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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1906-08-02, Page 7Mainspring of life No One Van be Strong With a Weak Stomach, The stomaoh is the mainspring of life. When it is strong .and nota perfectly, vthen the whole system is right, assimi- lation is perfect, and body and brain are thoroughly nourished. One may perhaps get tenpbrary relief from stomach troubles by using main, or some other d ntr o e 3geaGs but this ra t eat• anent has no curative effect. It does not reach the seat of the trouble and remove the cause. How much better to use Mi o•na, which restores lost functions of the whole digestive system, revives fiagieg nutrition, and aids in the assimilation of food. Mi-o•na is aleasanG remedyto WE °, benefit is seen fromalmosthe first day's treatment. It rest8t'es the torpid glands and stimulates the natural dis es- tive secretions. It checks fermentation,. stops germ growth, soothes infiamma- tion and cures all troubles, such as head- aches, backaches, rheumatic, pains, furr- ed tongue, sleeplessness, nervousness, and general debility, which are caused by imperfect digestion. Mi•o-na costs but 50 cents a box. If you cannot obtain,M1 o•na of your druggist, it will be sent by mail post- paid, on receipt of price. Write ns for advice on your ease from a leading stomach specialist which will be sent free. The R. T. Booth Company, Ithaca, N. Y. •MEDICIISES ARE PUT ON SAME BASIS AS LIQUOR. Internal Revenue Department De- , chute Manufacturers Must Pay, Rectifier's License—Druggists to Pay a', Saloon Tax. Washington.—Manufacturers of pat- ent medicines which contain distilled liquors have been put upon the same plane as rectifiers and liquor dealers. Druggists who handle these patent medicines are put in the saloonkeepers' category, and as such must take out the regular liquor dealers' license. The commissioner of internal rev- enue has given a decision here which brought about this new status of the patent medicine maker and seller. By doing so he reversed the decision of bis department made many years ago, The new ruling will not become op- erative until December 1. This is done to prevent an Injustice. The commissioner, in a Tellier of in- struction to collectors of internal rev- enue, says that there are many com- pounds on the market going under the names of medicines that are composed chiefly of d(stilled spirits, without the addition of drugs or medicines in suf- ficient quantities to ebauge material- ly the character ot the whisky. He authorizes collectors to impose the special tax upon manufacturers of every compound composed of distilled spirits, even though drugs are declared to have been added thereto, "when their presence is not discoverable by chemical analysis or it is found that the quantity of drugs in the prepara- tion is so small as to have no ap- preciable effect on the liquor." "The same ruling," declares the commissioner, "appIies to every alco- holic compound labeled as a remedy for diseases and containing, in addi- tion to distilled spirits, only substances or ingredients which, however large their quantity, are not of a character to impart any medicinal quality to the compound." Collectors are instructed to send out notices to all druggists and merchants dealing in proprietary medicines, that after December 1 they will be re- quired to pay the special tax as liquor dealers. While no statement is made by the ,commissioner as to the medicines that will be affected, it is believed that the decision reaches several prominent and highly advertised medicines. In all instances these medicines have been found to contain as high as 45 per cent. of alcohol, and there are many on the market, it Is said, that contain 25 per cent. of alcohol. These medicines are said to have im- mensesales in prohibition eommunt- ties, figures collected in Massachusetts recently showing that one such adver- tised compound with a high percentage of whisky had. been bought to the ex- tent ot 300,000 bottles in one year hi prohibition communities of one New England state, What Are Piles " or Hemorrhoids PILES or hemorrhoids are small tumors which form in and about the orifice of the rectum, and because of the itching, stinging sett- sations produced they cause the keen est suffering imaginable. Piles are spoken of as itching, bleeding or protruding, according to which symptom is most noticeable, but every form of piles is accompan. ied by feelings of misery and un- easiness, which can scarcely be de- scribed. Asa cure for piles Dr. Chase's Ointment stands alone. It is pos• itively guaranteed to give satis. factory results, and is backed by thousands of the most reliable people in the land as the only actual cure for this distressing disease. . Dr. Chase's Ointment, 60 cents, at all dealers, or Edinanson, Hates & Company, Toronto, • NOT A WONDER DIAMOND. Precious Gem Which Was Recently round in South Africa. Won't Be So Valuable When 'Cut, New Xprk,—With the arrival of more complete information about therrecent big diarnoitd Ands le, the 7,'rekuevaal, Now York diamond izerportere have be - coma rather sceptiole over the real valve of these gem. Some o; the lead- ing importers now declare Lhet the stories about the dialuoude sound like the wont of a good prose aPnt, aril that the chief effect of tti.e reported findings has been to booaz; certain mines the market. The first find reported a stone of 3,032 curate, supposed to be vrorth at least'$3,000,000. A itttia while later a diamond of 334 carats, valued, accord- ing to various reports, at %,e00,000, was picked up, Experts agree that the stones, when .cut to proper size, will not ouly dwindle in size, but will shrink greatly in estimated value. To be available for the ordinary market big stones have to be cut into small sizes, because there are few persons who could afford to buy such large stones. "We all know," said an expert, speaking of the latest discovery, "that the first reports of ouch bade in the past have been invariably cxabger'ated. You must remember that the value of diamonds of such unusual size is based largely on rumor and rr.:atie,.eut and may be, partly rictitioua. "When the large Jagersfonteln stone ot, 570 carats was found s.,..,e years ago Its value was put at $!,,000,000. Ultimately, when this stone, of the finest Jagers quality, which Is the best in the world, was split and cut, the holders realized altogether tram '$350,- 000 to $375,000. I have no doubt that the $3,000,000 estimate of the new 3,02 carat stone will dwindle in a similar proportion. "As to the 334 carat stone found later, stones of this size are commonly found In African mines. Frequently the cutters in New York get several stones of that size in one shipmeut." PAYS $500 FOR A FINGER. Woman Geta Another's Digit in Re- markable Operation --Principals Were Bound Together. • New York.—For the first time In the history of medical science a finger was transferred from the hand of one per- son to that of another. It was the sec- ond and last step in the grafting opera- tion undertaken 22 days ago by Dr. An- lrew L. Nelden. The principals in the novel case were two women who met for the first time only a day or two before they were bound together and the first step In the grafting of the finger was made. In the 22 days they have been living like the Siamese twins they have come to know each other very we1191ndeed. The second finger of one woman's right hand was grafted to the stump of the second anger of the left hand of an- other, said to be au actress. The lat- e ter had lost all at the fingers ,up to the second Joint In a shooting accident sev- eral years ago. She paid the first woman $500 for the digit that is now on her hand. Several examinations have been made to the last ten days, and several days ago it was found that a partuership cir- culation had been e atablished In the finger that was to be grafted. From that time until the two hands were cut apartthe two women had a common interest in the digit, their blood mingling In that small channel. Much remains to be done befcfre the operation can be pronounced a complete success, according to Dr, Heiden and the other surgeons. For 24 hours the hand on which the digit was grafted Will be kept saturated in a strong saline solution. Then the flesh on the top of the ringer will be stitched to that of the stump. Dr. Nelden Informed the two women that they would probably be able to go home on Sunday. They have never con- fided their names to Dr. Nelden or any- one at his home. SOLE MOURNER 15 RiCHER. Only dttendant at Funeral of Eccen- trio Woman Gets Reward When Will Is Opeend. Bennington, Vt.--Among late deaths in the little village ot Hillsdale, Colum- bia county, was that of Mary Mililus, an eccentric old lady, and possessed of considerable property. When the day of the funeral came It was a subject of much comment among the townspeople that only one carriage followed her to the last resting place, and in that carriage was Charles Bart- lett. When the will was opened It was found that she had made a provision to the effect that any relative who attended her remains to their last resting place should receive $1,000. That amount, therefore, goes to Mr. Bartlett, who, al- though he is welt -to-do and able to get along without the amount, will not turn it aside or reales) to accept it, as such an amount is upt made udder such eircum- statrcea over dAp;''_The balance of the estate was eheli td ' 51-loup persons lb small atnount/. Stamp Brings et Dollar, A dispatch frorrr Fairbanks, Alaska, says that 'a common united States two- cent postage stamp sold for $1 tha-e, and it was the last ono to bo procured at that price. There la not a /tamp to be had in town, and all sorts of wi1:l otters are being made for thein by per- sons desirou* of bending away mall mutter. Did It Happen PlridtkyP Bert Trout and Grace Croppy were married In Kellertort, Ia. Cupid seend* to have gone ftlhing Ind made a good] 'kWh. THE W1NGJ1AVI TIMES, AUGUST PITTSBURG SHY ON BIRTHS Srnoky City Leads in Bac. Suicide, According to X''igurea by City, - Physician Booth. Pittsburg, Pa.—A table of births and deaths in Pittsburg during the last 14 years, prepared by Dr. B, A,. Booth, city physician for the bureau of health, shows a startling decrease in the num- ber of births notwithstanding a large lnereasein population. "The figures chow race suicide is a fact," Dr. Booth said, "and I think more so in Pittsburg than any of the larger cities of the country. There is also an- other feature, Att1e present dvan ce d. age the physicians save 50 per cent. more babies than they did ten years ago. The advance made in science has reduced the loss of cases to the mini- mum. Taking this into consideration, together with the increase in popula- tion and such a decided decrease in the birth t rate, it shows th t something g i s radically wrong. President Roosevelt is right in his theories on race suicide," In 1891 there were 7,067 births, the rate�a thousand being 28.61. In the same year there were 5,832 deaths, the rate a thousand being 23.61. The table is complete to the end of 1904, winch shows a decrease in the birth rate to 21.74, more than seven per cent. The death rate is decreased from 23.61 to 19.79 from 1891 to 1904. The figures for the first three months of this year are surprising, In 1891 the excess of births over deaths was 1.235. The figures for this year indicate that the excess of births has been wiped out and the conditions are reversed, there being a decrease of 23 births from the death rate, HUNT SNAKES FOR SKINS. Men in Upper Missouri Valley Gain a Living by Capturing the Ven- omous Reptiles Alive, Trempleau, Wis.—Hunting rattle- snakes for their skins has furnished a new and hazardous occupation for many men who reside among the Trills and rocky bluffs of the Upper Missouri valley, where the rattler attains per- fection as to size and color. The snake must be taken alive and de- capitated before he has an opportuni- ty to strike himself, for once the dead- ly poison is injected the skin loses luster and value. The price paid for perfect tanned skins is about one dollar each, and in addition the oil obtained from the snake commands a high price from its supposed value as a cure for rheu- matism and kindred diseases. Each rattler captured alive means about $1.50 to the hunter. Among the most successful bunters is Alfred Johnson, of this place, who possesses many large and beautiful skins. His latest capture was nearly seven feet long and carried 19 rattles. Mr. Johnson has succeeded in domesti- cating a large number of young rat- tlers, which allow him to handle them as he will, and follow at his call like well-trained puppies. SUIT TESTS DIVORCE LAWS Short Period of Insanity Intervenes Between Alleged Cruelty and Wife's Plaint, Carlinville, Ill.—A. peculiar suit for divorce has been filed in this coun- ty, involving the construction of the law which prohibits the granting of a legal separation because of insan- ity. So far as is known, no similar proceeding has ever been filed in Ilia note. Mrs. Georgia Kitzmiller, wife of For- mer Representative James V. Kitz- miller, is the complainant. Cruelty is the charge, and the acts complained of date bade 13 and 14 years. They consist for the most part of threats. In 1903 Kitzmiller was adjudged in- sane, and sent to the hospital at Jack- sonville. He has spent much time there, and it is understood that he 'las quite. recovered his reason. Recently he returned to the home of his fa- ther in Girard, where he is now liv- ing. Whether the acts of cruelty complained of, and which occurred so many years ago, can be set up as pepper grounds for divorce in a case where a period of mental irresponsibil- ity has intervened, is the important question to decide. HISTORIC PAINTING FOUND. Supposed Long -Lost "bast Supper" Is Located in New York in Deposit Vault. New York.—In a vault at the Llne coin Safe Deposit company, in Forty- seconde Street, is a very o1a painting with a romantic history, It is be- lieved by those who own it to be an unfinished wont by Raphael, The picture is alleged to be the long - lost "Last Supper," which was stolen or disappeared during the Spanish pil- lage of Rome 10 1527. That there was sech a picture. and that it was an tin- t -misled work, art histories show. It is also a matter of history that it dis- appeared at the time mentioned. One hundred and fifty years ago the picture, now in the Lincoln vaults, is alleged to have been in the pos- session of an 0111 Spanish sailor, who lived 111 a hovel near New Orleans. Ile kept it locked in a tool eheet, and would never show it, not even to his family. He is supposed to have got it either by theft or by purchase in Spain. It is now in the possession of Sant - net O. Trude1l, who will take it to Eu- rope to be passed upon. flood -By, Little Girl, Good -By, One of the saddest events of the war Will be the farewell of the Russian pee- oners to the Japanese goisha ging, Arena Ul;N X]N5Aas, Mr Q, L. Stphenpou, of I'eterberaugh, Hayti: "For over ten years I eatfered eottetautly with Piles, first Itobing, thou Bleeding; pain almost unbearable; life a burden. Tried everything fn vaiu till I used Dr L,onhardt'a Hem -Raid. 4'I bad taken but $ few dopes when I began to notice an improvement. I de- cided to keep en, and now after using three boxes I am glad to say I am cone• pletely cured. My general health has also greatly improved. It gives me great pleasure to recommend.Hem•Raid to all sufferers with Piles, and I feel convinced that what it has done for me it will surely do for them," A $1,000 guarantee goes with every box of Hem -Roil. Prioe$1 00, all drug. gists, or The Wilson•Pyle CO., Limited, 4 Niagara falls, Ont. ALiCE PLUNGES INTO TANK President's Daughter Leaps in Water r When Congressman i n L ongworth Tails to Take Dare. Honolulu.—The transport Sheridan brings a story of how Alice Roosevelt, fully dressed, dived into a canvas bathing tank while on the steamship elancburia one morning on her way from Nagasaki. She was wearing a white stilt waist and a silk skirt, and was carrying a silk parasol. "Congressman Longworth," she re- marked, "if you will take a plunge dressed as you are, I will follow suit," Longworth, who was arrayed in a. blue, coat, flannel trousers and white duckshoes, shrugged his shoulders. "Welt, if you don't dare, I do," said Miss Roosevelt, and before a dozen members of the Taft party could pro- test, Miss Roosevelt had tossed her parasol aside, and, dressed as she was, leaped into the tank. "Don't you take a dare?" she shout- ed to Longworth as she arose to the surface, and started to swim as grace- fully as her bedraggled clothing would allow. This bautering was too much for the Cincinnati man, and he plunged into the tank to help Miss Roosevelt to steps, where they both climbed up and out of the water. When a woman suffers from depress- ing weaknesses, she then eeenly realizes how helpless—how thoroughly worthless she is. Dr. Shoop has brought relief to thousands of such women. He reaches• diseases peculiar to women in two dir- ect, specific ways—a local treatment known by druggists everywhere as Dr Shoop's Night Cure. and a constitatfoa- al or internal prescription called Dr, Shoop's Restorative. Dr Shoop's Night Cure is applied locally, and at night. It writs while yon sleep. It reduces in- flamation, it stops discharges, it heals, it soothes, it comforts, it cures, Dr. Shoop's Restorative (tablets or liquor form) is a constitutional, nerve tissue tonic. It brings renewed strength, lasting ambition and vigor to weak, life- less women. These two remedies, eingly or used to gather, have an irresistible, positive helpful power. Try them a month rind, see. Sold at Walley'e Drug Store. Old Japanese Diary. The oldest diary in existence is said to bethat preserved in the Japanese fam- ily 'of Hozaka. It has been duly main• tattled by the vari:nrs heads of the fam- ily for four centuries. An English com- mentator notes that abort 20 years ago a dispute over precedence arose between two brandies of the family and that this was promptly settled by recourse to the diary and the discovery of the record of a dinner given 200 or 300 years ago by the head of the family to the founder of the side line. Secret of His Charm. "I am not in the habit of boasting of my conquests," said Gayboy, "but you ought to have seen how I impressed that striking looking woman with the wonderful eyes and the hair like a raven's wing at the swell reception fast week. By Jove. she couldn't keep her eyes off Pie!" "I noticed it," said the other man. "That was Miss I:inksigh, the female de- tective. She was there to watch the jewelry."—Chieago Tribune. Traveling Monarch. No modern occupant of a throne has traveled more frequently abroad since his accession than Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria. He became ruler of the principality in 1887, and since their has spent 1,700 days, es nearly a quar- ter of his reign, abet • I. His people know him by the ni' ...tame Of the "traveler." Is nature's specific for DIAlutHarA, I)YSENT'BRV, CRAMPS, PAIN 114 Tett STOM. ACs, COLIC, CHOLERA MOIL. BUS, CHOLBAA INFANtUM, SEA SICKNESS, And all SUM. MGR COMPLAINTS in Children or Adults, Its effects are tnarvellous. Pltasant and Harmless to take, Rapid, Reliable and Effectual In hi action. IT HAS SEEN A noustnot.l5 Akman f FOR NEARLY SIXTY YEARS. oRiet OS titt4Vs. metes 19nriurtTUrr$ TaBr'lilt inn ;tort. 1906 SCENES IN RURAL FRANCE. Ideal Spot for the GHome of Love, But Young Folks Have De- parted. It would be difficult to find a more suitable background for love malting than the rural landscape of central France affords, Earth and skycombine their beauties to form a'rustic paradise. Iu June nature wanders down the fer- tile river valleys like a lovely princess who is crowned with flowers and goes her way carelessly, yet nobly, veiled softly in a rosy mist. Whether you follow the high road or the meadow path, presently you find yourself lost in a veritable tanglewood of sound and sense. Above the other bird notes which thrill the air, the cuckoo's call sounds clear, the cricket chirps a home song at your feet, and in the neighboring clump of trees a wood- pecker whistles for rain. To the right the river, at this point in its course no more than a creek. winds gracefully between sweet meadows, or under willow branches; further down, where it widens out, just beyond the small arched bridge, there is an old mill and a washhouse standing in the stream. To the right, at a distance, the hilltops are outlined against a summer sky, and ahead are uplands which seem to touch the lightly floating clouds. Yet youth is absent from every corner Of the scene, and without youth you can- not have roreance. In the wide fields where poppies flame in the waving grass, and where bullets nod lightly mid the ripening grain, you see only odd peo- ple working, bending their backs wear- ily beneath a double weight of toil and years. For all the young men are serv- ing in the army. And the girls have gone to Paris, or to some other lesser city nearer by, not to earn a living merely, but also, if pos- sible, to earn a dot. You cannot help feeling that it is a pity that strangers only, who are rarely in a picturesquely sentimental snood. have a chance to enjoy the attractive lovers' nooks that in this neighborhood abound, the while the rightful owners are far away, plodding through the prose of life. In the village customs hereabout, however, a trace of the poetry of the country life of former days remains in the crowning of the Rosiere, which takes place in early June. This is the occasion when the most virtuou, maiden of the parish receives a rose in acknowledgment of her goodness, and receives likewise a dowry. which has been provided either by the cure or by some kind-hearted aristocrat of the countryside. The crowning of the Rosiere is always a charming 'festival, even though the rustic queen of virtue who has beet. chosen is homely, and utterly withou grace of manner—which is usually true , of course, else she would not be so sur- passingly good. Dressed all in white she goes through 'the streets on tht mayor's arm, followed by a processiot of white -robed maidens bearing gar- lands of flowers. With appropriate ceremony Int mayor presents to her the crown 0: roses, the dowry which has been pro vided, and possibly a little gift of hit own, as a souvenir of the occasion. Sometimes the festival ends in a wed. ding, and the Rosiere becomes the happ) bride of some rustic suitor, who appre. ciated her virtues even before they wot her a dot. MAKING FIRECRACKERS. Laborious Methods Employed by the Chinese and Low Price. "When I was in China I used to set them made," said C. M. Yest of Minne apolis. "The firecracker has been in ust there a few thousand years. Few peo pie outside of China know the method o. manufacture. The straw paper es firs rolled by hand around an iron rod, wilict varies in size according to the size of tht cracker to be made. To complete the roiling a rude machine is used. 'Phil consists of two uprights supporting at axis, from which is suspended by twt arms a heavy piece of wood, slight]) convex on the lower side. "There is just room between thin swinging blocit and the top of the table to place the cracker. As each layer 01 paper is put on by hand, the cracker is placed upon the table, and the suspend• ed weight is drawn over the roll, thus tightening it until no more can be pas sed under the weight. For the small- er 'whip' cracker the workman uses for compression, instead of this machine, a heavy piece of wood fitted with a handle like that of a carpenter's plane. In fill- ing crackers 200 or 300 are tied together in a Minch, Red clay is spread over end of each cracker with a punch. While the clay is bring tamped in, a little water is sprayed on ft, which makes it. pack closer. The powder is pouted in the other end of the cracker. \Vith the aid of an awl the edge of the paper is turned in at the upper end of thesc•rack- er, and the fuse is inserted through tilis. That is the way the Chinese make them, In Chiha they can be purchased at a cost of 62 cents for 10,000, although the best quality commands twice that price." Gypsies on the Sea. In the archipelago off Mergui, off the coast of Lower Burma, Asia, live fire "sen gypsies." Instead of carts they own covered boats, in which with their families, dogs, cats, chickens and pets, they float about 00 the sca and wander from island to island. By day bit y fish or harpoon turtle or dive tor es eters. i3ut every night they put back If, the shore. If the weather Is bad at sea they land with their dogs and then poach, catching porcupines, squirrels, armadiIloes, hog, deer and the like, of Which they Make savory stews, as American Melee do.. Chietigo Jour- nal. The Hints. You Have Always I13ought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, Atas borne the signature of and has been made under his per,. a conal staperviSion since its infancy. Allow no one to deceiveJ ou in tis , All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just..as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger tixe health off' infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA s Q`i Qri. t 2 a isa harmless a .ssubstitute » s or c f Castor 011, ]Pare Boric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant, It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Nareotie substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Wornag and allays Feverishness. It cures ]Diarrhoea and 'Wind Colic. Ib relieves Teething Troubles, dares Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, reulates thea Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Cluldr'cia's Panacea—Tine Mother's Friend. �.°I NUI3NE CASTOR1A ALWAYS Bears the Signature of AO 0+0 0 .111100/111111. The Kind You Have Always Bought hi Use For Over 30 Years. THE CENTAUR. Cl MPANY, 77 MURRAY STREET. NEW MCRA CITY, labeler' st el .yeti*,YYthelee a4iPlMtlYuneetiealekieu.steei inti siss i . to , l . Are you a Subscriber to the TIMES ? If not, why not ? VIRTUES OF MINERAL?. Medicinal Waters and Hot Springs Have Long Puzzled Scien- ty'ilf, tilts. ;Sits ,•.,tt., The medicinal hot springs in some parts of Europe and the natural hot . waters owned by the United States government at Hot Springs, Ark., have always puzzled science, for, while the curative effect of the hot water was beyond doubt, no chemical analysis ever revealed anything to satisfactor- ily account for it, says the London Lancet. It could hardly be supposed that a few grains per gallon of chalk, sulphate of lime, common salt and so on, could have any nuked beneficial influence. The waters of Bath, Bux- ton, Contrexeville and Hot Springs, Ark., exhibit a comparatively feeble degree of mineralization, and yet there can be no doubt of their therapeutic: value. Nor can it be supposed that a water which is naturally hot can have greater therapeutic effects than would be gained by the similar use of arti- ficially heated water. So far, then, the findings of the physicist and the chem- ist do not afford a satisfactory hy- pothesis in regard to the therapeutic value of such Waters. The question now arises whether the fact that these waters are radioactive will supply any explanation. Most, if not all, of the thermal springs in Eu- rope which have been examined have been found to contain in slightly vary- ing qualities argon and helium and in the majority or cases these waters have been found to be distinctly radio- active. Indeed, the presence of argon and helium would appear to be insep- arable from radioactive properties, We seem here to be getting some light at length on what has king been an enigma, that of the two waters show- ing, the sante chemical composition as regards their saline constituents the one of natural origin is distinctly su- perior, therapeutically speaking, to the one artifically compounded. The fact is that a natural water welling up from the earth is at the moment of its discharge from its source radioactive, while ordinary drinking water, rain water, well water and the like do not generally exhibit this property to any extent.. Further, since the property of radioactivity is rapidly evanescent. the emanation quickly vanishing, it follows that if the benefit derived front undergoing a, cout'se or waters is due to the radio- activity of loose waters, the treatment should obviously take place dear the source of the water—In other words, the waters should be used 'whole they are showing a maximum degree of radioactivity. YtOmateet stimulate the healthy action Of the liver. Banana titled, with orange dretsirg will be round a pleasant change. DIETARY STANDARDS. 1 What Observation Indicates to Be the Daily Food of the Average Man., Accepting toe daily dietary stand- ards previously enumerated, and which i are based upon observations as to what people are accustomed to consume, it is plain, says Russell II, Chittenden, In "Economy in Food," in Century, that the average man doing from light to moderate muscular work must take each day approximately 116 grams of proteid matter (18 grams of nitrogen). 1 with sufficient fat and carbohydrate to yield a total fuel value of 3,050 targe calories. 'l'he usual proportion of car- , bohydrate (mostly starchy food) is about 51.0 grams to 50-00 grams of fat. I to other words, the average man needs according to the above hypothesis ap- proximately 120 grams of Proteid, 500 grams of carbohydrate and 60 grams of fat for his daily ration. In order to obtain these amounts of nutrients he would require per day, three-fourths of a pound of ordinary roast beef, one pound of boiled potato, one-half pound of white bread and one-fourth pound I of butter. Naturally, much greater variety of food might be adopted with 1 the same nutritive vahres as the above, {t but these' figures will suffice tog ive some impression of the quantities of ordinary cooped foodstuffs required to 1 yield the nitrogen and the total fuet value sailed for by the above standard dietary. A more elaborate diet, one In large measure free from meat and having I essentially the same content of nitro- i gen, and With a total fuel value of RD- i proximately 3,00 calories, would be;sas followst Fried hominy, Six ounces; syrup, three ounces; baked potato, eight ounces; butter, one and a halt ounces; baked spaghetti, ten ounces; Imashed potato, ten ounces; boiled tur- nip, sis ounces; bread, two ounees; apple sauce, eight ounees; taplora pugs ding, 12 ounces; fried sweet potato, sight ounces; fried Bacon, one Prince; fruit Jam, four ounees; coffee, one and e half pints; and tea, three-fourths ot 4 pint. Stich a diet, owing to Its vege- table nature and lark of concentration, is naturally quite vohirninons. A great - Or concentrattion of diet Is easily ob- tained by replacement of a portion of the vegetable matter by meat; and tinct the ordinary man, with his hfghny de - vel t c ed Palate, t . usually • 1' t- 1 1 Meters t ) s o do, because of tine tnereased flavor which his acquired taste now calls for. Fur - titer, the resources at the command tit i the civilized man render possible great variety to nlattnrs of diet; but what- ever the character of the claily rood, i or however' great the number and va- rlety at the ingredients, *it will he found that the nitrogen content enol fool value of the daily food of mankind wilt to general correspond In larger I measure, to the dietary standards usu- ally adopted throughout the eivili;te• 1 world.