The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-08-02
BERLIN NEWS

iHS Lux LOO udyS upon d uIeC C0nSlSCln
almost exclusively of hulled rice. Fl
believes his experiments support TIL
theory formerly held by him, that beri
beri is a disease induced by certai
foods and not due to an infection @
any kind from without, as has bee
maintained by many investigators.
DR.. Moszkowski, who in 1911 advanc
ed his theory in an address before tn
Berlin Medical society, reported at tn
society's last meeting the results of tn
experiment which he has just finish
ed. After a few weeks of hulled rio
diet the disturbances accom-
panying beri-beri appeared and tn,
case was then diagnosed as beri-ber
by DR.. Schuffner, the noted authorit,
in this line. The typical dropsical af,
lection of the skin followed, with sore
ness of certain groups of muscles
stomachic disturbances and eventually
the typical and dangerous Irregular.
ties Of the heart action.
DR.. MosZkowski then treated himself
with injections of an extract prepared
from rice hulls. He recovered RAPIDLY
and is now quite well. Injections OF
this extract also cured pigeons and
hens which had become affected with
beri-beri after a hulled rice diet.
DR.. Moszkowski believes the hulled
rice contains a poisonous substance
"iiiSh 10 kSulI dilISu Wien CII6 QulIS
also are eaten. Furthermore, the fact
that the phosphorus content of rice
lies entirely in the hull probably is of
importance. He believes that beri beri
has a distinct relationship to scurvy
and ricketts,.
The local police have put an end to
a means Of livelihood employed by an
attractive woman of Berlin who,
dressed in widows garb, gathered in
considerable sums by a swindling
game which had the merit Of novelty
and was based on a keen knowledge
Of human nature.
The woman's mode Of operation was
to station herself at a subway en-
trance, or before a postofice, wait I'M
til a likely looking man came in sight,
start hurriedly searching through her
purse, and then cry out, I've been
Gallant males, sympathiz-
ing with a woman in Distress, gener-
ally started a conversation.
In the course of the talk they learn
ed that she was a widow and lived in
Charlottenburg, a fashionable district
OF the greater city. She conflded ar
lous troubles to her listener, whereof
the chief one was that her ~18-year-old
daughter was difficult to manage and
too fond of the society of men. al
though otherwise a dutiful and loving
daughter. The widow" then
ed that a loan Of So or IS would save
her i~nterrupting her shopping tour. If
her new friend lived anywhere in her
n~eighborhood, he could take as Sc
curity a new and expensive pair of
shoes which she had just bought and
carry them to her home, where her
daugter would be glad to repay the
trifling loan made to her mother.
According to the police, a large
number of men, seeing an opportunity
to become acquainted with a charming
young woman who loved mems society,
lent the distressed widow the sum de-
manded, took her lou and the box Of
shoes and posted off to her home. I'm
able to find either home or daughter,
they finally become suspicious and
the shoe box. 1t contained half
a brick and some wrapping paper.
h widows downfall came when
she inadvertently tried to play the
same trick on the same man for the
second time.
Me%sothorium, it appears from a re-
port from Essen, runs radium a close
race for value. The city council there
has appropriated $4,000 for the pur-
chase Of one-tenth of one grain for
the municipal hospital. 1t is to be
uSSu Ill IIlSIldl treatment OF
Private subscribers have given
a further $4,000 for another tenth of
a grain.
That the emperor and his guests on
the Hohenzollern during the yearly
of his majesty to Norwegian
waters, were in the habit of abandon
ing themselves to a spirit of boyish
is evident from some extracts
from tho 1nIrI 0f fhn Lotto TD1~@a W.
kiderlen- Waechter that are now be-
ing printed.
The diary Of the baron, who was at
one time secretary of state for foreign
affairs. gives among other things the
Of the Northland Travelling
Co" drawn up for one of the trips
Of about twenty years ago. The stat
ltes declare that the company lives
on recollection and partly on
preserves" At the head of the COM
pany stands the Most Illustrious Mas
Ter Traveller, Kaiser Wilhelm the Sec
the other members are CLASH
as superior Journeymen Sail
1rs'' n "Vice-journeymen Sailors"
The statutes nave chiefly to do with
evening assemblies on board the
imperial yacht. They provide, for in
stance, that Dr.. Gussfeldt, one Of the
members of the company, shall each
~ SAAll4Sb u tlok DCIplo IL ClOCh,
Mount the rostrum to treat. the COM
oany with his recollections, the lati-
.ude and longitude of which are to be
determined beforehand by the Navi-
eating Officer"
Another paragraph stipulates that |
the famous firm Of Hulsen, Kessel,
& Co, dealers in Irish bulls,
'hall be responsible for having the
tale jokes replaced with new ones
'nce a month" Various penalties of
tut eff a journeyman sailor, sentenced
# persistent drinking to get himself
itances,' such action shall entail an
Increase of the sentence.
The emperor, who Is we'll known to
re very abstemious in all things,
kinks hat German university students
rink too much. A sentence proving
his was used by him while receiving
he students homage during his jubi-
ee week. His majesty on this occas-
on said: &" expect you to reduce
your consumption of alcohol to a
degree"
The emperor issued a similar warn
n a speech which he made at Muir
wick some time ago., he has sew
raj times declared that more ath-
tudent physique. Showing, however,
incident Of every student celebra-
glasses of beer for each student
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