Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-11-30
TABLOID INFORMATION


third OF the total population
Scientists are demonstrating that
nearly so per cent OF our bodily Ills
are caused by mental worries and hys
terra.
Il was In the United States as q
whole that the census man found 27c
out of every 1000 women In the rs Ia
30 age period unmarried.
Some predictions OF our future pop.
llation have placed It much higher
than 160.000.00O for 1850. one making
II as high as 200.000.000.
The worlds gold output has reached
an average of about $780, 600 for each
day of the year, and OF that total the
Transvaal mines furnish inward Of
one third.
Ten years ago the total number of
passengers carried one mile In the
United States was about 100000. In
ten years time this has increased over
120 Der cent, reaching q total of 20
500.000,000.
Vines grow at the height of 1880 feet
above the level of the sea, trees at
e700 feet, shrubs at $500 feet, a few
plants at 10000 feet and higher than
this are found Few lichens. Vegeta-
ton ceases entirely at the height Of
about 11,900 feet.
The rainiest place on the continent
If Europe 80 far as rhetorical records
show 10 Crkvice in the mountains Of
Dalmatia, back of the Bay of Cattaro.
The canal zone makes community
Of about 1000 Americans. men women
and children-4500 men on canal work
and 925 on the Panama railroad. 1900
women, 1900 children.
The number of Jews in the world Is
11,625.656. or these, 1,903,926 are In
America. The only country in the
world having larger Jewish popula
ton is Russia, with 5,0S2,242. In the
list Of cities showing the percentage Of
Jews to the population Jerusalem
comes first, with SIS per cent; and
then Lodz, 47.59; Odessa, 1915. and
Warsaw. 1886 The Jewish population
of London is 22s per cent.
The cry OF alarm that the leaning
tower of Pisa was taking on an in
creased tilt and would fall In the
course of few years seems to be bas
ed on an error, and more recent and
rsreful observations show that there
has been no change whatever in the
position of the tower made fifty years
kgo. The alarming statements were
caused by some recent investigators
making comparisons of the tow er with
one which was recorded In 1929, but
II Is a well established fact that there
ia a very glaring error in the latter
measurement.
Hot air douehes are being exten-
sively resorted to at the present time
Ivy physicians for the treatment OF
such diseases as lumbago, rheumatism
and similar disorders. One form Of ap
paratus designed for this purpose IL
electrical, and consists Of a portable
electric fan motor, combined with an
electrical heater, SO as to provide a
blast of 100 degrees centigra6e, o.
more If desired. The power - secured
from an ordinary domestic lighting
circuit. The intensity OF The heat is
varied according to the speed a.
current utilized in the heating unit,
30 that the devise Ia In. full control oil
q Q operator.
In q battle which has beer wageG
against the smol:e nuisance In the
large cities has arisen In demand fol-
some apparatus by which comparisons
Of the air at different times and In
different localities may be made. This
has been recently devised. II consists
of q short tube, at one end of which
has been mounted on disk of cellu.
lcid. divided into lour segments. Each
Of these is darkened to a varying de.
gree of intensity corresponding from
perfectly clear sky to one OF thor
oagh darkness. In practice this instru.
ment is turned on the sky or the ema
nations of a chimney, for instance,
and the disk is turned until the shade
IN the disk is the same as that of the
atmosphere, the latter being observs
ole through psrforations in 80
n, nux s-Is - Ils evefy of smoke
Ddfsance bay be classifieNand records
made for future reference.
Acting il concert with some of the
largest lumber dealers IN this country
the United. States Forestry Service
took up the matter of the red gum lum-
Der of the southern states in the en-.
deayor to acuuit II of tbs charges
which had been made against 1t. U has
long been regarded as one Of the most
beautiful of the woods of this coun-
try, but its behavior in use was not
all that could be asked for. II was
known to split and warp in such
manner that il was never made use
Of except for temporary purposes. Ev-
in for this there was very little OF II
cut The results of the investigation
and experiment which ensued was
that 1t was learned THAT IL the wood
were properly treated it could be re-
lied on just as much as any OF the
more favorably known woods. II was
discovered that the wood must be