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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27
Patient Should Have Plenty of>Water

so definitely many methods have
been worked out for making certain
that any sick patient receives a suf-
ficient amount.
1t is possible to inject water into
the body by the use of q syringe.
Various fluids resembling the
strength of the blood in volume
have been developed which may be
injected directly into the blood.
The fluid may be put into the
stomach with a tube or into the in
testines from above or below with a
tube. If the fluid is put in gradu-
ally, it is taken up by the blood
from the intestines and used by the
body.
If the person has a tendency to
develop acid because of his disease,
bicarbonate of soda may be given
with the fluid, but in many instances
The mere giving Of the water alone
may suffice to clear the difficulty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27

f1cient. The total intake should be
watched and at least 1900 to 1000
&C. 1.-TWO quarts) should be provided;
if there is fever, larger amounts may
be given with advantage.
IF the patient is drowSy, he
should be aroused at definite inter-
walls to take water. The nurse or
attendant should be instructed to
record the exact amount of fluid
taken, and orders for definite
amounts of water or other fluids to
be given at definite times should be
written out for the nurse or attend
ant.
Fruit juices furnish a very agree
able substitute for water. Orange
juice, lemonade and grape juice may
be given at frequent intervals, al
ternating with water. Fruits supply
water m abundance. Tomatoes carry
even more water than milk"
Since the great Importance of
water in illness has been established
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27

r WENT to see an old friend yes
l. terday, a man of more than 20.
He was very i'll, and they were TAX
ing him to the hospital. His pain
had been so great that it was nee
essary to drug him close to thresh-
old of Inconsistencies.
There was no possibility that he
can be restored to health. There
is nothing doctors can do for his
pain but temper it from time to
time. They will do that in medera-
ton.
According to the stipulation of
medical ethics, they must use every
means within their power to keep
my friend alive.
Naturally he has no desire to
live. The pain itself is enough to
remind him that the chapter has
ended. But they will give him
drugs in moderation to keep him
alive.
TO what purpose? He does not
know. I don't. Who does? A SCI
enlist might argue that a Pickering
flame could still, within the realm
of human possibilities, be kindled.
But why should any man or set OF
men insist upon blowing dead en-
bers into tantalizing scattered
sparks to linger yet a little while?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27
Currents

1T is not difficult to obtain infor-
Il nation about the surface cur
rents of the ocean, according to DR.,
Sverdrup.
Mahogany logs from the West
Indies found at the coasts of Nor
way prove the existence Of the Gulf
strean,' he says.
'Nansen based his plans for drift
ing across the Polar sea in the
stanch vessel the Fran on the as
sumption that relics from the ILL
fated American vessel the Jeanette,
which were found in 1884 on drift
ice off Greenland, had been carried
across the Polar sea by surface cur
rents.
1.-THE Jeanette was crushed by the
ice north of Siberia in 1881.
Drifting objects give, however,
information about the general fea-
lures of the currents only. For
more detailed information we have
to turn to mariners log books,
which year by year bring more data
for completing the picture.
$50 far, our knowledge steadily is
advancing and obtained without the
necessity for special expeditions.
However, our knowledge of the ocean
currents would remain very incom-
plete if we were to restrict ourselves
to study of the surface currents,
because these are only branches of
the great circulation of the ocean
waters.
"To understand this circulation
and thus TO obtain n better knowl-
edge of the character of the surface
currents it is necessary to have data
extending from the surface to the
bottom of the sea. a.
"In coastal waters, direct meas
urements of the currents can be un-
dertaken from anchored vessels or
barges and such Investigations for
instance are carried out in harbors,
to study the characteristic currents
of these harbors."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27

k1T|1e.I
EANN(VER$ARY|
.i.;'3
HEGEL'S BIRTH
August ri

ON Aug. 27, ITO, Georg Hegel,
" one of the greatest German
philosophers, was born at Stuff
CART, Germany.
His association at the University
of Tubingen with Schellin, the
philosopher. had a great intellec-
tual influence on him.
When he finished college, Hegel
became a tutor In Switzerland and
then an instructor of philosophy at
the University of Jena.
In 1911, after he had published
his Encyclopedia of Philosophical
Sciences, he accepted the chair of
philosophy at the University of
Berlin, where his lectures attracted
hearers from all ranks and pro-
LESSONS.
Because he ardently defended
existing political institutions, he
rose to great political influence.
The noted aphorism in which he
summed up his teaching. 1.-THE
rational is the actual, and the
actual is the rational" was taken
to imply that the Prussian organ
ization was the perfection of reason
and freedom.
Hegel's system. which is usually
termed the philosophy OF the abb
selute," falls into three depart
ments: Logic, or the science Of
thought in its pure unity with it
self: the philosophy of nature, in
which the ideal principle is shown
to underlie even the material
world. and the philosophy Of spirit
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27
Machine Politics

TINE Leguia administration, how
l. ever. was not without fat jobs.
but they went to political henchmen
instead of the traditional stuffed
shirts. bespeaking the effect of
American influence as opposed to
that of the old Spanish order.
To put it bluntly, President Legula
seems to have been an apt student
of machine politics as practiced in
the good old United States of Amer
lea, and his eleven-year tenure of
Office appears to have developed the
same weakness that an eleven-year
tenure of office does right here.
When you come to size it all up,
the chief virtue Of democracy lies
in preventing just such tenures.
No party, or system, has been dis
covered which is proof against graft.
rottenness, or corruption, if it lasts
long enough.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27
Too Progressive
MAKING due allowance for his

MAKING due allowance for his
1VA obvious shortcomings, President
Leguia of Peru really was thrown
out of office because of the extraya-
CANT manner in which he borrowed
money, and increased taxes to make
public improvements.
1t is quite true that he was a con-
sentative in the moral and religious
sense of the word, that he forced an
alliance with the church, that he set
his face strongly against many of
the older and weather. families, and
that he assumed a rather arrogant
attitude toward so-called Liberals.
But his gravest offense consisted
in keeping the treasury so empty
through construction of roads, wa
ter systems and other public works
that he had little money to provide
fat jobs for aristocratic loafers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27
TT SEEMS TO ME BY H BFCSS

martyrs. But my face is set against
all pain which endures aimlessly.
The day of mercy must come in
time. Not forever will men be dog
matte fools denying to their fellows
the swift release which they gladly
afford to injured animals.
Man is more than the beast, and
it is his right to be spared not
only the pain but the ignominy of
useless suffering.
And if ! were a doctor I would
not even wait for legislative sane
,tion. Already courageous physicians
have, upon occasion, tempered the
slow march of oncoming release for
patience. I wish there were more
of them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27
Change Is Good

THE idea of changing public Off
a. Gals every so often has it's adj
vantages, even though the new ones
may represent little improvement.
AS a general proposition, men do
not abuse power unless and until
they feel sure that they are in safe
control of it.
Some of the worst monarcIls in
history we're pretty decent for the
first few years.
The greatest danger in govern
ment is, and always has been. let
ting people stay with it long enough
to imagine that they own 1t and
that they can do what they please
with it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27
Responsibility

TIME stalwarts who hold up the
l. service of the mercy draft are
themselves not quite so cruel as
they may seem. They simply do not
understand. They have not walked
along white corridors where they
might see and hear.
Goods will be done" exclaim
SNUG, pious folk, as if there were
no human responsibility in the world
to take hold of the deviltry of tor
ture.
I would not minimize the suffer
ing of any who face agony for some
set purpose. This is not yet an ex-
istence which can dispense with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27
who wrote the "Magic NAM?

Halle Ermine Rives, who writes
under the pen name Mrs. Post
Wheeler" The book was published
in 1927.
On what days of the week did
Sept. IA, 1905, and June "a, 1904,
fall?
Thursday and Friday, respec-
tivley.
What was the date Of the World
Columbia Exposition in Chicago?
May l to oct. 80, 1898.
What is the difference between
a patent and a copyright?
A patent is. a grant made by the
government, conveying and securing
to the inventor or his assigns the
exclusive right to make and sell the
invention for a term Of years. A
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27
Throw Them Out

WHETHER it's small town in
w the backwoods, the city of
New York, or even the United
States, people only make trouble for
themselves by letting a man, a
party, or a political organization
run things too long.
Our government has been kept
fairly decent, not so much because
of what any particular statesman,
or any particular party, has accom-
plished, as. by the fact that no
statesman and no party has been
allowed to go to seed.
No matter how excellent an adj
ministration the Republicans give,
they should be thrown out before
1910, and preferably before 1886
And in this connection, it is about
time for Tammany Hall to be
thrown out in New York.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27
SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ.


Norwegian Professor Cites
Great Benefits Derived
From Study of Ocean Life
and Currents.
INCREASED study Of the oceans
i of the earth and their related
phenomena is urged by Professor
H. u. Sverdrup of the Geopl1ysicai
Institute of Bergen, Norway, be-
cause of the close relation between
life and the oceans.
Or. Sverdrup now is in Washing
ton, where he is studying and
Analysing the material and data
collected. by the Carnegie on its last
voyage.
The Carnegie, the non-magnetic
ship of the Carnegie Institution Of
Washington, was devoted chiefly to
the study of terrestrial magnetism.
On its last journey, however, it car
ried on oceanographical investiga-
tons also.
water is essential for, the exist
ence of every living thing" DR..
Sverdrup says. Water comes to
every living thing on land in the
form of rain drops or snow flakes,
condensed from the moisture, or,
more properly, water vapor, in the
air.
"How does the water vapor get
into the air? Chiefly by evapora-
tion from the surface of the oceans,
which cover seven-tenths of ! the
earth's surface.
prom the oceans the water va
por is carried over the land by
winds, condensing and falling as
rain and then returning by the
rivers to the sea-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27
M. E. Tracy

ernment Is Letting People
STAY With 1t Long Enough
to Think They OiOp 1t.
TT now costs as much to run the
L city Of New York as it did TO run
the whole federal governments
thirty-five years ago.
That is not so bad as it sounds,
because the cost Of running the
federal government has increased
about ten times during the same
thirty-five years.
Whether in city, state or nation,
the cost of government has mounted
by leaps and bounds during the last
two generations.
Neither is there any mystery IN
the process.
We have been asking the govern
ment to do lot of things for US
which our fathers and grandfathers
did for themselves.
Besides that. we have asked the
government to do a lot OF things
that our fathers and grandfathers
did not know how to do at all
A good many people fall for the
pleasant notion that they don't have
to pay for any service which can be
palmed of .on the government. but
they are mostly tenants whose tax
bills are hidden in the rent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27
Beyond Hope

DOCTORS should be better men
- than that. They have seen
enough of illness to know that a
heartbeat is a false standard to set
upon the span of life. They have
seen countless bodies which were IN
all reason dead but for this flicker.
Nor are they dull enough to be
deceived an any added adage run
ming, "While there's life there's
hope" Surely every competent sur
geon and physician has had his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27
It Shocks En-

CANDIDATES forever are prom
~ Using to do more and more for
less and less.
Voters forever are assuming that
this is possible, provided some one
else OWNS the house in which they
live.
When Ultimate consumers get the
bill, as always happens. they are
not only shocked. but hewildered.
More often than not, they blame
some poor, Spineless. off1ce-holder
for the Unexpectedly high cost Of
services which they forced him to
guarantee as the price of their sup
port.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27
KinQs- Queens and Babies

Again We are reminded that nature knows no
difference between king and peasant, and that roy
atty like the rest OF US have to take their babies as
they come. British royalty wanted boy, but the
duchess of York had a girl
The baby is Just regular baby, of course. Doesn't
know it has royal blood in its veins, whatever that
is In fact doesn't know it has bood'or veins at all
Doesn't know anything Doesn't care. Doesn't know
how to care-yet. May have finer diapers than some
babies but the results viii be the same.
So Ear the only difference hatxeen this baby and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27

Editor, Journal of the American Medical
Association. and of HyReia. the Health
Magazine.
ONCE water is of such Importance
~ to the sick person, DR.. j. s.
McLester has provided an outline
of the best method of making sure
that the sick patient has a sufficient
amount of fluid during his illness.
He states:
I'm the sick room explicit orders
should be given as to the amount
of fluid to be taken. This is Of inn
portance in all febrile (fever) dis
eaSos, and especially so in those
cases where the patient is stuporous
or delirious and therefore is unable
to make known the demands of
thirst. Large quantities of fluids at
one time are not necessary.
AS a rule, a glass of water OF
other fluid every one or two hours
while the patient is awake is suf-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writer's and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27

Statistics reveal that SO per cent of Chicago school
children attend the movies habitually and regularly
But you've got to give the kids living in that city
show
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27
Questions and AnSzOe1rS

copyright is a right granted by
ste. TUE to the author or originator
of certain literary or artistic pro-
auctions, or his assigns, for linn
tied period, granting the sole and
exclusive privilege Of multiplying
copies Of the same and publishing
and selling them.
Who was the leading woman in
'0The Little Shepherd of King
dom Gomez"
Molly ODay.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27
Daily Thought

His mercy endureth forever
Psalm 1861.
Who will not mercy unto others
show, how can he mercy ever hope
to have?-Spenser.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-27
BY DR.. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor, Journal of the American Medica
Association. and of Hygeia. the Health
Smyrna times., 1930-12-24
Many Eagerly Awaiting
Advent of Fools Birth

In the train coming back from
the English Derby a race course
tipster commenced talking to John
COrlett, famous editor of the Pink
'Un and the old man listened for a
while with interest. chuckles ]. B.
Booth in Master and Man"
But" he broke in finally, "how
long have you been at the busi-
ness?"
Very nearly twenty years, guv-
norw
Then" grunted Corlett, "if there
be any truth in what Thomas Car
lyle tells us. that the population
consists of so many millions, mostly
fools, how is it that you have not
made your fortune and retired long
ago?"
The tipster snorted contemptu-
ously.
Il don't know 90 this 'ere Car
lyle is" he rasped, 'but you can tell
your friend Tom this for me. Tell
i'm Cheerful Charley says that for
one fool as is born into this world,
there's ten lookin' for i'm" kan
sas City Times.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-24
Gray Matter in Sports

College boys will not likely agree
with the bureau of standards find
ings that brains are not so impor-
tant in sports. But professors will
say: II told you So" After va
rious tests the bureau supports the
contention of many professors that
''heef and Drawn are the things
which make the star performer,
while intelligence shows low cor
relation with success in games" An
interesting result of the tests is the
claim that a coach can now put
down an athletes Isl" (strength
index and chart his "breaking
point" in any given sport before he
goes on the field. The bureaus
study covered a two-year period in
which power machinery. chemical
analyses, slowmotion pictures,
spinning light beams. charts and
graphs were used.-Exchange.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-24
Valley Of Aare

If one would see nature in a be-
witching mood he should visit the
valley of Aare. The River Aare
had such an enormous hold on the
Imagination of Wyss he was in
spired to write: Sometimes the
Aare seems to me young river god
rushing impetuously from its cav
ern and traversing the plains with
gay speed. escorted by its troop of
noisy brothers. Before long, caught
in cupid's bonds. he joins hands
with some naiad and laZily stretches
himself in the lakes of Brienz and
Thun, as if he wanted to taste the
Joys of calm repose." Coke also re-
marked about this part of Switzer-
land over a century ago: "It is i'm
possible to describe all these ma
iestic and astonishing scenes, for
indeed they defy the strongest
powers Of pen and pencil"
Smyrna times., 1930-12-24
Englishman Takes Pride
in Cobweb Collection

There is hardly anything, from
coin of the realm to cobwebs, which
does not form the subject of some
body's collection. This is not a
mere figure of speech-it is liter
ally true, writes a contributor in
the Sheffield (England) Weekly
Telegraph.
Take the cobwebs, for example.
One knows, of course, that lazy
caretakers of old houses make in
voluntary collections of old cob
webs, but does anyone actually look
for and preserve these natural fly
catchers? They actually do! There
is a man living in a Hampshire vii
lage who proudly boasts a large col
lection of what he calls spider
graphs" each of which (like human
fingerprints) differs from the others.
Gathered carefully, while the sun
is warm, the spidergraph is sprayed
with shellac to fix it and then
pressed, ready for the collection be-
tween two pieces of glass. Whether
his accumulation will ever have any
selling value is very doubtful. but
there is no accounting for the whims
of American millionaires, and it is
on the cards that some day one of
them will be prepared to exchange
a few thousand superfuous dol
lars for the lightest collection in
the world.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-24
Many Ways of Keeping
Track of Passing Time

In the far-off days there were nei-
ther clocks nor watches by which
the passing time might be meas
ured. The sundial was the only IN
strument of service in this respect.
1t appears in the Bible. and was
most likely invented by the Egyp-
tians. The Romans were the means
of introducing it to the western ma
tiOns of Europe. Before the Ro-
mans obtained knowledge of the in
strument. however. they reckoned
time by the dropping of water.
much in the same way that we time
an egg by sand glass, and it was
the duty of a slave to attend and
make a sound at the recurrence of
certain number of drops.
Sundials by day and water drop
pers by night and in cloudy weather
were the only means of measuring
time.
1t is the monks of the Middle
ages to whom we are indebted for
the invention of timekeepers by
wheels and other mechanism. The
early instruments were very primi-
tive affairs, but invention succeed
ed invention until we have today
the most perfect and delicate in
struments for telling time.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-24
Dinner Companion Came
to Rescue of Admiral

When Admiral Robert E. CoontZ
had returned to Annapolis as COM
mandant of midshipmen he was in
charge Of the cadets on a foreign
cruise. The first stop was Queens
town, Ireland. 1t was at the time
of the coronation of King George
Y, and at an official banquet COontZ
had to propose a toast to the new
king. He was getting along nicely
with his speech when he suddenly
realized that he had forgotten what
numeral came after the kings
name.
Il was floundering along when
the thought occurred to me that the
wife of the British admiral who sat
on my left was an American wom-
an" he relates. II feigned a case
of hiccoughs, and while taking a
drink of water I leaned over to her
and whispered: Madam, have
forgotten which George this is
II again essayed to speak and
had another coughing spell. When
I leaned toward my dinner compan-
ion she held up five fingers and
said: Fifth, of course kansas
City Star.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-24
Humming Birds Kept Busy

Taking advantage of an oppor-
tunity to keep a single humming
bird in view for a period of % min
utes, Associate Professor Tracy L
Storer Of the University of Cali
fornia department of zoology. found
that even these supposedly care,
free, feather folk have their trou-
bles, and spend as much as Is per
cent of their time chasing other
humming birds from their forage
grounds.
He found that during a total of
1,471 seconds, or approximately %
minutes. one humming bird spent
7S2 seconds, or more than 90 per
cent of the time, in perching. 420
seconds in feeding, and 2G9 seconds
in chasing invaders from its par
ticular forage ground on a fuchsia
bush.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-24
The Paravene

One of the mechanical lnarvels of
the World war. of which we have
heard little. was the paravene. This
was a steel fish with very sharp
pair of jaws. A line passing in
front of a ships bow had a para
vene at each end. AS ship steamed
along, the steel fish swan well out
on either side about 20 feet below
the surface. If the mooring of an
anchored mine touched the fish line,
it would slide along this line to the
fish's jaw, where it was neatly
snapped in two. The mine bobbed
to the surface. becoming a floating
mine. and fairly easy to avoid
Capt D Pratt ManniX in st. Nicho-
las Magazine.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-24
Too Much for Him

They had climbed as near as
they dared to the crater of the VOL
cano. 1t was smoking ominously
Lets go down and back to the
hotel" he said suddenly. Il can't
stand watching that thing any
more"
We've climbed all the way up
here. and now you want to go right
back" she demurred. 1T isn't that
you're afraid. is it?"
''Oh. no." he replied. ITS only
that I can't endure watching that
crater smoke after I've found that
I've left my tobacco at home"