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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-11

In the world, being worth over s2500,Oo0 an
ounce, the ore from which it is taken is by no
means so precious that anybody of moderate
means could not afford to buy and keep on
hand considerable quantity OF 1t.
1t takes ton of "carnotite" to produce bit
of radium no bigger than the head of pin;
and the cost OF the radium is due mainly to
the difficulty of the processes involved In ex-
tracing 1t.
Perhaps If the sufferer from rheumatism
were to keep few pounds of "carnotite" by
him he would experience relief. The matter.
of course. is wholly one OF speculation as yet
There is no question of the fact that radium
Is good for rheumatism. 1t has been used
very successfully in the treatment of this dis
tressing trouble, the method commonly
adopted being to allow tho patient to breathe
the cmanations Of the mysterious mineral
through rubber tube entering the nostrils.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-11

1t Is really recreation 1t must be that which gives
all the forces used the daily vocation abso.
lutte rest.
For the motorman to go out and play ball is not the
thing His nervous system and muscles have been on q
strain; to play earnest game ball utilities prac.
ttcaly the same energies 1t makes no difference how
much pleasure he gets out of THE is using up capital
To go and witness game go to the theatre, fishing
without the conventional bait, anything that is
really OF storing up energy, is the way.
On the other hand the clerk get of doors
and play ban or anything which brings his muscular
and internal organs into play
There still many of the impulses OF our savage
ancestors In and they good necessary i'm
pulses when We know how to use them But We should
understand the tremendous difference is between
workers with brains and our forebears working
with their muscles.
But these ancestors stored up energy at
times They never burnt the candle at both ends They
never had more than end to light. anyway-the
search for food and enemies
After days and nights of hunting fishing they re.
turned 20 their huts and rested gorged slept
they would be 100 per eficient--and they were
Those which were not the ground
100 many men today try to keep up some these
physlcal and animal traits at night attempt
Tor so many failing why efficiency than onehaIf
what 1t might be, why alcohol drugs are njuriousy
used to supply false energy. only is the
effect of this artificial energy ruinous but in time the
power glands dry UP.
Is there any ptable object than the frame Of
human being in which all the energy and power lies de-
cayed-useess, wailing at the Injustice of God?
Man has it in his 10 become almost onv.
that power and energy within him that will do It. Get
INTO yourself; find out what You brakes for
seiIcontrol. See that the human engine gets what
every engine needs-fue, oxygen, rest freedom from
abuse. " S
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This experiment confirms Professor Kracpe-
ln's tests Of remembering numbers and words.
He found that without alcohol one hundred
figures could he remembered after forty repe-
titions, an average OF two and half numbers
TO each repetition. With alcohol the same per-
son could only remember sixty figures after
sixty repetitions, an average of one number
for each repetition. This showed diminution
of normal memory to the extent of over 40
per cent
In everyday life where accuracy of memory
is called for. it is common fact that alcohol
drinkers are the most unreliable. Events
which the person had intense interest In
seemed to make little or no impression on the
brain when under the influence of spirits and
only with difficulty could be recalled Even
when remembered they were distorted and In
accurate
These experiments bring out the astonish
Ing fact that the memory, of all the brain
functions suffers most pronouncedly from the
use OF alcohol.
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apparently been discarded in the adult stage be
cause no longer useful. But this seems to imply
that they are useful to the juvenile stages Of
growth. We have, however, no sort of evidence
that this is the
Since, In the infantle stage, they never
left exposed by their parents, protective color
alton, such spotted livery is supposed to
form, seems to be quite unnecessary. We must
suppose, then. that it is reminiscent OF
earlier ancestral adult-dress, which Is in process
OF elimination 1t has fingered till to-day be-
cause there has been no need to speed Its de-
parture.
This retention of discarded adult characters
by the young is no new thing among animals.
Such remnants are so many proofs that THE
old order changeth yielding place to new" The
skeleton and the muscles afford dozens OF similar
instances They many landmarks OF eVo-
luton; but for them, indeed. the work OF tracing
animal pedigrees would be almost impossible.
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How Alcohol Ruins Memories

NR. SMITH, OF Heidelberg, has recently
conducted some experiments which
show how thoroughly alcohol disturbs
the memory number Of persons were given
three or four glasses Of beer day and re-
quired to memorize certain sentences, and
write them down on paper. Haf dozen ex-
periments were made with each person No
sentence was longer than four lines. The per-
son was given the sentence and told to go and
write 1t out; in fifteen or twenty minutes an
other sentence was given and the process re-
peated.
For twenty days these experiments were
carried on The same amount OF beer was
given daily. After the sixth day the errors
and losses In memory increased and ON the
twentieth day the losses amounted to 20 per
cent; that is, In one hundred experiments over
seventy OF them werc errors and mistakes. The
faults OF memory steadily increased CHE
first days experiments showed small amount
OF error Then there was steady increase.
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FOOLISH LITTLE HABITS That Expose US to GERMS

epidemics can be traced. Where school books
are furnished by the town or State they are
sometimes given out each morning. and only
by chance does pupil receive tho same book
on two successive days. This gives the germs
of diphtheria, pneumonia, scarlet fever and
other serious diseases their chance to spread
through school. Each child should keep the
same books throughout the year. States are
also dangerous things for the sponges used to
wipe them of are usually reeking with
microbes
Because they have less resisting power.
children are more susceptible to all kinds of
disease germs than older persons. This is
why every child should be early taught
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rosette shaped or, rather have the form OF irreg-
ular rings while across the hind leg they run
together to form transverse bars AS a rule
the spots along the back run in distinct Iongi.
tudinal rows, indicating still earlier livery,
wherein the markings took the form of longi.
tudinal stripes, type OF celebration common to
young animals of all kinds and great number
OF adults.
In young puma it was found that the spots
are much more distinct than in the lion and
that they are solid On the back they show a
tendency to run in longitudinal lines The fore
head Is distinctly striped. and the tail Is ringed
Owing to the superficial similarity in their
markings, the puma and the lion were supposed
to be near relations. A more careful study OF
their markings and Of their anatomy has shown
that this view Is untenabe.
II we are now able to say that an animal
can change his spots, we are quite unable to say
why he should be able to do so. They have
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TO get the best that is in you to
work two facts must be comprehend.
cd. One is that any blowing off of
energy which does not help In devel-
oping your body and your brain, is
slowing YOU down. You Will lose
ground which you can never, never
regain. Another fact is that to do
your best you must have to take in
terest in your work. This may sound
like moralizing. 1t Is mott Is a
physiological fact. Non.interest or a
grouchy and complaining attitude af-
fects the purity and the amount OF
the secreting material which is mans
internal force-the stuff that makes
YOU do things.
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DHYSICIANS are beginning to believe
r. that the rate at which your pulse beats
n is sort Of index to the extent OF the
chemical changes that are taking place in
your body. The beats become more rapid
when you are using your muscles, as in walk
ing or running, because the liberation OF
energy for the exertion necessitates greatly
Increased amount of chemical change.
Not only all the more vigorous activities Of
the body. but such hitherto unsupported ones
rs the slightest muscular movement and the
production Of carbon dloxid, are accurately re-
flected in the pulse-rate. In very young
babies, for instance, 1t has been noted that
even the raising and lowering of limb will
often elevate the pulsebeat from ten to
twenty beats; while violent exercise. such as
nursing OF crying causes an increase OF fifty
60 sixty beats. When the pulse is increased
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-11
What Your PULSE BEATS Show

for twenty minutes, as It is during a nursing.
1t takes about ten minutes for the rate to re.
turn to the normal. And during long con-
tinued exercise babys pulse sometimes drops
below normal and continues there for four or
five minutes.
On diagnosing disease tho pulse can be Of
the greatest service only when its rate during
working hours is compared With that during
sleep, when the body's activities are at their
lowest ebb. The lowering Of the pulse.rate
during sleep is merely the result of more
nearly perfect restfulness. The number of
beats would be decreased as much while
awake II wo could only maintain the same
degree of rest. If an irregularity in the
pulse-rate Is due to certain diseases OF the
heart 1t will persist whether asleep or awake,
but II, on the other hand, it is caused by
some purely nervous affection it will disap-
pear during sleep.
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that there is drop, owing to his getting
over youths first decisions.
The average man begins to love strongly at
twenty-four. He seldom loves at thirty.
being then too busy with his advancement In
life.
Woman loves specifically at seventeen
and more or less equally between then and
thirty. But the great passion of her life
usually comes when she is past first youth.
Thirty is woman's fatal age declares DR..
Jackh. Even forty Is not hopeless. Among
famous women there have been more strong
passions at forty than at twenty"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-11
Why 30 Is Woman's FATAL AGE

PROFESSOR JACKH, a distinguished
E German, has analysed on scientific
principles the course Of love In the
lives OF the average man and woman. He
puts the result in diagrammatio form, and
bows that the male curve OF love-" or ca
pacity for affection toward the other sex. is
highest between twenty-four and twenty-six.
whereas the female curve rises highest be-
tween thirty and thirty-four.
His statistics are based on an examination
OF the sex lives of more than five hundred
famous men and women. The curves show
that man loves strongly at twenty, but after
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rTrWBNTy-FIyE HUNDRED years after poor.
fearful Jeremiah. the Old Testament
prophet, raised tho question, Can the
Ethiopian change his skin tho leopard his
fpots?" science Is able to make reply. The an
swer 10 the frat part OF Jeremiah's famous ques-
ton is no. to the second part 1t is yes, with GER
tain qualifications.
There are black leopards which TO most people
are spotless. But carefully examined. in certain
lights, the spots still discernibe. Such
ceptions apart. there is evidence that the
leopard during the whole course OF It's existence
ever anything but spotted livery. OF
some of its relatives, however, this is by no
true
The lion and the puma afford cases in point.
In their adult stages these animals are OF
uniform tawny hue But this is by no means
true OF their infantie stages for then both are
spotted. But they their spots with DIFF
ference. In some young lions the spots are
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-11
Room for TWO MORE
i'm Every MOTOR CAR

rv HE problem of making an
automobile carry more pas
sengers without increasing its
size and cost is one that has baffled
the designers ever since motor cars
came into general use. Every owner
of four-passenger car knows how
often he wishes he could carry six
persons in comfort and In the same
way the man with flyc-passenger
car is always wishing that he had
room for seven.
At last an inventor has devised
means Of increasing tho capacity OF
a four-passenger car to six without
crowding, and without increasing
the size of the body or making it
cost much more.
The diagram on the right shows
how this desirable end is attained.
1t is done by what is known as
Staggering" place for an extra
person on both the front and rear
seats. These extra seats project back
of the ones on either side of them so
that they allow their occupants
plenty OF room for free movement of
their legs and elbows.
1t is said that number OF auto
mobile manufacturers are considering
Copyright. 1914, by the Star Comp
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lime mixtures But 1t should remembered that there
are cases OF ricketts, which no medicines will cure
In this disease almost every OF the body suffers
Inc bones are as soft and bendable as green sticks
because they are wanting in lime salts and do not
develop In the usual way. A rickety child is chicken
breasted the ends of the ribs In enlarged and
feel like knobs under the skin. The elbows wrists
Knees and ankles are too large knobby and the
legs get bowed because they 10 bear the
child's weight.
The spine sometimes gives way under the childe
weight and may be bent forward or sideways The
skui IS TOO big and bugy and the face by comparison
looks small There are always at birth small places
beneath the scalp baby's head, which generally
close up IN few months; but in rckety baby they
may not close up for year more, liz at all
rlckety child is likely to grow up deformed or
TO die OF rheumatism. st. Vitus's dance or some
similar disease before reaching adult life The blood
~ Oh poor quality in ricketts,; the spleen and liver arc
o1ten too big The whole body OF the child is tender
SO that cries when 1t is rubbed played with Its
poor little head is hot and perspiring 1t is very liable
me plan of treatment vary with each case The
cho general health must be improved by fresh air
sunshine and life IN the counry-best OF all at the
seashore There must be plenty of good food after
"eanlns-mflk cream eggs fresh fruits and vegetables
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"A Mine That Cures Rheumatism

~ ALBUM mining in the Paradox Valley o:
N Colorado has developed very curious
q by-product in the shape of an unlocked
for cure for rheumatism.
The Government Bureau OF Mines has re-
Gently undertaken to supervise the working of
some fifty-seven radum mines in that valley,
which contain the most important deposits
of misunderstanding ore in the world. The ore
is ycllowish mineral known as "carnotite,"
and occurs in pockets" associated with
uranium and vanadium.
1t has been found that the men engaged in
working these deposits, IL they. happen to be
sufferers from rheumatism, are cured of the
malady. Not only that, but their general
health seems to be benefited in remarkable
way.
This is matter OF no small Importance
While radium itself is the most costly thing
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Your Body Is Like an ENGINE--Only Proper Care Ca,

about the human
machine. how to
plug the whistle
and the fact that
the steam in them
should not be dis
sipatcd. but utilized
TO some great adj
vantage.
The average man
is about 30 per cent.
efficient. I mean
by this that he per-
mttS q constant
waste. or deliberate
Iy uses up power
for no practical
purpose except TO
please his grosser
senses. When he
makes no progress
UP the river OF lifo
he blames the world
the current against
him = everything.
Yet he has In him
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~ OCCASIONALLY disease germs get into
D our bodies through the skin. but usually
they make their entrance through the
mouth or nose. II We could only rid ourselves
OF number OF foolish little habits we would
have great deal less trouble with germs, for
there would be fewer of them about, and there
would be less chance of our passing them on
from one person to another.
Splitting is one OF the unnecessary habits
through which disease germs are spread No
good citizen should ever spit In any public
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Why There Are Fewer RICKETY BABIES

TT HE disease known ricketts, Is growing less and
less common In the United States. This Is be-
cause living conditions in this country are grow
Ing steadily better ricketts, being disease usually found
only where there is extreme poverty, especially
lack OF proper food.
ricketts, is childrens disease. Although usually 10
be observed after BIRTH sometimes does not be-
como apparent until the child years old The
tendency to 1t may be inherited from one or both
parents who were themselves "rckety In childhood or
1t may result from the mothers delicate health at the
time the child was born was being nursed
The most frequent of ricketts, in babies is the
extreme poverty which leads to unhealthful homes
scant food and overworked mothers. The disease Is
most apt to attack the later children OF family when
the mother has had too many children for her strength
the fathers have not kept pace with the in
crease in the size OF the family.
Hereditary blood disease will often develop ricketts,
and sometimes lack OF lime salts IN the blood brings
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power to 90 steadily forward and reach In the bright
summer time profitable harbor
Inere are certain internal secreting glands and bodies
~ Tue human machine which constantly supplying
power Ihey work quietly and regularly and as surely
Tor the steady running brain and body as those
IN the most intricate machine made by man. And far
more wonderful and lasting, far more powerful and
cnlclent than mans brain conceive are the little
cnergy-produciDg glands
They need adjusting no attention no onx by Ms
But they affected by the slightest abuse OF the body
and brain. Man get from them all their
power If he forgets this fact.
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place. II you cannot avoid splitting and there
is no hygienic receptacle at hand spit in the
gutter and not on the sidewalk. where tho
germs OF pneumonia, tuberculosis and other
diseases, which even a we'll persons sputum
contains, can be carried on the feet and
trailing skirts OF passersby into schools.
houses and offices.
The public drinking cup is another way OF
getting germs which, happily, is less common
in many States than 1t used to be. What a
menace the public drinking cup is can be
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-11
How to Get
the BEST
Out of Your
OWN SELF
BY William Lee Howard, MD.


NNE Winter got caught in Siberia by the early
J freezing OF the river. When the Ice went out in
the early Summer anxiously waited for the
little which would for the first time 1t
got be late that commenced to make preparations
10 get out fiat boat
Finally, the little woodburnng steamer slowly
reached tho native village without the expected whistle
And this is why she tardy and nearly useless
Every time she got up good pressure OF steam TO do
her work the native hands board would pull on the
whistle cord and hold It. When the boat reached col
lection OF huts the thing done. The noise OF
the whistle what interested the natives tho prog
of the boat nothing to them.
In fact there but little Built TO make
miles hour and get up the river and back
before the ice closed her In her efficiency less
cned that she dropped crawl Not until the captain
took matters in hand and plugged the whistle could he
utilize the force and efficiency of his engine.
1t Is just like this in most OF iDefclency in
taen In various they waste blow of the power
which should and can be used TO make progress Not
all to blame they have been taught the truth
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this new invention and that it will
soon be possible to buy cars no larg-
or than the present four-passenger
models which will comfortably hold
six persons.
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1t on. When the
litter Is the cause
the remedy will be
found in the cod
liver oil and by.
pophosphite of
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to avoid the habits which
lead to infection. 1t is little
short of a criminal risk to al
low a child to work or play
In a room or yard that Is not
clean as Ii can be made,
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To Make Ironing Easier.

eoapy water when making starch the clohes w
and the irons less likely stick -
The Keota news., 1914-06-19
MUCH DAMAGE By cuRcuuo
Sost Dssers Dvds opsa. Plum Tross
ohouid d Thoroughly sprayode 4,
London Purple 10 Favored.
0y Bessie T. PUTNAM)

0y BH00IE L PUTNANl
Pfuus, too often IN uncertain egoO
on account Of curculio. may be oaaH
grown every year unless destroyed b..
host. This II especially true q ths
old damson plums. the rich favor OF
which - too little known in the scram-
BILE for the newer japanese varieties.
EARLY In March. while the ground -
still frosen hard. mulch heavily with
horse manure. This serves the double
purpose Of maintaining fertility and
keeping tho frost in the ground until
the spring II sufficiently advanced that
swelling buds viii not ct caught In
Q frost
Just before the buds open the trees
should bs thoroughly sprayed. Tho
writer has for . number Of years used
London purple without injurious ef-
fects to the foliage. dessert spoon
full to ten gallons Of water.
Some of the other arsenates ARE
said to be less injurious to the leaves,
and are especially recommended for
tho peach. - arsenate OF lead. the