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the provinces. AS now interpreted the
will only recognizes Ontario and Que
bee
yellow Journalism seems to have
obtained a foothold in Russia. A St.
Petersburg journal has originated a
department head "A Column from the
Other World" which purports to give
answers from spirit land to the ques-
) tons of the chedulous. The editor
and proprietor of the paper solemnly
assert that they have nothing to do
with the conduct of the spirit depart
ment
Among the common causes of bald
ness-those which stand apart from
actual disease of the hair-Dr. Andrew
Wilson places in the first rank the
habit which many men acquire of wet
ting the hair every morning in their
bath, OF when washing the face. What
happens in such cases, he says, is that
the natural oily secretion of the skin
of the head is removed by the water,
and the hairs are therefore deprived,
to large extent, as also is the skin.
of the natural pomade, as it were,
which the skin supplies. There are thou
sands of little glands in the skin called
sebaceous glands, which produce an
Olly SupSldQCEs hccplIlS the Skin sup
pie, and as these glands open into the
sheaths of the hairs we may very nat
urally believe that they contribute TO
the hairs some substance intended for
their nourishment and preservation. If,
therefore, through any cause the nat
ural oil of the scalp is removed-say,
by~frequent washing-the hairs, being
deprived of their nourishment, tend to
fall out.
"A fascination is exerted on some
persons by the hypodermic needle says
the Baltimore Sun. DR.. Crothers
thinks this psychosis is an aggravated
form of morphine. addiction, but not
exclusively SO. In one case the patient
was not addicted to morphine, but
was simply hypnotized by the needle.
He would take medicine in no other
way. In such a case the idea becomes
real obsession. 1t is not so much a
physical appetite as 1t is a fixed idea.
The most aggravated of these cases
are found in the victims of morphine.
But that there is a large psychical
element in some of these cases is
proved by the fact that these patients
can be broken of the morphine habit,
but not of the needle habit. DIR.
Crothers mentions one man from
whom the morphine was gradually re-
moved by his physician until it was
reduced to nil, but the use of the
needle had to be continued. If it was
stopped the patient became exceed
ingly nervous and depressed and could
not sleep.
An exploring expedition through
Central Australia has recently been
made by ProfA Baldwin Spencer and
Mr.. Gillen, the object being to learn
what is to be known of the aboriginal
tribes. Prof. Spencer says that They
have nothing, so far as we could find
out, which could be properly called a
religious belief. Their own idea Of
causation is simply that of magic
They think they can control the forces
of Nature, make animals increase,
cause rain to fall, and thunder and
lightning to come by magic. There
was no evidence that we could find
of belief in a Supreme Being" This
is important, as Mr.. Andrew Lang. in
a recent book, considers that there
was a belief in Supreme Being in
the most primitive tribes. 1--WE have
not found il so with the natives of
Central Australia. We were only able
to confirm our previous impressions
that they had no such belief. They
believe in mischievous spirits, but not
in anything comparable with the idea
of the DEVIL
Immunity to smallpox and to re-
vaccination are not the same, accord
ing to DR.. Fielder as reprinted in the
Medical Record In an address DR..
Fielder said he thought 1t was gener-
ally admitted that two vaccinations,
done at different times, were better
than several insertions made at the
same time. He was himself a firm be-
liever in revaccination, but it was de-
sirable to make each vaccination pro-
tect the person for as long a time as
possible, SO that if the person neglect
ed subsequent vaccination he would be
protected for the maximum time and
the community likewise. HIS wished
especially to call attention to the fact
that immunity to smallpox and i'm
munity to revaccination are not the
same-in other words, that a~person
might yet be successfully revaccina ted
Heknew of no rule by which one could
judge of the length of time a person
would remain immune; nevertheless
among those vaccinated, the longest
immunity and the least mortality if
smallpox occurs, would be found among
those who had been vaccinated in sew
eral places at one time.
volcanoes and earthquakes have
been part Of the scheme Of this world
from the beginning. A great portion of
Britain is strewn with evidence OF
huge volcanoes and terrific convul-
sions. 1t is worth a visit to the He
brides to see what gigantic cones once
stood there. The Island of Null was
a volcano 80 miles across at its base.
and at least 10000 feet high. Skye is
the basal wreck of another which was
in eruption in tertiary times, and was
comparable to Etna or Teneriffe in d.
mansions. What is left of it is a grand
ana picturesque island. Darwin re-
marks: If beneath England the now
inert subterranean forces should ex-
ert those powers which most assuredly
In former geological ages they did ex-
ert, how completely would the entire
condition of the land be changed,
what would become of the lofty houses
thickly packed cities, great lnanufac
tories, beautiful public and private edi-
hces? If the new period of disturbance
We're first to commence by some great
earthquake in the dead Of Night how
terrlhc would be the carnagei" IT is
some satisfaction to know that tbie
ancient land went through its convul-
slVe period ages before man had ap-
peared.
Nobody would dare to say a good
word for volcano at the present mo-
ment, says the Baltimore Sun. Yet by
FAR the larger part of the highly priz-
ed gems have been formed, directly or