have committees at work in this city
and Hunter College for Women and
New York university intend to push
| their campaign for funds in the guer.
rilla warfare way because most OF
| their graduates live in the city. Hun
| ter college is seeking $15O,O0O for ar
alumnae hall, and is running its cam
paign as part of the celebration of the
| fiftieth anniversary of it's foundation
Organizations of graduates of the va
rious colleges have been requested tC
subscribe certain quotas, and the cam
paign has been carried directly to the
purse of each graduate.
Varying Amounts Sought.
| Sums sought by the smaller an(
specialized institutions range dowr
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
Evidence Indicates Indian
Late Conner, Compared With
Residents During Ice Age

Several scientific investigators agree
that the Indian as we know him is
comparatively late conner. Whether he
arrived by way of Alaska from Asia
may never be discovered, but the relics
of his civilization are believed to date
back not more than a few thousand
years at most, observes a writer in
Boys Life There is much evidence
on the other hand to indicate that
men lived in North America at the
close of the ice age and perhaps dur
ing the glacial period. The evidence
is found for the most part In the Ohio
and Delaware valleys. The rude in
struments these men used In their
hunting and homes have been found
buried deep in gravel which is be-
lieved to date back to the close of the
ice age. IF this be the case men
lived in America 10000 or $1,000 years
ago. Some biologists believe that the
gravel deposits are considerably old
er How these men found their way
to America in remote antiquity, how
much of the land they occupied and
where they disappeared are perhaps
the most fascinating problems in
American archaeology. The patient
investigation Of many trained scien-
lists are carrying us every day nearer
the answer.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
Forests Could Relieve Shortage,
Says Governor Riggs.
Billions of Feet of Paper Wood Avail.
able for Manufacture Into
NeWsprint.

Seattle.-Alaska wants to throw
open her millions of acres of national
forests so that the billions Of feet Of
paper wood of the northland can help
relieve the pulp and newsprint famine,
Gov. Thomas Riggs, Jr., Of Alaska de-
clared here recently.
Governor Riggs was here on his way
from Juneau, capital of Alaska, to
Washington, where he expected to help
press pending legislation intended to
remove restrictions and allow pulp
manufacturers to go into the Tongass
and Chugach reservations, the north
ern territory's two great reserves.
Pulp and paper men are anxious to
go to Alaska and establish mills as
great as these operated in British
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
An Ancient Rock.

Bloomington, Ind.-There are rocks
and rocks! Indiana university stu
dents see Monroe county limestone In
great quantities, but rock-calloused as
they are they have taken a special
interest just now in rock that makes
Monroe county varieties youngsters In
comparison. The specimen has just
been received by the department of
geology from the Smithsonian insti-
tuition. Biologists here say that it is
fairly old-a billion and a half years,
approximately.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
Chipmunk Stores Plenty
of Food for Winter Use

The chipmunk is a provident little
tity Of food. sometimes a peck or more
Of nuts and grain; and when snugly
hidden in his winding burrow, the
mouth of which he closes when the
cold season arrives, hard winter has
hawks. owls and weasels, may go hun
CRY, but safe in the bosom of mother
earth. with the warm mantle of the
snow above him, the chipmunk passes
a cosy winter, in the midst Of COM
fort and plenty, dreaming of the time
when the south wind shall blow again
and the squirrel cups shall open once
more.-BOys' Life.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
British Afraid Youth of Land Will
Be Corrupted.
Film Subtitles Seen as Menace to
Vaunted English Purity
of Speech.

acknowledgement is apprehensive
lest the vocabularies of her youth be-
come corrupted through incursions OF
American frequency with which resort
Ia made to yankee talk" by British
song and play writer's seeking to en-
liven their productions. Bands and
orchestras throughout the country,
when playing popular music, play
American selections almost exclusive
". American songs mOnopolize the
English musical hall and musical COM
edy stage.
It is the subtitle of the American
moving-picture film which, it is feared,
constitutes the most menacing threat
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
ASK
FOR MILLIONS

from the $8,OOO,0O0 sought by the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology to
the $10,OO0OOO to be raised by Ford
ham university Of this city for me-
mortal to it's graduates who perished
in the war. Joining, too, in the cam
paigns are some of the women's col
leges, including Mount Holyoke, Bryn
Mawr and Smith college. Phillips Ex-
eter academy and Andover academy
also are on the list.
Three of the institutions that had
planned elaborate campaigns for large
endowment funds received large sums
under the will Of Henry G. Frick. To
Princeton was left $1O,OOO,0OO, Har-
ward received $5,OOO,OOO, and $5,OOO,OOO
also was abequeathed to the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology. Massa-
chusetts '"Tech" also has received in
it's campaign promises of large sums
from T. Coleman Dupont on condition
that specific additional sums be sub
scribed by others during the campaign.
By far the largest sum is sought by
Northwestern university in Chicago.
Her goal is $25,OOO,OOO, including $1O.-
100000 for new buildings and an en-
dowment fund for their maintenance.
Intended expansion of work is to be
covered by fund of $11,OOO,OOO, and
the remaining $4,OOOOOO is to be used
in carrying on the present curricu-
lums. According to information fur
nished to the. Vanderbilt Alumnus
the publication of the graduates of
Vanderbilt university, the scale of pro-
fessors' pay at Northwestern also will
be increased.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06

One OF the three silver cups which
will be presented by Secretary Baker
to the schools attended by the three
prize winners of the war departments
contest for essays on "What Are the
Benefits of an Enlistment in the Unit
ed States army?" The contest Of
open to students Of all schools, public,
private or sectarian. The board Of
judges will consist Of Secretary Ba-
ker. General Pershi2g and General
March.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
Nu 1uA+~te
THIS AND THAT

A woman never thinks of her
husband as a gambler as long as
he doesn't lose.
A successful man forms plans
and sticks to them, working like
a gimlet to point.
If it wasn't for his wife a man
would never know anything
worth knowing about his neigh
bOrs.
What a girl in love calls a
square meal wouldn't pass as
free lunch with the average
man.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
School of Fish in Tender.

Ossawatomie, Kan.-Water and fuel
famines develop strange occurrences in
railrOading and occasionally require
strenuous incidents to discover them.
The which is by way Of saying that J.
Il. Sturges, boilermaker foreman at
the roundhouse here, discovered a
school Of small minnows in the tender
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
Duty to Childhood.

Men of today have duty to child
hood because they themselves have
once been children. Each generation is
a recipient in it's turn Of the accumu-
lated wisdom and piety Of previous
ages, and is in duty bound to pass that
ON. "plus certain increment due to
it's own exertiOn."
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06

of engine No. 125 the other day. The
tender was brought into the shop for
repairs after cOlliding with a coal car
at Lane. 1t is certain the fish had
been in the tender for several weeks
and that many of them had been dead
for some time.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
Filled Cookies.

Take one-third of scupful of butter
substitute, one cupful of sugar, two
teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar and
one of soda, half cupful Of milk
and three cupfuls of -four. Salt and
flavoring to taste. Roll out and place
sugar, a tablespoonful of flour, one
cupful of chopped raisins and half
cupful Of water with the rind and
Juice of half a lemon. Cover with
another cooky and when all are COW
cred bake in a hot oven.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
Leather Money as SoIeS
for Paper Shoes in Austria

Fractional metal currency
disappeared some time ago in
the Tyrol region of Austria and
the authorities instructed q big
leather factory to stamp out lit
tie pieces of scrap leather for
local requirements. This served
business requirements in Mat
tighofen and other sections un-
til the people discovered it was
cheaper to use the leather mon
ey as solin.s for their paper
shoes than to buy the leather
SOleS.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
Swiss Steak.

Take a pound and half Of round
steak, lay 1t on a meat board and
with the edge of heavy saucer pound
in as much flour well seasoned with
salt and pepper as it will hold. A
good cupful will not be too much.
Brown In a very hot frying pan with
a sliced onion, add water to cover and
simmer for an hour or two over low
burner or on the back of the range.
A tablespoonful Of vinegar added
with the water if the meat is very
tough will help to soften the tough
fiberS Of the meat.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06

phrase forget it, but does the sub.
title THE Buns Gone Daffy' convey
anything to a theater full Of cockneysi
I'm another picture man trafficked
secretly with Indians, exchanging bot.
ties of fire water for beaver skins
was sub-titled THE Bootlegger.'"
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
A Days Meals.

A Days Meals.
When it is not possible to have
fresh fruit for the morning meal, or
when variety is liked, dish of
we'll stewed prunes with very little
sugar is most wholesome fruit. They
can always be kept on hand at any
season. and are a stOrehOuse of ne-
dicinal as we'll as food value. In buy
ing pruneS it is never economy to take
the small ones as they are usually all
pit. Examine the stones or pits and
buy the kind that has the least waste;
you will pay higher price, but they
are worth it. Wash them well in
warm water and then soak them over
night. Simmer until tender in the
same water in which they were
soaked. They will require little sugar,
for which, these days 1--WE are very
thankful
Whole wheat right from the gran
ary is especially good for growing
children. When we'll cooked. and
served with top milk it is the ideal
breakfast food for the whole family.
1t will need to be soaked over night
then cooked all day at low temper
ature to soften the grain.
When a small supper dish, some
thing hot is desired, try
EscaIIoped Celery.
Cook the outer stalks cut in small
pieces until tender, drain and add to
a rich white sauce. Bake until thor
oughly heated and serve from the
baking dish. Another which is very
good is
Cheese and Crumbs.
Take two cupfuls of soft bread
crumbs, a cupful or less Of grated
cheese, one and One-half cupfuls of
milk, one egg and salt and pepper to
taste. Soak the bread five minutes
in the milk, add the other ingredients
and bake. Serve. hot.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
Bakes and B0iIS.

A gas oven with Which food can be
baked and boiled at the same time
Is q Californian's inyeation.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-06
Mothers Cook Book

Follow the true course of your life, but
keep your eyes open for all beautiful
sights, and the ears responsive to all har-
monious sound, as you so steadily forward.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-06
WORK OF PLANT INVENTOR
HE Skill Produces Variations That
Nature Would Require Thousands
| of Years to Accomplish.

With a watch glass and a fine CAM
el's-hair brush the plant inventor per-
forms miracles. He causes more
changes in six generations than Nature,
unaided, would produce in 100000
years. Two plants may be growing
in his garden. native of countries sep
Rrated by continents. Their struc-
lures. habits. hereditary tendencies
and identities have been preserved
through thousands of years. The
plant inventor takes the pollen from
one, transfers 1t to his watch glass.
carries 1t to the other. and frcm the
glass transforms 1t to the bloom. The
resultant seed is sown. The new
plants may resemble one plant or the
other, or they may be like neither.
or they may be the veriest monstrosl-
ties. There are thousands Of disap-
pointments for one success In the
work.
Luther Burbank chose M seeding
out of 5000 when he invented the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-06
Koran Brought Up to Date.

1t is not surprising that most OF the
Arab population should be illiterate
since the language used in writing and
printing is literary Arabic, the very
same in which the Koran was COM
posed IL centuries ago. 1t has been
preserved intact, while the spoken
tongue has gradually changed, as
spoken tongues will. Literary ARABIC
today is about as much like the an
Client language as Latin is like French
Ninety per zen of the people do not
understand the language in which
the books are written.
An interesting experiment has been
begun by Rev. Percy Smith, a mis-
sionary in North Africa, who Is trans
lating the Bible and the hymns of ths
church into the ordinary speech OF
the people, instead of in literary
Arabic.-ChristiaI Herald.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-06
Hard to Account for Figures.

Statistics have recently been pub
llshed in Germany which are so strik-
ing that the Medical Records Geneva
(Switzerland) correspondent says
they "need confirmation" 1t is stated
that for every 1000 boys born in the
later years of the war, 1,0S6 girls have
been born. Before the war the ratio
was 1000 boys to 1.024 girls. "Noth-
ing" writes the correspondent, us
known with certainty as to the con-
ditions that determine sex in the hu-
man species, but there is quite a-large
amount Of evidence In support OF the
generalization that during wars and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-06
WEALTH IN BAMBOO GROVES
Their Cultivation In tho Southern
States 10 Expected Soon to Be
Recognized Procedure.

One thinks more readily Of an Amer
lean farm with a wood lot than Of one
with a bamboo grove, but bamboo
groves may yet become common In the
southern states, If the idea OF sin
struct the farmer" In the ~desirability
of planting them makes reasonable
progress. 1t will be a new idea to the
farmer. and he will have to think 1t
over. Meantime sthe country has one
important bamboo grove aourishing in
the state Of Georgia, where 1t stands