, 1924-03-19

as many as 1900 persons a day to
shake the presidents hand.
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The Japanese parliament is modelled
externally upon that of Great Britain,
but its spirit is entirely different. In
Japan, debates in parliament are
pleasant occasions where men of sec
m rank are permitted to display
themselves. The leader of a party
may not even have a seat in the cham
Der.
William Allen White in the EN-
poria Gazette, says, "Until the farm
er has learned the organization game,
the game that fixes prices and gives
up its independence TO rthe right to
prosper, the game that all the world
has learned in the last 200 years, the
farmers cake is dough-"
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Pack horses used in the Canadian
Survey party which mapped the land
north of Athabasca Landing, Alberta,
did not need to be taught what a
smudge was for. The moment it was
started they crowded up into the
smoke to escape the ~tormenting flies.
This made it easy to round them up
for the next days journey.
Hazing will be permitted at the
University of California, provided the
hazers observe the rules of good
craftsmanship. Full responsibility for
any excess will be placed upon the
shoulders of the student body. APP
proximately 5000 freshmen will reg
lister at the university soon.
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The German fleet that was scuttled
at Scapa Flow is to be raised, cut up,
and sold for junk.
Edward w. Edwards, of Cincinnati,
says, "The bigger you are than your
work, the easier you will find it, and
the swifter will be your progress in
it. Certainly others will be attracted
to help you along, or buy whatever
you may have to sell in goods or SER
vices, in the measure that you are an
all-round human being-big, broad,
and kindly-and not simply a ma
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permits his work to master him."
Enginemen on locomotives when
going through a tunnel frequently en-
counter heat ranging as high as 1876
degrees with smoke and moisture
laden atmosphere often filled with
deadly carbon monoxide gas. The
Bureau of Mines has experimental
with gas masks for use of cab crews,
and has perfected a small pocket res
pirator for quick use when in a tun-
mel. A more satisfactory method for
combating the gas is to supply fresh
air to the men from the air brake sys-
TEN on the train. A rubber tube fit
ted with a funnel which is held close
to the face furnishes an adequate
amount of air.
Sherwood Forest, the haunt of
Robin Hood, is t o be destroyed to
supply coal. 1t is estimated 100000
900 tom a year can be mined in the
historical region of Nottingham Coun-
ty. Edwinstow Hall, the ancient mis-
sion, is to be turned into an educa-
tional center for the miners. The his
toric forest is owned by loards who
are poor and harassed by the income
tax.
There is a lake of EPSON salts near
Basque, British Columbia. The lake
lies on a plateau and is not affected
by spring freshets or melting snow.
The impregnated water bubbles up
from a dozen springs and apparently
the lake is inexhaustible. The product
is taken out in four-inch sheets which
are dried and pulverized.
What apparently are ancient stone
gears, probably used hundreds of
years ago by Indians who inhabited
California neal Santa Monica, have
been found. The gears were about
two feet apart and were uncovered
fifteen feet below the surface. One
was four inches in diameter and had
several teeth neatly cut and smoothed
and it is believed that the wheels were
part of a machine invented by the
Indians for grinding corn.
The Supreme Court was told during
argument recently that the vaudeville
business was controlled so completely
by the b. F. Keith Vaudeville Ex-
change, the Orpheum Circuit Incor-
p~orated and similar agencies that an
actor, author or producer could not