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About Central Point American. (Central Point, Or.) 1925-1927 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1926)
► 1 ^. * 1 ***# ****♦ HOW= *♦ ♦ ♦ ************ DlHTANCWf MAT BK TOLD BY THE ORDINARY MAN — ; If you devote your Saturday* to : golfing, shooting, or taking photo- ; graphs, you have, In all proba- i hillty, met the problem of Judg | Ing distances. Boar In inind these few simple rules, and your difficulty will be lessened. With the naked eyes. If you have average sight, you can see the whites of people's eyes at 30 yards; at 80 yards you can Just see their eye*. When all parts of their body are distinguishable, they are 100 yards aw ay; when the outlines of their faces are Just visible, the distance Is 200 yards; and when a face appears as a sep arate dot, you should be 400 yards away, says London Tlt- Blts. Six hundred yards away a group of people can be distin guished singly; but at a farther distance than this no detail of the human form can be deter mined. Yet at 1,200 yards you should be able to tell a man on horseback from a man on foot; at 2,000 yards he Is simply a dot on the landscape. The majority of people, too, are unable to determine the wind's velocity. When the smoke from a chimney moves in a straight, vertical column, It means that a one or two-mtles- an hour breeze Is blowing. A three-mile* an-hour wind will Just stir the lesves on the trees. Twenty-live miles an hour will sway the trunks; at 40 the small branches will break and It takes a mile a minute gale to snap the trunks of big trees. ************************4 How Butterscotch Got Its Distinctive Name Butterscotch seems to have grown In public favor recently, for now, In addition to the old-fashioned butter scotch candy, there are pies, soft drinks, Ice cream and many other things made with this flavor. It seems that butterscotch was not of Scotch origin, as the word Is a col loquialism meaning “to scorch." And that Is Just what butterscotch candy Is—candy that has been scorched. In the commercial manufacture of butter scotch a great deal of care must be taken to see that the burning process does not leave the randy <^lth any taste eicept that which one expects to characterize the flavor. The cook Ing Is done by gas, and each pot con tains u thermometer and stirring rod. The batch of candy must be stirred properly and the correct temperature maintained at all times. In order to do this, gas Is used, as with this fuel delicate temperature control Is se cured. ________________ H ow Pearls A re Tested A new process for distinguishing between natural and cultured pearls was described before the French academy recently. The method, very simple and Inex pensive, requires the Inserting of a miniature tube In the hole bored In the pearl for heading purposes. With In the tube are two little mirrors very close togther, at right angles to each other and at an angle of 45 degrees with the sides of the tube. When a light Is thrown Into the tube on the first mirror It Is reflected on the second mirror If the pearl Is com posed of concentric layers, as Is the case with all natural pearls. If the core of the pearl la not composed of concentric spheres the ray of light In stead of striking the second mirror shines through the substance of which the cultivated pearl Is made and ap penis as a tiny spot of light on the surface. WHY= Yawn Is Contagious Ex plained by Physicians People huve a natural tendency to yawn, to cleanse waste product* from the blood with a gulp of oxygen, strongest when tired, but always pres ent. The sight of another Indulging In the luxury of a yawn Is all that la needed to stimulate this unconscious craving. It la not only the power of sugges tion, that turns this latent desire Into un Irresistible Impulse, but even more the element of mimicry. Man, like the monkey and all other animals, l)aa a tendency to Imitate the actions of another, especially If such actions ap peal to any subconscious desire on his p a rt Such Is the explanation of the trait offered In the physiological laboratory of the Middlesex College of Medicine and Surgery by Dr. Francesco Mau- rtello, assistant to the head of the de partment, and Dr. A. Edward Balbont, professor of neurology at Middlesex, after Dr. W alter B. Cannon, of Har vard, had admitted his Inability to an swer the question. Why Cross Is Regarded as Symbol of a Kiss Whatever your sex, at some time or other you have probably written a letter and put some "crosses" in It— for kisses. But have you ever won dered why a cross should be used as the written symbol of a kiss? This story takes us back to the times when few could read, and still fewer could write. In that respect the nobility were no better off than those of a lower station In life, but deeds transferring property, wills and other documents had to be signed somehow. So those who could not write their names “made their mark," and this, In an age when religious symbolism was very much In evidence, almost Invariably took the form of a croas. Front motives of reverence the shape used was not that of the cross of Calvary, hut the S t Andrew's cross, which resembles the letter "X.” Having duly made their mark, the signatories of a document then kissed tt—partly as a pledge of good faith and partly as an act of reverence. And so a cross put on paper became associated with a kiss.—London An swers. H ow T u bercu losis A cts The public health service says that races differ very much In their re sistance to tuberculosis. The colored population of the United States has a death rate from tuberculosis approx imately three times ar great as that of the white. The American Indian, likewise, Is extremely susceptible to both pulmonary nnd other forms of tuberculosis The disease often runs an extremely rapid course to a fatal termination. The Jew, on the other hand, nmong whose race tuberculosis has been present for ninny centuries, resists the disease well, nnd though frequently of frail physique, often makes a recovery under adverse con ditions. The Irish, on the other hand, do not resist tuberculosis well, while (he Italians do. H ow to W a te r p ro o f Clubs A new process for treating wooden golf clubs makes them waterproof and extremely hard, say* Popular Science Monthly. Heads of seasoned perslm- mou wood are subjected to a vacuum that extracts every particle of air and moisture from the wood, which then Is Impregnated with the newly discov ered chemical. The club head* then are dried and hardened. Clubs treated In this manner are said to have greater driving power than other wooden club* and not to shrink or expand with varying atmos pheric condition*. Inserted face plate* are not required, since the chemically treated wood Is itself harder than fibre, bone or Ivory. :f you are hurt budlv In mii accident your breathing Is lessened, and an ex- | I L O C O M O T IV E S C O N S U M E T IM E S O W N W E IG H T cess quantity of carbon dioxide In j your blood makes you fall asleep. 27 C H R IS T IA N C H U R C H Sunday school 10 a. m. Preaching services 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Christ ian Endeavor 7 p. m. Preaching services both morning and evening by the Rev. I. G. Shaw. Mrs. J. E. Weaver, S. S. Supt.; Mrs. J. O. Isaacson, Supt. of Pri mary Dept.; Mrs. A1 Hermanson, Supt. of Cradle Roll Dept.; Mrs. G. C. McAllister, Pres, of Ladies’ Cir cle; Bernice Shaw, Pres. C. E.; Mrs. Warner, Choir Director. Rev. Shaw, Pastor. “To do the work, to get the cash, to buy the fuel, to make the steam, I)ew Is moisture condensed from the to do the work. . atmosphere. Including the air con This, according to J. H. Dyer, gen tained In soil and gathered in small eral manager for Southern Pacific drop* on the surface of plants nnd company, is the endless ‘song of the other bodies, which radiate heat well, locomotive’ as. it hauls the nation's but conduct It badly. Frost la formed on nights when the dew point la below freight across the continent. Consuming twenty-seven times its freezing point. own weight in fuel each year the H ow D enver G ot Nam e average locomotive must perform 5 -a cre tract fo r tale, g o o d soil, Denver Is named for Gen. James W. work equivalent to hauling one ton plen ty w ater in dry years at low rata, Denver, who lived from 1817 to 1892 of freight 139 times around the well drain ed, t4 -m ile fro m G rants and was the first territorial governor world before it has earned the cost Pass on stata highw ay. Land values in creasing, g o o d m arket fo r straw* of Kansas. Colorado was originally of its annual fuel supply. berries, etc. $ 1 2 00 cash if taken Included within the Kansas territory, soon. A ddress P. O. B o x 173, C e n During 1925 the company’s road and Denver Is said to have been tra! P oin t. ngines burned an average of 4,- one who first suggested the name Colorado when that region was set 948,210 pounds of fuel per unit. In apart. He had been a California con other words each of 1,358 freight gressman. and then commissioner of and passenger locomotives in regular CITY CLEANING AND Indian affairs and served during the service that year required anaver- Civil war In the Union army. age of 58 carloads of 43 tons each DYEING CO. Reason in A nim als to keep up steam in its boilers. In Whether animals think or not I* a all, the company last year used 3,- moot queatlon among philosophers and tons of fuel oil and coal. scientists. The higher animals show 359,835 “Indirectly, well as directly, the ‘ W E A R E N O T S A T IS F IE D considerable Intelligence In certain railroads are a as tremendous factor in matters, such as In getting food and U N L E SS Y O U A R E ’ * escaping from enemies. Modern science the nation’s industrial prosperity,’’ is Inclined to think that the difference Dyer said. “They use one ton of between the Intelligence of human be coal out of every four tons mined ings and animals Is one of degree an<J the United States. Their pur not of kind. In animals Instinct plays in chases from other industries total Phone 474 624 N. Riverside Ave a much larger part than It does In approximately one and three quarter On Highway—Medford, Oregon people.—Pathfinder Magazine billion dollars annually. “Each year they pay out over The Selfish Sex “Women are such selfish creatures! three billion dollars in wages, which There was an extra chop at breakfast expenditures, passing through regu and my wife Insisted upon my eating lar channels of trade, are an import It. It was all because she wanted to ant factor in sustaining both business revel In the satisfaction of self-denial. and manufacturing. In the instance A case of pure selfishness.’’ of coal the railroad’s purchases are "And what did you do?" “Oh. I let her have her own way equivalent to providing means of and I ate the chop. You won’t find support for one out of every four tnuny husbands as Indulgent as I am.” miners in the country. H ow D e w Is Form ed —Boston T ranscript Has a Boiling Lake The Grande Soufrière, of which the chief feature Is the remarkable Boll ing lake. In the West Indian island of Dominica. Is but little known even to the Islnnders who are constantly re minded of Its presence, says Nature Magazine. Clouds of steam Indicate where It lies In the mountains, and to [ Roseau, the Island's port, the deto- ! nations from Its steam vents proclaim ! Its close proximity. It Is only six miles from the town aa the crow file*, buf until an air route Is established man must foot It over a difficult and even dangerous mountain trail. W e A re M a n u fa ctu rers o f DOORS, SCREENS, WINDOWS AND SASH, WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES, MOULD INGS, CABINETS OF ALL KINDS Our Constant Aim is to Keep Our Quality and Prices Absolutely Right. Do Not Order r rom Out-of-Town Concerns Before Letting Us Figure on Your Bill. TROWBRIDGE CABINET WORKS Medford A MODERN MILL Oregon Courage Crowning Virtue Courage is a gem of the first water. Ita association is with the brave and noble. Its contrast Is the coward and his meanness. It Is the virtue that makes the difference between a true man and one living below the line of his privileges. Cournge means something more than bravery. Bravery belongs to the bat tlefield. but courage moves tn quiet places and grows like the ferns, rather In the shade. It takes grit to he cour ageous. It is more telling than thrill Ing.—London Tlt-Blts. Lovers of horses, and there are many In the countr^, read with pleas ure the news that a saddle horse sold for $25.000 at the recent horse show In Kansas City. Of course the ani mal was a thoroughbred, a three- year-old, flvegalted animal, prize winner In the sweepstakes class where many other heautiftil and well-trained horses were shown. It was a royal honor this young animal won. and It was a royal price he brought, the highest price, horse historians claim, ever paid for a saddle horse In Amer ica. The sale Illustrates the fact that men and women do ' love horses, and H ow W h ale« A re W arn ed the thousands of visitors at the horse The simplest and most constant show there proved the measure of H ow G host Stories Start sound tn Nature, the washing of the Interest when these aristocrats sea. serves aa a radio beacon to warn "Haunted house»,“ of which almost public whales, porpoises, and many fiahe* to every community has had one or more are on view In the show ring. keep away from the shore and below at some time or another, may he th« anrface ta rough weather. simply old untenanted houses or It's all very well to have standards, ! According to Dr. Austin (lark, for houses with loose water piping, ac If we have sense enough to realise merly naturalist on the nclentlflc ship cording to a theory advanced by water that there are other standards In the Alhatroaa, “The simple breaking of the company engineer*. Nolee* are fre world and that these other standards ! waves ta of Immense Importance to quently transmitted from one house to may be even better than our own. The see creatures aa an Index of the dan another when water Is drawn. Vlbra man who Is to sure that his standards ' ger* they are running. In times of I tlons are set up In the pipe ana it the are right, who refuses to Investigate storm th* repellent Bound Increases, | pipe Is not securely fastened It and other standard*, usually short changes and by this they are warned to keep connecting pipe» will hammer against farther from the shore and farther the Joist or wall The nol*e la most himself, writes Tom Dreler In the 1 perceptible when the water la turned Forhe* Magaalne. The wise man lives down beneath th* surface." off quickly and the “watch hammer.” sn experimental life. To him nothing aa tt Is called, makes considerable Is constant hot change, tie la always j H ow to T ell T ree'* A g e willing to try something new or at The forest service say a that one of racket.—Utility Bulletin. least to open hi* mind to stortea about j the chief ways of ascertaining the age j something new The open-minded ' W h y “ F U a ” la V alu ab U of a tree Is by counting the whorta of i tho branches. In some specie* the j The Aia la thè pop Setti# ha* gene man ta the only one who Is growing whorta are more noticeable than In up In thè world. aays Popolar Science others, particularly tn the Eastern | Monthly. for turgeon* ere considerine A ccording to the New York World, whit* pine you will note for each year sertoosly Ita ose a* an aneethetle In some Wall street worker» now wear th* tree aeta out a whorl of hraorhes thè operatine ro»m. At »a clin ic re the smock, »uch as artista wear The It hat been possible to stand oft and cently hel<! In Phlladelphla t>r Benn »mock ta a good thing In a land of rouat anywhere from 3 to 75 years tn Morgan of Chieggo demortstrated If* liberty, equality and fraternity. And this manner. The whorls come out ose hefore th# Rasiera Society o f An regularly and leave clear apace* be esthetlata. Oarhon dloxlde. Doctnr It * seist« young >«*• nnd women to tween each year.- U la not possible to Morgan eiptalnc-*. h '.he n«npo|»on keep their minds «.ft their clothe» and tell the age so well la broadleaf trees ons aneethetle u«ed by Datore lim-lt on thetr Job« 1 THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1926 CENTRAL PGINT AMERICAN PAGE FOUR Federalized Service THE ADVICE FROM AN OFFICER OF THIS BANK CONCERNING YOUR FINANCIAL PROBLEMS WILL COST YOU NOTHING AND MAY SAVE YOU MAKING COSTLY MISTAKES. WE CONSIDER IT A PLEASURE TO SERVE YOU IN ANY CAPACITY WHEREIN WE CAN BE OF ASSIST ANCE. Central Point State Bank Sweet, Tastv Meats T H E C H O IC E OF- T H E L A N D — A L W A Y S F R E S H A N D T E N D E R ‘‘Quality and Service”— Our Motto Central Point Meat Market I. D. LEWIS, Prop.