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20 M90E BREED 50
MILLION m 30 YEAftS
;New Yorker Makes Specially
of Raising Them.
Now York.—To flic list of novol oc
cupations In Now York add tlmt of
lDavkl Mayer, the world’s champion
breeder of white mice.
In the 80 years ho has been special-
jlzlng in this line, he has brqjJ more
than 00,000,000 mice for research pur
poses.
lie supplies all the white mice list'd
for experimental work by the New
[York City board of health, the United
Stntcs public health service and gov
ernment hospitals.
Ills mice are used In the labora
tories of most of the schools and col
leges ki the country. Only recently,
on an order from the Iloynl Society
pf London, lie shipped 30 pairs of
white mice to the government hospital
ht British Gularia.
Most of the governmental experi
ments with mosquito and yellow fever
fterum are tried on his mice in the
Canal Bone.
nis weekly output is between 5MXX)
find 4,000 mice during the months from
September to May.
’ Flew With Llndy.
From May to September his ship-
invent of mteo Is about half that num-
l>er—duo to the fact that colleges are
closed aud many doctors go nhrond In
the summer.
A pair of white mice How with Und-
fcorgh when he curried penumonlu
serum to Qnel>ec In on attempt to save
the Ufo of Floyd Bennett— the serum
Nvns to have been tried out on tlie
mice.
Mayer casually regards Ills odd pro
fession as “simply a study In gen
etics’ 1 and says hu “grow up" with the
•work.
Thirty years ngo when lie started an
experiment with 10 pairs of white mice
In Ills father's animal shop, he was
hardly more than a boy and little med
ical work was done with mice.
With the Increase of scientific In
terest nnd economic value of mice, has
come the development of 80,000,000
mice from the original 10 pairs and
the expansion of Mayer to the lender
of mlco-breeding.
There are only two other Mg mice
breeders in America, one in Philadel
phia and unotlier In Kansas, but their
iwork Is not as extensive as Mayer's.
Ills firm Is (lie largest shipper of unl-
Jmitls In the world.
Once in a great while, there will be
a pure nil-black mouse la a litter. This,
iMayer says, Is a throw-back from per-
Jiups a hundred generations.
Grandfather In Six Weeks.
MIco breed every three weeks—a
itact which makes them Invaluable for
Scientific research.
A mouse horn today will he a grand
father within six weeks, Mayor says.
f Besides white mice, lie specializes In
wlii^o rats, also for research work.
Ho has developed an Interesting rat
{With black eyes—considered n rare
Ycnt, since all white rats, like the rab
bit, belong to the albino group nnd
have pink eyes.
|l Mayer Is the only man In America
Showing the kangaroo rat—an Interest
ing little brown nnd white nnimnl with
long rear legs nnd short front ones. lie
^ relies, like the kangaroo, on Ills hind
;s.
? One of Mayer’s Jobs tins been that
of “professional rat-catcher," employed
jby steamship companies,
j Ills legs and arms have hundreds of
Scars from rat bites.
In breeding cats nnd mice Mayer
,90111 d not take more trouble If ho
Were bringing up babies,
i, The rodents have special diets nnd
Arc feil on balanced rations. If tlio
e ilce 4 eat stale white bread, water and
aylld today, tomorrow their diet will
he canned salmon. They need variety,
tlio same as a human being, Mayer
fcays.
.1 They nro fed cod liver oil to gtvo
t glossy sheen to their coats.
Mayer lias tried out vitnmlne ex
periments with his mice. With certain
jtfoods they reduce, with others they
Jgnln weight.
f Some rats weigh as much as two
pounds—they are considered senile
when they reach thnt weight
» The tremendous economic system of
tnlee-breedlng works out so that ani
mals unfit for research work become
food for the snakes In the various zoos
throughout the country.
Michael Mayer, father of tho clmm-
tdon mlee-breedor, started Ids animal
business In New York 80 years ngo.
IIo Is still In the game and goes
to work every day. lie Is Interested in
the commercial end nnd enjoys the rep
utation of being the oldest man In the
nnimnl came in New York.
Dear Girls
Amelia Gingham, the noted actress,
was bright and gay to the end. She
said one evening at a dinner In her
Itlvorside drive fiat:
“Tlie girl of today Is dear dear In
the monetary sense.
“A millionaire’s son was drinking
ten In a girl sculptor's studio In
Greenwich Village. Jlo said, as ho
poured n little more Bacardi into his
cup:
“‘I got my month’s allowance this
morning.’
“‘Did you? What are you going to
do with itV’ ashed the girl sculptor.
“‘Well,’ sahl the young man, ‘1
haven’t made up my mind whet! r to
buy iino-her racing ear or to ask you
out for the evening.’”
Cdorono cil
by All World Races
Onions seem to he almost ns old as
the hills. They me mentioned In the
Bible as one of tlie things longed for
by the Israelites In the wilderness and
complained about to Moses. Ilerodo
ins says that lu Ids time there was
ini Inscription on the Great Pyramid
stating the sum expended for onions,
radishes, and garlic, which had been
consumed by the laborers during Its
erection, as 1,000 talents. Ancient pic
tures show priests holding onions In
their hands at tlie altar.
Burly explorers, Including Colum
bus, brought onion seed to the New
world. New Englanders were raising
them as early as 1(584, and General
Sullivan, In 1771), In his raid again '
the Indians In central New York, tie
stroyed many onion fields belonging
to the savages. Nineteen states now
produce large commercial crops of
unions. Texas scents up tho whole
Gulf of Mexico aud the eastern side
of tlie Atlantic with her onion-laden
vessels bound for New York.— Peter
It. Sterling In National Republic
Magazine.
Weather Has Little
Influence on Tides
Contrary to popular belief, especial
ly tlmt long cherished by many sea
men, tides do not e.xert any Influence
on the weather, according to mete
orologists of the weather bureau,
Culled State's Department of Agrlcul-
111 re.
As a matter of fact, close observ
ers have discovered that certain ex
treme weather conditions ulfect the
tides to some extent. Tides ebb and
llow at every point on the coast with
clock 11 be regularity. Nevertheless, the
weather continues to be fair or foul,
Irrespective of those tides. On tho
other hand, conditions of very low
barometric pressure and very strong
winds from favorable directions cause
either unusually low or unusually
high tides, as the case may he. This
Is tin Inlluence of the weather on tlie
tides, and the weather Is not tlie re
sult of any tidal Inlluence.
liven when there Is, as meteorolog
ists understand, n very Insignificant
outllow of air from a region Into
which the tide Is rising, or a corre
sponding Irillow of air as the tide sub
sides, this does not constitute a sig
nificant feature of the weather.
In Bad Company
When a vote Is to be taken on some
Important measure a congressman who
cannot he present "pairs" himself
with some representative who would
vote "aye” to the congressman's “nay,”
or vice versa.
Once a Democratic member of the
house received a letter from an active
politician of that party In his district,
calling attention to the fact that he
was reported In the Congressional Rec-
onl almost every day ns being “paired"
with a Republican.
“I don't doubt your loyalty to the
party," rend llie letter, “but I think the
hoys would like it a good deal better
If you paired with Democrats Instead
of Republicans."—Harper’s Magazine.
Pressing Business
"‘1 want to speak fo Mr. Jones,”
said the voice over the wire.
"I'm sorry, sir, hut Mr. Jones Is In
conference,” tho private secretary re
plied sweetly.
And at the same moment Mr. Jones
was In deep conference with a friend
at Merchant and Bishop streets. He
declared, very confidentially and not
for publication:
“Yeah, It's sure wonderful how
quick they can dig a Mg hole In (lie
ground like that. 1 sec they’re put
ting in the foundation already. Won
der how they are going to get rbl of
that water, thoughV’’—Honolulu Star-
Bulletin.
Almond Raising
Almonds comprise the most impor
tant crop of the island of Majorca,
where many varieties arc* cultivated,
nnd the Industry Is so prosperous that
as old olive trees die they are replaced
by almonds.
When the almonds are almost rlpo
they are knocked otT the branches by
long bamboo pole3 and then picked up
liy women nnd children. The tints
are separated from the husks after dry
ing, und the shells are then broken by
band or machinery am) the kernels
extracted.
Th.'.rth for Yourself
Don't be too much impressed by
what your neighbor Is thinking nnd
doing. Democracy doesn’t mean that
men shall be like bricks In a wall, all
the same size, shape and color. Don’t
let anybody else make your opinions
for you. Don't he standardized. The
world Is full of nil kinds of standard
ization now. Be as near right about
your opinions and your acts as you
know how. Don’t waste your time* by-
looking over tlie wall Into your neigh
bor's dooryard.—Grove I’aterscn in
the Mobile Register.
Move Village 200 Miles
Two long trains recently moved the
village of tlie army vocational center
of Great Britain from Caloric!; to nem
SwJnton, England. The population,
consisting of residents ami officers,
were conveyed with the furniture, live
Slock and other pnesesslon:; to (lie new
spot, where quarters had been ar
ranged for them. The change was
made to tlie larger quartern in order
to cure for the growing number of
World war veterans who desire vocu
tiona! training.
fir Economical Transportation
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offers at these
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automobile—see tho Bigger
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Here are the beauty and
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Here is the spirited, thrill
ing performance of an im
proved valve-in-head motor!
Here are the comfort, road
ability and safety of a 107-
Inch wheelbase, long, semi*
Quality Features
that made
Chevrolet Famous
elliptic shock-absorber
springs, and big non-locking
4-wheel brakes!
Yet this sensational car Is
offered at amazing low prices
—a dollar-for-dollar value
that has brought to Chevro
let the greatest popularity lu
Chevrolet history. -Come in
today for a deiuwastratlon!
The COACH
$!
t, <
Tfws Touring MQ(f
or Itoadrlcr .. Hi -O-J*
Sip. .*595
The 4-Door
Sedan O ■ -3
The Convert*
Cabriolet.. •. *695
Tlid Vopcrinl $^7 j r*
Landau & L 3
All prices f. o.b.
Flint, Michigan
CiiecX C"?avrn2c*4
I>*Uvcevd Price*
They Include the low#
e s t handling and
financing charge*
Improved valve -tn-
head motor
107-inch wheelbase
Non locking 4-wheel
brakca
Thermostat control
cooling system
Harrison honeycomb
radiator
Invar-strut constant
clearance piatou3
Mushroom-type valve
tappets
Hydro-laminated cam
shaft gears
Crankcase breathing
system
Two-port exhaust
Indirectly lighted in
strument panel
Ball bearing worm and
gear steering
Bcmi-elliptic shock ab
sorber springs—84%
of wheelbase
Safety gasoline tank at
rear
One-pieco steel rear
axle housing
Streamline bodies by
Fisher
Theft-proof steering
and ignition lock
AC oil filter
AC air cleaner
Single-plate dry diac-
clutch
Stewart-Warncr vacu
um fuel feed
Delco-Rcmy distribu
tor ignition
Fisher “VV” one-piece
windshield on closed
models
Steel disc wheels
Gasoline gauge
Light Delivery (Chassis on 1 y) $3.75-00
Utility Truck (Chassis only $520.00
HENRY MOORE, Dahlonega, Ga.
QUALITY AT
LOW COST
Lzrrauuiit'uMNiBnvi 1
e -: —r: .
•i vo : icoiuiiiiun a uzc.u
car v.o do the job tie. - jughly.
The motor 1b gone over com
pletely by expert mechanics
and ;■ \:t into condition to give
thou nods ol miles of depend
able sere ice. Genuine parts are
used for all replacements.
Then we attach a Red O. IC. Tag
to the radiator cap showing
exactly what units of the car
(J U A L I T Y
HENRY MOORE
DMILONEGA
Research Shows That
Few Things Are “New”
More I linn 2,D.X) years ngo the
Greeks knew how to spin tops; they
lmd pocket knives with bronze blades
and exquisitely curved Ivory handles,
and clasp plus, much like the safety
pin by which Its modern Inventor
made a fortune, wore common, says
I’opulnr Mechanics Magazine, A proc
ess for making clear yellow-white
glass was announced as a new discov
ery not long ago, lait excavations In
Egypt show that the material was
known tlipre in the Second century
B. (J. A set cl 15.) pieces was recov
ered from the rains of an ancient city,
A sewer system that would compare
favorably with any constructed today
was laid la Crete sonic 2,800 years B.
<and you can turn the faucets of
a system tlmt was Installed in an
dent Pompeii.
The Baffled Climber
Owen D. Young, the noted lawyer
ami capitalist of New York, said on
disembarking from tin* Olympic:
"While Vesuvius was in eruption
I heard a story about an English
cockney tourist who was doing Naples
on a Polytechnic trip.
“Well, this chap climbed up Vesu
vius with n guide, and when they got
to tho top he beamed all over and
said:
“‘Now then, what about that there
drink we’re gain’ to have?’
"‘Dreonk?’ said the guide. ‘But cot
era Impossible to get dreonk up here,
sure.’
“‘Well, I’m Id owed! said the tour
ist. ‘Wait till I get ’old of that bloke
as told me this place ’ad been over
flowin' with lager for three days.'"
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2 Air Mail Sr* v £*3 Bankers i
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Large Sums in inheres* g
Seattle.—By using the uli jjfj
>1 mail service between the Pacific
X toast and Nov. York, bankers £
have been able to save tliou 2
X sands of dollar, monthly In In Y
*♦ terest, it was announced re 4»
cenlly. All cheeks In excess < 1 X
^ “500 nro sent by air mall and t
J, arrive at the Eastern terminus i
(wo days iifier mailing. 01 liner ?
to four days sooner than In !£
fast train service. Return crcd *
v its are also hurried •virt In it
* plane so that actual Bine 101 *
>j* collection of large I'eiuiUai.i es A
is less than 11 wee!, Tims t'ai *;*
O currency .shipments Pave m.i If
V been trusted to (he air moT X
Lesson for Misers
in Chinese Legend
An aged Chinese, noted far and
wide among Ids neighbors for Jils
ponurfousnoss, was one day discovered
running frantically up und down In
front of Ills small hut, heating Ills
.breast and crying out I11 doleful
lamentations.
“Woo Is me I” lie cried, “woe Is me!
Some one last night stole away the
treasure which I had hurled Lu nty
garden, nnd left a stone In its place.’’
“And why do you weep?” asked a
neighbor. “You never used your
treasure. Bring yourself to believe
Unit the stone is still your treasure,
nnd you will be as well olT as you
ever were.”
The neighbor was right. A burled
treasure Is of no more value to the
world than a hurled stone. One of
the pathetic truths of life IS that bo
many fail to realize this fact. Had
the old nilsei been generous enough
to have Shared Ids treasure with a
needy world, he could tit least have
had the comfort of knowing Unit many
would have joined him In bewailing
bis loss. But he had lost that wldeh
was of value to no one. Not even
he litmsoif had made use of K.
Long Sentence Made
Metier of Complaint
What Is sold to ho one of the long
est single sentences in English on rec
ord—a statement of 51)3 word’s, cover
ing 8d typewritten lines—was the sub-
Joct of complaint by counsel in the
Court of Appeal, says the London cor
respondent of tlie New York Herald
Tribune, Analysis of some of tho
phrases' In the average Incohie tax
return form Is dltllcuK enough, hut
In the protested Instance of circum
locution and ambiguity It was set forth
thnt a Chinese lawyer could not have
Supplied more redundant or round
about language to convey his moan
ing.
Tlie sentence, stretched word to
word In one line, would reach approx
imately 35 feet, and to utter it would
bo a breathing exercise almost equaA
to climbing tlie whispering gallery lu
old St. Raul's. Tho sentence, It was
stated to Lord Justices Atkin and
Scrutton, appears In the'finance nct -of
1027, and purports to explain “relief
In respect of losses In business set up
after April 0, 1023.” .y,-!-*'
A Veiled Criticism
E. Berry Wall, whose portrait -by
Tade Sfykn is a lilt of tho Paris salon,
maintains in maturity that good taste
In dress which won him in his youth
tho title of “king of tho dudes.”
Ti 1(4*0 is n s tdfy to tho olToct that
Mr. Wall ran across a New York
friend in n hotel the other day. The
New Yorker wore vast Oxford bags of
the new bols do rose tint, his coat was
cinnamon brown with brass buttons,
over his brown shoes white spats were
drawn, and Ills shirt collar, tie null
handkerchief were In various shades
of pink.,
Mr. Wall shook tho New Yorker by
tho hand and said in a low and sympa
thetic voice:
“Are you in mourning for some
one, Bill?”—Pittsburgh Chronlde-Tcle-
grnplg
Old Sailing Vcczel
Perhaps the In'Gt account that lias
come down to us in writing, from
which a description of a boat In Rom
an times can he had. Is the account
of f’t. Paul's Journey In u wheat ship
to Rome.
During the storm on tiro way from
Crete to Malta the sailors cast cargo
overboard; they nearly lost the ship's
boat trailing behind; they uuderglrd-
od the ship with a cable; they let go
their four anchors; the crew tried un
successfully to escape lu the lifeboat,
and finally they cast olt their anchors,
set a foresail and ran the boat onto
the beach. >1. „ r
The Price of Silence
The hill collector found that the
family ho was about to dun had
skipped, taking the goods with them.
After some inquiry he .managed to lo- I 1
cate the van driver, but that worthy
claimed to have no recollection of
where he had taken them |l
"Come now,” said the collector, pro
ducing n £5 hill, “(fils ought to roure
your memory.” “it ought to, sir,” the
van driver admitted, "hut you see mine
ain't no ordinary memory an’ It’ll take
u deal of rousing. Why, It cost $1(1 to
put It to sleep.”—Boston Transcript.
Ham and Uggs
A I lousier wife was serving the cus
toniary coffee and toast for breakfast
The husband, who had recently Iro
turned from u trip to the old home
place In u neighboring state, was talk
ing ulxiut U>e irttlny changes that had
occurred.
“I suppose you had so little in com
mon with the folk back there It was
dull,” said the wife.
“Dull? Not by a long shot. We had
a great time talking about tlie days
of ham nnd eggs for breakfast,” re
plied the vivacious husband.
Impressed
A negro arrested - on a banditry
charge came before Judge Rosnlsky
In gcntrul sessions In New York and
was held In hall of $25,000. When
statement v.'iii: i::n '<• from the bench
to this elV- t nt-noh ■ were surprised,
that the n- ■ m v, - t undismayed'. Rut le
er there was 11 look of admiration I11
his eyes. An he was led toward the
bridge of sighs and Jail lie remarked:
“Dnt ge’man tho’ does talk In mag
nificent figures.”—The Now Yorker.