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Brain.

extent that the impression would not only
reach the brain centre, but would be so
permanent that the hearer getting up in
the morning would remember something
of the nightly procedure.
II is remarkable to how many things the
human body will respond. II is equally
remarkable how many new things the
human body is able to absorb. Reading
and writing, for instance, 300 years ago
we're considered a science. To-day every
school child has absorbed them and reads
and writes unconsciously.
Every time you use a typewriter you
write absolutely unconsciously or, rather,
automatically. The expert typist does not
have to stop to think of each key when
writing. II is done automatically and she
pays not the slightest attention to the
keyboard while writing. II is a habit
formed by long experience. 1t may be that
the same thing will be true of subcon.
scious learning while you sleep.
Once the human system has accustomed
Itself to the various impressions, there is
no doubt that in the morning we will re-
member everything that we hear during
the night II may take several generations
before such a system will be perfected,
because human nature would have to ac-
custom itself slowly to the change.
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remainder of the body 10 receiving It's rest
In sleep.
During our sleeping hours throughout
to BE- Of little or no value to US. II is .
marvellous storshouse Of knowledge and
experience, but It seems to be out OF touch
with the rest of our mental and thinking
and memory equipment
II II 10 possible to connect up with this
wide-awake. neversleepins sub-conscious-
ness and store It full Of erudition of a cul-
tural or q practical value, II would seem
As II . great step might be made toward
simplifying our educational methods.
Suppose We we're to build phono-
graphic machine, the sound of which could
be conveyed to the ear by two rubber
tubes. Suppose also the music was not
grating upon the nerves. What would
happeni
At the FIRST attempt the sleeper probably
would wake up startled because he was
not accustomed to IT, II probably would
take q week before he could accustom him
self TO wear q hsad-gear attached to his
head by means of q heavy rubber band
and before he could submit to the annoy
ance Of n a. well.
After he became accustomed to the head.
gear rs we'll ~ to the unfamiliar noises
II IL very probable that his subconscious
self would take note Of wha. was going on
while be silent. Thus. were Il music. or
the spoken voice, II seems almost certain
that IN time lasting impression would be
made upon the brain through the auditory
nerves.
Il would be q matter of education.
Probably for the first few months not
much impression would be made upon the
subconscious self. but by-and-by the hear
ing sense would be sharpeaed to such an
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will have arrived at just such . point
There is nothing impossible In science, and
our problem is greatly simplihed BY the
fact that when the body is at rest II 10
most easily Influenced, and impressions
are retained best.
For instance. when we sit at rest, totally
relaxed. and view the latest motion pict.
ures, It makes q lasting impression upon
us because our mind Is not diverted BY
anything else. II we dream vivid dream
during the night, OF. better, during the
early morning, a lasting impression re-
mains, depending greatly upon the intens-
ity of the dream, and II must be remem-
bcred that dream Is only the most feet
ing thing that can be imagined.
There 10 no outside impression upon the
brain. II is only picture. That ID why
we do not remember mere thoughts 10
well. For that reason most people when
they have an idea fnd II necessary to
write II down, as a thought itself makes
practically no lasting impression.
II has been the lament OF busy men that
II was necessary to spend eight hours. or
approximately this. out of every day In
sleep.
MT. Edison, the tireless inventor, 10 70
ported to have said that he sometimes
works on and on for twenty.four consecu-
tive hours and then another day without
sleep. And he Is reported to have cut
down his regular, customary allowance
for sleep to about four hours out Of the
twentyfour
OF course, the physical mechanism OF
the human machine must have rest. But
since We know that the sub-conscious mind
requires no rest there would seem to be
no reason why It's attention could not be
safely attracted and stimulated while the
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the sleeper. The same II the case with
taste. A man may be snoring along peace
fully with his mouth wide open, but II you
allow few drops Of susarwater, or any
other unusual solution to fall upon his
tongue, he will awaken In nearly every
casI,
You might think that when closing your
eyes during the night, light would not a.
feet the retina. This is far from true. Try
the experiment Of switching on an electric
light close to q sleeper's face. He will
awake almost instantly. Whyf Because
the lids are translucent, and allow light to
pass quite easily. The moment an unac-
customed strong light falls upon the eye
lid we awake.
Why do we not then awaken In the
morning when the sunlight falls into the
room? Very simply because we have
grown accustomed by many years Of ex-
perienoe to this daily procedure. 10 II no
longer disturbs us. II 10 the accustomed
thing that fails to disturb the subconscious
self, but the unusual affects II strongly.
The writer hound II necessary to d.
gress from the real purpose OF this article,
simply to show how the human body acts
under various stimuli
Suppose we could find q way In which
we could act upon our sleeping senses In
the night time! We would Immediately
have lifted up the entire human race to
truly unimaginable extent.
Suppose II was possible for you to read,
learn or work while you sleer. Would we
not thereby extend the period Of our lives
by onethird7
= Suppose II was possible to devise an ap-
paratus whereby you could read book. or
study a language while you slept Would
II not be an inestimable boon to humanity
We may be sure that In years To come We
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By Prof. II. Cernsback,

Member American Physissi Society.
In Science and Invention"
-HE normal human life covers q Pc
riod of some seventy years. During
L this time the average adult sleeps
eight hours . day. or, roughly speaking.
one-third OF the time. Thus, the individual
when he reaches seventy years Of age may
be said to have lived only about forty-nve
years. The other twenty-five years have
been taken up in sleep.
While the average length Of sleep 10
about eight hours, II must be taken into
consideration that up to the tenth year
the human body requires more than eight
hours of sleep daily. and there are many
days during the year, such as holidays,
when we sleep considerably more than
eight hours.
This brings the average up to some
where near our figures. In other words,
over onethird OF our lives may be said to
be wasted by unproductive sleep. During
this time we are truly dead in the best
sense of the word. because. sleep is only
another form Of death.
During our sic ping periods all our usual
functions are suspended; of our i've senses
none remain conscious. We hear no long.
er; we feel no longer; we see no longer;
we smell no longer; we taste no longer.
This statement may be qualified at once
by saying that all of the Ave senses have
ceased operating only IL conditions are
right, or. rathor. normal.
To elucidate, q man may be sleeping
soundly near q busy railroad, where trains
crash along every few minutes, and he will
not wake up. He has become accustomed
to the disturbance. But let rat or mouse
start nibbling in q corner of his room and
he will wake up almost Immediately.
Why Ia this sol The reason Is that the
human body while asleep ia only dead to
the accustomed things, and the instant
something unusual occurs the sentinels of
the particular sense affected Immediately
send out warning.
Thus, while we do not hear the ponder
Gus trains crashing by. the unaccustomed
noise of the nibbling mouse awakens US,
because was not foreseen by the sleeper
Our subconscious self never sleeps. II il
always on the alert. All OF the other senses
act In the same way a. Just exempliied
with the sense Of hearing.
Thus We sleep along peacefully, but an
acrid odor. which IL not foreseen, will
awaken Us. We may turn around and toss
about in bed and have every part of our
body come IN contact with the linen OF the
bed It win not awaken us, but . single
drop of cold water falling on our hand
will instantly rouse u.s.
Why? Because Il was not expected by
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reel comes into position automatically as
soon as 1t is played; thus eight reels will
give the sleeper enough material for
whole nights work
Whether he wishes to be entertained, or
whether he wishes to learn, depends upon
himself II probably would not do to learn
history for eight hours at stretch. for the
mind probably would not absorb II all. So
we might switch from history to romance,
then we might have a concert for an hour
to get accustomed to the music of the
latest opera, then switch back to mathe-
mates II necessary and arrange the pro-
gramme as we may see fit, and 80 as to
suit our own individual taste.
Learning, which Is remembering. is like
any other practice. Some people can re-
member the contents OF a book when only
read once II takes others two or three
readings to remember II well. For that
reason If the "sleep-reader" thinks that not
enough impression has been made by one
reading of any subject there is NO difficulty
in repeating it the next night, or as many
nights as he desires, until he has absorbed
that particular matter.
All of the above Is merely theoretical,
of course, no machine having been tried,
but the writer would not be surprised to
see one built and In operation In the not
distant future.
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almost infinite number Of exactly
corresponding poles. On moving
the same wire In front of the same
or another magnet, the induced
telephone currents are made to
act on transmitter. The tele-
phone receiver has the message
repeated in it from the transmit
ter without any grating or Earring
noise.
By means Of loud-talking or
simplifying arrangement the voice
or sound may be amplified to .
loud enough degree so that 1t will
make a lasting impression on the
sleeper.
The machine contains q num-
Der of reels, each Of which has
enough wire to last for about one
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An ordinary photograph would. OF,
course. not do. There would be too many
grating. Earring noises which would dis
tract the sleeper's attention. We must
have a mechanism that Is soft in action.
gives no extraneous noises. and will not
wake up the sleeper. We have such an
apparatus in existence to-day--the telegra-
phone.
Its action is based on a steel wire, which
is fed across and very near to the poles
of an electro magnet; the magnet Is polar.
lied by currents derived from q telephone,
and the wire is polarized thereby in an
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decentralization hie\ou SIeepo

Prof. Gernsback Invites the Attention Of
Scientists, Educators and Inventors to the
Possibilities of PdinLessly Pouring
Knowledge Into the Sub Conscious Mind
Which Never Sleeps
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Photograph
- Of an
Experiment
by Professor
Green
to Test
Whether
the SAND
Thoughts
Which Were
in His
Mind
Could Be
Stimulated
in the
Mind of HE
Subject.
Similar
Experiments
Are
Planned
Along the
Lines
of Processes
Cernsback's
Suggestion,
but Dealing
With Sleeping
Patients
in an
Effort to
Reach the
Sub
Conscious
Mind.
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tional knowiedgt
Into the Il.
Subconscious
Mind While the
Pupil Il
Asleep. From
Drawing IN
December
Number of
Science and
Invention
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-01-19

In making calculations on the num-
Der of. years ahead of you it is very
necessary to take your occupation into
consideration. Fishermen have the
healthiest jobs on record. Putting the
average mortality at 100, the fisher
mans percentage is 70. Deep sea fish
ermen have a higher rate, due to more
accidents. jewelers. have the very low
mortality of &C. Among the more gen.
eral occupations, farmers and clergy
men are the longest lived of all peo-
pie. Occupations concerned with the
handling of liquor have very high
death rate. Proprietors and superin-
tendenis of hotels with bars who do
not attend the bar have rate of 135,
while the rate for men of the same
class who attend the bar is 17S. When
the men are % per cent or more over
weight the rate in the first class rises
from 13j to III, in the second class
from Us to 237. The mortality rate
of walters in hotels and other places
where liquor is served is 1T. Many
insurance companies have sharp limi-
tationS in insuring these men, other
wise the rate would be much higher.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-01-19
RebekahS Install Officers

The officers Of the Rebekah lodge were
installed last Wednesday evening, Mrs
HaNie Page, the district deputy being in
charge assisted by deputy marshall Mrs.
Ellen Noyes. These officers were in
stalled:-N. G., Mrs. Mary Scribner; V.
G, Mrs. Erla Fisk; S4c'y., Miss Sara Cha
pin; Financial Sec'y., Miss Charlotte Irish
Treas, Miss Dorcas Sawyer, Warden.
Miss Grace Strong; Con-, Miss Marjorie
Hulburd; CHAPLIN, Mrs. Stella Goddard;
R. S. N. G., Mrs Halle Page; L. S. N. g.,
Mrs. Ellen Noyes; R. S. V.G., Mrs. Ma
mic Strong; L. s. V. G Mrs. Lizzie Fail
banks; |. c., Miss Emily Phillips; 0. G.,
w. N. Putnam.
Mr.. Putnam has served as outside
guardian the greater part of the a years
of the lodges existence and we presume II
Will continues in his present gopd behav-
ior he will have a life lease of this exact
ing position-whch he fills most &C
ceptably.
Refreshments and social hour conclud-
ed very pleasant evening.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-01-19
House Cleaning Dispensed With.

The use of modern electric nipple.
mentS> such as the pneumatic sweeper
is said to have been the means of dis
pensing with the old-time institution
of "house-cleaning," which was week
in the spring and autumn when the
whole domestic establishment was
turned upside down and inside out,
while the corners and crevices were
secured and accumulations of dirt and
dust routed. Every week is cleaning
week in these days and the happy
home is no longer turned into a scene
of chaos. We have now progressed
to saner methods of doing home work.
The proper thing now is cleaning
hours-the house kept clean through
out the entire year by using the mod
ern electric cleaners. instead of saving
up tie dirt, so TO speak, then making
frantic efforts twice year to free the
home from the accumulation.
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9 FL AND !9<

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lite OF the United States deeply inter
ing to every citizen. The Thrice-a WI
World which is the greatest example,
tabloid Journalism in America will
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as thorouahly informed ASA daily at
or six times the price. Besides, the ID
from Europe for long time to cd
will be of overwhelming interest, and
are deeply and vitallv concerned il
The Thrice-a- Week World will fur
you an accurate and comprehensive
port of everything that happens.
THE THRICE-A-WEEK WORL
regular subscription price is only
per year, and this pays for 156 pap
We. offer this unequalled newspaper
NEWS AMI CITIZEN together for
year to our VT. subscribers for 81. s
out-of-state subscribers for 1886.
The regular subscription price of
papers is $3.00 in state and 80 out
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-01-19
HYDE PARK
Mrs. Myra Burnham has gone to kut-
lard to remain awhile.

Mrs. Myra Burnham has gone to Rut
lard to remain awhile.
F. Fl. Mcfarland of Waterville was
visitor in town last Thursday.
The Rebekahs and friends held very
interesting whist party Monday evening
Misses Winnie Ste wart and Katherine
Cole were visitors in Hardwick Saturday
Mrs. Nora Scoheld and daughter Dor
othy were visitors in St, Johnsbury last
Friday.
7. S. Leach left Saturday for Everett.
Mass, where he will spend some time with
his son Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Eddy and o. N.
Campbell attended the dairymen,s meet
ing at Burlington last week.
The Odd Fellows install new officers
this wednesday, evening. The lodge
will be the guests of the two highest officers
at an oyster supper.
Moves Stevens is at home for few
days, coming from Boston last Saturday.
He was married awhile ago to Massa-
chusetts young lady.
Rev. FIR. Lachance of Alburs was guest
of R,v. FIR. Boivin a part. of last week.
He was cordially greeted by many OF his
former parishioners and citizens.
1t is said that very handsome diamond
is now worn by young lady in Florida
who expects, before another winter rolls
around, to become a resident of Hyde
PARK.
Announcement has been received of the
safe arrival at DeLand, Fla, of Proctor
Page ard family-aud that the maternal
relatives are very busy inspecting and get
ting acquainted with that new arrival
from Vermont.
F. M. Culver and wife left Saturday for
a short visit at Burlington, Albany, N.
Y, and New York City, after which they
will 60 to DeLand, Florida, where they
will spend the remainder of the winter.
During Mr.. Culver's absence the Quality
Store will be looked after by Fred Noble. |
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Do Not Miss It!

Why Manners Are Important.

Manners are Il pleasant deceit--s
conspiracy to rob existence of much
of its crudity.
Because of them the elusive ele
ment of charm fingers in the world
and gentler natures are encouraged
in their robust growth.
A lot of efficient people, though
have discarded manners as so much
unnecessary impediments.
Why rise when a lady enters the
room? Why appear interested when
others talk? Why ask to be remem-
bered to the people you have hitherto
forgotten? Why thank anyone for
giving you what you have paid for?
There is not much reason or logic
behind it all. 1t is merely that with
the finer natures there is an instinc-
tive courtesy that expresses itself in
manners.
Just as with so many others there
is an instructive lack of courtesy
which finds expression in boorishness.
Manners are not useless.
They prevent you from giving
thoughtless hurt to others. They
make you remain silent when Chopin
is being played.
Good manners come from a good
Express.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-01-19

Before country housewives learned
how to can meat, their families ate
fresh" at butchering time until they
were Surfeited. The rest was then
sailed cured, or smoked, and except n
few chickens and little fresh meat
bought in the summer it was what the
family ate until He next butchering
season. Home meat canning, as advO-
Gated by the United States department
of agriculture, has changed this condi-
ton. Those houseiiecpers who put in
to cans the surplus fresh meat at
butchHrng time are enabled to distrib-
ute it over 10 months. Canning is
equally valuable for use with surplus
chickens. 1t is better economy TO can
the cockerels and surplus pullets when
they reach muturity than it is to feed
them all winter
Meat Canning Popular.
Canning meat in some sections Of the
country has become almost as common
a practice as canning fruits and vege-
tables. The housewife finds that a
can Of meat, which requires only re-
heating to be ready to serve, is Il great
convenience when company arrives UNI
eXpectedly or on hot summer days
when the heat of the stove for long
period becomes almost intOlprable.
Canned meat also makes possible Il
more varied diet and lessons the coun-
try family's dependence upon cured,
sailed and smoked meat, the constant
and exclusive use of which means
monotony and less Wholesomeness.
Sound Meat and Cleanliness.
The essential thing in meat canning
is care-care that the meat is untaint-
ed, care in scrupulous cleanliness, and
utmost care in following directions.
For canning of meats a steam-pres-
sure Gamer is recommended. 1t should
be able to develop at least $50 degrees
of heat, or Is pounds of steam pres
sure, If tin cans are used they should
be packed to within one-half inch from
the top, be properly exhausted and
sealed. Glass jars may be filed to
within one-half inch, the edge wiped
clean, rubber ring placed in position,
top put on and springs adjusted but
not tightened; screw tops turned only
a little more than halfway alright.
Put the jars on the rack above water
in the bottom of the Gamer. Leave
the pet cock open until live steam is
escaping, then close it and count time
from the moment the required pres
sure is reached, which for meats
should be 10 pounds, corresponding to
go degrees Fahrenheit.
Meats are ready for preparation for
the Gamer as soon as the animal heat |
has disappeared. For home canning
the meats should be cooked first
fried, boiled, roasted. baked or stewed |
just as would be done for immediate !
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COOL FOOD WITHOUT
ICE NOT DIFFICULT
Window Box Is Especially Useful
in Winter Months.
Cellar Is Utilized by Many People as
Air There Is of About Proper Tenn
perature-Perforate Shelves
Are Handy.

In ice chests food is chilled by arti-
ficially cold air; naturally cold air can
also be used in many ways for the
preservation of food. A simple way of
keeping food cold, especially in winter,
is by means of a window box. The
most convenient kind fits on the win
dow ledge close up to the window,
preferably on the north side Of the
house. 1t should be dust and fly proof
and some arrangement for ventilation
should be made.
The air in the cellar is cool and is
utilized by many people for cooling
food. shaft made of wood or wood
and plaster and extending from the
cellar through the roof is a device for
utilizing the cool air of the cellar,
which is particularly adapted to
cool dry climate. Wire or perforat-
Ell shelves are fitted into the shaft
at convenient hrtghts where IL passes
through the kitchen or pantry. In
front Of the shelves should be placed a
door opening from the shaft. As the
air in the upper part of the shaft
crews warmer, the cool air from the
cellar Is drawn up. this constant up
ward movement Of cool air cooling the
fond on the shelves Where there is
M suitable collier the shelf may open
through the wall of he house just
above the ground Bnfh ends nf the
shaft should he Screpneh.-iin ited
States Department of Agriculture.
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BECOME A FRESH-AIR CRANK
When Your Rooms Get stale, Stuffy
and Foul Smelling Open All
Doors and Windows.

When you come in from outdoors
and find the air in your rooms stale
and stuffy and foul smelling, open the
windows wide and let in plenty of
fresh air from outside. Open the
door, too, so that the fresh air can
freely enter.
Become a fresh-air crank-even at
the risk of being disliked. Better a
live freshair crank than an almost
lifeless dollhouse invalid.
Do all you can to avoid crowds in
closed or poorly ventilated rooms. Not
only does the bad air lower your re-
sistance, but you are in danger of
catching disease from others.
Don't ride in a crowded street car
when you are going only short dis
lance. Walk
Walk a mile in the open air twice a
day. 1t will add ten years to your
life; if you don't believe it, try 1t and
see.
Keep the windows of your bedroom
wide open, day and night, even in
winter. You can't overdose yourself
with fresh air. and disease germs
can't endure it.