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Show THE BULLETIN Velocity of Rivers Is Greatest at Beginning (; . Notably loyal and devoted to his rivers usually have their sources master, the chowchow is often spoken on very high ground, their velocity Is of as a one man" dog, says a writer greatest at the beginning of their in the Los Angeles Times. To strancourse, which is for many strear.is a gers, the handsome face of this lionheaded, dignified und powerful creasuccession of rapids and waterfalls. means no nonThe velocity of fulls, which is often ture, wears a scowl. It to deter one sense Intended Is and well be included cannot HIRSCHS As TEXACO SERVICE STATION 1 1 th East and Hollywood Ave. Parts Accessaries Lubrication Repairing jmssszmasaSi LaSalle Gleaners & Dyers Hy. 8482 1115 East 21st South ANY PLAIN GARMENT CLEANED, AND PRESSED SPOT-TE- D 65 Special Prices On DRAPES CURTAINS RUGS 60 Feed Elm There is no stream that has a regular current of SO miles an hour or even half that. The lower Amazon flows at the rate of three miles an hour. The Mississippi,'; In the lower course, has a velocity of about three and a half miles an hour. The Congo has for many miles above its mouth a current of about seven miles an hour, the Impetus of its great fells extending for a great distance below them. The Nile, similarly Influenced, moves for a long distance at nine miles an hour. FISHING Feathers Best Grade Of ' FLIES Phil TACKLE Joes SOUTHEAST REPAIR SHOP Chihuahua, Mexican Dog, Supposed to Be Oldest Get Your Fishing License Here 1113 East 21st South Hyland 8395 M . Ll MLIML1UIII' HIH'TBPW "t M EXPERT AUTO REPAIRING 2 CALL SUGAR HOUSE GARAGE Hyland 8657 CAUTION i BEFORE YOU TAKE YOUR FISHING TRIP, LET US TUNE UP YOUR MOTOR. 1134 enormous, very in any estimate of velocity of rivers, although the impetus given by rapids, as well as the general inclination of the bed of the stream, has a most important Influence on the rate of its current. But the velocity of a river does not altogether depend on the slo;ie of its bed, says a writer In the Cleveland Plan Denier. Much is owing to its depth and volume; most rivers, therefore, flow with varying velocity at different seasons of the year. Further more, bends In the course, jutting peaks of rock, or other obstacles, inter fere with its speed, so that the water of a river flows at different velocities at different parts of its bed; It moves slower at the bottom than nt the sur face and at the sides than at the middle. CALLS and DELIVERY FREE LETS East 21st South $ The Chihuahua Is a Mexican dog, named for the northern state of Mexico bordering along the Rio Grande. It is supposed to be the oldest dog in America, haring been bred by the Aztec Indians, states a writer in the Washington Post The outstanding characteristic of the breed is its large ears, held erect and slightly flaring to the side. The stnnlnrd describes the Chihuahua as h tiny dng, weighing from 2 to 6 pounds, compact alert and terrior-like- . His coat is Short, smooth and soft of almost any color, preferably solid or marked, like Clilqultag black and white. lie has an uppie domed head; large, luminous, dark eyes, and a short, moderately pointed nose. Ill) body is compact short coupled but slender, well ribbed, tucked up in the The legs are loins, and slender, well sinewed, with snail dainty feet and strong, moderately long nails. Ills tail is fairly long and carried dcep-chastc- FOR SALE Bargain $700 ELECTRIC WASHER First Class Condition $20.60 1882 So. INQUIRE Hy. 10th E. Japanese Chronology Confusing Early Japanese chronology is confusing and, to say the least. Inexact, says a writer In the New York Herald-T- HUGHES ELEC RANGE Oven and Two Plates 405S-- M Aibestoa la Woven Asbestos is a mineral that is woven into cloth or sheets, and put to various uses because it is incombustible. Asbestos cloth was formerly used as a siiroud for dead bodies. Chowchow, "One Man Dog; May Be Native of China This 1. sufficiently proves! by the curliest histories which give the average age of the first emperors as something over a hundred years. Most confusing of all, up to about COO A. I). Is .the mixture of legend and fact, of fairy tales and truth. Actually mythology fs so mixed with history that no mortal man can separate the two, no one can say Just where the supernatural ends and the natural begins. ribune. Effects of Moonlight Scientists long have scoffed at the ancient belief that moonlight can cause lunacy and render food unfit for use. However, persistent claims that certain fish caught in the River Nile would spoil overnight If left in the light of the moon have been found to be true. Collier's Weekly. d. cycle-shape- J. Hours and Minutes The splitting up of the hour nnd the iniuute each Into what is seemingly a curious division, sixty parts, is a link with one of the most ancient of peoples the Chaldeans, or .early The Chaldeans (so Babylonians. named by Daniel ns meaning astronomers) reduced their study of the heavens to something almost mathematically exact. They realized that the sun made a complete circle of the heavens in the course of the year an l so arrived at the degree approximately the distance traveled by the sun each day. It was their custom to reckon In terms of sixties and multiples of sixty, and later astrologers followed their example nnd split up the hour into sixty small or minute parts nr.J called them minutes. The minute. In turn, was divided Into sixty the I. arts and so we get the seconds of the hour. second sub-divisio- from undue familiarity. He will make up his own mind irrespective of any advances. To friends, however, his expression is kindness itself. Ills plumed tall is held very tightly back over the beautiful when the dog Is happy, but lowered when he is frightened. Ills movement, a stiff and rolling gait, due to unusual straightness of his hind legs, which do not bend at the hock, is peculiar to thq breed, as are also the characteristic blue tongues, eyes, e feet, strong cobby bodies and an Inscrutable oriental appearance. Almond eyes may or may not be responsible for the claims of many authorities that China is his nativity. Tlie breed, however, was foreign to China, being the outcome of Siberian sledge dogs and the Tibetan mastiff. Gradually drifting southward from the colder regions, he became known in northern China as early as 800 B. CH when all dogs were divided Into three classes, hunting dogs, watch dogs and edible dogs. It was Into this last category that the fate of the chow was placed. Highest National Park The highest national park in Europe, created by the Italian governments decree, is made up of the 210,000 acres at the Stelvio pass, an Alpine passage way, the highest Into Italy, Including mountain groups with 00 peaks averaging nearly 10,000 feet A paradise for climbers and skiers, the region Is primarily intended for the preservation of the rare fauna found in the richly lower slopes. thick-coate- d almond-shape- d cat-lik- conifer-- wooded Polands Gateway to Sea a spit of land Jutting into the Baltic sea, where a few years ago a few fishermen dried their nets and stored them in upended and On boat-halv- es hurled potatoes in straw-line- d aand pits for the winter, their stands today the modern majestic port of the Baltic Gdynia, Poland's gateway to the sea. women Last of the Elizabethans ) was known James Shirley as the List of the Elizabethans. He (1596-10GG- was writing a new play in 1642 when the Puritans closed the theaters and he was forced to abandon his work in this line and turn to teaching. Origin of "Yankee Doodle The tune of Yankee Doodle, " said In his Stories S. J. Adair of Famous Songs, lias been traced us far back as Oliver Cromwell's time, when, in words similar to our own, it was sung In derision of the great protector (or usurper, whichever you like). The air was handed down to the Puritans, and finally became a New Eng-lan-d Jig. In the natural order of things It was Stted with appropriate words by some revolutionary rhymester, and served such an excellent purpose iu satirizing the British troops that It was adopted throughout the colonies as the patriotic song of the sons of liberty." Carved Alter Found A carved altar of late Gothic design and genuine Swiss workmanship of 1523, was discovered In a church on the Burgenstock, Lake of Lucerne, Switzerland. Tills place of worship was built in the 80s of the last century by a French countess and acquired lu 1933 by the hotel chalq operating this mountain resort. Fltz-Geral- d |