Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-21
THE cALORRdETER.
Pleasures varistioEs in Temperatures Pro
 tuced br Different Faads.

SA@asures Variations III iemperatnFE Pro
 ducsd by Different Foods.
 Prof Francis |. Benedict Of Hes. seyan college. describing the eolofi- meter recently said: Its object is to measure with t1e smallest margin Of error the total amount Of e1ereta of all sorts from 3 living man fer an ez- tended period It is a living room which is the inside Of a nest Of five. the spaces between the rooms, CT 5exes, as the outside ones would be thoaglt Of. being aEaIed Of as insaiat- ang layers of ar, while the material O. different sorts is applied so that no heat shall escape except through the devices for measuring 1t. The inside Living room is oI copper aIf-tIgats ana all the air admitted is measured test ed for temperature and cleared q water and Yapor to small residue and samples araIyzad aE stated inter eals. The same aH even greater. pre- cautions are taken with =6ha oatgezhs air, in which ase the rasaIts of tae 8ivlns processes going en ia tAe man aVithiE Provisions are made for large number Of precautions against error. suggested by experience and prompted by St eHtiffe caution 50 that tse sn1sTs plant s quite machine shop, the appartus being generally af lhe expensive. specially designed or der, and built with as near an approach 70 mathematical accuracy. Elaborate freezing machines for removing the water vapor to 3 constant percentages nearly 400 electrical devices. sort Of thermometer scattered over the room, designed ta record electrical changes in direction induced zby heat. measuring thus down to a handredth of degree Fahrenheit. and means for continuously anaiyzfng al the ar com ing from the room are examples Of what is required. Al that the subject eats or drinks must De weighed and sterilized, and means devised for pass Ing them in without disturbing the conditions Of observations.
 SUICIDE AND CIVILIZATION.
 The More Progress Inc More Thers Ts
 of self-Destraetton.
 Felix Adler, the =Se#. feHk=e5lz1feal
 clergyman. says zaieiflsz:-zs= Suicides gre op the increase En faa 7EsssI3E esaz sury. They have tHzRzed iR number za fhe last one hundred ears. E $ tzzs disease of civilization. increasing Ia numbers with the progress azz=sz.Fzz5zz= zion. Germany. where civilization bs7 reached the highest point e.4 earth, H5 fhe biaekast sp8. ia respect. E $ the same story as Eoa proceed rom 4he less to the more liberal creed A4 nere The population oE community
 is made ID purely es tAa= =Rszzs.aa church there are 58 suicides Eo tae m55. lion. where the people aHs R#zaaF q inc Catholic faiEh theEa are s Q zaf million; in Protestant communities $here are 19e . Eae million. External conditions appear To have much t5 D with the act. There ars more suicides sn wet weather than In arg. more bg night than by day. more O2 moonlight highs thaH 8a daeH nEa5s= aad tassa are three times more ma1 to die U their own acts than W5Hss. ] eaH- not sit fn judgment e sa8ze #Ae have done this deed. ! cannot enter iat8 aheir inner life But I warn all who zhink of freeing themselves from this life that they have no right to do 1t. The duty Of progress eompels Us to remain-we must stay. We are here to solve the problems Of life. not to eYaa9 them. We are here to fulfill our task, not to leave it unfinished We must make the soul victorious over =the senses. and we do that not by eEading pain but by coaquef.ag 1t.