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and INSIST upon being pre-en,
The QUESTION ~ Frances depop,Ilat ton
contlnues to inspire On. pens % patriotic
writer's IN the French pres. is a COW
" ''h'h worth more in France'- asks
I Element Vauiel in the Maha. and in fur
nishinR the answer he reveals an aspect
~ rural life in France which light have
been elaborated by a Zola
Take. he says. a village which he names
in Auvergne. Fifteen children have died
~ diphtheria there within a short space
81 time. The village ~ fourteen miles
from the nearest town where a doctor
is TO he had. So the doctor charges - a
VISIT
The peasants are poor. they only call the
doctor IN cases of extreme urgency mostly
when IL IL too late. but suppn-e a peasant
has a COW which he SUSPECTS has got
tuberculosis what Happens?
He gives notice to the village burRo-
master; the latter passes u ON Ia the pre-
feet and the project orders the veterinary
surgeon of the nearest town To examine
the animal. What does the peasant have
Ia pay Not cent The veterinarian
draws his fixed % a visit from the state.
What is even better. IL the COW has To he
destroyed the farmer gets comp~nsa-
ton sometimes exceeding the value OF the
beast. To save a diseased cow the
writer exclaims the official machine
works al fun speed. but To- save French
| child not dollar - sacriRced'-
I'm july I H.ligoland. by royal enact
ment. became fully Incorporated With
the kingdom Of Prussia and subject TO
all Pru--ian laws and regulations Few
foreigners visit the island. and though
II - generally known that the Germans
have been strengthening its fortifiCations
very few persons have an adequate con
cep,ion of the military and naval value
Ia Germany the Island now represents
Twenty years ago Germany acquired
po--esssion 81 It from England IN exchange
for Zanzibar and WITH. the British East
Africa ~ to-day. On the occasion Of its
formal restoration Ia Germany the Kaiser
proPhe-ied that II vas destined to become
a maritime bul~ark. a support for Ger
man fishermen. base for German ships ~
war. protection of the German Ocean
against every foe who might venture tn
show himself upon it, waters
The prophecy. like many 81 the Kai--r's
prophecies. has come tru. To-day Hell
soiand. Ia spell It a. the Germans do.
- splendIdly fortified island. the Glib
raltar of the North Sea and the keystone
u the German coast defsnce- Al On.
time there was som. apprehension that
the wearing action 81 the sea might IN
tame seriously diminish the utility 81 the
island for defensive purposes but Ga.
approximations have been dissipated by
the con tructIon 81 huge granite walls
along the southwestern side where the
waves threatened most seriously Ia under
mime the cliffs
High up IN tn. ellis are the fortifcation.
If to-day. with their formidable batteries
IN empiacements hewn out Of the solid
rock and ont 81 sight 81 attacking guns
To-day the pa~>aR,. 81 hostile feet would
~ extremely difiicult. for th. HeligolAnd
batt"ri'-- have a range - ten miles and
the harbprs ~ the island have l-.en mad.
available Tor war-hiI'-
tn" title ~ the lady who was Miss
Anita stewart ~ New York befor. her
marriage with Prince Miguel 81 Braganza
seems 20 give trouble To- newspap.-rs
here and in America The couple ar.
known IN society as the Duke aud Duchess
lie Nis-u
Viseu - 4 town in the Portuguese. prov
ince ~ Beira and IL famous for it, artistic
gold work The dukedom - Vis.u dates
from 1925 when u was bestowed by King
John I of Portugal upon his famous
IA aa.F
Henry the Navigator
Dom Henrique won this honor IN IN.
campaign against the Moora which
ia the acquisition by the Purtu-
g'Ie-e Of Ceuta. on tn. African side ~
the Straits Of Gibraltar and nov a Spanish
possession. The title vests in the head
~ the house 81 Braganya and u was from
his father the Duke Of that name that
Prince Miguel received y
4 new source 81 radium supply has
been discovered in Turksstan. Radium
uranium ore has already been ,
obtained ia considerable quantities The
native miners have found that cuts and
other wounds which would take long time
- heal in other mines are very quickly
rured by applying a small quantity IL
pow dered uranium ore To the spot.
Although not all the causes that oper- !
ate IN the formation Of the human head are |
: nown al the present time. vet we do know !
hat one Of the principal factors in the !
skull formation IL the development Of the ,
brain itself. said Prof Tandler in lecture
On musicians skulls delivered before the ,
Medical A s~ociatIOn