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now supplying many of the natives with 
meat and clothing. It is stated that in 
November, 1911, in order to introduce rein- 
deer into northern Canada, the Canadian 
Government purchased 50 reindeer from 
Dr. Grenfell, to be taken from Labrador 
by boat to Quebec, thence by train to Ed- 
monton, and finally on scows down the 
Athabasca River to Fort Smith, their des- 
tination. 
THE FIRST JAPANESE IN THE 
UNITED STATES 
CCORDING to The Argonaut it is 
only seventy-five years since the first 
Japanese came to America. He was 
Manjiro Nakahama, a boy of fourteen, 
who was picked up by the captain of a 
New England fishing smack in 1837. Ac- 
cording to the report of that time young 
Nakahama, with four other lads, had set 
out from the shores of Japan to do some 
deep-sea fishing. A violent storm came up 
and washed them ashore on an island far 
out in the North Pacific. For several 
months they struggled against starvation 
and exposure, but finally were rescued by 
the American captain. Three of the boys 
were left at Hawaii, but Nakahama stayed 
on board and became a favorite of the 
captain and crew. They brought him to 
the States and put him in a New England 
school. Later he returned to his native 
land, and when Commodore Perry arrived 
in Japan some years later it was Manjiro 
Nakahama, the shipwrecked boy, who 
acted as interpreter between the American 
envoys and the Japanese Federal Govern- 
ment officials. 
SYRIAN EMBROIDERIES 
HE manufacture of embroideries and 
embroidered linen handkerchiefs is 
rapidly developing in Syria. A few years 
ago these articles were sent exclusively to 
the United States, whereas now important 
shipments are made to several countries in 
Europe. 
This industry owes its revival after the 
events of 1896 to the initiative, zeal, and 
philanthropic sentiments of two members 
of the American mission, Mrs. Shepard, 
wife of Dr. Shepard, head of the American 
Hospital in Aintab, and the late Miss 
Corinna Shattuck. This industry, starting 
from Aintab, the headquarters of the mis- 
sion, has rapidly spread to the other cities, 
towns and villages of the Province, and 
now constitutes a means of livehood for 
thousands of women and girls. 
SOUND-PROOF WALLS 
CCORDING to the London Globe, 
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ried out in Germany with the object of 
discovering methods and means for ren- 
dering walls and ceilings capable of effec- 
tive resistance to sound transmission, One 
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volves the use under the ceiling, or parallel 
to the wall, as the case may be of a network 
of wire stretched tightly by means of pul- 
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touching at any point the surface to be pro- 
tected against sound. 
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composition formed of strong glue, plaster 
of paris and granulated cork, so as to make 
a flat slab, between which and the wall or 
ce ling is a cushion of confined air. The 
meihod described is said to be good in two 
respects: first, the absence of contact be- 
tween the protective and protected surfaces, 
and, secondly, the colloid nature of the 
composition recommended for the plaster, 
