The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-01

woman's life. 1t was performed by
DR.. Carolus Nj. Cobb at the Lynn Hos
pital, and is called the first of its kind
in New England.
Following a method devised by DR..
killian, of Berlin, the physicians put
the woman in the position sword
swallower assumes just before his per-
Torrance. Flat on her back on the
operating table, her head was drawn
down till the throat cavity was opened.
The X-rays exposed the teeth. DR..
Cobb inserted forceps and drew them
out.-Ex.
A new fad has recently been adopted
at Reno, New, among fair Divorces.
The idea of converting the useless
wedding ring into Swastika pin as
emblem of future better fortune, in
stead OF RELOCATING it to seclusion, is
said to have originated With a promi-
nent Eastern Divorce who for several
months has had nothing to do but skill
time"
Like everythi ing else introduced by a
member of the colony which has the
least merit, it was quickly taken up by
others and if it continues to appeal to
increasing proportion 30 its start, the
Reno jewelers. will have an active bust
ness Of melting golden bands into an
other design mbolical of success yet
to come.
There are more than 100000 coal
miners in the United States, connect
ed with some $4,000 mines, annually
producing. 500, 900, 900 tons of coal. For
every thousand men employed nearly
Jour men are killed in mine accidents
every year.
These figures are taken from the
first annual report of the new Federal
Bureau Of Mines operated in connec-
ton with the Department of the In
terror. 1t is to be the business of this
bureau to investigate methods of min
ing and other matters connected there.
with, especially in relation to the safe
ty Of miners, The percentage of fatal
accidents is much larger in American
mines than in those of foreign coun-
tries. 1t is not in the coal mines alone
that there is a heavy death rate. The
percentage of fatalities in the metal
mines is about the same and the death
rate in the quarries of the country is
also "much larger than it should be
and far larger than that in the quar-
ries of other countries
Prof. Vivian OF the College of Agri-
culture, Ohio State University, stated
in recent interview that "the con-
sumner himself is largely responsible
for the higher cost of food products"
This is the way he figures it out:
1T is not so very many years ago
that the housewife went to the store
and carried her purchases home in a
basket. Now she orders over the tele-
phone and has her purchases sent out
in a delivery wagon or an automobile.
1t is not unusual for the automobile to
travel a mile to deliver scent loaf of
bread, and the expense of maintaining
this delivery system is necessarily paid
by the consumer. One used to be con-
tent to buy his oatmeal and wheat grits
in bulk; now he must have his break
fast foods in fancy packages, the pack
age costing more than the contents.
Formerly one went to the grocery with
a pitcher for Il pint of oysters: now
they come home in fancy paper or
tin containers. All of these things
may be sanitary, but at the same time
they cost money, and the consumer
pays the bill At the same time none
of this increase in price goes to the
producer. One constantly hears about
the increase in price of milk, but the
complainer does not realize that the
standard set by modern city milk in
spection has infinitely increased the
cost of producing milk. II people were
willing to go back to the kind of milk
they bought twenty years ago they
could get it for about the same price
as they then paid"