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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-22
Msinstay of the
Government Service

Consul Frederick is one OF the main
stays OF the Government service in this
Mexican trouble. and 1t Is said of him
around Douglas and Nogales that II
President Wilson would only turn him
loose and let him shed the sun OF, his
delightful smile on the warning factions
he would stop all thought OF war.
His appearance, fresh as a daisy and
twice as CHEEKY, wrote 'finis" to a
story which would be nuts" to The
sporting editors Of our papers.
Here's the. tale:
Ten years ago Mr.. Simpich was sit
ting In a box at the Manila baseball
park expressing his disgust at the gen.
orally lackadaisical way the Quarter
masters team was permitting the Ma
rines from Cavite TO beat them. You
know, Susan. Manila takes its baseball
season as seriously as we take the high
cost of boots this year. And the Quar-
termasters' team was more or less
ManIla's own team. Fred took eXcep-
tions to the way the Quartermasters
were playing. and rose from his seat In
the middle OF the game. announcing
that he was going to the States forth
with to attend a real baseball game by
aeeinR n worlds series,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-22
Is Truly Enthusiastic
Over Baseball Game.

He set sail for the States In a few
days. after a "despedida" that set a
record In such farewell parties for all
time. Arriving in tho East he was an
weighed into the o.. s. consular" service
and. Just a few days before the worlds
series between the Chicago, Cubs and
the Detroit Tigers was played. was
later in Bapdad he remembered the
world series he had come all tho way
from Manila to see. He promptly re-
signed his job, on the strength OF mat
memory, and came back to the States
to zee the neXt worlds series.
Landing in Washington the he-sircns
OF the state Department again pur-
suaded him TO work for Uncle Sam,
he was re-instated In the consular ger
vice, and sent 10 a place called Encnn-
iada or some such silly name on the
Gulf OF California. II was one of those
places 1t takes four people to tell you
how 10 get to-no one man being able
10 carry the knowledge Of the tortuouS
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02

DROF. GRANGEE gives illustra-
tions of his improvised service
1 for heliotherapy of the wounded
and relates that he has been much
impressed with the more rapid heal
ing of the wounds exposed to the di.
rect sunlight. The scars are less ad-
berent, more supple and are never
painful while callus develops normal
" and does not become eXuberant.
Repair and elimination of seQuesters
proceeded more regularly and spon'
taneous!y
He :ound that severe wounds re-
spopded with fever and Inflammation
when eyposed to the sunlight early,
and he was forced to allow the or
ganism A certain interval for recu.
neratiop before commencing the
beIiotherapy. After two or three
weeks or a month even the most de-
structive wounds showed benefit
from the exposures; If there was still
fever at the time, the temperature
dropped to normal.
By protecting the wound against
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02
Milk DRINKS Made by BACTERIA

can be made by carrying on stimuli
in sealed bottles an alco-
holic and a Tactic fermentation.
Kolmiss. in its original sense, was
a fermented beverage prepared from
mares milk Unlike kehr, there is
no dried Torment" seeds or
grains" with which the iermenta'
ton Of the mares milk is started
Native koumlss makers lay great
stress on the quality Of the milk the
breed Of the mares, and the condi'
ton of the pastures; but it is prob
able that their troubles ascri5ed to
variations in these conditions are
more likely attributable TO iiAper'
fectly controlled bacteriolosic fac
tors. According to Rogers, the kou'
miss which is often made and offered
for sale in this country is usually
made from cows milk, and therefore,
more correctly is kehr.
Kerr and koumiss are limpid,
mildly acid, and distinctly alcoholic;
yoghurt le6en and matzoon are
thick.curdled milks, decidedly. acid
with very little or no alcohol,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02
Terrific FORCE Developed by RUSHING WATER

the water as 1t emerges from the noz.
gle at the power house. Burying an
axe in a stream Of water looks like
child's play, and the average 200.
pound visitor is likely ito bite" He
invariably loses. So great ls the We.
locity of the water emerging from the
nozzle in these modern power plants
that an axe, no matter how keen its
edge, is whirled from the hands OF
the aXeman as soon as 1t touches the
water.
The water travels under pressure
exceeding 500 pounds to the square
inch in many instances, and no power
on earth can turn 1t off at the nozzle
once it gains momentum. 1t has the
same effect on ones fingers as
rough emery wheel, and will shave
a plank with the nicely Of razor
edged plane. When, as frequently
happens, It is necessary to shut dow
a power plant operated by one o
these streams, the nozzle is defectet
by means of a powerful set Of gear
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02
Why FIREARMS Make DOUBLE Report

air, while the second is due to the
arrival of the explosion wave.
In the case OF the 70 nm, shrapnel
shell, the writer calculates the time
intervals between the reports, at
various distances in front of the can
non, as follows: One hundred meters,
/ second: 500 meters, > seconds;
1000 meters, $ second; goo meters,
IL seconds.
NJ. Agnus suggests that the violent
detonatlon so often reported in con.
nection with brilliant meteors, and
commonly attributed to the explosion
of these bodies, may often be due
rather to the violent disturbance Of
the air by the passage of the meteor
lite through 1t.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02
w THAT is laughter? What is
w its probable origin. its dis
trIbution and its purpose?

tIbullull anu us pun pOoN'
Laughter is an involuntary rhyth'
mic contraction of certain respira.
tory muscles, usually accompanied
by certain vocal sounds. 1t is n
motor act of the respiratory appara-
tus primarily, although if intense it
may involve not only the cxraordi-
nary muscles of respiration, but
most of the muscles Of the body.
This is the scientific definition Of
laughter, as given by Dr. George w.
Grille in book on The Origin
and Nature OF the Emotions
There are many degrees of
laughter" says Dr. Grille, from the
mere Frightening of the eyes, a
fleetlng smile, tittcring and giggIing.
TO hysteric and conclusive laughter.
Under certain circumstances laugh.
ter may be so intense and so long
continued that it leads to consider.
able exhaustion
THE proneness Of men to laugh
ter is modified by age, sex, training,
mental state, health and by many
other factors. Healthy happy chill.
dren are especially prone to laugh
ter. while disease, strong emotions,
fatigue and age diminish laughter
Women laugh more than do men,
The healthy, happy maturing young
woman perhaps laughs most, especi.
ally when she is slightly embar.
raised.
What causes laughter? Good
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02

A PAPER by NJ. Agnus, in the
~ Complies rendus, describes and
discusses the phenomenon. fire.
quently noted during the present
European war, of a double report
from gun.
The explanation depends upon the
fact that, in these cases, the velocity
Of the projectile is considerably
greater than that of the explosion
wave starting from the muzzle at the
same time with the projectile. If the
observer is near the trajectory of the
projectile. his first aural impression
is due to the disturbance arising from
the passage of the latter through the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02

den relief from acute nervous ten
sion; a surprise-indGed, any eX-
citant to which there is no prede-
termined method of giving a physical
response-may be neutralized by the
eXcitation of the mechanism oil
laughter.
In the same way the laughter ex-
cited by jokes may be explained. An
analysis of a joke shows that 1t is
composed of two parasitic first, in
which is presented a subject that
acts as a stimulus to action, and the
second, in which the story turns
suddenly so that the stimulus to ac-
ton is unexpectedly Withdrawn. The
subject matter of the. joke affects
each hearer according to the type of
stimuli that commonly eXcites that
individual. Hence it is that joke
may convulse one person while it
bores another, and so there are jokes
of the classes-bankers jokes, poll
ticians' jokes, the jokes of profes,
sional men Of the plebeian, of the
artist, etc. If a joke fails, the In
tegration products of the excitation
may be used in physical resentment.
Another type Of laughter is that
associated with the ticlllish points
Of certain parts Of the body, the soles
Of the feet and certain parts of the
trunk and of the abdomen. The en-
citation OF the ticklish receptors, like
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02
How Body's POISONS Produce SLEEP

FURIOUS and remarkable are the
reasons assigned for the desire
to sleep. It is attributed by
some scientists to an accumulation
in the system of the poisonous prod
ucts of the wear and tear of the body
during the day. Sleep is the period
when the nerve cells of the brain
dwell apart from each other, as it
we're. The brain is composed of mill.
ions of tiny bodies, called cells, each
having several delicate branches, for
the purpose of communicating with
other cells.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02
FACTORY in Grenoble, France
utilizes the water of reser'

A FACTORY in Grenoble, France
n utilizes the water of reser'
4 4 voir situated in the mountains
at a height of 200 yards. The water
reaches the factory through a verti'
cal tube of the same length, with a
diameter considerably less than an
inch the jet being used to move a
turbine Experiments have showed
that the strongest men cannot cut
the let with the best tempered sword
and in some instances the blade has
been broken into fragments without
detecting a drop of the water, and
with as much violence as a pane Of
glass may be shattered by a blow
from an iron bar. 1t has been cal
culated that a jet Of water a small
fraction Of an inch in thickness, NOV
ing with sufficient velocity, could not
be cut by rifle bullet
The engineers of some big water
power projects of the far West, ac'
cording to a scientific writer, are viii
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02
How ELECTRICITY'S Graphic CURVE
REVEALS Daily Activities of LIFE

A S daylight fades into darkness
N and Mrs. Housoheoper turns
on her electric lights, she
probably never stops to think what
effect this small quota of electrical
energy has on the gross amount used
in an entire city. Take New York,
with a population OF 100000, as an
example of how the ebb and flow o.
the electric current indicates the
varied activities of the cltys millions
during the different hours of the day
The graphic curve, as it is termed
among engineers, according to
writer in the Electrical Expert
menter. shows how the demand for
electrical energy varies during the
complete cycle of 81 hours beginning
at midnight and ending at midnight
the next day.
Starting at midnight, as indicated
by the point on the curve at the ex.
IRENE left, the total motor and
illumination load of the entire city IS
about $4,000 XIV. Ciilowatt equiva-
lent to ! 1-3 H.PD. As the wee small
hours of the morning progress the
demand falls off until it reaches the
lowest point of the whole cycle OF
"a hours with kilowattage of $1,000.
This ebb tide point starts to move
upward. as observed after 4 in the
morning, or about the time the milk.
man begins to make his rounds and
when considerable portion of the
rity's working people have risen.
A great many Of the large manu-.
featuring establishments and fac
tories start work at : A. NJ. or at
least by s A. NJ, and the load curve
goes shooting skyward, Now the
thousands OF office employees are ar,
irving and the elevators require
large amount of energy.
Just before the noon hour the
maximum peak for the morning load
has occurred. The maximum total
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02

pain, compels selEdefepslye motoi
acts. This response may be awak'
ened only by stimuli which are toe
light to be painful. In this connec.
ton it is of interest to note that
superficial, insect-lIke contact WIN
the skin rarely provokes laughter
and that the tickling of The nasal
oral and pulmonary tracts does not
produce laughter.
THE ticklish points that cause
laughter are rather deeply placed
and a certain type Of physical con-
tact is required to constitute an ade'
quate stimulus. In the foot, the ade'
uuate stimuli for laughter are such
contacts as resemble or suggest
piercing by stones or rough objects
THE intention OF the one who
uckles must be known: If it be play
full, laughter results, whereas il In
Jury be intended, then an effort
toward escape or defence is excited,
but no laughter, II deep tickling OF
the ribs is known to be malicious, it
will excite physical resentment and
not laughter.
"Self-tickling rarely causes laugh
ter for the reason that auto,tickling
can cause only a known degree OF
stimulation, so that there results no
excessive indignation which requires
relief by the neutral muscular activ.
ity of laughter.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02

visitors who witnessed it to laugh.
ter. Why? Because the spectacle
Of savage little terrier rushing
upon an innocent rabbit as II to
mangle It integrated the body of the
on-looker with a strong desire to
exert muscular action to prevent the
cruelty. This Indignation caused
conversion of the potential energy in
the braln.cells into kinetic energy,
and there resulted a discharge into
the bloOd-stream of activating in.
ternal secretions for the purpose of
producing muscular action Instantly
and Unexpectedly the danger passed
and the preparation for muscular
action intended for use in the pro.
lection Of the rabbit was not needed.
This fuel was consumed by the
neutral muscular action of laughter,
which thus afforded relief.
"A common example of the same
nature is that encountered on the
street when a pedestrian slips on a
banana peel, and, just as he is about
to tumble, RECEIVERS his equilibrium.
The on-lookers secure relief from the
Indignation to run to his rescue by
laughing. On the other hand, should
the same pedestrian fall and fracture
his skull the motor indignation of the
oE-lookers would be consumed by
rendering physical assistance -
hence there would be no laughter.
In children almost any unex-
pected phenomenon, such as a sud
den 'boong' from behind door, is
attended by laughter and in like
manner the kinetic reaction pro-
duced by the innumerable threats of
danger which are suddenly averted,
a breach of the conventions, a sud
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02

news, high spirits, tickling, hearing
and seeing others laugh drolI
stories; flashes OF wit; passages OF
humor; ayerted injury threatened
breach of the conventions; and
numerous other causes might be
added It is obvious that laughter
may be produced by diverse niiu'
enccs, many Of which are so unlike
each other that it would at first
sight seem improbable that a single
general principle mderlics all.
Laughter consists almost wholly
Of muscular excrtion, serving pre-
clsely such clarifying purposes no
would be served by the gymnastlc
exercises Of an angry man. As it
seems 10 mo, the muscular action OF
laughter clears the system Of the
cncrglzing substances which have
been modified in various parts Of
the body for the performance or
other actions. If this is true, the
first question that presents itself Is:
Why is the respiratory system iti'
llzed for such Clarifying purpose?
Why do we not laugh with our feet
and hands as well? Were laughter eX.
pressed with the hands, the monkey
might fall from the tree and, if by
the feet, man might fall to the
ground.
Laughter has the great adyan-
tage Of utilizing a group OF powerful
muscles which can be readily spared
without seriously interfering with
the maintenance Of posture. 1t is
only one form Of muscular action
which may consume the fuel thrown
into the blood by cxcitation, That
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02

~ NE of the first of the ferment'
y ed nllss known to European
was the kefr, made from the
milk Of sheep, goats or cows in the
Caucasus mountains and neighborins
regions. Kear diners from most OF
the fermented miIks CT the Mediter'
ranean countries in that it is made
from a dried preparation and con,
tains considerable quantities OF alco,
aol and gas.
An expert OF the bureau Of animal
Industry says that it Is probable that
kefir is produced under different cir
cumstances by different organisms
Any combination OF bacteria, or Of
bacteria and yeasts that will pro-
duce a Tactic acid and mild alcO-
holic fermentation in milk will make
kefir, although to secure the most de-
Birable flavor certain organisms may
be essential. Kefr grains, which
Start the proper fermentation, can.
not ordinarily be obtained in this
country, but a good imitation of l;efr
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02

but the nostrlls. When this aggres-
slve little terrier and the rabbit
found themselves in close quarters
each animal became completely gov
erned by instinct; the rabbit
crouched in fear while the terrier,
with all the ancestral assurance Of
Selling his prey, rushed upon the
rabbit, his muzzle always glancing
off and his attack ending in awkward
failure.
This experiment was repeated
many times and each time pro
voied the serious.minded scientific
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02

When the brain is fully active all
these cells are in contact, or ready to
be in contact, with one another, but
the time occasionally comes, it is
thought, when the branches of all the
cells curl up, and their isolation
means that complete communication
between the cells ceases. The state
of body and mind that follows Is what
we call sleep. Scientists say that the
most probable explanation Of sleep
is that in some way or other the in.
ternal condition Of the cells is
changed partly from exhaustion and
partly because of diminished stimu.
lation from other parts of the body.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02

higher value than the maximum de-
mand during the morning hours. The
theatres are one OF the greatest con-
sumers of electrical power, The az
ternoon section Of the curve tluct-
yates through value Of about 10000
XIV. until at 4 P. NJ. it starts on its
last steady rise. Now all the vari-
Gus manufacturing establishments,
stores and restaurants are in full
swing together and the final peak
of the "a hours load is reached at
3 P. NJ. Office and factory workers
are homeward bound. The restau-
rants are overlooking and thousands
of electric lights are switched on in
private residences and apartment
houses.
The maximum peak of the load
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02
HowLAUGHTER Helpsthe BODY
by BURNING the Body FUEL

these products Of excItatlon are
often consumed by other motor acts
than laughter is frequently seen in
public meetings, when the stamping
Of feet and the clappIng Of hands in
applause gives relief to the eXcita,
ton.
why the noise Of laughter? In
order that the products of eXctation
may be quickly and completely con.
sumed, the powerful group Of eXpira.
tory muscles must have some resist,
ance against which they can exert
themselves strongly and at the same
time provide for adequate resplra.
tory exchange. The Intermittent
closure Of the epiGlottis serves this
purpose admirably, just as the hori.
Eontal bars afford the resistance
against which muscles may be ex.
crclsed The facial muscles are not
in use for other purposes, hence
their contractions will consume
little of the fuel. An audience ex-
cited by the words of an impas
stoned speaker undergoes body.
wide stimulation for action, all of
which may be eliminated by laugh.
ter or by applause.
Let us test this hypothesis by
somn ur1CIiral rynmnlrq Tho fret
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02
CURING WOUNDS by EXPOSURE to SUNLIGHT

the air, the heliotherapy can be ap-
piled to advantage even from the
first. The deodorizing effect Of ex.
posure to the sunlight is direct and
immediate. Suppuration is augment
ed at first as a rule and then grows
less. Prof. Grangee says that he has
never had but one refractory ulcera.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02

carries itself well for about one'hal'
hour, when it begins to take de-
cided slump. In one hours time
there has been a decrease in the
maximum demand for electrical en-
ergy Of 10000 XIV.
There continues a brisk demand
for electric current, and it hangs
grlmly in it's slow but sure down
ward movement. The theatres and
the hotels are the leading factors in
the evening load component Millions
of scintillating lights and thousands
of huge signs consume a respectable
amount of current. Even after 10 P
NJ. the curve drops very doggedly
and keeps up fairly decent appear
ance up to its starting point, or mid
night
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02

ton of the stump of the foot; this
was after amputation for dry gan.
creme consecutive to freezing.
An umbrella is sufficient protec.
ton for the head at need. He exposes
the whole of the wounded area and
gradually increases from half an
hour to three or four hours day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-04-14
Hire Woman Detective.

A woman detective has received an
appointment from the Bristol authori.
ties. There is nothing amateurish
about the Bristol appointment. The
new officer has received special train.
ing in police work, and although her
duties will chiefly concern women and
children her services will be utilized
in solving all classes of crime and
mystery. Women" an authority ex
planned. ARE particularly adapted for
work which comes outside the scope
of the ordinary detective, but unfor'
tunately it is sometimes unsafe to
trust woman with an important in
vestigation where young men are con,
cerned They are swayed by emotion
They can't help it; it is their nature,
and they have been known to fall in
love with the man they have been set
to watch
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-04-14

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