Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-04-14

menoxide or nicotine poisoning. Bit
since one ounce of tobacco gives nc
less than one-fifth of a pint of pure
carbon-monoXide gas when smoked in
the form of cigars or in pipes. it is NOT
improbable that to very large extent
these symptoms are due TO the carbon
monoxide
In the New England states there is
one insane person for every $50 of
population; in New York and Pennsyl
vania, one TO every 424; in Virginia.
Maryland, Kentucky and TenneEsNc
the ratio is one to 610; in Ohio In,
diana, Illinois and Michigan the
same; in the middle west, one to ESQ;
in the southern state, one to 935; and
in the Rocky Mountain division, one to
1858. The destiny OF population is
greatest in New England, and there
insanity is most common and the rel
alive number of insane decreases reg.
ularly with the increasing sparseness
of population in the several divisions
There is one exception In the Pacific
coast state-California Oregon and
Washington-the insanity rate almost
reaches that of New England.
When We speak of an instantaneous
exposure, we think we have given
something short. And it is very difn>
icult to realize that our conception of
time, according to human standards,
may be very far from what actually
takes place. Now, light is estimated
IN round figures TO travel at 10000
miles per second, and if we estimate
the length of the beam that is admit
tied by cur shutter when making
snapshot, we shall get some idea OF
fthe enormous possibilities of energy
fexpended in producing the image. For
instance. we set our shutter for the
l-20 of a second; that means that
}stream of light $500 miles long has en-.
Ftered our lens and impinged on the
plate, and even fer 1900 of second
/ Exposure means stream 100 miles
/ long TO work with or. again. if we
shave occasion to give five minutes ex.
posture, the light that enters the cam
era last had not left the suns surface
when we began the exposure
A great cumulus thunderhead cloud
towering up on the horizon like a
huge famboyant iceberg, is often
higher than the highest Alps would be
If they were piled on top of the Him
alayas. 1t is not unusual for these
clouds to measure five, six and even
eight miles, from their fiat dark base,
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world, to their rounded glstening
summit splendid in the sunlight And
in these eight miles the changes of
temperature are as great as those over
many thousand miles of the earth S
surface. These clouds contain strata
of temperature, narrow belts of freez.
ing cold alternating with large dis.
tances of rainy mist and frozen snow
and ice particles. Hailstones, which
are formed from snow particle that
falls from the upper strata, and is
frozen hard in the freezing belt and
coated with added ice on the wet belt
are often found with a series of layers
in their formation, showing that they
have passed through this succession OF
cloud stratas more than once on theil
way from the upper air to the earth.
1t is a well-knOwn fact that all con.
firmed users of stimulants and mar.
cotics are not very particular as to the
source of the agent they use The
story is told of sailors drinking off
the liquor of a preserved admiral.
One of the most peculiar methods of
inducing intoxication, however, is the
nitro-glycerine habit in the British
army. The material used is the cor
dite employed for the cartridges OF
small arms of that service, which con-
sist Of % parts of nitro-glycerine, 81
Cf gun cotton and parts of mineral
jelly. 1t would seem that this com
bination would be rather awkward to
masticate; nevertheless the British
soldiers do not seem to find it So The
stage of excitement from its use is
followed by stupor lasting approx
imately from five to twelve hours. It
is difficulty to awaken the subject, and