Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 269, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1916 — Page 4

NEW METHOD OF MAKING SERUM

Specialists Find Way to Produce a Clear Sterilised Product Free From Feet and Mouth Virus A new method of preparing anti-hog cholera serum, which permit a the economical production of a clear sterilized product, has just been described in the Journal of Agriculture Research o« the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The ad> antage claimed for the new method is that it makes possible the producllun of an anti hog cholera serum which can be quickly sterilized by heat to a point that will absolutely kill any germs of foot and mouth disease and so >ield a serum that is absolutely safe even if taked from a bog which might harbor foot and mouth disease and yet give no indication of being infected. The method as described by its discoverers, Dr. Marion Dorset and R. R. Henley, of the Biochemic Division, Bu reau of Animal Industry, consists in adding a slight amount of an extract from ordinary white navy beans to the defibrinated hog cholera immune blood which has been the form of the serum used in the past. The addition of this bean extract causes tire red cells of the blood to agglutinate and when the mixture is whirled on a centrifuge the red cells pack together and form a rather stiff jelly like mass, it is then possible to pour off a clear serum, leaving behind the red ceils which play no part in preventing hog cholera and which in fact simply tend to dilute the serum and render its sterilization by heat impracticable. To increase the yield of clear serum the discovers added a small amount of ordinary salt and found that they obtained from 70 to 74 per-cent of clear serum. The clear serum thus obtained it was found could be heated for 30 minutes at a temperature of 60 degrees centigrade without changing its consistency or lessening in any way its effectiveness in preventing hog cholera. The heating to this point for this time is more than sufficient to kill any germs of foot and mouth dis ease which might accidentally be pres /tat tests wWi hogs, show thafpFobably all the anybodies useful {combating hog cholera were retained in the serum and the red cells extracted contained so few, if any, of these valuable bodies as to make the residue of red cells useless in prevent ing the disease. Before the clear serum was-develop-ed, many attempts were made to Her, illze by heat in a practicable way "the ordinary defibrinated blood. It was found, however, that heating the old product up to 60 degrees Centigrade resulted in more or less complete coagulation of the defibrinated blood and in the destruction of the serum so far as its commercial worth is con cerned. It was found that the highest temperature that could be used w-as 50 degrees centigrade and it was necessary to keep the old serum at this temperature for twelve hours to make certain that the virus of foot and mouth disease was killed. Heating serum at a steady temperature over this long period of ordinary practice is difficult and too expensive. Attempts also were made to make

a clear serum by centrifugal zing. IT was found, however, that while the centrifuge would separate to some extent the red cells, they were in such shape that it was difficult to separate the serum completely.An important quantity of antibodies were left behind in the red clot, and the resulting product was a cloudy rather than aclear serum. With this process, moreover, it was possible ordinarily to secure only about 50 per cent of <-erii?tL_ Under the new method it is possible to secure as high as 74 per cent of clear serum, which in actual test has proved to be fully potent. This clear serum, moreover, can be completely sterilized in 30 minutes, whereas the old serum had to be heated steadily for 12 hours. The new form of serum as far as the Department knows is not yet being made or put on sale by the commercial serum laboratories. As this process was discovered by the Federal government, any one in th[e United States is free to use it.

Trees Planted by Machine

A machine which plants from 10 to 15 thousand forest tree seedlingsa day is now being used at the Letchworth ■Park Forest and Arboretum, in Wyom ing county, N. ¥., according to officials of the forest service who are acting as advisers in the work. Previous Jy the planting has been by hand at the rate of 1,200 to 1,500 trees ea<!h day per man. . The machine was designed to set out cabbage and tomato plants, but works equally well with trees. It is about the size of an ordinary mowing rwachine and is operated by three men and two horses. One man drives the team while the other two handle the seedlings. The machine makes a furrow in which the trees are set at any desired distance, and an automatic device indicates where they should be dropped. Two metal tired wheels push and roll the dirt firmly down around .the roots. This is a very desirable feature, it is said, because the trees are apt to die if this is not well done two attachments made it possible to place water and: fertilizer at the roots ot each seedling. Another attachment marks the line on which the next row of trees ta to be planted. No cost figures are available yet, but officials sa/ the cost will be much less than when the planting is done by hand. It la stated that th# machine can be used on any land which has been cleared and is not too rough to plow and harrow.

GROW BUCKWHEAT

Puts Soil In Fine Mellow Condition and Destroys Weeds—Adapted to Northern States Buckwheat is at present grown In this country, almost wholly In the s.ates east of the Mississippi river and north of the cotton belt. About seven tenths of the crop is sown in the two states, New York and ‘Pennsylvania, but is important in several oth tr states, principal among which are Michigan, West Virginia, Virginia, Wisconsin and Ohio. In the more northern states buckwheat can be sown over practically the entire area without reference ter- elevation, but farther south it is confined to the uplands and mountainous sections. Buckwheat should be sown on land prepared as for corn. It is an excellent crop to sow- where corn has been planted but where a stand has not been secured. Best results are obtained \uhero--the land is plowed early and is well prepared, but fairly good results can be ‘obtained by sowing immediate- 1 ,y after plowing and harrowing. Buckwheat should generally be seed ed at the rate of three or four pecks per acre. If the soil is fertile and a drill is used and the seed is of good vitality, as. little as 2 pecks may be suffici-i-t. As orach as 5 pecks are sometimes sown. It is best to use a grain drill, but this is not essential, as the seed can be broadcasted and harrowed in with satisfactory results. It should be sown from one fifth to an or two deep, depending on the condition of the soil. There is probably no other crop that will produce better on infertile poorly tilled lands than will buckwheat. It is well suited to light well drained soils, such as sandy loams, and to the silt loam soils. It needs but little lime, growing well in acid soils without lime, where alfalfa and red clover would not succeed. When the soil is poor, it is profitable to fertilize, but where good wheat or corn crops can be produced without fertilizer, it is not necessary for a buckwheat crop. On the poorest hill land a smalt - application of nitrogen phosphorus is advisable, but generally nitrogen is not needed. The plant responds very leadily to applications of phosphates, however. Low grade fertilizers containing , phosphorus and a small amount of potassium can be used to advantage on, the crop where the land is poor. w Three varieties of buckwheat are commonly grown in the United States, Japanese Silver Hull, and Common Grey, the first two being most generally used. Japanese has a large dark colored seed while the Silver Hull has j a smaller seed, glossy or silvery in appearance. These two varieties are ■ of about equal value, when yields are ! Considered. Buckwheat is very sensitive to cold . and is killed by tfie first heavy frost. j It fills best in cool weather, however, : and so the sowings are deferred to allow only time for the crop to mature before frost occurs. Under the most ■ favorable conditions a buckwheat crop will mature in 10 weeks, but thtUaven r age time is about twelve weeks. When seeded the last week in June or first week in July in New York and Pennsylvania and about a week earlier in Michigan arid Wisconsin it is most likely to escape injury from hot weather, whieh with drying winds and hot I nights causes the flowers to blast and ’ fail to produce seed. The seeding time • for any locality is determined fairly accurately by allowing it a period of 12 weeks for growth before the first Killing frost is expected. The farmer does not need expensive machinery for harvesting the buckwheat crop. An old fashioned cradle, i although it requires hard labor, does the harvesting well. The drop reaper, ; however, is one of-the most satisfac- ; tory machines for harvesting. Many j farmers use the ordinary binder, which practice is advisable where it can be ! followed. Cutting is begun as soon as rhe first lot of blossoms have disappeared, or often just before the first frost is expected. Buckwheat will ma- 1 ture jts seed in a few days, if after cut- I ting, the. crop is left in loose bundles where they are dropped from the cradle or reaper. It shpuld then be set , up in small shocks and tied near the 1 top with some slr«u+d&_J|£ the straw bent upward from the sides of the "TTiock. The cut buekwhoM is usually; left in the field in the smscks until ■hreshing time, when it is drawn In i and threshed either With the frail or by machinery. 'The farmer need generally have no I fear of this crop being damaged by either insect enemies or fungous diseases, as the buckwheat plant is but little affected by either of those. It is an excellent crop for destroying weeds and for renovating and putting the soil in fine mellow condition.

Thresher Protection

As a result of a study of explosions in threshing machines, the department now recommends that one or more of three measures be adopted to prevent loss from-this cause. These are. <1) The installation of an efficient grounding system foY the removal or t static electricity from the machines' I ''; • 2)the installation of a suction fan I to remove smut and dust and to pre- ' vent the formation of an explosive ; mixture of dust and air while \ the i hreshing is being carried on, and (3) t the installation of a device to act as an automatic fire extinguisher which | m the event of fire will not only save the machine but prevent the flame.* f’-om spreading to the surrounding grain. » \ t

TREASURES NEWSPAPER PRINTED BACK IN 1728

Detroiter Hat Copy of Weekly Which Antedates American Indcpend- | -/ ence Fifty Yeara Detroit, Mich.—lt Is going back ' quite a bit into American Journalism to peruse.the tyew England Weekly Journal, a copy of which is. treasui ed j by A. C. Merrill, 839 Lincoln avenue The New England Weekly Journal antedates American Independence by a full half eentui y, chenewepepeF, wtwyh <8 a two page affair of diminutive size, "Printed by S. Kneeland & T. Green at the Printing House in Queen street, Boston, where advertisements are taken in,’’ bearing date of Monday, April 8, 1728. ; One of the leading articles is the Declaration in Council, the 31st of January, 1728, of His Excellency Robert Hunter, Esq., Captain General, etc. The newly appointed Governor of the eolony solicits the support of the conn < il in Ute interest and ease of his maj government and the peace and prosperity of the country, ‘‘Which are •ar from being incomputable, and whoever sets about to separate them even in ?Ms thou Jits must do it upon the odious supposiion of lawless power on the one hand or a spirit of sedition on rhe- offter.’’ It is interesting to note that be was pledged the united support of the council, who expressed ihe hope that our eondut t ha;< been and atwrrys will be, such its must demonstrate that we ):-.ve ■-o view or ice'ination of running into the extremes, either of being arbitrary yn ihe one hand or of turning lii.oiy milv U- oiiousness on the other.” Current news does not occupy much space in tin- publication, less than one short column being sufficient to citron tele all the’happetiings deemed worthy of note. “Burials in Ihe town of Boston since our last, five whites, one black. Bap tized in the several churches nine,” Is the concise manner in which these occur** n<es are t’lated. I Arthur Savage announces for sale • at his house in Brattle street coffee at eight shilling ; a pound. ;—-Other adveriisqments are to the of ' feet that there is for sale “a very like<y negro woman w’ho can do hous< hm-.l i work ami i- in I.' ei'hei- town or country service, about 22 years of age ' : 1 also "A very likely negro girl, about 13 or.ll yearS of age, speaks good i English, has been in this country four ye.ars. - Mr. Nath Piggott states ttiat he “in ■ tends to open a school on Monday rex* | for the instruction of negroes in read I ing, catechizing and writing, if requie I ed, if any are so well inclined to send their servants to raid school near Mr. Checkley’s meeting house, card will be | taken for their instruction as afore- J said.” Immediately after the surrender of ■ New Orleans to the übion forces in M;ty, 1862, the 6th Regiment, Michigan j Volunteer Infantry, of which Mr. Mer- , rill was a member, was quartered in ■ Pie United States branch mint in that ! city. It was here that Mr. Merrill picked up a somewhat worn envelope con mining -the—xikl.. pap_er, which he brought with other war relics to liis [ heme in Detroit.

HORSE EATS CLOTHESLINE THIRTY SIX FEET LONG

But Diet is Recovered When Owner Backs Animal Away From Scene of the Feast Newton, N. J.— One of the most remarkable veterinary opera i seen in Newton occurred here wheflra? horse belonging to Nicholas Biazi, a vegetable peddler bit off more than he could chew. The steed, known to his intimate associates as Gladiola 111 is resting comfortably, but his owner, Nicholas cannot sleep a wink. Mr. Brazi was delivering a consignment of new potatoes at the home ol Mrs. Bason P. Hoyt and, as has long been his eustiom left Gladiola outsjde. 1 When he came out he saw the horse .vith it> head at an awkward angle and close up to a clothe pole, making a noise like the last words of a bicyi cle pump. He had kicked the last of I the new potatoes in the general di- ' rection of- Newark and was just punt ; ing Mr. Brazi’s business boat over the barn when discovered. I A glance showed Mr. Brazi that I Gladiola had eaten a strip of clothes- ■ line. Grabbing the charger by ihe brl- . lii- b;u'ked tlie -entire w<>rks into 'lie street, knocking down a hedge, ; which be will have to pay for and | putting in the last desolate strokes I on the failing vegetable business. When 36 feet of rope had been, re * covered the incident was closed, likewise the ambitious jaws of Gladiola. Investigation, proved that Mrs. Hoyt puts sugar in the starch used ‘or washring. A -considerable amount of this substance had gotten on the cloiliesline, and Gladiola is a perfect "nut” about candy.

POLICE BATTLE WITH A BULL

Louisville Fire Company and Volun teers Also Aid Louisville, Ky.—For nearly two Jiours a squad of police led by Qhie! Lincjsey, a fire company and a strong force of enlisted im n waged a (:tm“paigfTagalnsta bull that had escaped from driver in the western part of this city-. Finally the animal was nih.de prisoner and taken over by the police, .‘tier two persons had been injured by it. Escapes were numerous ami close. During the campaign scouts on bicycles were put well in front of the slowly retreating bull, to warn sight seers. J ‘ -■ z*'

Good Schemer's

"J am surprised that you have let a numbskull like that get ahead of you,' said Mrs. WalHpus to her son "Don’t you ever worry about a numskull m tilr.g ahead of you, my put in Wollipus. ‘When it comes to scheming a fool is there every time A man may have a powerful intellect * and a etTucalldri, Arid ltd iiiliy ; know a lot of people and things, and still not be able to scheme one-two-six ! alongside a perfect numbskull. "People without brains can outi scheme the very old Nick. I know what I’m talking about. Providence takes care of them. They never get ; left. If Simple Simon goes a-fishing he is getting out of work, and some kind person will be sure to come along and point out to him the best place 1 to fish. I "1 used to know aegirl who hadn’t as much sense as a middle man, yet she could outscheme Solomon himself. She could scheme herself into tlrf' good graces of the wisest old codger in the land, and m heme him out of his Imrdest working son for a husband. She could scheme herself into society, right into the best seat in the front .row. She could scheme herself into the sheltered nook on the sunny side in winter and into’ the shade in summer. "Worthy people walked while she rode, and went hungry while she'ate and fanned herself and reclined comfortably. “A numbskull can get as much out of life as a conjuror can get out of a stove-pipe hat. A female schemer can scheme a beau away from a more deserving girl any time. There is no help for it.” ‘‘That’s funny, dad,” interposed young Wollipus. “I heard ma say several times that there was a schemer after you when_she got you.’’ "Don’t you believe it,” said Wollipus. "If the schemer had wanted me she could have had me. Nothing could have saved me. Her scheme was not to get me, but to make your mother think she wanted to get me. "When your mother got the impression that the schemer wanted me she wrote a frantic letter to her aunt In Uruguay begging her to invite the schemer there for a visit, and torjgef her out of the way at any cost. “The aunt obligingly did so, which was precisely what the schemer want ed. She got a lovely trip, and all y’our mother got was a husband.” “Yes," sighed Mrs. Wollipus. ‘She got the -best of it, all right. She got on the good side of my aunt and will inherit all her money.” - "Which goes to prove just what 1 -«ud/’ -observed Wollipus, calmly.

Always a Bright Side We all purstie our varied bents Along life’s highways; but There’s always one who still laments ’ That he is in a rut. Well, chqer up friend and blithely go Your way as you are bid; If you are in a rut you know, You need not Tear you’ll skid! Unmascujine. / Tommy had a profound contempt for the little boy next door, who threw ball like a girl, seldom had on any but andean shirt, and who gener ally wore gloves. “Do you know why he’s a sissy?” asked Tommy of his aunt. “It’s cause he looks«just like his mother and that shows girl blood in him.’’ Wise Baby. Knic'ker—“Who does the baby look like?” Docker—“He is neutral!” Friendly Advice. “Women are taking up sports mote than in former years.” “Well, that may be all right, my dear. But don’t marry, one.’’ Smail Helps. When one stocking wears before the other save the good odd one to match up with a pair which may meet the same fate. The tops of old white stockings make good holders for the kitchen. Many heavy cotton materials can be -darned—witha single tlireud of darning .cotton. The photographer was drying his plates in the warm sunlight. “What are you doing there?’’ assert a friend. “Oh,” was the reply, “just airing my views.” z* Father Ought to now. “Dad, what do they call a man who < ats only vegetables?” ' “A vegetarian, son?’ j “And one Who eats people?” “A humanitarian. Now, run along ; nd play.” Washing Ribbon Do not press ribbon; dip it in a dish of cold water and wrap it around a not tie while wet. Do not wring it; let it dry on bottle; it will be like new when taken off. ' Clever. The famous detective gasped as he arrived at the scene of the criijje. “Heavens!’’ said he as he lookefl at the window through which the thief had escaped, “this is more serious than I had expected! It’s broken on both si4ss!~

CHINATOWN OF NEW YORK IS PASSING INTO HISTORY

Famous Gambling Section Destroyed, and Habltuea are Going Elee* where to Play New York—Time was when poker ’hreatened the supremacy of fantan in New York’s Chinatown. The elusive full house was taken to the Chinese bosom and players sat bp far into the night in pursuit oXJherhlgher learning which tells a student of Hoyle when to toss away one of his two pairs for the sake of improving his chances In the draw. But that time is past. In this day poker and the Chinese of Pell street scarcely speak as they pass. Because poker with its chance for the individual player is against games in which the dealer holds all the advantage, appeals to the Chinese gambling sense, it thrived In Chinatown. The American deck was easier to handle, too—and perhaps to slip into a capacious sleeve —than the narrow cards of the orient. But its vogue was of brief duration, for American detectives, who knew even more about the game than the crafty Chiflese swooped down upon it. confiscated the cards and chips and arrested the players. Fantan came back into its own because, to quote one of the detectives who helped put poker out of the business, "You ctfn’t tell by lookin' at a bunch of Chinks playin’ the blasted game whether they’re gambling or takin’ up a collection foj the Belgians." —————————————— When detectives battered down half a dozen "icebox" doors, broke their heads in low ceiled passageways and barked their shins on chairs thrown in their path by fleeing “lookouts” they often got to gambling rooms to find from half a dozen to fifty bland Chinamen sitting about tables and fingering , buttons and dominoes. There was no money in sight. - Sometimes lhey went mver roofs, clambered down fire escapes, dropped into courtyards, shinned a wall and let themselves in thru a window. -By the time they had pried loose the iron bars covering the glass, kicked out the window frame and tumbled into the room thbre was one suspected gambler left, and he was asleep, his head pillowed on a gambling table. Today there is no gambling in Chinatown. That is a statement worth emphasizing. The activity of the police department is responsible. Consequent of this, Chinatown is threatened with extinction. The Chinese theater is gQnp. Stores are ch sed. mlssigns are working at half time and with reduced forces for gathering con-’

verts. It was a sorry day five years ago when a missionary couldn’t step outside the door to save the souls of at least half a dozen white girls. To day the only white women who are in Chinatown are married to Chinese. Chintitown is near effacement be :muse of the' closing down of gambling The Chinese is the world’s natural gambler. He will wager on the number of seeds in an orange, on the number of grains in axuear of com —on anything, in fact, that affords the chance. Unless'he can gamble he does not stay in his home. Absolutely without home ties, and willing even to sacrifice his business, of whatever it may consist, for a chance to be where he may bet something on somethingb he packs up and gets out when gambling is denied him. New York’s Chinatown is fast losing its citizens. They are going to Newark and Jersey City to play fantan and poker. The grocery stores tea houses and restaurants, except such as are retained for the benefit of the sightseer, are closing because they are lojing patronage. It use 4 to be that thousands of laundrymen from various parts of the city, and even from neighboring cities, visited Chinatown on Saturday and Sunday nights to gamble, do a little shopping and perhaps smoke a pipe of opium. Now they go across the rlv er to gamble. And where they gamble they spend their .money for groceries and clothing.

FALLS INTO GLUE PUDDLE

Rescuing Policemans Feet suck; Cleveland Young Woman’s Suit * Ruined Cleveland, Ohio—lt’s embarrassing ‘or a young woman, especially when she’s all dressed up to slip and fall in the street right in front of a crowd of grinning people. Naturally one s first thought is to pick one’s self up. Now, that’s exactly what Miss Ade-!:-ide Lleberiing t.ried. to do. But she couldn’t. Rescuers at first couldn’t pick her up either. She fell into a puddle of what looked like chalk water at East Fourth street and High avenue, while she was hurrying to work. To her dismay she found she was stuck fast. The harder she tried to get up the harder she stuck. Her companion, Miss Lottie Weber, tried to -help. her. : "Glue!” cried the crowd. Patrolman Hoff and M. L. Snodgrass went the rescue. They got their f ’eet in the strange white glue, and they stifek. At length the irescue was accomplished at the expense of a brand new suit, hat and shoes. Miss Lieberllng sought refuge in a nearby store, while a hurry call brought her sister, Irene with clothing. j- ■ 1

Teaches Employes to Shoot

A large Chicago corporation has installed a shooting gallery as part of its recreation equipmenf for employes.

Spain has been practicing irrigation for more than a century, its first canal having been begun in 1814,

OPERATION AIDS BACKWARD BOY

MARVEL OF MODERN SURGERYORGAN REMOVED FROM NECK OF WOMAN PATIENTS IMPROVE VERY RAPIDLY Child Bad Become Mentally Deficient Because of Depresdor.—Now Can Speak Intelligently Brooklyn, N. Y.—Another marvel of modern surgery was performed in St. Mary’s Hospital, with every indication, of success. By.an opera! ci kro’wn as thyroidectomy the extrena ir. . 'al activity of a woman was lessened and the backward mind of a child was brought closer to the norm..!. The operation itself was comparatively simple. Briefly told, ‘it consisted of removing part of a goiter in the throat of the abnormal woman and inserting it in tlie-abdomihal wall of the subnormal child. The improvement in both cases was marked. The woman, who was about 32 'years - ol37"came from a veil to do family in Brooklyn. She had been suffering for some time from the. swelling of the throat known collc/quially as goiter. By physicians this is attributed to an enlargement of the thyroid gland just under the jaw. This gland is at present so doctors themselves say, but imperfectly comprehended by physicians, but they know enough of its functions to realize that it is one of most remarkable organs in the body. It is believed not only to govern the growth but to determine the mental and nervous development. Because excessive size of the patient’s thyroid gland, which is known technically as hyperthyroidism; the woman was in a highly sensitive state. She was neurotic, subject to fits- of hysteria, and was agitated by~ ‘the “lightest disturbance. Consequently She decided to go to St. Mary’s hospital, which had been particularly successful in the reduction of thyroidical affections. When she went there the chief operating surgeon decided that had an oppm-tuniiv not only of relieving the woman but of benefitting the little bop in whom he was interested. The youngster, who was 6 years old was the son of a prominent man in Virginia. He suffered from lack of secretions from the thyroid gland, which caused him to be mentally defective. His speech was limited and so indistinct as to be unintelligible, and though he apparently recognized his toys when they were held up before him, he could not name them. His parents were desirous of having the handicap removed, but though the operating surgeon had promised assistance, he had found only diseased thyroids among his patients until the woman applied at the hospital. Then henot ified the—lad’s- father, — who immediately brought his son here. An operation was decided upon by the doctors at St. Mary's eight hours after the boy’s arrival, which made his subsequent ;;< id showing all the more striking. He and the woman were placed on adjoining operating tables, with three surgeons in attendance and other physicians at the hospital watching the unique proceeding. —The-woman-was—giwn an injection of cocaine in her neck, while the child was put under a general anaesthetic, ether being administered. One lobe of the woman’s thyroid gland was then taken out and transplanted to the boy, being placed between the peritoneum, a membrane lining the abdominal cavity and the fascia, a connective tissue covering the vital organs. The operation was over in an hour and a half. The woman who had been conscious and talking freely to the doctors during the operation without feeling the slightest pafn recovered quickly. The strain on her mind was greatly diminished, and though not restored to normal sensibility qt once, physicians at rhe hospital felt when she was discharged it was only a question of time before her temperament wouTT be brought to "the happy medium.” Their chief- interest centered in the transformation so far wrought in the child. He came out of the effects of the ether without trouble and began to grow in intelligence. At the end of 15 days’ observation his clear utterance was in sharp contrast to his mumbling previously, and he could pronounce such difficult words for a ( youngster as “automobile” and “choo-] choo train.” As he left to return to Virginia with his father he delighted the nurses by speaking the words they i taught him, "Good-by, sweetheart.’’ | Operations of a kindred nature have . been performed a few times before, tut never with such favorable results ■ so far as known. The practice has been to insert the grafted thyroid Into the tibia, or shin bone, on the theory that it would take best there. But <•8 the gland is one of |he ductless variety and “takes” anywhere the staff at st. Mary ’ s deter mined to make the experiment of placing it near the intestines. When their data are more complete this psychological change accomplished by physical means will be published in the medical journals. |

-If a leap year girl has the tact she < can make her victim believe he $d j the proposing.