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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16

The most important aim of the M.
yentors who are striving to improve
the submarine boat is to and. a
means whereby one agent OF propul.
sion can be employed for both sur.
face and underwater navigation:
Nature. OF course, solves this pfot,ss
lem for the torpedo ray. ana mere
machinery. can hardly initiate ms
method, But the most striking ,,oinf
IN the case is, thst. the fish's 'ncy
cumulators" can store and deliver:
IN proportion to !, their size. q far
greater Quantity of electricity thar
.he best sbatterles eyer deasedi ~
human ingenuity. .:s:..re =.
The torpedo ray. inone OF. the most
anciept Of fishes and ID not distanf:
y related to the common skate III
Is ~ no means o Tareaspec co, ana.
y frequently caught hysHsher.nen nj.
the deeper waters Of .Buzzard's. bay:
and Vineyard sound. X .:...l IL
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16

ifs at the door. In most diseases, Just
before death the pupil diiates widely.
Tennyson states this well when he
says AS unto dying eyes the hollow
easement slowly grows glimmeriug
SQUARE. meaning thereby. that the
diiated pupil is unable to distinguish
sharply the window panes.
"A glazed pupil usually means that
death is at hsnd. The presence of
MIN over the eye is always fatal
sign. The death stare or fixed eye
is probably due to the dilated non
reactive pupil. although sometimes II
the patients attention is directed to
1t he can actually count the fingers
of the hand. 1t is fatal sign. Tight
closing of the eyes with a htm and
rapid pulse. excepting in hysterla. is
said TO be n sign OF an impending
fatal ISSUE When the eyes are half
open during sleep. the patient is not
necessarily in extremis. but 1t is a
sign OF much gravity. A tendency of
the eyes to turn ont occasionally pre-
sages death within a few hours.
THE facies described by Hippo.
crates as indicative of approaching
death Is still as aWesome as 1t was
$500 years ago. When this occurs
death. is opening the door. and every
one knows his knock. There is a
noted pallor OF the face, with pinched
nostrils. sunken and hollow eyes. col
lapsed temples. cold and transparent
ears. with the lobes turned out, drop.
ping of the lower jaw, haziness OF
the cornea. and the eyes fixed on
some object. To this picture the late
Austin Flint added the following.
Persistent liyidity Of the lower lip,
spasmodic Inspiration not due to
.hysteria or lung disease, loss OF
power of swallowing : skin; ebopt.the
forehead rough, distendsd and pasty.
and the face green. black, ligidE9
lead. coiored.'" VxiNt H.. y m
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
What FOODS to EAT to MAKE You GROW
By DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERG

IF specialist on dietctics over
should tell you to eat from 1900
to $500 calories a day. don't lit
your eyebrows in surprise. At first
you may think he is talking Greek
to you. You may even feel convinced
that his advice is useless and not
intended for you. Nevertheless. you
and the food chemist should get to-
gether." You should take the trouble
to find out how necessary Galleries
are to you.
When YOU have acquired TINS
knowledge YOU can telephone your
grocer and butcher an order some
thing like this: Send me 1000 Gallo
ries of meat and 1900 calories OF veg
etables, fruits, cereals, butter and
cream"
1t is within the bounds of reason
to expect the market man of the fu'
ture to understand by such g mes
sage that you wish 1900 work units,
called calories or heat units. TO in
clude protelns, fats, starches and SUI
CARS, 25 per cent. of the former. 81
per cent. of the fats. and IS per cent
each of the others, with water and
minerals thrown in. Minerals and
water are Just as necessary to mar
as sugars, fats and proteins. -
Human tissues must be fed pro
telns. These albuminous or nitrogen
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16

foodstuffs are made up of strange
non.inineral acids, called aminos.
Animals can be kept barely alive
upon amino acids. hut to grow, to be
warm, and to do work, living crea-
lures must be given mesty, egg.like
and nutty proteins.
The amount of proteins in fish.
meats. nuts. beans, peas and bread
varies. Less protein Is digested from
coarse grains than from fine ones.
Corn as an exclusive ration is I'M
possible because the minerals in 1t
do not suffice for human needs. Chill
dren will not grow on corn alone, un-
less the deficiency In minerals is
made up.
The apparent inability Of some
babies to thrive on the proteins Of
milk is often traceable to an excess
of fat or sweets In this ypatulum.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
Bathers Deafness

~ ~ ~ tikSs toAAk44SlLVob VI Gum
~ mer holiday ailments is that
known as "bathers' deafness"
says a specialist in diseases of the
ear.
This is saltwater, not a fresh
water, complaint, and many people
who have been disporting themselves
by the seaside return home much
harder OF hearing than when they
left 1t. Cases are on record in which
people have become actually deaf
after bathing in the briny ocean.
Bathers' deafness is caused by
blowing the nose after your dip. Peo-
pie blow their noses instinctively
after bathing, because the salt water
in their nostrils makes them uncom.
Portable. Tho result is that the water
ia forced into the little eustachian
tubes. which run from the ears to
the nose. s m., ass
Here the water remains for days
till Inflammation Is set up by the
particles Of salt. Then the euBtach.
ian tubes get blocked. remaining
more or less SO permanently. caus-
ing partial deafness. N
So, il you must blow your nose,
wait till some time after your bath
is over. and then do it very gently.
But it. is better not to blow your
nose at all until at least an hour has
elapsed. y,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16

6layering In warm damp piles or layers.
by this method obtained a Yield
OF 20 per cent. of good fibre. The
remaining wood, when treated with
C per cent. solution OF soda.lye Mt 3
at. gave exceptionally good paper
fibre. From the roots also very beau.
tiful long-fibred paper material was
produced. e4 ..0--.
The wood of the vine, which is
hollow. was dried and subjected to
dry distillation and carburization. AT
$50 deg. Cent. beautiful red and
brown charcoal was obtained. ex.
hibiting the qualities demanded In
good powder charcoal.
"All patriotic hop growers should
pile their cut vines and allow them
to be rained on and to ferment. and
afterwards to dry for the sake of the
fibre and charcoal obtainable."
1t Is reported that the United
States department of agriculture Is
experimenting with wire grass as u
source OF supply for pulp for making
paper. IN place OF poplar or lirioden.
dron. This variety of grass grows
on the Pacific coast and in western
Mexico, and is said to possess the
very desirable property OF toughness
and can be reduced by the soda
process.
1t is stated that paper manufac.
tured from the stock has proved
as satisfactory. in physical tests,
as first-grade machine-finished
printing paper. In appearance and
in feeling, the paper produced is
said % be satisfactory. However,
the experiments have indicated that
more bleaching powder Is required in
the bleaching process than in the
case OF poplar stock. .s
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
How SCIENCE Determines Just
When Z YOU Are rel DEAD, go.

CAY, what do You fellows want?.'
y Coroner's assistants were pre-
paring TO place the body" OF
Samuel Larson Of Omaha in the
dead basket" and carry 1t away
to an undertaker's morgue. when
the "corpse" sudaefiy stirred. then
satlsdb, ard M al tsgrievcd
tone demanded to know what
they were doing with him. Instead
Of sending Larson's body TO the
morgue. Larson. very much alive,
was taken to a hospital for examina-
ton. He had been found unconscious
on the street. A physician said that
by every test Larson should have
been dead. '''
The strange case OF body retain.
ing the normal warmth OF life seven
hours after death was presented to
the physicians OF the Flower Hospi.
taL New York city. when It was OBJ.
served that the body OF the Rev.
John r. Kropac, who had died ut IL
O'Clock in the morning, registered
the same temperature by every test
at o'clock in the afternoon. The
physicians of the hospita! said they
made all the usual tests for death
by which they proved that the pastor
really was dead. They said that IN
no way could they account for the
strange warmth of the body for so
many hours after death. g..
They thought that Samuel Larson
Of Omaha was dead, but he was alive.
The warmth that remained in the
dead body of the Rev. Kropac seem
ingly indicated that life was not ex-
tinct, but he was pronounced dead.
Strange cases like the two Just
mentioned naturally bring to mind
these questions: Mo noe frp rs
When Is a man dead? e1t t rrl
What are the signs and symptoms
Of death? alr iese
The answer to these two questions
IS found in an address read before
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16

When this is corrected the infant be-
gins to grow and to take on weight,
and collie" and inability to digest
protein is remedied.
The part which the proteins of
victuals plays in growth depends up
on more things than Hercules had
tasks to do, namely. the character of
the proteins, the completely OF their
amino acids. their resistance to the
engines which attack them during
digestion, the speed with which they
move along the alimentary canal,
and the particular fit of the amino
acids In them to suit the persons
physiological needs.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16

Behind the brain proper is aslarge
bulb, called by psychologists the
electric lobe" which is connected
with the batteries on either side by
several big nerves. The. electricity
Is simply, transformed nerye-energy.
which. is taken up by this lobe and
loaded into the storage tanks" If
the nerves in question be cut. the
electricity cannot be stored, and the
fish is deprived Of its weapon.
The submarine boat loads its bat
teries by operating a gasoline engine
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16

the Harlem Medical Association OF
New York by DR.. Thomas r. Reilly,
who said in part: na
Millions OF observations havo
been made OH the approach OF death.
but literature on this phase of the
subject Is almost nil. Women sense
the appearance of the fearful scythe.
bearer much more keenly than do
men. This is particularly true OF tho
woman relative who nurses the sick
one. -flHtffl
There are certain symptoms
which are present to greater or
less degree in every sick person. In
no instances are the signs identical.
yet several are common in most
cases. Most Of these signs were.
noticed by Hippocrates. and, strange
ly, there have been very few signs
added since his time OF an occur.
renee that has been observed by
millions Of people On innumerable
number OF tines l1f, ~
Most OF us are timid in making
the pronouncement of death in any
case unless the patient is already ut
the fatal moment, because Of the tra-
dltional statement about such and
such man who was given up to die,
but recovered and eventually out.
lived the medical jurist who sen.
fenced him to die. In the present
knowledge of medicine, no one can
foretell the sudden fatal outcome In
many cases. Often patient Ia about
to be discharged, and he falls over
dead with no apparent reason.
Death usually occurs as re-
suit OF ~ failure Of the heart.
t2) failure OF respiration. tSJ
asthma, az vagus failure. or
~ shock, and that almost always
the centres in the medulla are con.
trolling factors rather than the OF.
gans themselves. In general. the
process OF death begins at the sur.
lace OF the body, and ends at the
centre. Smell is the first to go; then
follow taste and sight. and hearing
last. ttra tsrl.
THE pulse has always been con.
sldered the most reliable single In.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
TORPEDO RAY" Is Natures SUBMARINE

N mr.. EDISON. in his efforts to
V render the submarine boat a
perfect instrument of mari
time warfare. might OBTAIN some
very useful aud practical hints by
going fishing. The time thus ex-
pended would be we'll worth his
while. For. in nearby waters of the
Atlantic coast. he would come across
fish called the torpedo ray" which
represents natures attempt to create
a submarine. ~ i'f
When full.grown, this fish is usual
ly four feet long and weighs about
70 pounds. 1t carries electric stor-
age batteries which. in proportion
to their size, are much more etti-
Client than any yet constructed by
human hands. When ,itc fish is
touched they will deliver a shock
powerful enough to knock the strong.
est man heels over head.
This electric weapon is ,Aldoubted.
ly used by the creature against
other and larger fishes. just as the
little submarine boat discharges its
torpedo at bigger vessels. Its effect
is to paralyze.
Mr.. Edison has invented new
kind OF storage battery for undersea
craft, 1t is said to be a great i'm.
lproyement on the old. but he him.
. self would be first to acknowledge
that in point of efficiency it does not
at all compare. with the batteries OF
the torpedo ray. .s
(. OF these there are two--one on
each side of the brain Of the fish.
Each battery is an oval mass com.
posed OF about 47O little cells (cor.
responding in function to Leydcn
iars) which are filled with a jelly
!, like protoplasm. 1t is in these cells
( that the electricity is stored.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
\ NE of the commonest of sum
mer holiday ailments is that
. known as "bathers' deafness" ..
5 a specialist in disease OF the

Photographs. profile outlines. draw.
ings, sllhouettes or picture post
cards of English ships must not be
exposed for sale. Persons who fail
to observe this regulation are liable
under the defence Of the realm act.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16

dleatorR OF approaching death. A
pulse which is irregular for the first
time in disease is usually a cause for
grave alarm. When the patient ls in
a recumbent position and the pulse {
disappears from the wrist for the
first time, he rarely RECEIVERS. .asa
Except in heart block. a pulse :
under 80 in an adult means that
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16

I Seventy tons Of coal a day will
carry an ordinary battleship along at
the cruising speed of 10 to II knots;
but to drive her at 20 or over, Ave
times that amount must be used.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
Sectional View Of the Human
Heart. Physicians Give First
Place in the List of Causes Of
Death to Failure, Of This
Organ "''lN's4 ~

death In any event is probably at
least more than u hours off. This
is not true of the aged. A slow pulse
is quite often present In these ma.
tients up 10 the moment OF death.
On the other hand. in old persons a
pulse Of lao means death within q
few hours. In children, II the pulse
is under 100. death is extremely rare
within six hours. Even In coma a
pulse of 100 usually means that
death is at least eight or ten hours
of. In general, in acute diseases n
pulse that Is steadily increasing in
frequency hour by hour portends
early dissolution. provided other
signs OF serious illness are present.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16

Alnost the last city in England to
retain that , famous survival ,ef e Sc
past, the cnRfisw Bell, has at length
decided to abolish 1t. The authorizes
OF the cathedral city OF Chichester
have decided that "Curfew shall not
ring tonight nor any other night.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16

+. BODY and ENDS at the CENTER

sleeping patient. The so-called death
rattle Of the iaity is positively a
fatal sign.
The presence of black or bloody
tinged saliva running out OF the side
OF the mouth in comatose patient is
a fatal omen. In the last few minutes
OF life. sometimes there is an enor-
nous quantity OF white frothy fluid
flowing in a steady stream from the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16

King Victor Emmanuel carries his
camera on his frequent trips along
the tiehting line; He is the only Ital:
ian whose war pictures have MOTTO.
be submitted to the CENSOR "a =
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
Diagram Shows Torpedo Rays
Batteries and Nerves Con.

while the craft floats on the surface
of tile sea. But the torpedo ray is
not obliged to adopt any equivalent
expedient. Its food furnishes the
requisite fuel. the surplus Of energy
thus obtained being converted into
electricity in the manner described.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16

strand; twisting the CUTS into a
strand; testing .the strands for
strength and placing the gut string
within envelope Or tube, and final
sterilization after the tubes or en-
velopes are sealed.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16

cleansing of the raw intestines di.
rectly after they leave the sheep; re.
moval of the various coats of the in.
testines, leaving the submucous coat;
disinfection and chromicizing of each
gut before twisting to make the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
The Pulse Has Always Been
Considered the Most Reliable
Single Indicator Of Approach
ing Death.

n Z. y. \,
nostrtls. When this occurs. death
is only matter of minutes.
Il should consider the eye signs
as next in value from q prognostic
In any very sick patient
whose pupillary reflexes were previ-
ously normal. and in whom there 10
now no reaction of the pupil to light,
death is. at hand. A. dilated- pupil. not
reacting to light, means that death
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16

There are 1900 species OF plant
used for commercial purposes. or
these APO are used for perfumes.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16

AND CORRECTLY TIED SURGEONS KNOTS
~ Failure bring down second throw square
in gap between throws 2) Same knot correctly tied ts
Failure to bring down second throw first knot double throw
second knot single; gap between them (4) Same
fAl9 - rectly tied-fat and tight.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-08

know II at the time, because. you
know, he was so excited. That S0und
was the voice OF Mrs. yeatherlegs
II was plain that Mrs. Fcatherlegs
was both excited and angry. There
wasn't particle of fear in the voice
OF Mrs. Featherlegs. No. cir. there
wasn't particle OF fear, Instead
there was courage and anger. Farm
er Browns Boy didn't need to under
stand the language of Mrs. Feather
legs to know that she was fighting
mad He knew that nothing would
make her fighting mad except dan
ger 10 her babies. and 20 the very
instant he heard her voice he guess
ed that some one was after her
chickens. That Is why he jumped
so and rushed from the barn.
What he saw was Mrs. Feather
legs squatting on the ground with
every feather standing on end and
looking so fierce that he almost felt
afraid of her himself Not a chick
en- was TO be seen, Unless one had
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-08
SAYS WILSON'S
VISIT HAS NO
SIGNIFICANCE

President Wilson's visit TO Detroit,
Monday, will be devoid OF political
significance. according TO A. F.. Ste
venson. OF Port Huron, chairman or
the Democratic state central com
mittee The president. he says, has
no desire 10 open his active cam
paign work in Detroit.
Nevertheless. there will be 4 rath-
or important gathering of Michigan
Democrats in Detroit on the day OF
the presidents visit The state cen
trail committee will meet in a post
poned session 10 discuss possible
candidates for the various Offices.
Alfred Lucking would please the
committee by opposing Charles T..
Townsend for United States sena.
tor The "wets" would be tickled to
have state Senator James Murtha
enter the gubernatorial race. Muir
tha Is waiting for Ferris To make ar
announcement Ichn Cudahy. OF
Houghton. ia bearded as the best
bet fer lieutenant Governor
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-08
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME
Farmer Browns Boy Hears Great Racket.
,CopyrighL ISi1 oy 7. W. Bursessl

far away And he knew, too, that
Mrs. Featherlegs was quite able 70
drive away Black Pussy should she
try TO catch one OF those babies. or
other dangers he had no thought, for
who was there likely 10 visit the
dooryard IN broad daylight? So after
he had seen TO II that they had
plenty 10 eat he left them and went
on to the barn to milk he COWS.
Farmer Browns Boy Is very like
most other boys. All boys have
dreams-day dreams, mean. AS he
MIXED the cows Farmer Brown s
Boy had one OF these day dreams,
and 1t was about those ten chickens
which he had confided to the care OF
Mrs. Featherlegs. Yes. sir, Farmer
Browns Boy was dreaming great
things about those chickens. He
was sure they were the finest chick
ems n all the country round, and
that when they grew up they would
be the finest hens and ROSTERS any
where about. He would show them
at the fairs in the fall and they
would win prizes for him. Other
people would pay him big prices for
eggs, just as he had paid a big price
for the eggs from which these chick
ems had been Matched. In short, IL
those dreams came true trose chick
ems were going 10 make Farmer
Browns Boys fortune.
Right In the midst OF the pleas
ATTEST part of mis- dreams there
broke a sound that male Farmer
Browns Boy jump TO his feet so
that he upset Pail half
filed with milk He didn't even
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-08
WEBSTER MAY
HOLD OVER TILL
AFTER ELECTION

United States District Attorney
Clyde 7. Webster. the only Repub-
lfcan district attorney In the coun-
try. may hold over until after the
presidential election for political
reasons. His appointment expires
Aug. s. and his little staff is pre-
pared to break camp at a moments
notice. Mr.. Webster may he can.
didatc for circuit Judge in the
spring
No mention OF Mr. Webster's sue
cessor has been made as yet. The
possibilities" include Martin J.
Kavanagh, OF Ann Arbor: John T.
Kinnane. of Bay City; Miles j. Pur
cell. OF Saginaw; Bert ID. Chandler
OF Hudson. and Orville Cornell. Of
Hillsdale
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-08
SHRAPNEL IN
HEART, "TOMMY"
RECEIVERS
RY TINTED PRESS.

LONDON. June 2f.--tBy MALL
The proudest wounded Tommy" in
London today is Private Henry
Pierce.
Some days ago Pierce had a
shrapnel bullet In his heart Today
the bullet Is neatly mounted on
wood and occupies place Of honor
on table by Pierce's bed In Lon
don hospital
British surgeons, who have mar
veled at two similar operations in
French hospitals. are studying the
London case ~ close range. Pierce
has more learned visitors than any
hundred other wounded "Tommies.
An Australian surgeon. on TEN.
porary duty in England. performed
the operation. He found the shrap-
mel lodged in the pericardium. Max
ing tiny incision he picked the
metal ont with his fingers.
The patient Is rapidly recovering