Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-08

slow fire is the happiest death a
lobster can meet, so 1t has been de-
termined at the Jersey Marine Bio
logical Station. The experiments were
eerried out by Joseph sinel, a we'll
known biologist, for the Jersey So
ciety for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
Animals, whose members associated
the prevalent method of killing lob
sters with medieval torture.
Lobsters. says Mr.. Slnel, are ex-
tremely difficult to kill. Piercing the
brain does not seem to cause the
lobster more than temporary annoy
ance, since his brain Is a mere nerve
ganglion the size of a hempseed. He
has to be killed all over. To throw
him into boiling water fails to do the
work either mercifully or quickly,
since he struggles violently to escape
for about two minutes.
The pleasantest way to end a lob
ster's troubles, Mr.. Sinel finds, is the
old-fashioned way of placing him in
cold water and bringing him to a boil.
As the water warns he becomes
merely lazy, and rolls over as for a
sleep. BY the time the water reaches
comparatively mild temperature of 10
degrees Fahrenheit he becomes coma
tose. At so degrees he is dead, To
use a human illustration, the biologist
says it is like person succumbing
to a heat wave, with loss OF con-
seriousness and a painless end.
PARIS, Aug. s.-The fashionable
quarters of Paris and sections OF the
suburbs are suffering this summer
from a plague of mosquitoes. The
source of this unprecedented annoy
ance is a profound mystery, although
the city authorities have been max
ing great efforts to discover the breed
ing places.
BERNE. Switzerland, Aug. s.-The
federal government has received a
petition, signed by 101, 97Q,poters, de-
manding a change in article IS of the
which permits gambling.
About the only gambling in Switzer-
land is in the casinos patronized by
tourists and with bookmakers on
English and French races Public
opinion on the subject has been grow
ing steadily for several years. An
anti gambling committee, with men,
bers from all the cantons, has or
ganized the petition, which must be
considered by the government. as it
has $4,000 signatures, and under the
law this is sufficient to bring the
matter to the attention of the author
tiles.
MADRID, Aug. Son one of his re-
cent visits to Biarritz, King Aiphonso
had to use one of the ordinary rail-
road station cabs. Arriving at his
destination, the King asked the
amount due. "Oh, I recognize you
WE'LL" said the driver. ''For the King
OF Spain 1t will be ten francs (S2)."
His majesty smiled, glanced at the
meter on the vehicle and handed the
driver the sum indicated thereby, plus
an ordinary tip. Some days after All
phonso returned to Biarritz TO con-
suit his physician. This time he also
made use of a cab. but with a diff
ferent result. When the King in
quired what the bill was the driven
replied: Your majesty owes me
nothing for this small service which,
/ have had the honor to render him"
whereupon the King handed him a
new 1o0-franc $500 bill.
LONDON, Aug. s.-Raids on the
opium dens of London's Chinatown,
a district near the docks, have thrown
new light on this sordid quarter
which was little known until nineteen
Chinese were brought to answer re-
Gently in the police court. The place
is a mass of opium dens and gambling
houses, where the Chinese sailors off
the oriental ships in port have been
robbed of their earnings There are
about 800 of these sailors and cabin
boys in port at a time.
Charitable societies are now or
ganizing a fund to build in this dis
trict a hotel, social club and Institute
sola In Va rifah nd m q n
ship. Arrangements will also be
made by which the sailors may send
home part of their earnings. The
name of the new organization Is the
Chinese Merchant Service Guild.
PARIS. Aug. s.-The latest fad
among fashionable Parisians is hav-
ing the tongue read. "Glossomancy,'
as the new science is styled, is akin
to chiromancy and graphology, and
consists in having the character told
by the shape and dimensions of the
tongue A long tongue shows frank
ness, a short one discrimination, a
broad one unreservedness, a narrow
one concentration. When the tongue
Is long and broad II is sign that its
owner is inclined to gossiping; when
1t is long and narrow that he Is mod
possess the short and broad tongue
are untruthful, and people should be
careful of those whose tongue is short
and narrow, for they are sly as we'll
as bad-tempered. The new science
makes sticking out the tongue not
only bad-mannered but dangerous.
ST. GALL, Switzerland. Aug. g.
The exports of Swiss embroidery to
the United States were less last June
by about 100000 than during June,
1913. This enormous reduction Is at
tributed to what are called inquisi-
torial methods Of which France is now
complaining. Swiss firms refuse to
show their books to the American
commission which was sent to Swift
zerland by the treasury department
in Washington few months ago.
Therefore, 1t is affirmed here that rea-
sonably high valuations are placed
upon Swiss embroideries entering
New York.
GENEVA, Aug. s.-Authoritative
statistics Just published show that
the hotel business is the largest in
dustry in Switzerland. 1t employs
43 900 persons. The average profits
are % per cent. annually on the cap
ital invested. the figures being, capt.
tai, $500, 100000, and earnings, $780,
100000
LONDON, Aug. s.--One of the most
features of the prepara-
tions for the celebration at the end
of the year of the close OF the CEN