Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-21

"a AT ANCHES1ER GUARJ1AN.-IC
mn would be interesting to know
V which firm in Manchester Is
1 4 the oldest. A census of Lon
don's business houses shows
that more than 500 firms have had a
continuous existence for more than O.
century. London's Oldest firm is the
Oxford University Press, which was
founded in 1863, while many other city
Arms are more than 400 years old. They
cover every trade and profession, and
some of them have been handed down
through seven generations in the same
family.
Sex Of Flies
Easily Distinguished.
The Weekly Scotsman, Edinburgh
jackson and his wife were doing little
fly hunting about the house.
How many have you caught?" she
asked after while.
Six" replied her husband, three
males and three females"
How absurd" his wife smiled. How
could you tell If they were males or
femaIes?"
Easy, my dear" he retorted. Three
were on the sugar and three were on
the mirror"
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Clinics Established
To Guard Against Disease.
FL Nuevo Diario, Caracas.-Sanitary
conditions in the principal ports of
Venezuela-that Is to say, La Guaira
Caracas, Puerto Cabello and Mara
caibo-have been the special and inter-
ested attention of the national govern
ment. AS these localities have been, in
the past, particularly susceptible to con-
tagious diseases and epidemics, well
equipped clinics and laboratories have
been established in all of them, the ia
cilities of which are available to all
without charge. The poorer classes are
especially urged to avail themselves of
the protection and help of these estab-
lishmentS in the prevention as well rs
in the treatment of disease.
In these coastal cities the government
has also 1naugurated intensive cam
paigns against rats and mosquitoes. A
service of medical supervision and in
spection also has been prescribed for the
schools, and the children are examined
regularly, and suggestions made to their
parents for better care of them, and
more vigilant and energetic household
hygiene. Surgeon dentists also visit the
schools and keep the teeth OF the chill
dren in good condition, and the same
important service is free at dental
clinics for those unable to pay. Other
specialists are delegated to examine and
treat, when necessary, the eyes, nose
and throat, both in the case Of school
children and In adult clinics.
Caracas, in particular, is now one of
the best equipped cities Of South Amer
lea with its scientific installations and
administration for combating diseases
of all sorts. Great furnaces have been |
erected to burn Immediately upon COL |
lection all the garbage and street sweep
ings of the capital. This measure |
against the plague of flies will be one |
of the most important factors, it is be-
lieved, in disease prevention.
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Strong Thieves
Make Away With Chest.
A B c. Madrid.-Complaint has been
lodged with the commisSariat of police by |
a representative of firm dealing in |
automobiles situated in the Gale de
Alcala, at No. So, that its establish
ment was robbed during the night Of
their money chest, containing 1000
pesetas. The circumstance Is truly o
curious one, inAsmuch as the chest
weighed more than 400 Kilograms GAO
pounds) and had to be carried down.
stairs. It is not comprehended how the
thieves mustered sufdcient strength to
commit the robbery.
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Japanese Train
Birds to Catch Fish.
Japan Advertiser, Tokio.-C ormorant
fishing is one of the interesting sights
Of the Japanese seaboard. The cormo-
rants are large. web-focted seabirds,
like pelicanS, but not so large
Or heavy and with a sac bepeath the
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