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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1919
Page
3
The senate sustained the house in passing the repeal by a 57 to 19 vote. The measure becomes law after clocks are set back in October, marking one of the few laws enacted over a presidential veto. Farmers led the agitation, joined by labor groups and local authorities, citing loss of farm labor time as the main objection.
Instructions advise persistent cleaning and whitewashing every two weeks to curb mites, noting pigeons sparrows and neglect spread pests. A kerosene emulsion spray is recommended, mixing soap, water and kerosene to saturate cracks and joints in poultry houses.
The origin of our common number symbols is reexamined by Carra de Vaux who finds they originated in Europe and were transmitted to Persians. India and Arabia received them from Persia, making the Hindoo-Arabic term misleading. The numerals were formed to represent numbers, not from alphabetic letters.
A clock maker advises taking the clock apart and boiling the mechanism in strong soapy water with two teaspoons of kerosene. After drying and oiling with kerosene oil, reassemble and wind. The remedy reportedly revived a long-stopped clock and saved a repair bill.
A selection of aphorisms including Montaigne on making gods, H Giles on obedience, Longfellow on harms, Burton on superstition, and Necker on virtue in feeling calamities.
In 1917 the American association banned the saliva spitball and punishments followed. Yet no pitcher had been disciplined for violations. Dan Griner violated the rule twice in a Milwaukee vs St Paul series, using back of the knoll cinders to alter the ball, while umpires issued no reprimand.
The botanical name of the American lotus is Nelumbium luteum Nelumbium luteum and of the Indian Nelumbium speciosum and Egyptian Nelphaea lotus. The name lotus has been used for many plants from small herbs to shrubs and trees with edible fruit. Botanists now apply it to a genus of herbs or sub shrubs with yellow pea shaped flowers, with representatives in America.
The text notes imitation opals and easier faking of rubies than diamonds. It explains making fake rubies from artificial corundum stained with chromium while titanium oxide yields a genuine artificial sapphire.
The keeping of gold fish remains a great institution in China. Fish are fed on lean pork, dried in the sun and ground into powder as part of a traditional feeding practice.
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