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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1920-8-26, Page 6ure (:leari„ I Preserved 8/ sold only in I Sealed air -tight packets ical to preserve its 'native Econo I seaneseeie goodness., sessaunarsassuesususaareseaseadessaasaramcasaue 8674 Used in Millions of Tea -Pots Daily 060 reawerinautz.as..waatiutaumsats.amtmalWatrasozna=2.a.rvoormouvolion ),. oroans Danger of the Drug Habit,. assortmeet of bottles a all sizas and The inajority of malnourielied teal- tieseriptiene, also scissors, • library dren xieed no medieine. Altogether, pante, glue, eoen and ink, •colored pen - too frequently persons make, theme! elle, in 'needles and thwead, bits of selves sleeves to their bowels, and if a lace and ribbons, parts of old hats, bits day passes without'a moveraelat great of wool and cotton, and the contents of alarm is felt, and the eondition jre- rnY rag hag. Then I announeed that lieved by recouree to a pell or medicine. Prizes would be offered for the best — In mazy hauseholde it is a eommon dolls to be dressed front these bottles practice to give the child asedieisie in an hour. bowels will not move without some the oubcorne, the way my gneets laughingly "fell to," old and young. d s e,eesees":"*""Iss"1%, every week end or more often. This Though I habeen keptical' as to 1 all leads to a condition where the such stimulation and se a drug habit folks alike, convinced me that here Is formed.• was an amusement all could enjoy c Last Rose ot Stifilrilei By RUPERT HUGHES. CHAPTER , In her distraetion Debby had an So Debbwaited at the gate while impulse to consult Newt Meldruin. y the almost :invisible Meldrum Chatter- She hurried to Shillaber's Baza.ar, hugely. The results were astonishing The tonic habit is another• one ' —way beyond ray expectations. which in Tnany wee is a pure -waste of money. Iron and salts are supplied in The judges were chosen aecording to vegetables for sufAcient amount in their height—the two tallest and the the needs .of moet ehildren, and any two shortest of the party, The first further addition of such substances to Pri" went t9 a Man a illtY' who had the diet is abisolutely. unnecessary. ingeniously made a stout -colored "Aunt Dinah" from a fat ammonia Goodhealth habits antl proper feod bottle. He received a 'bottle of stick would go every next minute that she her himself' and 'bold her that Newt ed en. She was so afeaid that het hoping she meghtobe there. Asaph met are sufficient to ensure regular bowel candy for .his cleverness.. The next hardly heard what he said. But he ad gone back to Montreal on an' movements. There should be a regu- prize went to a girl of sixteen, who hed cnly a hotel room ahead of him.; I early train. Debby broke down and lar tine for the bowels to move at had made a stylish Parisian doll from lie was used to late hours. He was :told of her plight. She supposed that least onee a day and preferably just 'a tall olive locale. Her work was re - 'in a mood for talk. The ParalYzed: she would have to go to work at once after breakfast when the child should warded with a bottle of grape juice. be free from hurry. Thss along with The third went to the youngest mem- o ber in the group, a big bashful boy of plentiful use of coarse foods, of fruits and of vegetables, will take care of thirteen, who had rather unwillingly the bowels without the aid of a submitted his effort, a baby doll in laxative. A further help is the drink- long clothes. made from a long pill ing of plenty of water, especially be- battle. fore breakfast. I told the guests they could take The malnourished child needsernore home their dolls if they wished, and clothing than the normal child. One znost of them did. The few that were of the physical signs of malnutrition left I gathered up the next day and is cold hands and feet, dndicating im- took to some sick children in the Paired eirculatioaa. In winter extra neighborhead. My refreshments had been the cause litielet• was a peefect listen.er, and in somewhere. But what could sbe do? thet ietense dark was as beautiful as Asaph was feeling amiable; he had Ceopatra would have been. won a it from Meldrum and had a yoke made it up.with his wife in private Te licr he was solely a voice, for the public quarrel. His heart melt- cf strange cynicisms. yet a strange at ed at the thought of helping poor old miart to her. Re was laughing the people she held in awe. "This Dubby Debby, whom everybody was fond of in a hateful unflattering way. teseee jeke to me.," he said. "It's He had helped other gentlewomen in tetieehow full of freaks." Arid he distress, and now he dumfounded negeed the great folk of the village Debby by saying, "Why don't you tie if they were yokels. He laughed at their customs. He ridiculed manye clept here, Debby?" many things that Debby had believed `WhY, I couldn't clerk in a- store!. r d f b H .'d' ehe gamed, terrified. "I .cloret know the least thing about it." caution should be taken to keep warm. ' (inled marred people and marriage from the superioc heights of one whooht "You'd soon learn the stock, and the During the day there should be only of sme thoug, because it is some- tld jeeted all. It was strangely pleasant that you can memorize easy. You've without causin.g perspiration. coarse times hard to find things that appeal eehave married many and had re_ prices are all marked in plain letters, enough outdoor clothing to keep warm oof friends, and we give a meshed cotton underwear is better . . to people of various ages. I finally hearing to her who had observed mar- got a lot commiss.on on a the sales over e. decided onipie And coffee. It made a nage fm the humble depths of one . B ,, than woolen, as it permits greater whein all had rejected. He talked till; decided' hit with the men this apple certain amount. Better try It. . he heard the town clock whine eleven' Debby felt now, for the first tIme, circulator' of air, but in winter outer with ice cream. times, then he said: . all -the sweet panic that women uoder- garments should be of wool and I have always noticed that if .folke -Good Lord! I didn't know it was - ould be worn. have a "sing" just before leaving a .g. -ti with their first proposal. This offer woolen stockinge all so It‘te. 1 must have talked your arm of the job of saleswoman leas as near Sudden changes of clothing must be party, they go home with a good taste ge Debby had come to being offered avoided, euCh as the change from ed, "This is so -sudden," and, "P11 have high to losv shoes. in their mouths, all feeling they have off, DeSky. I don't get these moods i oftsn. It takes a mighty good listen- job of helpmeet. She even murmur- heavy to light underwear and from er zo Icosten me up. Good night. Don't . to ask mama." Itwas an epoch-mak- ecision, a ern e eap tom ie The malnourished child requires all Jt, env cf these fellows bunco you into • ing d t 'bl 1 f • tl the fresh ale and sunlight he can ob- ..... t .e • , stagnant pool of the Larrabee cottage '1 eere's nothing in it, Debby. Take , to the seething maelstrom of Shill - it fan me. Good night." I aber's Bazasr. . tain. It has been found that under - See. felt rather than saw that he She went home to her mother with tnourished childeen who attend the le ea his hat. She felt again his big open air schools make much greater the thrilling, the glorious news that progress than those in the ordinary henl enveloping leers, and she answer-; henceforth she could acquire all of school. Sleeping with the open window cd its squeeze with. a desperate little aye dollars a week by merely being is very beneficial to these ehildren and ene., of er oen. present at Shillaber's tor twelve hours He left her wanderfully uPlifted-lor so a day, except Satidays, when the New she felt less an exae from mar- store was open evenings till the last should' be practiced all the year round, care being taken in winter that the riage than a rebel. She almost con- i possible customer- had gone home to child is kept sufficiently warm. vinrce hers.elf that she had kept out bed. Mrs. Larrabee apologized. to Baths are important in the treat- dash' In warm weather pack in ice matrimony because she was teo geed: and salt. No setreing will be neces- of for it. The eolitary cell of her bed Heaven for doubting its watchfulness, ment of realnaerishment, their value as, .. ry The following quantity will pro- ' commended A sa h Shillabee to its at -1 lying not only in the cleanliness of the . vide dessert for four; one cup cream, had a good time. So at ten -thirty we gathered around the piano, and for about half an hour sang songs every- body knew. Household Hints. Most everybody like ice cream and it is a good feed for moat anyone, too. Here is a avery handy way to make without a freezer. Whip the cream, add sugar and flavoring. In freezing weather put outdoors in a. covered . . was e. queenly dais when she crept, tentioh, and bespoke for him a special ire° it. She dreamed that Lord Kit-, invoice of blessiege.. cheese asked for her hand and she And Asaph went home. th his midday skint but also in the stimulation re- three teaspoons confectioner's sugar, suiting from them. If possible they and one teaspoon flavoring. A lard should be given daily. The question of :Lee rum s cynicisms had beeni, eeived them. First he announced the a cold bath or sponge depends entirely and freezing. wiener as cheerfully as ff he had re- pail is a good dish to use for making sit reieely opportune to the despondent <sod vdb , v on the reaction obtained. If the. child A teaspoonful or more of strained old meld. He unwittingly helped her which aosie greeted with: becomes blue and cold and feels mis- deep d.tch and get her past alead nieht. l You see! I told you that the party erable for some time after, they should over a would be the proper caper. Maybe not be given. But when she woke, the next morn -i after this you'll believe that you wife Too much cannot be said about the ing was the same old resumption of knows a thing or two." the same old day. Poverty, loneliness, Asaph assured her that he would power for health that results from and the marnty ef a manless house- „ever doubt that she knew at least hold were again her portion. The facei that much, then like the wag he was, she washed explained to her why she he said that he had added a new clerk was not sought after by the men. The to his staff—a lady and a beauty, hair she combed and wadded on hertwhose charms would draw no end of tranium clouded with no romance even custom to the store and dazzle the in her own eyes. She realized that drummer f .0 f d r she was not loved for the simple rea-J iei f ose's facile ternper flashed at once never been a rose, and men did not ' in the bazaar had been to make sure bodily functions. If good habits are work, play, exercise; and even of scri that she was not lovely. She had into glow. One of her chief interests pluek dog -fennel to wear. And the . that it never harbored any saleswoman established in such a way as to furnish camomile could never become a mar-1whose beauty could possibly lure her the .essentials of health already men- guerite by wishing to be one. , husband's mind from his ledgersfident that good Debby haled her awkward seLf out or timed we may be con his home ties. Under the pretext of health wiR result. When a person of her humble cot, out of her coarse i purchases or suggestions she made is not well, we must look at Once for and frilless nightgown into her mat- l frequent tours of inspection, and fer-of-fact clothes, and slumped down a r i too . if irregular and wrong habits. Regular • . gir yourer or a pair of eyes too meals,eregular work, regular play, good and regular habits. It has been rightly said that if one is well at eighteen he will probably remain well the rest of his life. Herein lies the value of well -ordered family life, and home control, which brings about regular habits of eating, sleeping, o c , are c en. ere a 1- bright gleamed behind a counter reede a fire in a cold stove, that she Asaph heard of it at once. Some years regular rest, regular functione make might warm up oatmeal and fry eggs before he had bowed te.the inevitable the habit of health. This habit once Women are now eligible to win the and petrify a few slices of bread into f d d 't r 1 t a n eee,_ attained in childhood and you tends V 1) • Climate Affects Stature of Man. Habitually we think a Jepanetse $mall men, mid imegine ltueekin to be a tall inan, in a big great coat, The Englishmen, according to popu- lar opiulon, is supposed to bo• than a Frouclunan, niuch in the same wag that a dog of the Se Bernard or mastiff bleed serpassee a terrier or a Poodle. The coMmon idea is not so very ft/reviling" far measurements me,de by solentists show that differenees, exiet betweeu the average height of Vaces of mankind. Generally, etature varies between 5 feet inchea ked 5 feet 10 incites. Of realle dwarf men, under 5 feet in height, there are few, chiefly the bushmen of Smith Africa, the dwarfs of New Guinea end theLaIl- lanclers. The tallest race in Europe is to be found in the United Kingdpm, in the soethwestern corner of Scotland, where the average heigiat is 5 feet 10 inches. Scotemen on the whole area tall race, and on the average measure about 5 feet 9 inehes. This height is only egnalled by the tall Polynesian and American races. Among the shortest men •are the South Italians, Sicilians and Sardin- ians, where the usual height is ats lew as 5 feet 2 inches or 5 feet 3 inches. The lowest average in England Is tound in the southwestern parts and in Wales, ranging from 5 feet 6 inches to 5 teeth71.A inches. In Northumber- land it rises to 5 feet 8 iaches, and among the burly Yorkshiremen it even goes as high as 5 feet 9% inches. 'This leaves the nearest rivals on the continent far behind. Even the North Germane, Danes and Scandinavians, who are classed among the tallest people theregonly range from 5 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 7 inches. Frenchmen are generally smaller, measuring about 5. feet 5 inches and the Spaniards an inch shorter. Stature depends a good deal on cli- mate. The Bushmen live hi the great Kalahari desert, the tall Polynesians on the Pacifis Islands and enjoy all the advantages nature can bestow. The Hottentots, • of the same race as the Bushmen, but inbabiting more fertile country, are appreciably taller. On higher ground the people are usually shorter, so that the Swiss and Central Europeans • generally are stocky rather than tall. Sometimes stature varies •with the class of men. Early emigrants to America, before things were made easy by the steam- ship companies, were always taller than the races from which they had sprung. They were picked men, full of physical vigor and courage Stature varies also according to profession. Abont half the professional and ec- clesiastical classes ara tall men, but only about one, in ten of the cobblers, weavers and tailors reach the height of 5 feet 7 inches, 'honey in whipped cream instead of sugar makes a -delicious substitute, gives the cream a fine flavor and also causes it to remain firmly whipped. When frying eggs or anything else that causes hot grease -to pap in every direction, especially on the hands, try sprinkling a little flour into the hot fat before beginning to fry the food. On taking pies froni the even, do you place them on a cake rack? It is a most excellent plan to allow the air to circulate wider the hot pie, and prevents a soggysundercrtist. True. To own a garden's Lots of fun, Except when hoeing Must be done - a sereechy toes, - Not hearing her mother's slippers flap end shuffle on the stairs as usual, man who could imaginably disturb to continue throughoot life. •Josie's delicate equipoise. Keep Minard,s Liniment In the house. Meldrum had noticed the strange A New Kind of Fun From Bottles. she climbed again to learn the cause. , array and had been inclined to impute She found her mother filled with rheu- It was once my lot to entertain a the decline of the store's prosperity to matesni and bad news. A letter had mixed crowd of men- and women as the appearance of its staff. mine the day before, and she had con -1 "Good Lord, Ase!" he had groaned. well as young folks of various ages, cealed it from Deborah so that the e many of them strangers to each other. . Wealth. The loveliest wealth we have to spend Is gold of borrowed fancy—more Than all the shining value of The profits of our garnered store. The wealth of dreams—it buys so much The gold of commerce cannot buy, Light fancy, with its fairy touch, The blue sea and the twilight sky, An hour of sure release from things That bend and burden heart and mind, The spirit of delight that sings When something in the heart grows kiad. A thousand treasures come with thought, And gems develop from the dust, And things that gold hall never bought— True love, and faith, and trust! The bank of beauty never breaks, The wealth of fancy never fails, And. with the coin that laughter makes Alone we buy the perfumed vales The whispering trees, the mighty hour When beauty in her dells of dream Bursts into perfect flower. After delivering up the ships requir- ed by the Treaty, Germany retains a total of 501,910 tone, compared with 5,108,600 tons in August, 1914. Learning Flying Secrets From a Duck What have you t got here --he over- rhild might have a nice time at the g f th Horne for ed and In- I was beside myself to know what to party; and did she. have a nicem tie,Idignaiee and e:ho was there? But that could Females? You've collected a provide for amusement in which all bunch of clock -stoppers that makes a could. participate. wait for never was there such news as suffra ette meeting look like a Winter Just a little before I had been clean - she had now, and there was never any Garden ehorus. People like those can't let-up in had luck, and them with no sell pretty things. Send 'em all to -the man to lean or turn to. honeyard and get in some winners." When Debora.h filially pried the let- d t ing out some eloeets and drawers, and had collected in a heap a number of bottles—ink bottles, vanilla bottles, ter frsin the poor old talons she found idnegar bottles, medicine bottles, syrup an minouncement that the A. G. & St. P. By. weuld pass its dividend this Basting Threads. bottles, etc., that somehow or other ear. To the Larrebeee the A. G. & ' always aecumulate around a house. t. P. had always been the most sub- i "When I was a girl," said a lovely They gave hie ll'Y heWiratien• state:al thing in the world next to { old lady, "we used to buy for basting But before my "bottle game" I had the Presbyterian Church.i a thread that was cheaper than the to provide one for getting acquainted, de Delierah'S fathor had said that his regular sewing thread and not quite As eaeh guest arrived, he or she was hathbede, heti lecheerea by th ft les wiegg reele hi3 child so nice. but which. wee plenty good given a dozen pins and a dozen laarge sva- fact that sieverel ellareee of that teglifel cor- enough for beefing. Then when we capital I's etit.out of paper, The ab- varatian,:l 1.,,tootc, ela (edigse, it tga ' veiled out our basting threads wo, jectiVe ef this game wae to get 'rid of eign:.iel Gel:eel ,E.:, r,-,,;.,, peter gayer/aye, ' eeeer thresv them away, but rolled the letters. Every time a person used The div:4!cnd wail f. riere en. flowers them up on hpooN r.rad used them over the Personal pronoun. 1, he hail one in .1;:i.r.!.. it ime ne-pn ftti!-..d, and the again as long ;le we cella. of thee capital I's termed 'oft hie heels Larraie, wcfmen alwaye epent it herl "A1o7he there are PeoPle still who by he person he had addreefeed. Wiien pre it seee pairl. 'Play Ilea pledged' eraethie teuit se -Mamie', but, A o far as all the gtieete had artived, 4 booby ' It itf1/1yg1•had followed the stoel,my knowledge extende, people to -day prize erne Mem to the pelieen '010 1.104 I . ltalk.1,t, of whirl the ,y heti hardly buy the best thread and use it for the most 118 On his back, at was heard, they would have known theti hastiag and then throw the basting forty!) The peke consisted a eei egg the reelread's shares had feklen fretful threads away. And, do you know, I beater with a card attaehed, Ori which 201 to 'ZI in tvto ireore and that the ,, think that in theae later days we have was weiteeri, "Ill you Cara beat this toecap, was einseine gracefully toward i become wasteful in manylittle ways? game, beat eggs." ecevcrship. Tha two women break- I iti Lily youthful days we never wasted Then canto the chief amusement of aetcd that tameable on coil dismeylanything." 0 eyeeing, which I planned w;th rear and het flashes et terror. The fewl, _ --. ire„ trefiebeing, bet knowine how it Ihred rsectrifiritlillenruzziiha, poiarda cox;....cii t ohti,i_et. 1, Flve large windenilie on the banke WOOd 'take with this assorted trees& '' ' "seem eig eree ewer, ilee .`,,,,,,,7•"4`11,! of the Marne, built in the eleventh On a table in each re the three rooms 1,;, , , tot, 11:::.:L ei, ;..,,.. ; !.:1h.l. ' rc atuvy, were recently severely dam- where my gueets. wtre 1,'..,,,,!,11,1(it—the .1.4'.'tn- ,,‘,.' 111 Nei ,ele hene :.". eti be fire. tee- eee .g.e: triea ji..i. ehe eeer., ..-.: :. : Minerde felteretig. ince by Physicians dining 'tenni table the lhen .e7 table in the living veer, tied ti (ere table in our rather large hale. 1 2'1 tin When human beings first ventured to cast loose feom the earth and swim in the sea or air, they were content to floaf. It was with them as it is With anybody who essays to acquire the art of swimming in water To learn how to float is ordiaatily the first step. The contrivance for floating was a spherical balloon. _Bat "given it came to swinemine, whicb means forward motion, another ishaPe obvious:41y was. required for the aereata.t, Which must offer in its progress as hetle re let ance as possible to tee per. Experimenters looked to eater° for a model, Wbeiteauireal is the beet swimmer? Adsji.,.rherafo,re the WI Watt chosen; aed, tessult, We have the tYiiteal dirieible balloon Of to-dttY, Which is a fiat pf the &fr. Just as art eirpiene looks 1k , bird which it Iml tato., so does tbe dirigible look like a trietifitreue fish The feet -travelling balloon, whioli at - Whits a sPeed of sixty miles an hour or more, has for he model the swift - swimming type of fish, sach as the salmon dr the else& Its nose is blunt, axd, its greatest diameter is at un - third of ite length froin the rioae. Can this model -be iutproved alhee? This matter is na1 yet fully demon. strata, hot there seems to be reason for believire that it can. After all, fhe enieteent from the son et' muter, 1„, t:1 ego fluids. Poe 1 010 . nr:y at Etriord 11181-ki 7A useful in the construction of dirigible, balloons. , An interesting experiment in this line was recently make at Akron, 0., where the greatest balloon factory in the 'United States is located. A stuffed Wild-sluek was planed in a "Wind tun - pee” In which balloon models axe tested for dir reststaece to wind velooities up to ninety-five mile ti ah boar, axid thee a like Wel were Inede with a polished wooden ihodel of Lite (tame duck Surprising' to say, the Wooden duck, despite its eteooth safe - face, registered greeted resistance to moving air than the Muffed aua Further observation appeated to shoW that deflected lr ourrehts, rg- turoing and Ioapiug ferward, caught under the edges of the ducles feathers at the rear, giving it a push ahead. Thus, in effect, the air resistance was Steninislaed., The wooden model, hav- Vig no feathers was not thus . advaie taged. Supposing this theory to be earrect, feathers of ;lame sort ought to be help- ful to the speed or a dirigible. Ac- coidenely, tela1 Is to be made of a de. viee which it Is hoped may prove ten equivalent. Experimente.1 beilre.,s ere ; to be encircled at the rear wee. :. tier of strips of rubber! e: , forward edge of each : to the boli, whet tee cith .; : • tack - l on at len iele, thus preseeee helve ettps or eockets, glailBITION VISITORS oo. Hot xorget toInspect oer,etock of , 88 Note Piano Rolls Perfection Roils, 0 for $1,00, PIenostyle Rollie 60c., 4 foe $2,00. Word Rolle,' 90o. Upward, , We have the largost '0110LbeV iselectIone, best quality, elieapett prices in Torouto, :we Pay Apsoini Attention to Out -of - Town Customers. OCTAVE MUSIC SUPVLY AdeiaIdLoBrt; fr9 Easnrito;000-003tTorOnt 6 l . . • Viewpoints. 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Greatest Scientific Discover/4N— ' 1, of the Age, but the Present -1 S rears atirpe pleyntei:Scant. tainceadtllat 0101 world's erupply Of radium is geeing Olt" An American firm which claths be the largest producer or radium la the world has guaranteed to produce three and a half ounces of radluin every year far the next twenty years, If it can do so, the firm will, at the end or that time, bave netted $210,000,- 000 and have solved a problem now worrying doctors and scientists. Many of the ores fi•om which radium Is extracted by long and costly prb- Ceases are in sonie cases proving Valueless. It takes scores of tous of ere to yield a grame of radium (there are tleirty-two gramme to ihe ounce troy) and. so the amount et vain toll may be imagined. At present the price of radium is 110 less than $2,500,000 an ounce; this figure will rise much higher if -dater ekes are not (limiters& The prospect of a famine in radiun Is of the gravest importance to suf- fering bumantity. Weil its aid (loot= are able 'to effect miraculous cures, particularly in cases of external growths, Tumors and ulcers can be cleared away by the use of radium. A tumor, in size equal to a plum, on the Oelid of a girl; was removed by radium, while there is always hope tor cancer victims. In eases of rheumatio gout, neurasthenia, and affections of the joints, too, some wonderful cures, ouly made 'possible by radium, have been brought about. Wonderful, indeed, were the benefits bestowed upon mankind by that quiet little woman, Mine. Curie, who, in a Paris laboratory, carried mit those epoch -making -is experiments with pitch- blende which resulted in the discovery, et radium. .T.Ip to the time of Mme. Curie's discovery. pitchblende, a vol- vety-black mineral often found in the vicinity of mines, was regarded as valueless. Refuse Worth Its Weight in Gold. Pieces of pitchblende are oftea found on waste ground in industrial areas. Uranium, a metal of the color of nickel, was extracted from pits 1- blende,' but the residue was tlif i away as valueless. A mining ciiiiipany In Cornwall, from which a large o! the the world's supply of pitchblende ' came, actually paid 84 cents per ton to have more than 100 tons of lit carted away and duniped ox aste beeps on Stepney building land':.., lien Mme. Curie's discovery became known, $25,000 would have been given to re- cover that waste pitchblende. Far twenty-five years a well-knowe firm of analytical chemists threw away the by-products of pitebblende. Hun- dreds of tons were carted away and used for levelling and laying out roads and,for filling in the foundations of houses. To -day• houses and cottages are built on beds of potential radium worth millions of dollars and urgently needed for the relief of sufferers. Un- der London alone there is nearly four million dollars' worth of radium. British scientists are endeavoring lo. overcome the difficulties arising from the scarcity of the supply by an in- genious method. Jt was discovered some years ago that radium could be bottled.. A solution of radium is made,. which gives off the radium emanatione necessary for combating disease. The only difference is that, wherea.s the efficacy of the radium solution.. ea - closed in phials, only lasts for a wee.., radium itself is indestructible. The atoms of radio -active elements have been compared to minute vol canoes giving off stones and ashes, 'Wet The, stones are really particles carry- ing a positive electric charge, and the ashes particles carrying a negative electric charge. Bombardment with either will accoimplish the miracle of making a dead heart beat. Radium, the miracle mineral, is un- doubtedly the greatest selertific dis- covery of the age. _______.:„... Czechoslotalda'a Popufation is 13,812,000. - The Statistical Bulletin publiebes the following data on the Czeclioslo- vak Republic; e The aree of the republic is 142,576 smiare kilometers, or 65,045 square miles, an area slightly larger then that of the Pelee maritime provinces. In addition to the Czeiihoslovek pro- ve -me -I of nobernia, Moravia, Silesia mid Slovakia the repriele ineluda :Also the auter,onmus nen-item' rt. Van pathian •RucTitt. . In 1910.the present t#4,'4 44 4 ilk Cizeehosjoetaltia had 13,ei2eee inertia - tante, or WhO113 6,73.6,001' t.' c rc Ilya,. and 7.010,000 women, the pi &teethe', ef the r'res 'beteg about 104 W0111, :1 ", 100 men. About '70 per rent. of the he habitants are Slays g. eneeholevelei, ,inssians and Poles.. The Oermens re- ;.:•e:.:ent, fewer tlfazi 25 per cont. and fl/.1. negro% EL little ever 5 Der coat. ( f the intal, The Czechoslovaks alone eteitlee• dime. 62 per cent, of the popo. eefene ,Tho relate oi tem • nenoritiee •. i lane- motented by the cor_et eel ion ee /nix/enc. reemehipririi.s trueet in adver. ity.