New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 10, 1928, Page 3

| CHINA LEADS ALL IN HANY THINGS Western World Never Fails to Learn From East Washington, D. C., Oct. 10.— Whistles for pigeons is an ancient Chinese device which the United States Army plans to try out. In fastening whistles to the tail feathers of maasenger pigeons the army hopes to frighten off hawks. Bamboo pigeon pipes have long been uszed In China to protect the birds. ‘Wegtern civilization never ceases to learn from*China. “Every year brings to the United States some marvel from the treas- ure chest of China's ancient civiliza- tion,” says a bulletin from the Washington, D. C. headquarters of the National Geoxraphic Society, Cabbage and Cotton “This year po tsai, or Chinese cabbage, has invaded even the chain grocery stores of some Amer- ican cities and the big, red Chinese persimmons decorate the vegetable stalls. This year new salves rnd ointments bloom on drug-store shelves as palliatives for hay fever sufferers and their essential element is ma huang, a drug used for cen- turies in the Far East. Ma huang or ‘medicinal grass’ grows wild . north China and the exports of it to the United States have sprung from nothing to 622,000 pounds in 1927, “China has also helped American cotton growers to determine fertile from ‘infertile seeds, according to a recent recommendation of the De. vartment of Agriculture, which ap- proves the oriental practice of plac- ing cotton weeds in water and plant- ing only those which sink. “Mah jongg, the Chinese game, has come and almost gone again, but tung oll, the preservative which has protected ' Chinexe junks for ages and makes possible the tre. mendous Chinese house-hoat lation, now comes into this country at the rate of a hundred million pounds annually, valued at approxi- mately $10,000,000, So important has tung oil bacome to American indus- try that the Department of Com- merce has abranged for a monthly cable report of prices at Hankow. Some Chinese “Firsts” “Nearly everyone knows the more famous discoveries like gunpowder and printing. Other Chinese ‘firsts’ sometimes escape attention. Among them are India ink (really China ink), dominoes, sMk, tea, playing cards, dice, encyclopedias, che:g dictionaries, movable type, porce- lain, rag, wood and rice paper, stone engravings, certain lacquers, artifi- cial pearls, gold fish, stitched books, Chinese lanterns, jade mines, Peki- nese dogs, chow dogs, water-tight compartments for shi peaches, firecrackers, peonies, and seismo- graphs, not to mention soy sauce, and bean sprouts, and probably spinach, orions cahbage, green peas, cucumbers, cauliflower and eggplant. In some cases the ulti- mate ancestry of these products and devices is obscure, though Europe first learned of them from China. “The writing of Shen Kua men- tion the magnetic needle the 11th century A. D long ‘Western civilization discovered it to be the key to navigation. The same author gives the eurliest tion of printing with moveahle type. ‘There is also goad evidence that ene Ts'al Lun first made rag paper in in popu- | hefore | descrip- | D., while the first recipe for true lampblack ink appears document dated 540 A. D. Newspaper and Paper Money “The Peking Gazette, which ceased publication in 1900, had been issued daily since about 714 A. D., and thus was one of the oldest of | newspapers, although in the style of a government bulletin. Some Chi- nese claim that their nation had the first well-developed postal system and the first air mail. In support of the latter tradition the Chinese post- al flag bears the design of a flying | goose recalling that trained geese| cnce were used to carry messages. The Chinese were also the first to! use paper money. Printing of paper | money in 807 led directly to the or- ganization of the first bank at Ichow about 950, “Civil service tests for the selec- tion of government officials. began in 140 B. C, but the examirations were refined and their use extended under the Mings about the teriod | when America was discovered. Men's colleges, and even women's colleges, date back many centuries. These facts and many others on China's civilization are obtainable because | ot ancient books preserved in an- cient libraries. The antiquity of such libraries in Cathay is shown by the report that the imperial library contained, even us early as the Sth century, 53,951 books. Silk Goes Back to Dim Past | “Yet much of Chinese progress | belongs to a past so dim that fixing the discovery of silk in 2700 B. C., and the invention of the plow in 2800 B. C, and crediting the first | to Princess Si Ling-chee and the | second (0 & man pamed Shennung, | must be rated as mythical as the deeds of the Knights of the Round Table. Even the earliest contacts with Europe are little known. So many Chinese discoveries appeared in Europe immediately after Genghis Khan struck farthest west, that it | scems probable he spread informa- | tion as well as terror. Trade with | China was so uncertain that Chinese figured silks were called damask for Damascus, a halfway shipping city; Chinese ink was known—and still is known—as India ink. “Later, as exchange of ideas in- creased, China put more indelible marks on the newer Western civili- zation. The fine old colonial chairs in the American wing of the Metro- politan Museum of New York are really Mr. Heppelwhite's adaptations of Chinese designs brought to Lon- don from China by English travel- ors in the 15th century. Designs for decoration of chinaware have also heen copied; for example, the fa- mous willow-troe pattern, a copy of Nanking blue china, introduced in and in 1780 and now a collec- s prize. Inspfration for the en. | tire rococo period of turnishings in the 15th century has been traced to | | China and the vogue for Chinese gardens is still with us. Vrill With Bamboo Pipes “With nothing more than bam:hoo pipes to work with the Chinese drill- od salt wells 2,000 feet deep yeurs bofore occidentals attained such | depths. Without scientific back sround the Celestial has been —for ages a s tnl fish breeder, and | rned. no one knows hew or | | when, to feed his soil the proper {fcod and to rotate his crops with Irgumes which add nitrogen to the | soil. Oriental farmers practiced bud | grafting and may have been first in | this art, and their ancient but prac- | tical methods of cold storage insure « supply of fresh, big, red s all winter and spring. Amer N South was clopging its streams with disearded cotfonseed Cathay already pressed cotto and fed stock on cot- torserd culies. | i | That famous flaver of beans baked in the groun scholar had made a map of China county geographies dating back | $11,055.0 | corned and in the general public in- NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1928, ‘As early as 801 A. D. & Chinese 20 miles to the inch. Provincial and to 140 A. D, and revised every 30 years, show more details in local areas than those of any nation on earth. Fuel briquettes are mnot new in China as they are to us, nor is the use of natural gas and petrol- eum for industrial processes. Our oiled paper containers just coming into use can scarcely compare with the oiled paper oags that will hold 330 pounds of tung oil without bursting.” VAN SWERINGENS BUY B. R. AND P. RAILROAD Crothers Now Hold Wedge In East- Situation By a ern Carrier Acquiring Sixth System, New York, Oct. 10 (UP)—With the acquisition of their sixth rail- road—the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh — the Van Sweringen brothers, of Cleveland, today held, with their Erie railroad connection, | an important wedge in the eastern rail situation. The brothers paid $100 a share ! for 67 per cent of the total stock of the B. R. & P., or a total of about 0 of the $16,500,000 of common and preferred stock out- standing. In a statement issued cnnouncing the purchase weringens said: We have in mind that this step may facilitate the eastern grouping in an effort to reach an agreement which will be fair to all roads con- night | last | Van the terest. Mr. W. T. Noonan continues as president of the road which will be operated as in the past in the in- terests of the territory served.” Two major attainments in the railroad field have been consum- mated by the Van Sweringens in | their latest move—an unheralded | one that aroused intense interest in railroad circies. They have gained further foot- | hold in the east, which with their | Erie system gives opportunity of Brouping certain eastern roads into Sour Stomach Sign NOLITE society frowns on those | r whose stomachs “grumble.” For car- ul people heed this warning that the contents of the stomach is sourand fermenting. Thoee who don’t, may k some day develop gastritis—or even ulcers. Nine times out of ten indigestion and allied stomach disorders are due to excess stomach acid, which impedes normal digestion and forms sour gases that cause intense pain. To restore good digestion you must eliminate this cause. A tablet of “Pape’s Dia- pepsin” after eating or when pain is felt will instantly neutralize the acid- ity and banish all digestive trouble aud pain. 8o, do buy & 60-cent package of “Pape’s Diapepsin” today. This not only means instant relief, but soothing, healing and strengthening your weak gznd disordered stomach & little “Pape's Dinp»!»:in" keeps your digestive system Lealthy and K:lpo to ious disorders. Van Sweringens is the sixth portant link in the chain of their operations in undertaking to form an all-embracing railroad system in the east. Jury Returns Verdict | turnace |cided, Lambert crawled furnace and set fire to them, dying of suffocation. burned. s one network; and they have secur- ed excellent Lake Ontario und Lake tapped the important coal and steel ore which the B. 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X-RAY, GAS and 0O NAL BANE BLDG. purchased by Nova Scotians in | 1927 was $8,070,120, | with $5,155,420 1n 1926, FAVORS GITY FOND FIRENEN'S PENSION (Commissioner Dehm Suggests Abolition of Present Scheme Fire Commissioner Charles I | Debm favors a pension system sup- ported entirely by the municipality, doing away with the necessity of |firemen conducting socials and no longer requiring the payment of a portion of weekly salaries to the tund, he told members of the board at their meeting last night, The commissioners had before | them the application of the pension association for permission to con- duct the annual ball, Thanksgiving It was explained that the pro- ceeds are to be d for the pen- sion fund. Commissioner Dehm mov- ed that the request be granted but he also expressed his view in favor of a systera that would make the annual ball unnece; Other com- ‘mxss ners expressed opinions that eve., | prospect ot its being adopted was not ! bright. New Substitute . Samorajez, following candidates subsf for appoint- ments as utes were called to the meeting and after being ques- tioned, were referred to the dep: ment physician for George J. Weir, Wallace street; Herbert B. Sauter, 2 260 Grove street; William R. { While the plan was a good one, the | Gordon, 26, 31 Florence street; Wil- liam E. Beaudoin, 24, 184 Washing- ton street; Allan J. Brown 23, 54 South High street; Leo E. Morin, |31, 619 East Main street Fireman Resigns The resignation of Leo A. who quit the department & request for a six months' leave of | absence had been denied, was read to the board. The latter contained sioners for their consideration of his request. The board without a word of comment promptly accepted the | resignation by unanimous vote. Approval was voted monthly bills. | Chief W. J. Noble was given per- | vention of fire chiets at Philadelphia this month, and reporis for th- month were accepte POISON LIQUOR Supp'y in New York 10 (®—With the list of dead frem alcoholic poison- ing at 34 autopsics showing 15 due to wood aleohol, city and tederal av thorities todoy rencwed their | forts to furret cut the sourc !supply of the poison liguor. United States Attorney Charles H Tuttle announced that he could pre sent what evidence he had obtained the federzl grand jury now in ses ‘Slon and on his recomme ation @ ‘a;wrm] graad jury to handle only | poison liquor deaths vus called for Monda New York of a paragraph thanking the commis- | mission to attend the national con- | Ruthorities Stll Try to Locate - e “The recurring deaths from the/ drinking of poison justify an im- mediate investigation by the federal |grand jury,” he said. ‘The investiga- |tion will be conducted in such wise |as to cooperate with the city police .|and other city authorities in their purpose to dcal also with the of-| |fenses against state laws which | these deaths indicate.” [ The police, meanwhile, redoubled | ir efforts definitely 1o establish [the s of the poison liquor sup- ply. One thousand plain clothes men were called off other duties and as- | signed to the investigation, which § would include all known | ies in the city [ Drum Tapped One possible source of the poison | liguor w4 disclosed by M. M. | | Haetel of Crawford, N. J., who toid | police that a drum of a shipment of | weod alcohol to his firm had been tapped at Syracuse and a consider- able amount of the liquor stolen. | It was tho t some bootleggers | serving speak ies on the lower where most of the deaths| . mizht have been guilty of 1d sold the poisoned al- | cohol to his clirnts. { ; Ten of thos |in court yesterday 1000 bail, six times Ifor tiquor low bail, it w heavy of fe | vio Tha was set becaus possible « action on hoi charges the men if scized in their places was found lo liguor | PIMPLE! Whmlflk—:hhnm'u like Lucky Tigerknocks "ull-d' MA‘: be paison. The city toxicologist has not yet made his report on the seiz- ed liquor. 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