Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-11-09
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.
- II was In the United States as .
whole that the census man found 276
cut of every 1000 women In the rs to
% age period unmarried.
Some predictions Of our future pop
ilation have placed II much higher
t.,an l6O,00O,O00 for 1850. one making
II as high as 200.000.000.
The worlds gold output has reached
al average OF about $l.250.0O0 for each
day of the year. and of that, total the
''ransvaal 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
100 per cent, reaching total OF 20
100000 900.
Vines grow at the height or 1880 feet
shove the level OF the sea, trees at
500 feet, shrubs at $500 feet. few
plants at 10000 feet and higher than
this are found few lichens. Vegeta-
ton ceases entirely at the height OF
about 1900 feet.
The rainiest place on the continent
If Europe so far as rhetorical records
show is Crkvice in the mountains OF
Dalmatia, back OF the Bay OF Cattaro.
The canal zone makes a ccmmunity
Of about 1000 Americans, men women
and children $500 men on canal work
and 925 on the Panama railroad, 1900
women, 1900 children.
The number OF Jews in the world 10
l,62b,656. or these, 1,S03,926 are In
America. The only country In the
world having a 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 IS per cent; and
then LODI, 1883; Odessa. 1915. and
Warsaw. 1886 The Jewish population
OF London Is 2.28 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 a few years seems to be bias
ed on an error, and more recent and
,areful observations show that there
has been no change whatever In the
position OF the tower made fifty years
ago. The alarming statements were
caused by some recent investigators
making comparisons Of the tower with
vne which was recorded I'm 1929. but
il is a well established fact that there
lis q very glaring error In the latter
measurement.
Hot air douches are being extern
sively resorted to at the present time
~ physicians for the treatment OF
such diseases as lumbago, rheumatism
and similar disorders. One form Of ap-
2aratus designed for this purpose Is
electrical, and consists OF portable
electric fan motor. combined with an
electrical heater, so as to provide a
blast OF 100 degrees centigrade, or
more IL desired. The power ~ secured
from an ordinary domestic lighting
circuit. The intensity OF the heat is
varied according to the speed Al
which the blower is driven, and the
current utilized In the heating unit,
20 that the device is In full control oil
I, . operator.
In q battle which has beer wageG
against the smoke nuisance In the
large cities has arisen In demand for
some apparatus by which comparisons
Of the air at different times and In
different localities may be made. This
has been recently devised. il consists
OF short tube, at one end OF which
has been mounted on a disk Of cellu'
lcid. divided into iour segments. Each
of these 10 darkened to a varying de-
gree OF intensity, corresponding from!
q perfectly clear sky to one OF thor
oagh darkness. In practice this instru'
ment Ii turned on the sky or the ema
nations OF chimney. for instance,
and the disk ia turned until The shade
in the disk is the same as that OF the
atmosphere. the latter being observa'
ole through perforatlons In the disk.
In this manner every case OF smoke
nuisance may be classified and records
made for future reference.
Acting in 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.
her OF the southern states In the en-
deavor to acQuit II Of the charges
which had been made against II. It has
long been regarded 40 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 a
manner that IL was never made use
of except for temporary purposes. Ev.
IN for this there was very little Of Il
cut. The results OF the investigation
and experiment which ensued was
that II was learned that II the wood
were properly treated II could be re.
Ted on just as much as any Of the
more favorably known woods II was
discovered that the wood must be
treated n little differeptly I'm piliua